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Use Your Brain to Change Your Age: Secrets to Look, Feel, and Think Younger Every Day

by Daniel G. Md Amen

THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH IS BETWEEN YOUR EARS.

A healthy brain is the key to staying vibrant and alive for a long time, and in Use Your Brain to Change Your Age, bestselling author and brain expert Dr. Daniel G....

Backyard Bigfoot: The True Story of Stick Signs, UFOs, & the Sasquatch

by Lisa A. Shiel & Nick Redfern

Backyard Bigfoot was a finalist in the 2007 Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Awards.

"As informative as it is entertaining." -Midwest Book Review

*****

Bigfoot...Fact or Fiction? Read this book before you decide!...

The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards

by William J Broad

The Science of Yoga draws on more than a century of painstaking research to present the first impartial evaluation of a practice thousands of years old. It celebrates what’s real and shows what’s illusory,...

Biology Made Simple

by Rita Mary King

Take the frustration out of learning the science of life!

Biology is the most fundamental science?yet it’s one of the most complex. Now, Biology Made Simple is here to help science and non-science majors alike...

This Will Make You Smarter: 150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking

by John Brockman

Featuring a foreword by David Brooks, This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—ideas to expand every mind.

What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit? This is...

A Universe From Nothing

by Lawrence M. Krauss & Richard Dawkins

“WHERE DID THE UNIVERSE COME FROM? WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE IT? WHAT WILL THE FUTURE BRING? AND FINALLY, WHY IS THERE SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING?”

Now with color illustrations throughout.

Lawrence Krauss’s...

Wonders of the Universe

by Brian Cox & Andrew Cohen

Experience our universe as you've never seen it before

13.7 billion years old. 93 billion light-years across. It contains over 100 billion galaxies, each containing hundreds of billions of stars. This infinite,...

NEUROSCIENCE, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHIATRY, BRAIN & MIND: Primer, Overview & Introduction

by R. Joseph

NEUROSCIENCE, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHIATRY, BRAIN & MIND: Primer, Overview & Introduction 14 Overview of the Brain and Mind: Functional Localization 14 Localization & Functional Neuroanatomy Of The Brain...

The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet

by Matthieu Ricard & Trinh Xuan Thuan

Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize—winning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left his life...

Chemistry Essentials For Dummies

by John T. Moore

Whether studying chemistry as part of a degree requirement or as part of a core curriculum, students will find Chemistry Essentials For Dummies to be an invaluable quick reference guide to the fundamentals of...

Pre-Algebra Essentials for Dummies

by John Wiley & Sons

Many students worry about starting algebra. Pre-Algebra Essentials For Dummies provides an overview of critical pre-algebra concepts to help new algebra students (and their parents) take the next step without...

Introduction to Meteorology

by Sverre Petterssen

INTRODUCTION TO METEOROLOGY by SVERRE PETTERSSEN. Preface: The aim of this book is to present in an elementary manner the basic principles of modern meteorology. Intended for students without previous acquaintance...

Physics Essentials for Dummies

by Steven Holzner

For students who just need to know the vital concepts of physics, whether as a refresher, for exam prep, or as a reference, Physics Essentials For Dummies is a must-have guide. Free of ramp-up and ancillary...

How to Solve Word Problems in Algebra, 2nd Edition

by Mildred Johnson & Timothy Johnson

Solving word problems has never been easier than with Schaum's How to Solve Word Problems in Algebra!

This popular study guide shows students easy ways to solve what they struggle with most in algebra: word problems....

War of the Worldviews: Where Science and Spirituality Meet -- and Do Not

by Leonard Mlodinow & Deepak Chopra

Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on “the future of God,” one an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist.  This remarkable book is the product...

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

by Erik Larson

At the dawn of the twentieth century, a great confidence suffused America. Isaac Cline was one of the era's new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the...

About Time: Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang

by Adam Frank

The Big Bang is all but dead, and we do not yet know what will replace it. Our universe’s “beginning” is at an end. What does this have to do with us here on Earth? Our lives are about to be dramatically...

Rambunctious Garden

by Emma Marris

A paradigm shift is roiling the environmental world. For decades people have unquestioningly accepted the idea that our goal is to preserve nature in its pristine, pre-human state. But many scientists have come...

Game Theory and Learning for Wireless Networks: Fundamentals and Applications

by Samson Lasaulce, Paul Thagard & John Woods

* The first tutorial-style book that gives all the relevant theory at the right level of rigor, for the wireless communications engineer.

* Bridges the gap between theory and practice by giving examples and...

Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?: The Net's Impact on Our Minds and Future

by John Brockman

How is the internet changing the way you think? That is one of the dominant questions of our time, one which affects almost every aspect of our life and future. And it's exactly what John Brockman, publisher...