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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Mary Roach
W. W. Norton
W. W. Norton
The best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and infectious wit on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. The study of sexual physiology—what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better—has been a...
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Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
John T. Cacioppo, William Patrick
W. W. Norton
W. W. Norton
A pioneering neuroscientist reveals the reasons for loneliness and what to do about it. John T. Cacioppo's groundbreaking research topples one of the pillars of modern medicine and psychology: the focus on the individual as the unit of inquiry....
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (P.S.)
Steven Pinker
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain computes it, and how it evolved. With deft use of...
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Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines
Richard A. Muller
W. W. Norton
W. W. Norton
Learn the science behind the headlines—the tools of terrorists, the dangers of nuclear power, and the reality of global warming. We live in complicated, dangerous times. They are also hyper-technical times. As citizens who will elect future...
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The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
Francis S. Collins
Free Press
Free Press
Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists. He works at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, the code of life. Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God and scripture. Dr. Collins believes...
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Einstein: His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
As a scientist, Albert Einstein is undoubtedly the most epic among 20th-century thinkers. Albert Einstein as a man, however, has been a much harder portrait to paint, and what we know of him as a husband, father, and friend is fragmentary at...
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In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom
Qanta A. Ahmed
Sourcebooks, Inc.
Sourcebooks, Inc.
"In this stunningly written book, a Western trained Muslim doctor brings alive what it means for a woman to live in the Saudi Kingdom. I've rarely experienced so vividly the shunning and shaming, racism and anti-Semitism, but the surprise is how Dr....
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