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Scientific Research In World War II : What Scientists Did In The War

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On Being A Scientist : A Guide To Responsible Conduct In Research

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Perdido Street Station

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James Lovelock : In Search Of Gaia

  • James Lovelock : In Search Of Gaia

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    John Gribbin and Mary Gribbin

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    Book, Princeton University Press, 2009

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    In 1972, when James Lovelock first proposed the Gaia hypothesis–the idea that the Earth is a living organism that maintains conditions suitable for life–he was ridiculed by the scientific establishment. Deftly framed within the context of today’s mounting global-warming crisis, James Lovelock traces the intertwining trajectories of Lovelock’s life and the famous idea it brought forth, which continues to provoke passionate debate about the nature and future of life on our planet. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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Science In Environmental Policy : The Politics Of Objective Advice

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The Essential Galileo

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The Scientific Life : A Moral History Of A Late Modern Vocation

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The Faith Of Scientists In Their Own Words

  • The Faith Of Scientists In Their Own Words

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    edited, with commentary, by Nancy K. Frankenberry

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    Book, Princeton University Press, 2008

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    The Faith of Scientists is an anthology of writings by twenty-one legendary scientists, from the dawn of the Scientific Revolution to the frontiers of science today, about their faith, their views about God, and the place religion holds–or doesn’t–in their lives in light of their commitment to science. Represented here are some of the most influential and colossal personalities in the history of science, from the founders of science such as Galileo, Johannes Kepler, Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Albert Einstein, to modern-day scientists like Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, Jane Goodall, Freeman Dyson, Stephen Hawking, Edward O. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (LOWER LEVEL)  BL241 .F358 2008  AVAILABLE

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Galileo Goes To Jail And Other Myths About Science And Religion

  • Galileo Goes To Jail And Other Myths About Science And Religion

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    edited by Ronald L. Numbers

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    Book, Harvard University Press, 2009

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    If we want nonscientists and opinion-makers in the press, the lab, and the pulpit to take a fresh look at the relationship between science and religion, Ronald Numbers suggests that we must first dispense with the hoary myths that have masqueraded too long as historical truths. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Q126.8 .G35 2009  AVAILABLE

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The Invention Of Air : A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America

  • The Invention Of Air : A Story Of Science, Faith, Revolution, And The Birth Of America

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    Steven Johnson

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    Book, Riverhead Books, 2008

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    Bestselling author Steven Johnson recounts?in dazzling, multidisciplinary fashion?the story of the brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for America?s Founding Fathers. As in his last bestselling work, The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson here uses a dramatic historical story to explore themes that have long engaged him: innovation and the way new ideas emerge and spread, and the environments that foster these breakthroughs. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  QD22.P8 J635 2008  AVAILABLE

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The Man Who Loved China : The Fantastic Story Of The Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked The Mysteries Of The Middle Kingdom

  • The Man Who Loved China : The Fantastic Story Of The Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked The Mysteries Of The Middle Kingdom

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    Simon Winchester

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    Book, 1st ed, Harper, 2008

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    In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman (”Elegant and scrupulous”?New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa (”A mesmerizing page-turner”?Time) brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge scientist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, long the world’s most technologically advanced country. Both epic and intimate, The Man Who Loved China tells the sweeping story of China through Needham’s remarkable life. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Q143.N44 W56 2008  AVAILABLE

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Archimedes To Hawking : Laws Of Science And The Great Minds Behind Them

  • Archimedes To Hawking : Laws Of Science And The Great Minds Behind Them

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    Clifford A. Pickover

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    Book, Oxford University Press, 2008

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    Archimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws–from Archimedes’ Law of Buoyancy and Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion to Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle and Hubble’s Law of Cosmic Expansion–whose ramifications have profoundly altered our everyday lives and our understanding of the universe. Pickover examines more than 40 great laws, providing brief and cogent introductions to the science behind the laws as well as engaging biographies of such scientists as Newton, Faraday, Ohm, Curie, and Planck. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     (UPPER LEVEL)  Q175.32.R45 P53 2008  AVAILABLE

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The Last Man Who Knew Everything : Thomas Young, The Anonymous Genius Who Proved Newton Wrong, And Deciphered The Rosetta Stone, Among Other Surprising Feats

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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

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Profiles Of Revolutionaries In Atlantic History, 1700-1850

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