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| This is a delightful collection of 42 humorous essays, most of which were originally published in the journal American Entomologist. | ||
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| (Illus. by Barbara Spurll.) Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press, 2000. xviii+298pp. $29.95. ISBN 0309070813. | ||
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| In this volume, a gifted writer with an engineering background has "engineered" a terrific assemblage of technological developments in crime detection. Every page is peppered with photos, mostly in color, coupled with synopses of case histories that are illustrative of applications of the various forensic sciences. | |||
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| Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century | ||
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| by David Salsburg | ||
| Each chapter of this interesting volume provides a delightful personal sketch of key personalities that shaped the development of statistical science and its diverse applications. | ||
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| NY: W.H. Freeman & Co., 2001. 320pp. $23.95. ISBN 0716741067 | ||
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| The Runaway Universe: The Race to Find the Future of the Cosmos | ||
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| by Donald Goldsmith | ||
| This book presents the latest scientific answers to some very big questions and explains them in a way that is appropriate to the nonspecialist. | ||
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| (Illus.) Cambridge, MA: Perseus, 2000. x+232pp. $16.00. ISBN 0738204293. | ||
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| The Private Life of the Brain: Emotions, Consciousness, and the Secret of the Self | ||
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| by Susan Greenfield | ||
| As our scientific understanding of the brain advances, neuroscientists find themselves pondering questions that were once the exclusive purview of philosophers. What is the mind? What constitutes consciousness? Such are the heady questions posed by a neuroscientist in this intriguing book | ||
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| NY: Wiley, 2000. xi+258pp. $27.95. ISBN 0471183431 | ||
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