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Feb.26.2008
This book tells the story of human evolution, the epic of Homo sapiens and its colorful precursors and relatives. The story begins in Africa, six to seven million years ago, and encompasses twenty known human species, of which Homo sapiens is the sole survivor. Illustrated with spectacular, three-...
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Feb.22.2008
I authored three volumes of this ten volume set: Mathematics, Space and Astronomy, and Earth Science.
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Feb.22.2008
This is a non-fiction science hardcover for 3rd to 6th grade students. Designed to be high interest and easy reading, it is beautifully illustrated to help make complex topics easier for young minds.
Stiff
Jan.31.2008
or 2,000 years, cadavers---some willingly, some unwittingly---have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating, ennobling account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and, in so doing, tells the engrossing story of our bodies...
The Universe Want to Play
Jan.19.2008
I wrote "Sex, Serial Killers and ESP" for this anthology.The book's editor chose Hakim Bey's wonderful phrase "The Universe Wants to Play" as the unifying theme for the articles in this volume, the 12th of the Anomalist Journal. Since it first appeared  in 1994, this highly praised non-...
Best Evidence
Jan.19.2008
A national Gallup Poll found 93 percent of Americans believe in one or more paranormal phenomena that Science can't explain and won't accept. Chances are, you're one of them. Despite being reared on Science and skepticism, as we begin the 21st century people of every country and culture continue to...
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Jan.11.2008
"When Adrienne Mayor's first book, The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times (Princeton University Press), came out [in 2000], this late-blooming outsider with no advanced degrees caused something of a sensation among high-ranking anthropologists, paleontologists,...