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| The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves
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W. Brian Arthur.
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| Publisher: Allen Lane. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781846140174. Daedalus Item Code: 11885 |
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| Schumpeter Prize–winning economist W. Brian Arthur's many years of thinking and writing about technology have culminated in a unique understanding of his subject. Here he examines the nature of ... (Read More)
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| Not a Chimp: The Hunt to Find the Genes that Make Us Human
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Jeremy Taylor.
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| Publisher: Oxford. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780199227792. Daedalus Item Code: 20802 |
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| It is one of the best-known pieces of scientific trivia—that human DNA and chimpanzee DNA differ by a mere 1.6%. But are we then just chimps with a few genetic tweaks? Are our language and our ... (Read More)
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| Notes of an Anatomist
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F. Gonzalez-Crussi.
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| Publisher: Kaplan. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781607141129. Daedalus Item Code: 10755 |
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| In the solitude of his study, F. González-Crussi ponders the meaning of the lives laid bare in his laboratory. This witty and urbane collection of medical essays won the Society of Midland Authors ... (Read More)
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| The Numerati
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Stephen Baker.
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| Publisher: Mariner. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780547247939. Daedalus Item Code: 31714 |
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| Every day we produce loads of data about ourselves when we click web pages, flip channels, drive through automatic tollbooths, shop with credit cards, and make cell phone calls. Marketers and ... (Read More)
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| Of Men and Galaxies
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Fred Hoyle.
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| Publisher: Prometheus. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9781591022893. Daedalus Item Code: 13070 |
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| British mathematician and astronomer Fred Hoyle (1915–2001), who coined the phrase "Big Bang Theory" to describe the currently accepted explanation of the origin of the universe, did important work ... (Read More)
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| Once Before Time: A Whole Story of the Universe
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Martin Bojowald.
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| Publisher: Knopf. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780307272850. Daedalus Item Code: 23516 |
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| In his introduction to a revolutionary theory of the cosmos—known as LQC, or loop quantum cosmology—Martin Bojowald shows how the big bang theory may give way to the big bounce theory, which ... (Read More)
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| Pavlov's Dog and Schrodinger's Cat: Scenes from the Living Laboratory
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Rom Harre.
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| Publisher: Oxford. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780199238569. Daedalus Item Code: 22526 |
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| From the sheep, dog, and cockerel that were sent aloft in the Montgolfier brothers' balloon to Volta's electrified frogs' legs, Dolly the cloned sheep, Darwin's finches in the Galápagos, and even ... (Read More)
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| The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life
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Len Fisher.
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| Publisher: Basic Books. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780465018840. Daedalus Item Code: 24145 |
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| What do the success of Wikipedia and the art of throwing a successful party have in common with insect behavior? All three involve a form of group cooperation known as swarm intelligence, suggests ... (Read More)
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| The Photographic Atlas of Acupuncture
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Antoine Bereder.
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| Publisher: Findhorn Press. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781844095384. Daedalus Item Code: 31199 |
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| Beautifully and clearly illustrated with hundreds of color photographs and drawings, this acupuncture encyclopedia can help students and practitioners to find the precise locations of acupuncture ... (Read More)
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| The Playful Brain: The Surprising Science of How Puzzles Improve Your Mind
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Richard Restak & Scott Kim.
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| Publisher: Riverhead. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781594487774. Daedalus Item Code: 30382 |
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| It's no secret that puzzles are fun to solve, but when neuroscientist Richard Restak discovered new research that indicated puzzles could actually help the brain improve itself, he wondered: could ... (Read More)
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