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History and Science! FTW!

Randi Ray
Librarian Assistant, Eagle Creek Branch

Increase your science literacy, broaden your philosophical horizons, and stretch your critical thinking skills.   History and science for the win!

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A stubbornly persistent illusion : the essential scientific writings of Albert Einstein [1]
by Einstein, Albert

Length: xi, 468 p. :

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Publisher: Running Press, Philadelphia, Pa. : c2007.
[1]
by Einstein, Albert

Length: xi, 468 p. :

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Publisher: Running Press, Philadelphia, Pa. : c2007.
Abigail Adams [2]
by Holton, Woody.

Length: xvii, 483 p. :

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Publisher: Free Press, New York : 2009.
[2]
by Holton, Woody.

Length: xvii, 483 p. :

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Publisher: Free Press, New York : 2009.
Bad astronomy : misconceptions and misuses revealed, from astrology to the moon landing "hoax" [3]
by Plait, Philip C.

Length: vii, 277 p. :

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY : c2002.
[3]
by Plait, Philip C.

Length: vii, 277 p. :

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY : c2002.
Benjamin Franklin : a biography in his own words [4]
by Franklin, Benjamin

Length: 416 p. :

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Publisher: Newsweek : New York : c1972.
[4]
by Franklin, Benjamin

Length: 416 p. :

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Publisher: Newsweek : New York : c1972.
Big bang : the origin of the universe [5]
by Singh, Simon.

Length: 532 p. :

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Publisher: Fourth Estate, New York : 2004.
[5]
by Singh, Simon.

Length: 532 p. :

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Publisher: Fourth Estate, New York : 2004.
Conjuring : being a definitive account of the venerable arts of sorcery, prestidigitation, wizardry, deception, & chicanery and of the mountebanks & scoundrels who have perpetrated these subterfuges on a bewildered public [6]
by Randi, James.

Length: xx, 314 p. :

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Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York : 1992.
[6]
by Randi, James.

Length: xx, 314 p. :

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Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York : 1992.
Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries [7]
by Tyson, Neil deGrasse.

Length: 384 p. ;

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Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York : c2007.
[7]
by Tyson, Neil deGrasse.

Length: 384 p. ;

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Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York : c2007.
Einstein's cosmos : how Albert Einstein's vision transformed our understanding of space and time [8]
by Kaku, Michio.

Length: 251 p. ;

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Publisher: W. W. Norton, New York : c2004.
[8]
by Kaku, Michio.

Length: 251 p. ;

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Publisher: W. W. Norton, New York : c2004.
How I killed Pluto and why it had it coming [e-book] [9]
by Brown, Mike

Length: 1 online resource (viii, 267 p.)

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Publisher: Spiegel & Grau, New York : 2010.
[9]
by Brown, Mike

Length: 1 online resource (viii, 267 p.)

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Publisher: Spiegel & Grau, New York : 2010.
Ideas in food : great recipes and why they work [10]
by Kamozawa, Aki.

Length: 320 p. ;

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Publisher: Clarkson Potter, New York : c2010.
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by Kamozawa, Aki.

Length: 320 p. ;

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Publisher: Clarkson Potter, New York : c2010.
John Adams [11]
by McCullough, David G.

Length: 751 p. :

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York : 2001.
[11]
by McCullough, David G.

Length: 751 p. :

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York : 2001.
Letters to a young contrarian [12]
by Hitchens, Christopher.

Length: xii, 141 p. ;

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Publisher: Basic Books, New York, NY : 2001.
[12]
by Hitchens, Christopher.

Length: xii, 141 p. ;

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Publisher: Basic Books, New York, NY : 2001.
Magick, mayhem, and mavericks : the spirited history of physical chemistry [13]
by Cobb, Cathy.

Length: 420 p. :

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Publisher: Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y. : c2002.
[13]
by Cobb, Cathy.

Length: 420 p. :

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Publisher: Prometheus Books, Amherst, N.Y. : c2002.
Mortality [14]
by Hitchens, Christopher.

Length: xv, 104 p. ;

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Publisher: Twelve, New York : 2012.
[14]
by Hitchens, Christopher.

Length: xv, 104 p. ;

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Publisher: Twelve, New York : 2012.
Not your usual founding father : selected readings from Benjamin Franklin [15]
by Franklin, Benjamin

Length: xiv, 303 p. :

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Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. : c2006.
[15]
by Franklin, Benjamin

Length: xiv, 303 p. :

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Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. : c2006.
Parallel worlds : a journey through creation, higher dimensions, and the future of the cosmos [16]
by Kaku, Michio.

Length: xvii, 428 p. :

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Publisher: Doubleday, New York : c2005.
[16]
by Kaku, Michio.

Length: xvii, 428 p. :

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Publisher: Doubleday, New York : c2005.
Physics of the future : how science will shape human destiny and our daily lives by the year 2100 [17]
by Kaku, Michio.

Length: xviii, 389 p. ;

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Publisher: Doubleday, New York : c2011.
[17]
by Kaku, Michio.

Length: xviii, 389 p. ;

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Publisher: Doubleday, New York : c2011.
Physics of the impossible : a scientific exploration into the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel [18]
by Kaku, Michio.

Length: xxi, 329 p. ;

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Publisher: Doubleday, New York : c2008.
[18]
by Kaku, Michio.

Length: xxi, 329 p. ;

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Publisher: Doubleday, New York : c2008.
Power [19]
by Foucault, Michel

Length: xliii, 484 p. ;

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Publisher: New Press : New York : 2000.
[19]
by Foucault, Michel

Length: xliii, 484 p. ;

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Publisher: New Press : New York : 2000.
Richard Dawkins : how a scientist changed the way we think : reflections by scientists, writers, and philosophers [20]

Length: xiii, 283 p. :

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford ; 2006.
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Length: xiii, 283 p. :

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford ; 2006.
Spillover : animal infections and the next human pandemic [21]
by Quammen, David

Length: 587 p. ;

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Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co., New York : c2012.
[21]
by Quammen, David

Length: 587 p. ;

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Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co., New York : c2012.
The code book : the science of secrecy from ancient Egypt to quantum cryptography [22]
by Singh, Simon.

Length: xvii, 411 p. :

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Publisher: Anchor Books, New York : 2000.
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by Singh, Simon.

Length: xvii, 411 p. :

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Publisher: Anchor Books, New York : 2000.
The illustrated a brief history of time [23]
by Hawking, S. W.

Length: 248 p. :

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Publisher: Bantam Books, New York : 1996, c1988.
[23]
by Hawking, S. W.

Length: 248 p. :

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Publisher: Bantam Books, New York : 1996, c1988.
The magic of reality : how we know what's really true [24]
by Dawkins, Richard

Length: 271 p. :

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Publisher: Free Press, New York : 2011.
[24]
by Dawkins, Richard

Length: 271 p. :

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Publisher: Free Press, New York : 2011.
The order of things : an archaeology of the human sciences [25]
by Foucault, Michel

Length: xxiv, 387 p. :

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Publisher: Random House, New Yoek : 1994, c1970.
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by Foucault, Michel

Length: xxiv, 387 p. :

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Publisher: Random House, New Yoek : 1994, c1970.
The Pluto files : the rise and fall of America's favorite planet [26]
by Tyson, Neil deGrasse.

Length: xii, 194 p. :

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Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York : c2009.
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by Tyson, Neil deGrasse.

Length: xii, 194 p. :

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Publisher: W.W. Norton, New York : c2009.
The post card : from Socrates to Freud and beyond [27]
by Derrida, Jacques.

Length: 521 p.

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Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago : 1987.
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by Derrida, Jacques.

Length: 521 p.

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Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago : 1987.
The prince [28]
by Machiavelli, Niccolò

Length: vii, 147 p. :

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Publisher: Bantam Books, New York : 1981, c1966.
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by Machiavelli, Niccolò

Length: vii, 147 p. :

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Publisher: Bantam Books, New York : 1981, c1966.
The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail-- but some don't [29]
by Silver, Nate

Length: 534 p. :

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Publisher: Penguin Press, New York : 2012.
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by Silver, Nate

Length: 534 p. :

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Publisher: Penguin Press, New York : 2012.
Unweaving the rainbow : science, delusion, and the appetite for wonder [30]
by Dawkins, Richard

Length: xiv, 336 p. ;

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 2000, c1998.
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by Dawkins, Richard

Length: xiv, 336 p. ;

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston : 2000, c1998.
Visions : how science will revolutionize the 21st century [31]
by Kaku, Michio.

Length: xii, 403 p. :

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Publisher: Anchor Books, New York : 1997.
[31]
by Kaku, Michio.

Length: xii, 403 p. :

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Publisher: Anchor Books, New York : 1997.
Why people believe weird things : pseudoscience, superstition, and other confusions of our time [32]
by Shermer, Michael.

Length: xii, 306 p. :

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Publisher: W.H. Freeman, New York : 1997.
[32]
by Shermer, Michael.

Length: xii, 306 p. :

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Publisher: W.H. Freeman, New York : 1997.
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