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The acclaimed Scientific American Library series has been filing dispatches from the frontlines of scientific research for nearly twenty years. Today the Library offers a wide range of paperback and clothbound volumes exploring the mind, the body, the natural world, cyberspace, outer space, and more!
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Harnessing the Atom's Light
James P. Harbison, Robert E. Nahory
paper, 224 pp., 150 ill., 0-7167-6041-X, $14.95
Lasers describes the many aspects of the laser, from its history and basic science to recent developments. [more] |
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Cycles of Life
Civilization and the Biosphere
Vaclav Smil
paper, 240 pp., 150 ill., 0-7167-6039-8, $22.95
Information has been called everything from the new gold standard to the fundamental building block of the universe. In InfoSense, Keith Devlin shows how to make sense of the constant flow of information that swirls past us daily, and reveals how businesses and individuals alike can benefit from better information management. [more]
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Consciousness
J. Allan Hobson
paper, 272 pp., 150 ill., 0-7167-6040-1, $22.95
Where does consciousness come from and how does it work? In Consciousness, world-renowned neuropsychiatrist J. Allan Hobson presents a witty and introspective consideration of this mysterious concept, connecting it to specific areas of the brain and their chemical and physical states. management. [more]
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