Science Essentials

Science Essentials is a new series that brings cutting-edge science to general readers, explaining the critical advances that are changing our world. In each volume, a prominent scientist--chosen by an advisory board of the National Academy of Sciences--conveys in a clear language the fundamental knowledge underlying an important and rapidly changing scientific field.

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• The Faces of Terrorism: Social and Psychological Dimensions. N.J. Smelser.
• The Great Brain Debate: Nature or Nurture?. J.E. Dowling.
• Heart of Darkness: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Invisible Universe. J.P. Ostriker and S. Mitton.
• How to Find a Habitable Planet: (New in Paper). J. Kasting and J. Kasting and
• The Little Book of String Theory. S.S. Gubser.
• The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth's Climate. D. Archer.
• The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?. P. Ward.
• Memory: The Key to Consciousness. R. Thompson and S. Madigan.
• The Mystery of the Missing Antimatter. H.R. Quinn and Y. Nir.
• Nature's Compass: The Mystery of Animal Navigation. J.L. Gould and C. Gould.
• Oxygen: A Four Billion Year History. D. Canfield, .

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