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  • What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

    Robert L. Wolke

    Paperback

    Finalist for the James Beard Foundation Book Award and the IACP Cookbook Award

    "[A]s good a read on the science of cooking as there is." —Mark Bittman, author of How to Cook Everything

  • iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon

    Steve Wozniak, Gina Smith

    Paperback

    A New York Times Bestseller: "iWoz traces the life and times of a brilliant, gifted...individual whose contributions to the scientific, business and cultural realms are extensive." —Bookpage

  • Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science

    Carol Kaesuk Yoon

    Hardback

    Finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology: the surprising, untold story about the poetic and deeply human (cognitive) capacity to name the natural world.

  • Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science

    Carol Kaesuk Yoon

    Paperback

    Finalist for the 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Science and Technology. “A lively blend of popular scientific history and cultural criticism.”—New York Times Book Review

  • When Brains Dream: Exploring the Science and Mystery of Sleep

    Antonio Zadra, Robert Stickgold

    Hardback

    A comprehensive, eye-opening exploration of what dreams are, where they come from, what they mean and why we have them.