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“Those wild and crazy mathematicians! . . . The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011 is so valuable that this reviewer plans to read it twice again. . . .

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In medieval England the violent winds that tore through the woodlands on a lord’s estate brought bounty to the local peasants.

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“This book is recommended to anyone involved in health care—from student to practitioner to teacher or administrator—to remind us all of the traditions that nurture and feed us.

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“Parents of children who have been diagnosed as belonging to one of these groups and adults who have been living with any of these labels will find positive affirmation and encouraging advi

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“Usually art and science are discussed as opposites, and the people who apply them are not only opposite types but often hostile to each other. Mr.

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“. . . one of the truly impressive things about this book is its scope. . . . Despite being dense with data and statistics, Clean Energy Nation never becomes overly technical.

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“Reinventing Discovery is a survey, an analysis, a how-to, and a harbinger of greater things to come.

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“Our future depends on the Blue Revolution that Cynthia Barnett advocates, for, as the ancients knew long before modern science did, ‘Water is life.’”

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“Rob Hopkins combines cutting-edge process model analysis with modern scientific data using a pleasantly conversational mode.”

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“Computer science can be accurately viewed as the upriver force that makes possible the phenomenal impact of such entrepreneurs such as Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Howard Schul

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“People who read this fascinating and eye-opening book will never think about concussions and head injuries in the same old way.”

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“Whether this book lives up to expectations the title might create is debatable; however, a read of Knocking on Heaven’s Door makes one thing certain: Dr.

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“Canadian science writer Tyler Hamilton has given the scientific community working on renewable energy solutions a public relations boost with his illuminating and important book, Mad L

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“Each author has in common a sense of wonder and amazement. All articles are short, 5 to 20 pages, and each is a potato chip, you can’t read just one.”

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“an intelligently written look into why most people take an optimistic view of life. . . . stimulating discussion . . . in easily understood language . . .

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“Long for This World is a grand survey of cutting-edge biology in the hands of visionary researchers, made vivid by Mr. Weiner’s marvelous writing.”

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“Grabbing the reader from the start with a brief introduction to human evolution and anthropology, author Dunn moves through the answer to these and other questions with a sure use of langu

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“Ms. Eilperin regales us with the facts with all the smoothness of a skilled storyteller. . . .

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“The sun has a heartbeat . . . is in fact a third generation star, . . . [and] The fate of our sun at the very end will not be a supernova, but . . .

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Professor Penrose is one of the world’s leading mathematicians and a man who has also made significant contributions to theoretical physics.

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Sandra Steingraber is an internationally known ecologist and environmental educator.

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The possibility of the existence of multiple universes is a hot topic among cosmologists, and John D.

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