What's Science Ever Done For Us?

What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe

by Paul Halpern

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Publication date: May 15, 2007

Is the Coriolis effect strong enough to make toilets in the Southern Hemisphere flush clockwise, as Bart Simpson was so keen to discover? Could gravitational lensing create illusions, such as when Homer saw someone invisible to everyone else? Could time really ever be stopped and restarted, as Bart and Milhouse manage to do with the help of a magic stopwatch? Over the years, The Simpsons has examined such issues as genetic mutation, time travel, artificial intelligence, and alien life. What's Science Ever Done For Us? examines these and many other topics through the lens of America’s favorite cartoon. You’ll see, for example, why Lisa’s perpetual motion machine couldn’t really work, and why the Universe might have a complex topology, even if not donut-shaped... Whether or not you’re a Simpsons fan, What's Science Ever Done For Us? will make you think about the science behind the laughs! WHAT’S SCIENCE EVER DONE FOR US? 00-0136 Published by John Wiley & Sons in 2007 288 pages, softcover

Mirroring People

The New Science of How We Connect With Others

by Marco Iacoboni

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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication date: May 01, 2008

Why can we so easily “read” the thoughts and feelings of others? This book profiles amazing research on mirror neurons, brain cells that simulate external events inside our heads and give us the power of empathy.

God is Not Dead

What Quantum Physics Tells Us About Our Origins and How We Should Live

by AMIT GOSWAMI

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Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing Co., Inc.

Publication date: June 01, 2008

This tour of quantum physics, consciousness and the experience of God demonstrates that God’s existence can be found in clues that the science of quantum physics reveals. It will change how you experience reality.

13 Things That Don't Make Sense

The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time

by Michael Brooks

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Publisher: Doubleday

Publication date: August 12, 2008

From dark energy to the placebo effect to the precise definition of life, this book spotlights a baker’s dozen of the knottiest unsolved controversies roiling the world of science at the dawn of the 21st century. HC. 256pp. 2008.

GPS for Dummies®, Second Edition

by Joel McNamara

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Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication date: October 20, 2008

Where in the world are you right now? McNamara gives a comprehensive and up-to-date description of GPS technologies and their uses, from creating digital maps to turning your cell phone or PDA into a GPS receiver.

The Compassionate Carnivore

Or, How to Keep Animals Happy, Save Old MacDonald's Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint, and Still Eat Meat

by Catherine Friend

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Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc

Publication date: May 01, 2008

Want to eat animals humanely? This book, written by an Elvis-loving, lesbian shepherd, will show you how.

The Faith of Scientists

In Their Own Words

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Publisher: Princeton University Press

Publication date: October 01, 2008

A wide-ranging and thought-provoking look at the writings of 21 scientists past and present—including Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Sagan, Hawking, Dyson and Dawkins—that reveals their attitudes toward faith and religion.

Fruitless Fall

The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis

by Rowan Jacobsen

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Publisher: Bloomsbury

Publication date: September 01, 2008

A vital successor to the green classic Silent Spring reveals how the deaths of billions of bees threaten our crops.

Becoming Batman

The Possibility of a Superhero

by E. Paul Zehr

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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press

Publication date: November 01, 2008

Through rigorous training and the right gadgets, could an ordinary person be transformed into a Batman-like hero? Here’s hard scientific insight that explores the challenges of turning yourself into a caped crusader.

Circumference

Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe

by Nicholas Nicastro

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Publisher: St. Martin’s Press

Publication date: November 06, 2008

Nicastro brings to life one of antiquity’s greatest experiments, when Eratosthenes of Cyrene calculated Earth’s circumference to an accuracy of within 10 percent—perhaps even better—of the actual value of 24,860 miles.