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The Science Studies Reader

Saturday, July 9th, 2011

The Science Studies Reader is a landmark anthology of writing in the burgeoning new field of science studies. Society and the scientific community are today engaging more thoughtfully than ever before the question of what “scientific knowledge” might be. This collection of writings by some of the most prominent thinkers in the field speaks to the nature of science and knowledge across time, cultures, and genders. The Reader focuses on the practices of modern and contemporary science and tech

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Scientists Must Write: A Guide to Better Writing for Scientists, Engineers and Students (Routledge Study Guides)

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

To be effective as a scientist or engineer – professional or student – you must write well. This book, by a scientist, will help you to write: to observe, remember, think and plan; to manage your time and avoid stress; and to improve your communication skills. Extensively revised and updated, this valuable reference takes into account the huge changes in information technology since the very successful first edition.

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The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced that he was forming a private company that within three years would unravel the complete genetic code of human life—seven years before the projected finish of the U.S. government’s Human Genome

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Broca’s Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

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Carl Sagan, writer and scientist, returns from the frontier to tell us about how the world works. In his delightfully down-to-earth style, he explores and explains a mind-boggling future of intelligent robots, extraterrestrial life and its consquences, and other provocative, fascinating quandries of the future that we want to see today.

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Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

Editor Philip Rubens has fully revised and updated his popular 1992 edition, with full, authoritative coverage of the techniques and technologies that have revolutionized electronic communications over the past eight years.

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