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SciTech Leisure Reading (DSL)

New DSL Books – 26 August 2014

DSL 551.2109598 WOOD Wood, Gillen D’Arcy Tambora: the eruption that changed the world. DSL 576.82 DAWK Dawkins, Richard The greatest show on earth: the evidence for evolution. DSL 612.82 BOR Bor, Daniel The ravenous brain: how the new science of consciousness explains our insatiable search for meaning. DSL 622.3383 PRUD Prud'homme, Alex Hydrofracking

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List of SciTech Leisure Books (DSL)

This list is arranged by subject in the following categories:

General subjects Agriculture Art & Architecture Astronomy Biology Biotechnology Botany Chemistry Engineering Environmental Studies Ethics

General science Geography

Geology

History

Home economics

Management & record keeping

Mathematics

Manufacture

Medical Sciences

Music

Philosophy

Physics

Psychology

Religion

Recreation & performing arts

Social sciences

Statistics

Technology

Zoology

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General subjects

DSL 001.44092 HEES Heese, Sue African gold: the story of Africa's Nobel laureates. DSL 003.5 AMOS Amos, Martyn Genesis machines: the new science of biocomputing. DSL 005.756 TAKA Takanashi, Mana The Manga guide to databases.

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Philosophy & Psychology DSL 111 DAWK Dawkins, Richard The magic of reality: how we know what's really true. DSL 123.3 ACZE Aczel, Amir D. Chance: a guide to gambling, love, the stock market & just about everything else. DSL 129 ROAC Roach, Mary Spook: science tackles the afterlife. DSL 152.32 PROV Provine, Robert R Curious behavior: yawning, laughing, hiccupping, and beyond. DSL 153 CALV Calvin, William H. A brief history of the mind: from apes to intellect and beyond. DSL 153.125 CONN Connerton, Paul How modernity forgets. DSL 153.753 KLEI Klein, Stefan The secret pulse of time: making sense of life's scarcest commodity. DSL 155.2 NETT Nettle, Daniel Personality: what makes you the way you are. DSL 155.7 OAKL Oakley, Barbara A. Evil genes: why Rome fell, Hitler rose, Enron failed, and my sister stole my mother's boyfriend.

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DSL 160 WHYT Whyte, Jamie Crimes against logic: exposing the bogus arguments of politicians, priests, journalists, and other serial offenders. ____________________________________________________________________________

Ethics DSL 174.95 ON Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (U.S.) On being a scientist: a guide to responsible conduct in research. DSL 179.1 MACC McCord, Edward LeRoy The value of species. DSL 179.3 DAWK Dawkins, Marian Stamp Why animals matter: animal consciousness, animal welfare, and human well-being.

Religion DSL 215 COLL Collins, Francis S. The language of God: a scientist presents evidence for belief. DSL 215 KAUF Kauffman, Stuart A. Reinventing the sacred: a new view of science, reason and religion. DSL 215 PARK Park, Robert L. Superstition: belief in the age of science. DSL 215 SAGA Sagan, Carl The varieties of scientific experience: a personal view of the search for God.

DSL 270.3092 SYLV(BROW) Brown, Nancy Marie Abacus and the cross : the story of the Pope who brought the light of science to the Dark Ages

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Social sciences DSL 303.483 EDGE Edgerton, David The shock of the old: technology and global history since 1900.

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DSL 303.483 CARL Carlson, Elof Axel Neither gods nor beasts: how science is changing who we think we are. DSL 303.483 DREX Drexler, K. Eric Radical abundance: how a revolution in nanotechnology will change civilization. DSL 303.483 NOWO Nowotny, Helga Insatiable curiosity: innovation in a fragile future. DSL 303.483 PRES Preston, Diana Before the fallout: from Marie Curie to Hiroshima. DSL 303.4833 HUMA Kirdar, Üner (ed.) Humanizing the digital age. DSL 303.49 STEV Stevenson, Mark An optimist's tour of the future. DSL 304.209 HUMA Templar, Dale Human planet. DSL 306.45 POLL Pollan, Michael The botany of desire: a plant's-eye view of the world. DSL 306.45 SPEC Specter, Michael Denialism: how irrational thinking hinders scientific progress, harms the planet, and threatens our lives. DSL 306.46 DOWN Downey, Gary Lee The machine in me: an anthropologist sits among computer engineers. DSL 330.092 SIMO(SIMO) Simon, Herbert Alexander Models of my life. DSL 333.7 CHAS Chasek, Pamela S. Ten days in Johannesburg: a negotiation of hope. DSL 333.7 WORL Steffen, Alex (Ed.) Worldchanging : a user's guide for the 21st century.

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DSL 333.72 WRIG Wright, John The CSIRO energy saving handbook: how to reduce your energy use, help the planet and save money-all at the same time. DSL 333.72092 MUIR (GISE) Gisel, Bonnie Johanna Nature's beloved son: rediscovering John Muir's botanical legacy. DSL 333.794 EVAN Evans, Robert L. Fueling our future: an introduction to sustainable energy. DSL 333.794 RENE Wengenmayr, Roland (ed.) Renewable energy: sustainable energy concepts for the future. DSL 333.91 DAVI Davies, Helen Chapman Archaeology of water. DSL 333.9122 SALZ Salzman, James Drinking water: a history. DSL 333.9516 BALM Balmford, Andrew Wild hope: on the front lines of conservation success. DSL 333.9516 WILS Wilson, Edward O. The creation: an appeal to save life on earth. DSL 333.9522 WILS Wilson, Edward O. The future of life. DSL 338.4791 HONE Honey, Martha Ecotourism and sustainable development : who owns paradise? DSL 338.76291 HYDE Hyde, Charles K. Storied independent automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors. DSL 358.3482 VILE Vilensky, Joel A. Dew of death: the story of lewisite, America's World War I weapon of mass destruction. DSL 362.29309 DORM Dormandy, Thomas Opium: reality's dark dream.

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DSL 363.259523 MAMM Wilkes, R. (ed). The mammoth book of murder and science. ___________________________________________________________________________

Environmental Studies DSL 363.347 MACG McGuire, Bill Surviving Armageddon: solutions for a threatened planet. DSL 363.610942 STRA Strang, Veronica The meaning of water. DSL 363.7 RISC Rischard, J.F. High noon: twenty global problems, twenty years to solve them. DSL 363.7280973 ROYT Royte, Elizabeth Garbage land: on the secret trail of trash. DSL 363.7384 LEVI Levine, Marvin J. Pesticides: a toxic time bomb in our midst. DSL 363.73874 EMAN Emanuel, Kerry A. What we know about climate change. DSL 363.73874 ENTI Enting, Ian Graham Twisted: the distorted mathematics of greenhouse denial. DSL 363.73874 GORE Gore, Albert An inconvenient truth: the planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it. DSL 363.73874 GRAY Gray, Vincent The greenhouse delusion: a critique of climate change. DSL 363.73874 LAPP Lappé, Anna Diet for a hot planet: the climate crisis at the end of your fork and what you can do about it. DSL 363.73874 LAWS Lawson, Nigel An appeal to reason: a cool look at global warming.

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DSL 363.73874 MONB Monbiot, George Heat: how to stop the planet burning. DSL 381.177 STEI Steiglitz, Kenneth Snipers, shills, & sharks: eBay and human behavior. DSL 394.12 WRAN Wrangham, Richard W. Catching fire :how cooking made us human. ___________________________________________________________________________

General science DSL 500 AGIN Agin, D. P. Junk science: how politicians, corporations, and other hucksters betray us. DSL 500 ANGI Angier, Natalie The canon: the beautiful basics of science. DSL 500 BRYS Bryson, Bill A short history of nearly everything. DSL 500 GOLD Goldacre, Ben Bad science: quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks DSL 500 OXFO Dawkins, Richard (ed.) The Oxford book of modern science writing. DSL 500 RAND Randall, Lisa Knocking on heaven's door: how physics and scientific thinking illuminate the universe and the modern world. DSL 500 SCIE Frazier, Kendrick (Ed.) Science under siege: defending science, exposing pseudoscience. DSL 500 SONE Sones, Bill Can a guy get pregnant? Scientific answers to everyday (and not-so-everyday) questions. DSL 500 STEB Stebbins, Michael Sex, drugs and DNA: science's taboos confronted.

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DSL 500 VONB Von Baeyer, Hans Christian The Fermi solution: essays on science. DSL 500 WOLK Wolke, R.L. What Einstein told his barber: more scientific answers to everyday questions. DSL 500.5 LAUN Launius, Roger D. Smithsonian atlas of space exploration. DSL 500.82 EURO European Commission. Directorate General for Research Women in science. DSL 501 DEUT Deutsch, David The beginning of infinity: explanations that transform the world. DSL 501 MITC Mitchell, Melanie Complexity: a guided tour. DSL 501 PIGL Pigliucci, Massimo Nonsense on stilts: how to tell science from bunk. DSL 501 SAGA Sagan, Carl The demon-haunted word: science as a candle in the dark. DSL 502 DOES O'Hare, Mick (ed.) Does anything eat wasps?: and 101 other questions: questions and answers from the popular 'Last Word' column. DSL 502 GRIB Gribbin, Mary From atoms to infinity: 88 great ideas in science. DSL 506.041 SEEI Bryson, Bill (Ed.) Seeing further. The story of science and the Royal Society. DSL 507.8 JOHN Johnson, George The ten most beautiful experiments. DSL 508 BEST Weiner, Jonathan (ed.) The best American science and nature writing, 2005.

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DSL 508 SIEG Siegfried, Roy Dog-days: natural history for bed-time reading. DSL 508 THOM Thompson, Richard Nature's design: exploring the mysteries of the natural world. DSL 508.092 WHIT(MABE) Mabey, Richard Gilbert White: a biography of the author of 'The natural history of Selborne'. DSL 509 BYNU Bynum, W. F. A little history of science. DSL 509 SAGA Sagan, Carl Broca's brain: reflections on the romance of science. DSL 509 SCIE Tallack, Peter (ed.) The science book. DSL 509 VERM Verma, Surendra The cause of mosquitoes' sorrow: beginnings, blunders and breakthroughs in science. DSL 509.2 DAWK (DAWK) Dawkins, Richard Appetite for wonder: the making of a scientist. DSL 509.2 HOOK(JARD) Jardine, Lisa The curious life of Robert Hooke: the man who measured London. DSL 509.2 YOUN (ROBI) Robinson, Andrew The last man who knew everything : Thomas Young, the anonymous polymath who proved Newton wrong, explained how we see, cured the sick, and deciphered the Rosetta Stone, among other feats of genius. DSL 509.41 HOLM Holmes, Richard The age of wonder: how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science. DSL 509.43 CORN Cornwell, John Hitler's scientists: science, war and the Devil's pact. ____________________________________________________________________________

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Mathematics & Statistics

DSL 510 STEW Stewart, Ian The magical maze: seeing the world through mathematical eyes. DSL 510 SZPI Szpiro, George Numbers rule: the vexing mathematics of democracy, from Plato to the present. DSL 510 WILS Wilson, Robin J. Lewis Carroll in Numberland: his fantastical mathematical logical life: an agony in eight fits. DSL 510.71173 HOUS Houston, Kevin How to think like a mathematician: a companion to undergraduate mathematics. DSL 510.76 DOER Dörrie, Heinrich 100 great problems of elementary mathematics: their history and solution. DSL 510.76 WICK Wickelgren, Wayne A. How to solve mathematical problems. DSL 510.79 OLSO Olson, Steve Count down : six kids vie for glory at the world's toughest math competition. DSL 510.9 STEW Stewart, Ian In pursuit of the unknown: 17 equations that changed the world DSL 510.92 BOUR(ACZE) Aczel, Amir D. The artist and the mathematician: the story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the genius mathematician who never existed. DSL 510.92 CANT(ACZE) Acze, Amir D. The mystery of the aleph: mathematics, the kabbalah, and the search for infinity. DSL 510.92 ERDO(HOFF) Hoffman, Paul The man who loved only numbers: the story of Paul Erdos and the search for mathematical truth. DSL 510.92 GESS Gessen, Masha Perfect rigor: a genius and the mathematical breakthrough of the century.

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DSL 510.92 NASH(NASH) Nasar, Sylvia A beautiful mind. DSL 510.92 WIEN(CONW) Conway, Flo Dark hero of the information age: in search of Norbert Wiener, the father of cybernetics. DSL 512.72 POSA Posamentier, Alfred S. The fabulous Fibonacci numbers. DSL 512.73 MAOR Maor, Eli e: the story of a number. DSL 512.74 ACZE Aczel, Amir D. Fermat's last theorem: unlocking the secret of an ancient mathematical problem. DSL 513 PAUL Paulos, John Allen Innumeracy: mathematical illiteracy and its consequences. DSL 514.34092 POIN(OSHE) O'Shea, Donal The Poincaré conjecture: in search of the shape of the universe. DSL 515 KOJI Kojima, Hiroyuki The manga guide to calculus. DSL 515.09 BARD Bardi, Jason The calculus wars. DSL 516.1 RONA Ronan, Mark Symmetry and the monster: one of the greatest quests of mathematics. DSL 516.22 POSA Posamentier, Alfred S. The Pythagorean theorem: the story of its power and beauty. DSL 519.2 MLOD Mlodinow, Leonard The drunkard's walk: how randomness rules our lives. DSL 519.5 AYRE Ayres, Ian Super crunchers: why thinking-by-numbers is the new way to be smart.

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DSL 519.509 COHE Cohen, I. Bernard The triumph of numbers: how counting shapes modern life. DSL 519.542 MACG McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch The theory that would not die: how Bayes' rule cracked the enigma code, hunted down Russian submarines, & emerged triumphant from two centuries of controversy. ______________________________________________________________________

Astronomy DSL 520 ASIM Asimov, Isaac Isaac Asimov's guide to earth and space. DSL 520.9 AUGH Aughton, Peter The story of astronomy: from Babylonian stargazers to the search for the big bang. DSL 520.92 BRAH(GILD) Gilder, Joshua Heavenly intrigue: Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the murder behind one of history's greatest scientific discoveries. DSL 520.92 HERS(BROC) Brock, Claire The comet sweeper : Caroline Herschel's astronomical ambition. DSL 522 PERR Perryman, Michael The making of history's greatest star map. DSL 522.109947 BHAT Bhathal, R. Mt Stromlo Observatory: from bush observatory to the Nobel Prize. DSL 522.1942162 HOWS Howse, Derek Greenwich time and the longitude. DSL 522.2 ANDE Andersen, Geoff The telescope: its history, technology, and future. DSL 522.2968 AFRI Buckley, David ...[et al] Africa's giant eye: building the Southern African large telescope. DSL 523 BAKI Bakich, Michael E. 1,001 celestial wonders to see before you die: the best sky objects for star gazers.

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DSL 523.1 GATE Gater, Will The cosmic keyhole: how astronomy is unlocking the secrets of the universe. DSL 523.1 HAWK Hawking, Stephen W. A briefer history of time. DSL 523.1 LIDD Liddle, Andrew R. An introduction to modern cosmology. DSL 523.1 SPEN Spence, Pam The universe. DSL 523.11 ARP Arp, Halton C. Seeing Red: redshifts, cosmology and academic science. DSL 523.24 BOSS Boss, Alan The crowded universe: the search for living planets. DSL 523.3 MOOR Moore, Patrick Patrick Moore on the moon. DSL 523.3 WILK Wilkinson, John. The moon in close-up: a next generation astronomer's guide. DSL 523.5 VERM Verma, Surendra The mystery of the Tunguska fireball. DSL 523.51 BEEC Beech, Martin Meteors and meteorites: origins and observations. DSL 523.7 WHIT Whitehouse, David The sun: a biography. DSL 523.8 RIDP Ridpath, Ian Stars. DSL 523.8091814 MASS Massey, S. Atlas of the southern night sky.

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DSL 523.84465 WHEE Wheeler, J. Craig Cosmic catastrophes : exploding stars, black holes, and mapping the universe. DSL 523.8875 MELI Melia, Fulvio The black hole at the center of our galaxy. DSL 523.8875 BEGE Begelman, Mitchell C. Gravity's fatal attraction: black holes in the universe. DSL 526 WILF Wilford, John Noble The mapmakers: the story of the great pioneers in cartography - from antiquity to the space age. DSL 526.1 DANS Danson, Edwin Weighing the world: the quest to measure the Earth. DSL 529.2 GOUL Gould, Stephen Jay Questioning the millennium. DSL 529.7 NEWT Newton, Roger G. Galileo's pendulum: from the rhythm of time to the making of matter. _________________________________________________________________________

Physics DSL 530 QUIN Quinn, Helen The mystery of the missing antimatter. DSL 530 WALK Walker, Jearl The flying circus of physics. DSL 530 TELL Teller, Edward Conversations on the dark secrets of physics. DSL 530.09 OHAN<br> Ohanian, Hans C. Einstein's mistakes: the human failings of genius. DSL 530.092 DIRA(FARM) Farmelo, Graham The strangest man: the hidden life of Paul Dirac, quantum genius.

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DSL 530.092 EINS(ABRA) Abraham, Carolyn Possessing genius: the bizarre odyssey of Einstein's brain. DSL 530.092 EINS(SCHW) Schweber, S. S. Einstein and Oppenheimer: the meaning of genius. DSL 530.092 FEYN Feynman, Richard Phillips 'What do you care what other people think?': further adventures of a curious character. DSL 530.092 MAXW(MAHO) Mahon, Basil The man who changed everything: the life of James Clerk Maxwell. DSL 530.092 NEWT(ACKR) Ackroyd, Peter Isaac Newton. DSL 530.092 SCHO(REIC) Reich, E.S. Plastic fantastic: how the biggest fraud in physics shook the scientific world. DSL 530.1 CLOS Close, F. E. The void. DSL 530.1 EINS Stachel, John (ed.) Einstein's miraculous year: five papers that changed the face of physics. DSL 530.1 LOCK Lockwood, Michael The labyrinth of time: introducing the universe. DSL 530.11 ABBO Abbott, Edwin Abbott Flatland. DSL 530.11 BAIS Bais, Sander Very special relativity: an illustrated guide. DSL 530.11 CARR Carroll, Sean M. From eternity to here: the quest for the ultimate theory of time. DSL 530.11 EINS Einstein, Albert Selections from 'The principle of relativity'.

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DSL 530.11 MERM Mermin, N. David It's about time: understanding Einstein's relativity. DSL 530.12 CHOW Chown, Marcus Quantum theory cannot hurt you: a guide to the universe. DSL 530.12 GHIR Ghirardi, G. C. Sneaking a look at God's cards : unraveling the mysteries of quantum mechanics. DSL 530.12 GILD Gilder, Louisa The age of entanglement: when quantum physics was reborn. DSL 530.12 SUSS Susskind, Leonard The black hole war: my battle with Stephen Hawking to make the world safe for quantum mechanics. DSL 530.12 WOLF Wolf, Fred Alan Taking the quantum leap: the new physics for nonscientists. DSL 530.1209 BAGG Baggot, Jim The quantum story: a history in 40 moments. DSL 530.14 MUSS Musser, George The complete idiot's guide to string theory. DSL 530.14 SMOL Smolin, Lee The trouble with physics : the rise of string theory, the fall of a science and what comes next. DSL 530.15 GUIL Guillen, Michael Five equations that changed the world: the power and poetry of mathematics. DSL 530.15 NAHI Nahin, Paul J. Mrs Perkin's electric quilt: and other intriguing stories of mathematical physics. DSL 530.429 DUNM Dunmur, David Soap, science, and flat-screen TVs: a history of liquid crystals. DSL 530.44 SUPL Suplee, Curt The plasma universe.

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DSL 535.323 PEND Pendergrast, Mark Mirror mirror: a history of the human love affair with reflection. DSL 536.71 ATKI Atkins, Peter William Four laws that drive the universe. DSL 537.092 FARA(MORU) Morus, Iwan Rhys Michael Faraday and the electrical century. DSL 539.14 BIZO Bizony, Piers Atom. DSL 539.7092 BLAC(NYE) Nye, Mary Jo Blackett: physics, war, and politics in the twentieth century. DSL 539.7092 MEIT(SIME) Sime, Ruth Lewin Lise Meitner: a life in physics. DSL 539.72 DOSC Dosch, Hans Günter Beyond the nanoworld: quarks, leptons, and gauge bosons. DSL 539.72 MUSS Musser, George The complete idiot's guide to string theory. DSL 539.721 LEDE Lederman, Leon M. The god particle: if the universe is the answer what is the question? DSL 539.7258 GRIB Gribbin, John R. In search of superstrings: symmetry, membranes and the theory of everything. DSL 539.725 STEW Stewart, Ian Why beauty is truth: a history of symmetry. _____________________________________________________________________

Chemistry DSL 540 ATKI Atkins, P. W. What is chemistry?

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DSL 540 EMSL Emsley, John A healthy, wealthy, sustainable world. DSL 540 EMSL Emsley, John Molecules at an exhibition: portraits of intriguing materials in everyday life. DSL 540.9 BROC Brock, W. H. The case of the poisonous socks: tales from chemistry DSL 540.92 CURI(BRIA) Brian, Denis The Curies: a biography of the most controversial family in science. DSL 540.92 HABE(HAGE) Hager, Thomas Alchemy of air. DSL 541.24 DEFF Deffeyes, Kenneth S. Nanoscale: visualizing an invisible world. DSL 546 KEAN Kean, Sam The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, and the history of the world from the periodic table of the elements. DSL 546 SCER Scerri, E.R. A tale of seven elements. DSL 547.2 NICO Nicolaou, K.C. Molecules that changed the world: a brief history of the art and science of synthesis and its impact on society. DSL 547.7 GRAT Gratzer, W.B. Giant molecules: from nylon to nanotubes. _________________________________________________________________________

Geology DSL 550 FLAN Flannery, Tim F. Here on Earth : a new beginning. DSL 550 HAZE Hazen, Robert M The story of Earth: the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet.

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DSL 550 STEW Stewart, Iain Earth: the power of the planet. DSL 550.92 SMIT(WINC) Winchester, Simon The map that changed the world: a tale of rocks, ruin and redemption. DSL 551.2109598 WOOD Wood, Gillen D’Arcy Tambora: the eruption that changed the world DSL 551.41 NIEL Nield, Ted Supercontinent: ten billion years in the life of our planet. DSL 551.457 HOBB Hobbs, C. H. The beach book: science of the shore. DSL 551.46 BERG Berger, Wolf H. Ocean: reflections on a century of exploration. DSL 551.46136 INTE Sündermann, J. & Lenz, W. (Eds.) North Sea dynamics. DSL 551.5632 UMAN Uman, Martin A. The lightning discharge. DSL 551.701 MACA Macdougall, Doug Nature's clocks: how scientists measure the age of almost everything. DSL 556.8 NORM Norman, Nick Geology off the beaten track: exploring South Africa’s hidden treasures. DSL 559.89 MACC McClintock, James Lost Antarctica: adventures in a disappearing land. ____________________________________________________________________________

Pre-historic life DSL 560.92 TRUS Trusler, Peter The artist & the scientists: bringing prehistory to life.

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DSL 567.9 NORM Norman, David Dinosaurs. DSL 567.9 PALM Palmer, Douglas Dinosaurs. DSL 567.9 SAMP Sampson, Scott D. Dinosaur odyssey: fossil threads in the web of life. DSL 569.9092 TOBI Tobias, Phillip V. Tobias in conversation: genes, fossils and anthropology. DSL 567.93 FORE Chinsamy-Turan, Anusuya Forerunners of mammals : radiation, histology, biology. DSL 569.986 FINL Finlayson, Clive Humans who went extinct: why Neanderthals died out and we survived. ___________________________________________________________________________

Biology DSL 570.1 DYSO Dyson, Freeman J. Many-colored glass: reflections on the place of life in the universe. DSL 570.15 BULL Allen, Robert Bulletproof feathers: how science uses nature's secrets to design cutting-edge technology. DSL 572.33 HOFF Hoffmann, Peter M. Life's ratchet: how molecular machines extract order from chaos. DSL 572.53 LANE Lane, Nick Oxygen: the molecule that made the world. DSL 572.8 BLUM Blumberg, Mark Samuel Freaks of nature: and what they tell us about evolution and development. DSL 572.8092 PERU(FERR) Ferry, Georgina Max Perutz and the secret of life.

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DSL 572.838 FAIR Fairbanks, Daniel J. Relics of Eden: the powerful evidence of evolution in human DNA. DSL 572.86 BLIS Bliss, Catherine Race decoded : the genomic fight for social justice. DSL 572.86 CARR Carroll, Sean B. The making of the fittest: DNA and the ultimate forensic record of evolution. DSL 572.86 JAME James, Wilmot Godfrey Nature's gifts: why we are the way we are. DSL 572.86092 VENT(VENT) Venter, J. Craig A life decoded : my genome, my life. DSL 572.865 CARE Carey, Nessa The epigenetics revolution: how modern biology is rewriting our understanding of genetics, disease and inheritance. DSL 572.865 WEIS Weissmann, Gerald Epigenetics in the age of Twitter: pop culture and modern science. DSL 576.509 ENDE Endersby, Jim A guinea pig's history of biology. DSL 576.8092 GOUL(STEP) Allmon, Warren D., Kelley, Patricia H. & Ross, Robert M. (Eds.) Stephen Jay Gould: reflections on his view of life. DSL 576.82 DARW Darwin, Charles The origin of species. DSL 576.82 WILL Wills, Christopher The Darwinian tourist: viewing the world through evolutionary eyes. DSL 576.82 DAWK Dawkins, Richard Climbing mount improbable. DSL 576.82 DAWK Dawkins, Richard The greatest show on earth: the evidence for evolution

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DSL 576.82 STOT Stott, Rebecca Darwin's ghosts: the secret history of evolution. DSL 576.82092 DARW(BROW) Browne, E. Janet Darwin's Origin of species: a biography. DSL 576.83 KAPL Kaplan, Matt David Attenborough's first life: a journey back in time. DSL 576.83 STRI Strick, James Edgar Sparks of life: Darwinism and the Victorian debates over spontaneous generation. DSL 576.84 MACL MacLeod, Norman The great extinctions: what causes them and how they shape life DSL 576.84 PROT Prothero, Donald R Greenhouse of the dinosaurs: evolution, extinction, and the future of our planet. DSL 577.072 SAGA Sagarin, Rafe Observation and ecology: broadening the scope of science to understand a complex world. DSL 577.22 WOHL Wohlforth, Charles P. The whale and the supercomputer: on the northern front of climate change. DSL 577.56 BARI Barilla, James My backyard jungle: the adventures of an urban wildlife lover who turned his yard into habitat and learned to live with it. __________________________________________________________________

Botany DSL 577.8 CRUM Crump, Marty Sexy orchids make lousy lovers: and other unusual relationships. DSL 577 WOOD Woodworth, Paddy Our once and future planet: restoring the world in the climate change century. DSL 578.62 SIMB Simberloff, D. Invasive species: what everyone needs to know.

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DSL 579 INGR Ingraham, John L. March of the microbes: sighting the unseen. DSL 580.92 GRIB Gribbin, Mary Flower hunters. DSL 580.92 STOK(STOK) Slingsby, Peter T.P. Stokoe, the man, the myths, the flowers. DSL 581.48 COOM Coombes, Allen J. The book of leaves: a leaf-by-leaf guide to six hundred of the world’s great trees. DSL 581.7 RICE Rice, Stanley A Green planet: how plants keep the Earth alive. DSL 581.968 HUNT Huntley, Brian J. Kirstenbosch: the most beautiful garden in Africa. ______________________________________________________________________

Zoology DSL 590 PIPE Piper, R. Animal earth: the amazing diversity of living creatures. DSL 591.5 BALC Balcombe, Jonathan P. Pleasurable kingdom: animals and the nature of feeling good. DSL 591.50222 BALC Balcombe, Jonathan P. The exultant ark: a pictorial tour of animal pleasure. DSL 591.5 LORE Lorenz, Konrad King Solomon's ring: new light on animal ways. DSL 591.51 SHAN Shanor, Karen Bats sing, mice giggle: revealing the secret lives of animals. DSL 591.513 LIND Linden, Eugene The octopus and the orangutan: new tales of animal intrigue, intelligence, and ingenuity.

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DSL 591.564 HANS Hansell, Michael H. Built by animals: the natural history of animal architecture. DSL 591.568 GOUL Gould, James L Nature’s compass: the mystery of animal navigation. DSL 591.70911 FOTH Fothergill, Alastair Frozen planet: a world beyond imagination. DSL 595.44 HILL Hillyard, P. D. Spiders. DSL 595.7 CHIN Chinery, Michael Insects: amazing images of fascinating creatures. DSL 595.7 RAFF Raffles, Hugh Insectopedia. DSL 595.7092 FOUN (SCOT) Scott-Stokes, N. Wild and fearless: the life of Margaret Fountaine. DSL 595.772 SPIE Spielman, Andrew Mosquito: a natural history of our most persistent and deadly foe. DSL 595.789 CASS Cassie, Brian A world of butterflies. DSL 595.799 BENJ Benjamin, Alison World without bees. DSL 595.799 TAUT Tautz, Jurgen The buzz about bees: biology of a superorganism. DSL 597.3 COMP Compagno, Leonard J. V. Sharks. DSL 597.3 EILP Eilperin, Juliet Demon fish: travels through the hidden world of sharks.

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DSL 597.90968 SCHM Schmidt, Warren Reptiles and amphibians of southern Africa. DSL 597.960968 MARA Marais, Johan What's that snake?: a starter's guide to snakes of southern Africa. DSL 598 ATTE Attenborough, David The life of birds. DSL 598 COCK Cocker, M. Birds and people DSL 598.09 WALT Walters, Michael A concise history of ornithology. DSL 598.092 AUDU Audubon, John James The Audubon reader. DSL 598.092 AUDU (RHOD) Rhodes, Richard John James Audubon: the making of an American. DSL 598.15 BIRK Birkhead, Tim Bird sense: what it’s like to be a bird. DSL 598.710968 PERR Perrin, Mike Parrots of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene islands: biology, ecology and conservation. DSL 599 ATTE Attenborough, David The life of mammals. DSL 599.5138 BERT Berta, Annalisa Return to the sea: the life and evolutionary times of marine mammals DSL 599.6380929 ALLI Allin, Michael Zarafa. The true story of a giraffe’s journey from the plains of Africa to the heart of post-Napoleonic France. DSL 599.743096883 MILL Mills, M. G. L. Hyena nights & Kalahari days.

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DSL 599.77 ALDR Aldridge, Neil Underdogs : the fight to save South Africa's wild dogs. DSL 599.8 REDM Redmond, Ian Primates of the world: the amazing diversity of our closest relatives. DSL 599.865 TRET Trethowan, Jenni Beast or blessing: stories and images about living with baboons in Africa. DSL 599.9081 MORR Morris, Desmond The naked man: a study of the male body. DSL 599.935 DAVI Davies, Kevin Cracking the genome: inside the race to unlock human DNA DSL 599.935 REIL Reilly, Philip The strongest boy in the world: how genetic information is reshaping our lives. DSL 599.935 WELL Wells, Spencer Deep ancestry: inside the Genographic Project. DSL 599.938 COHE Cohen, Jon Almost chimpanzee: searching for what makes us human, in rainforests, labs, sanctuaries, and zoos. DSL 599.938 PALM Palmer, Douglas The origins of man: [an illustrated history of human evolution]. ______________________________________________________________________

Technology DSL 600 BENY Benyus, Janine M. Biomimicry: innovation inspired by nature. DSL 600 MACA Macaulay, David The way things work. DSL 601.9 PALE Paley, S.J. The art of invention: the creative process of discovery and design.

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DSL 607.11 ESSE Zeegers, Peter ...[et al]. Essential skills for science and technology. DSL 609 DENN Denny, Mark Ingenium: five machines that changed the world. DSL 609 QUIN Quinn, Tom Science's strangest inventions: extraordinary but true stories from over 200 years of science's inventive history. DSL 609 WATE Waterkeyn, Xavier Brilliant ideas: from the wheel to the iPod. DSL 609.2 JAFF Jaffe, Deborah Ingenious women: from tincture of saffron to flying machines. ______________________________________________________________________

Medical sciences DSL 610.696 GROO Groopman, Jerome E. How doctors think. DSL 611 SHUB Shubin, Neil Your inner fish: a journey into the 3.5-billion-year history of the human body. DSL 611.0181 NIEH Niehoff, Debra The language of life: how cells communicate in health and disease. DSL 611.018167 BAIN Bainbridge, David The X in sex: how the X chromosome controls our lives. DSL 612.82 ABRA Abraham, Carolyn Possessing genius: the bizarre odyssey of Einstein's brain. DSL 612.82 BOR Bor, Daniel The ravenous brain: how the new science of consciousness explains our insatiable search for meaning. DSL 612.82 OSHE O'Shea, Michael The brain: a very short introduction.

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DSL 612.97 WILS Wilson, Frank R. The hand: how its use shapes the brain, language, and human culture. DSL 613.7 PERR Perry, Bruce W. Fitness for geeks : real science, great nutrition, and good health. DSL 613.794 HORN Horne, James A. Sleepfaring: a journey through the science of sleep. DSL 614.1 ARON Aronson, Jay D. Genetic witness: science, law, and controversy in the making of DNA profiling. DSL 614.514 JOHN Johnson, Steven The ghost map: a street, an epidemic and the two men who battle to save Victorian London. DSL 614.532 SHAH Shah, Sonia The fever: how malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years. DSL 614.5320096 PERR Perry, Alex Lifeblood: how to change the world, one dead mosquito at a time. DSL 615.19 ROGE Rogers, Kara Out of nature: why drugs from plants matter to the future of humanity. DSL 615.321 HEFF Hefferon, Kathleen Let thy food be thy medicine: plants and modern medicine. DSL 615.3210968 PIEN Pienaar, Antoinette The Griqua's apprentice: ancient healing arts of the Karoo. DSL 615.5 OFFI Offit, Paul A. Do you believe in magic? : the sense and nonsense of alternative medicine. DSL 615.9 EMSL Emsley, John Molecules of murder: criminal molecules and classic cases. DSL 615.9 TIMB Timbrell, John A. The poison paradox: chemicals as friends and foes.

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DSL 615.909 EMSL Emsley, John The elements of murder: a history of poison. DSL 615.925715 CULL Cullen, William R. Is arsenic an aphrodisiac? : the sociochemistry of an element. DSL 616.0277092 LACK(SKLO) Skloot, Rebecca The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. DSL 616.02774 PARS Parson, Ann B. The Proteus effect: stem cells and their promise for medicine. DSL 616.394009 BOWN Bown, Stephen R. The age of scurvy: how a surgeon, a mariner and a gentleman helped Britain win the battle of Trafalgar. DSL 616.91 ZIMM Zimmer, Carl A planet of viruses. ______________________________________________________________________

Engineering DSL 620.0082 WILL Williams, F. Mary Becoming leaders: a practical handbook for women in engineering, science, and technology. DSL 620.1923 FREI Freinkel, Susan Plastic: a toxic love story. DSL 620.5 HALL Hall, J. Storrs Nanofuture: what's next for nanotechnology. DSL 621.3092 SHOC(SHUR) Shurkin, Joel N. Broken genius: the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the electronic age. DSL 621.312136 BULL Bull, Jamie Small-scale wind power generation: a practical guide. DSL 621.31244 CHIR Chiras, Daniel D. Power from the sun: achieving energy independence.

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DSL 621.38509 SHUL Shulman, Seth The telephone gambit: chasing Alexander Graham Bell's secret. DSL 621.4356 PROU Prout-Jones, Desmond Cracking the sky: a history of rocket science in South Africa. DSL 622.3382 CAVN Cavnar, Bob Disaster on the horizon: high stakes, high risks, and the story behind the Deepwater well blowout. DSL 622.3383 PRUD Prud'homme, Alex Hydrofracking DSL 624.175 ROBE Roberts, Siobhan Wind wizard: Alan G. Davenport and the art of wind engineering. DSL 624.2 BLOC Blockley, D.I. Bridges: the science and art of the world's most inspiring structures. DSL 628.3 GEOR George, Rose The big necessity: adventures in the world of human waste. DSL 629.13 ALEX Alexander, David E. Why don't jumbo jets flap their wings? : flying animals, flying machines, and how they are different. DSL 629.4 HAWK Hawksett, David Space exploration. DSL 629.441 MACD McDonald, Allan J. Truth, lies, and O-rings: inside the space shuttle Challenger disaster. ______________________________________________________________________

Agriculture DSL 631.5233 RONA Ronald, Pamela C. Tomorrow's table: organic farming, genetics and the future of food. DSL 631.5233 THOM Thomson, Jennifer A. Seeds for the future: the impact of genetically modified crops on the environment.

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DSL 635.09 DROW Drower, George M. F. Gardeners, gurus & grubs: the stories of garden inventors & innovations. DSL 635.933890968 MIDD Middelmann, Maryke Proteas : the birth of a worldwide industry : a historical overview of the commercialisation of Proteas and Cape Greens. DSL 636.6865 PEPP Pepperberg, Irene M. Alex & me: how a scientist and a parrot discovered a hidden world of animal intelligence and formed a deep bond in the process. DSL 636.70887 BRAD Bradshaw, John W. S In defence of dogs : why dogs need our understanding. DSL 637.4 CLAR Clarke, Chris The science of ice cream. DSL 638.1 WILS Wilson, Bee The hive: the story of the honeybee and us. DSL 639.75 MURP Murphy, David Organic growing with worms: a handbook for a better environment. DSL 639.9096843 ANTH Anthony, Lawrence The last rhinos: the powerful story of one man's battle to save a species. ______________________________________________________________________

Home economics DSL 641.0973 KING Kingsolver, Barbara Animal, vegetable, miracle: our year of seasonal eating. DSL 641.3 LACE Lacey, Richard Hard to swallow: a brief history of food. DSL 641.3521 READ Reader, John Propitious esculent: the potato in world history.

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DSL 641.5 THIS This, Hervé Kitchen mysteries: revealing the science of cooking = Les secrets de la casserole. DSL 641.5 WOLK Wolke, Robert L. What Einstein told his cook: kitchen science explained. ______________________________________________________________________

Management and record keeping DSL 652.3 WERS Wershler-Henry, Darren Sean The iron whim: a fragmented history of typewriting. DSL 652.809 SING Singh, Simon The code book: the science of secrecy from ancient Egypt to quantum cryptography. ______________________________________________________________________

Biotechnology DSL 660.6 FREN Frenay, Robert Pulse: the coming age of systems and machines inspired by living things. DSL 660.65 ANTH Anthes, Emily Frankenstein’s cat: cuddling up to biotech’s brave new beasts. DSL 668.54 OHLO Ohloff, Günther Scent and chemistry: the molecular world of odors. ______________________________________________________________________

Manufacture DSL 681.111 MARC Marchant, Josephine Decoding the heavens: a 2000 year old computer and the century long search to discover its secrets. ______________________________________________________________________

Art and Architecture DSL 709.51 LEON(LEST) Lester, Toby Da Vinci's ghost: the untold story of the world's most famous drawing. DSL 720.942 WREN(TINN) Tinniswood, Adrian His invention so fertile: a life of Christopher Wren.

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Music DSL 781.11 LEVI Levitin, Daniel J. This is your brain on music: understanding a human obsession. DSL 786.7192 GHAZ Ghazala, Reed Circuit-bending: build your own alien instruments. ______________________________________________________________________

Recreational and Performing Arts DSL 793.74 SCHU Schuh, Frederik The master book of mathematical recreations. DSL 813.54 GILM Gilmore, R.S. Alice in Quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics. DSL 822.914 WILL Williams, Heathcote Whale nation. ______________________________________________________________________

History & Geography DSL 902 DOHE Doherty, Peter Charles A light history of hot air. DSL 909.04924 GOLD Goldstein, David B. Jacob's legacy: a genetic view of Jewish history. DSL 910.941 RABY Raby, Peter Bright paradise: Victorian scientific travellers. DSL 919.89 WALK Walker, Gabrielle Antarctica: an intimate portrait of the world’s most mysterious continent. DSL 919.8904 SCOT Scott, Jonathan Antarctica: exploring a fragile Eden. DSL 976.044 CATA Freudenburg, William R...[et.al] Catastrophe in the making: the engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow.

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DSL 976.044 VANH Van Heerden, Ivor The storm: what went wrong and why during hurricane Katrina: the inside story from one Louisiana scientist. DSL 986.65 NICH Nicholls, Henry The Galápagos: a natural history ______________________________________________________________________