September

October

WAR AND PEACE AND WAR
The Lifecycle of Imperial Nations
Peter Turchin

Why do some nations, initially small and insignificant, go on to build mighty empires, while most nations fail to do so? And why do those successful empire-builders always eventually lose their empires? Peter Turchin, a leading thinker in the highly technical field of population dynamics, lucidly presents for the first time a new approach to understanding the world�s great powers throughout history with powerful implications for nations today
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CAN A GUY GET PREGNANT?
Scientific Answers to Everyday (and Not-So-Everyday) Questions
Bill and Rich Sones

Can a Guy Get Pregnant? is a very serious and richly illustrated collection of off-beat questions and answers that prove truth is indeed stranger�and funnier�than fiction. Bill and Rich Sones are co-authors of the widely distributed newspaper column "Strange But True." Over the past eight years, they've gathered together thousands of questions and have diligently tracked down the scientific research that answers them.  Here, with dry wit and rock-solid information, the Sones brothers answer everyday and not-so-everyday questions about the body, love, death, and animals, and much more!
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October

November

MR. TOMPKINS GETS SERIOUS
The Essential George Gamow
The Masterpiece Science Edition
George Gamow

From what happens inside the atom to how things work on larger scales in the universe readers can rely on George Gamow�s authority and be delighted by his sheer joy of physics. He breadth of knowledge was astounding�he made major contributions to advances in both cosmology and molecular biology. His elucidation of radioactivity, the Big Bang theory, and even how the genetic code might be transcribed years before DNA was discovered makes him one of the century�s greatest scientists.
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STEM CELL NOW
From the Experiments That Shook the World to the New Politics of Life
Christopher Thomas Scott

In 1998, researchers at the University of Wisconsin isolated human embryonic stem cells in the laboratory. They showed that these cells--which can become any kind of cell or tissue--could live and thrive outside the human body. This landmark discovery opened the door to a new era in biology and medicine--and set off a furious political controversy that continues to make headlines today.The time is right for a lucid, sharp account of the science behind the stem cell revolution, up through the major advances of 2005.  Stem Cell Now is BEING DIGITAL for biology, full of how cutting-edge research will affect our daily lives.
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