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Some of the Science and Technology Books
Ordered FY 1997/98

Studies show: a popular guide to understanding scientific studies
John H. Fennick
001.422

At the threshold: UFOs, science, and the new age
Charles F. Emmons
001.942

Would-be worlds: how simulation is changing the frontiers of space
John L. Casti
003.3

How nature works: the science of self-organized criticality
Per Bak
003.7

Emergence: from chaos to order
John H. Holland
003.85

Machine beauty: elegance and the heart of technology
David Gelernter
004.01

Abstracting craft: the practiced digital hand
Malcolm McCullough
004.019

Computer desktop encyclopedia
Alan Freedman
R 004.03

Does Jane compute?: preserving our daughters' place in the cyber revolution
Roberta Furger
004.0834

Beyond calculation: the next fifty years of computing
Peter J. Denning
004.0905

Out of their minds: the lives and discoveries of 15 great computer scientists
Dennis Elliot Shasha
004.0922

How computers work
Ron White
004.16

IRQ, DMA, and I/O: resolving and preventing PC system conflicts
Jim Aspinwall
004.165

The indispensable PC hardware book: your hardware questions answered
Hans-Peter Messmer
004.165

Peter Norton's inside the PC
Peter Norton
004.165

Computer architecture: concepts and evolution
Gerrit A. Blaauw
004.22

Computer organization and design: the hardware/software interface
John L. Hennessy
004.22

CD-ROM professional's CD-recordable handbook: the complete guide to practical desktop CD
Dana J. Parker
004.565

Computer networks
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
004.6

Microprocessor and microcontroller fundamentals: the 8085 and 8051 hardware and software
William Kleitz
004.616

Naked in cyberspace: how to find personal information online
Carole A. Lane
004.67

Software visualization: programming as a multimedia experience
005.1001

Inroads to software quality: "how to" guide and toolkit
Alka Jarvis
005.1068

Software project survival guide
Steve McConnell
005.1068

Close to the machine: technophilia and its discontents
Ellen Ullman
005.1092

Clouds to code
Jesse Liberty
005.133

Managing 00: surviving the year 2000 computing crisis
Peter De Jager
005.16

Operating system concepts
Abraham Silberschatz
005.43

UNIX power tools
Jerry Peek
005.432

Principles of transaction processing
Philip A. Bernstein
005.434

Deploying Windows NT 4 in the enterprise
James Plas
005.4469

Inside the Java virtual machine
Bill Venners
005.6

HTML 4 bible
Bryan Pfaffenberger
005.72

Database design for mere mortals: a hands-on guide to relational database design
Michael J. Hernandez
005.756

Cold fusion web database construction kit
Ben Forta
005.758

Maximum security: a hacker's guide to protecting your Internet site and network
005.8

Protect your privacy on the Internet
Bryan Pfaffenberger
005.8

Smart cards: a guide to building and managing smart card applications
Henry Dreifus
006.

Mind matters: exploring the world of artificial intelligence
James P. Hogan
006.301

3d graphics: tips, tricks, and techniques
David J. Kalwick
006.6

Multimedia and the virtual reality engineering
Richard Brice
006.7

The science class you wish you had --: the seven greatest scientific discoveries in history and the people who made them
David Eliot Brody
500.

Meaning of it all: thoughts of a citizen scientist
Richard Phillips Feynman
500.

Preparing scientific illustrations: a guide to better posters, presentations, and publications
M.H. Briscoe
502.2

Spirits of the jaguar: the natural history and ancient civilizations of the Caribbean and Central America
Paul Reddish
508.0972

Wildest Africa
Paul Tingay
508.6

Bay Area wild: a celebration of the natural heritage of the San Francisco Bay Area
Galen A. Rowell
508.7946

Strange brains and genius: the secret lives of eccentric scientists and madmen
Clifford A. Pickover
509.2

Great feuds in science: ten of the liveliest disputes ever
Hal Hellman
509.22

The magical maze: seeing the world through mathematical eyes
Ian Stewart
510.

The universe and the teacup: the mathematics of truth and beauty
K.C. Cole
510.

Fermet's enigma: the quest to solve the world's greatest mathematical problem
Simon Singh
512.74

Numbers: the universal language
Denis Guedj
513.2

Topological spaces: from distance to neighborhood
Gerald Buskes
514.322

The joy of pi
David Blatner
516.22

The jungles of randomness: a mathematical safari
Ivars Peterson
519.2

Gems of Hubble
Jacqueline Mitton
520.

Just Visiting this Planet: Merlin answers more questions about everything under the sun, moon, and stars
Neil de Grasso Tyson
520.

Night has a thousand eyes: a naked-eye guide to the sky, its science, and lore
Arthur Upgren
520.

The invisible sky: ROSAT and the age of x-ray astronomy
Bernd Aschenbach
522.6863

The dancing universe: from creation myths to the big bang
Marcelo Gleiser
523.1

After the first three minutes: the story of our universe
Thanu Padmanabhan
523.1

Cosmic clouds: birth, death, and recycling in the galaxy
James B. Kaler
523.1135

Before the big bang: the origins of the universe
Ernest J. Sternglass
523.12

Rocks from space: meteorites and meteorite hunters
O. Richard Norton
523.51

Comets: creators and destroyers
David H. Levy
523.6

Introduction to geodesy: the history and concepts of modern geodesy
James R. Smith
526.1

Time's pendulum: the quest to capture time -- from sundials to atomic clocks
Jo Ellen Barrett
529.7

The fabric of reality: the science of parallel universes and its implications
David Deutsch
530.01

The six core theories of modern physics
Charles Stevens
530.1

Time: a traveler's guide
Clifford A. Pickover
530.11

Gravity: tilted perspectives on rocket ships, rollercoasters, earthquakes, and angel food
Joseph Lanza
531.14

The quark machines: how Europe fought the particle physics war
Gordon Fraser
539.72

The elusive neutrino: a subatomic detective story
Nickolas Solomey
539.7215

Image and logic: a material culture for microphysics
Peter Galison
539.77

The colours of life: an introduction to the chemistry of porphyrins and related compounds
Lionel R. Milgrom
547.593

Discover nature in the rocks: things to know and things to do
Rebecca Lawton
550.

Volcanoes: crucibles of change
Richard V. Fisher
551.21

Marine geology: undersea landforms and life forms
Jon Erickson
551.4608

Weathering the storm: tornadoes, television, and turmoil
Gary A. England
551.5092

Under the whirlwind: everything you need to know about tornadoes but didn't know who to ask
Jerrine Verkaik
551.553

Atmosphere, climate, and change
Thomas E. Graedel
551.6

Understanding groundwater
W. Jesse Schwalbaumj
553.79

Gemstones of the world
Walter Schumann
553.8

California geology
Deborah Reid Harden
557.94

Fossils: the evolution and extinction of species
Niles Eldredge
560.

The mistaken extinction: dinosaur evolution and the origin of birds
Lowell Dingus
567.9

Encyclopedia of dinosaurs
Philip Currie
R 567.903

The horned dinosaurs: a natural history
Peter Dodson
567.915

Taking wing: archaeopteryx and the evolution of bird flight
Pat Shipman
568.22

This is biology: the science of the living world
Ernst W. Mayr
570.

Five kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth
Lynn Margulis
570.12

Life's other secret: the new mathematics of the living world
Ian Stewart
570.151

Why geese don't get obese (and we do): how evolution's strategies for survival affect our everyday lives
Eric P. Widmaier
571.1

Design in nature: learning from the trees
Claus Mattheck
571.43

Cats' paws and catapults: mechanical worlds of nature and people
Steven Vogel
571.43

Understanding DNA and gene cloning: a guide for the curious
Karl Drlica
572.86

Unraveling DNA: the most important molecule of life
Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetski
572.86

Life: a natural history of the first four billion years of life on earth
Richard Fortey
576.8

Shapes of time: the evolution of growth and development
Kenneth J. McNamara
576.8

At the water's edge: macroevolution and the transformation of life
Carl Zimmer
576.8

Mars: the living planet
Barry DiGregorio
576.839

Gaia's body: towards a physiology of earth
Tyler Volk
577.01

Cycles of life: civilization and the biosphere
Vaclav Smil
577.22

The trees in my forest
Bernd Heinrich
577.3097

What the river reveals: understanding and restoring healthy watersheds
Valerie Rapp
577.6409

Life on the edge: amazing creatures thriving in extreme environments
Michael Gross
578.4

Secrets of the ocean realm
Michele Hall
578.77

The enchanted braid: coming to terms with nature on the coral reef
Osha Gray Davidson
578.7789

The evolutionary biology of plants
Karl J. Niklas
581.38

The red hourglass: lives of the predators
Gordon Grice
591.53

The earth dwellers: adventures in the land of ants
Erich Hoyt
595.796

Horned lizards
Jane Manaster
597.95

Snakes: the evolution of mystery in nature
Harry W. Greene
597.96

The secret lives of birds
Pierre Gingras
598.

Parrots: a guide to the parrots of the world
Tony Juniper
R 598.71

A photographic guide to North American raptors
Brian K. Wheeler
598.9097

Vulture: nature's ghastly gourmet
Wayne Grady
598.92

Eagles: masters of the sky: an anthology of writing, photography, and art from throughout the world
598.942

Neotropical rainforest mammals: a field guide
Louise H. Emmons
599.1734

Tall blondes: a book about giraffes
Lynn Sherr
599.638

Polar dance: born of the north wind
Thomas Magelsen
599.786

Primates: the amazing world of lemurs, monkeys, and apes
Barbara Sleeper
599.8

Becoming human: evolution and human uniqueness
Ian Tattersal
599.938

How the new technology works: a guide to high-tech concepts
Robert J. Cone
600.

Madness in the making: the triumphant rise and untimely fall of America's show inventors
David Lindsay
609.731

Doctoring: the nature of primary care medicine
Eric J. Cassell
610.

Cybermedicine: how computing empowers doctors and patients for better health care
Warner V. Slack
610.285

Health and illness: a cross-culture encyclopedia
David Levinson
R 610.3

Encyclopedia of human biology
R 612.003

Encyclopedia of nutritional supplements: the essential guide for improving your health naturally
Michael T. Murray
612.39

Aging: a natural history
Robert E. Ricklefs
612.67

Molecules of emotion: why you feel the way you feel
Candace B. Pert
612.8

The human brain: a guided tour
Susan A. Greenfield
612.82

Smell: the secret seducer
Piet Vroon
612.86

Touring California and Nevada hot springs
Matt C. Bishchoff
613.122

Fodor's healthy escapes
Bernard Burt
613.122

When you eat at the refrigerator pull up a chair: 50 ways to be thin, gorgeous, and happy when you feel anything but
Geneen Roth
613.2019

The healthy house: how to buy one, how to build one, and how to cure a sick one
John Bower
613.5

Healthy by design: building and remodeling solutions for creating healthy homes
David Rousseau
613.5

Walking fast: techniques and workouts for high-level fitness and performance
Therese Iknoian
613.7176

Power sleep: the revolutionary program that prepares your mind for peak performance
James B. Maas
613.79

The mad, the bad, and the innocent: the criminal mind on trial
Barbara Kirwin
614.1092

Mad dogs: the new rabies plague
Don Finley
614.563

Opium: a history
Martin Booth
615.3233

The green tea book: China's fountain of youth
Lester Mitscher
615.3236

DK encyclopedia of healing therapies
Ann Woodham
615.5

Life in the balance: emergency medicine and the quest to reverse sudden death
Mickey S. Eisenberg
615.8043

Honey, mud, maggots, and other medical marvels: the science behind folk remedies and old wives' tales
Robert Root-Berstein
615.88

The detox book: how to detoxify your body to improve your health, stop disease, and reverse aging
Bruce Fife
615.9

Spoiled: the dangerous truth about a foodchain gone haywire
Nicols Fox
615.954

The gospel of germs: men, women, and the microbe in American life
Nancy Tomes
616.0109

The new healers: the promise and problems of molecular medicine in the twenty-first century
William R. Clark
616.042

Foods that fight pain: revolutionary new strategies for maximum pain relief
Neal Barnard
616.0472

Pain free: a revolutionary method for stopping chronic pain
Pete Esgoscue
616.0472

The encyclopedia of medical tests
Michael B. Brodin
616.075

The tao of immunology: a revolutionary new understanding of our body's defenses
Marc Lappe
616.079

Drawing blood: technology and disease identity in twentieth century America
Keith Wailoo
616.152

The life of the skin
Arthur K. Balin
616.5

The trembling mountain: a personal account of kuru, cannibals, and mad cow disease
Robert Klitzman
616.8

Mad cow U.S.A.: could the nightmare happen here?
Sheldon Rampton
616.83

Kleptomania: the compulsion to steal -- what can be done
Marcus J. Goldman
616.8584>

Carcinogens and anticarcinogens in the human diet: a comparison of naturally occuring and synthetic substances
616.994

Bodies in protest: environmental illness and the struggle over medical knowledge
Steve Kroll-Smiyh
616.98

Complete guide to sports injuries: how to treat -- fractures, bruises, sprains, strains, dislocations, head injuries
H. Winter Griffith
617.1027

The eye book: a complete guide to eye disorders and health
Gary H. Cassel
617.7

The sacred heart: an atlas of the body seen through invasive surgery
Max Aquillera-Hellweg
617.9102

Medicine's deadly dust: a surgeon's wake-up call to society
Richard F. Edlich
617.9178

Sisters on a journey: portraits of American midwives
Penfield Chester
618.2023

Ghosts from the nursery: tracing the roots of violence
Robin Karr-Morse
618.9289

Contract engineering: start and build a new career
Amanda G. Watlington
620.0023

Made to measure: new materials for the 21st century
Philip Ball
620.11

Materials selection for engineering design
Mahmoud M. Farag
620.11

The substance of civilization: materials and human history from the stone age to the age of silicon
Stephen L. Sass
620.1109

How to live without electricity -- and like it
Anita Evangeliston
621.042

Landmarks in mechanical engineering
621.0973

Schrodinger's machines: the quantum technology reshaping everyday life
Gerald J. Milburn
621.3

Homemade lightning: creative experiments in electricity
R.A. Ford
621.313

Laser engineering
Kelin J. Kuhn
621.366

The blue laser diode: GaN based light emitters and lasers
Shuji Nakamura
621.366

An introduction to satellite image interpretation
Eric D. Conway
621.3678

Principles of microwave technology
Stephen C. Harsany
621.3813

Wire, cable and fiber optics for video and audio engineers
Stephen H. Lampen
621.3823

Standard handbook of machine design
Joseph E. Shingley
R 621.815

Artificial intelligence and mobile robots: case studies of successful robot systems
621.892

Airborne laser: bullets of light
Robert W. Duffner
623.446

When horses walked on water: horse-powered ferries in nineteenth-century America
Kevin James Crisman
623.8234

Handbook of glass in construction
Joseph S. Armstock
624.1838

Earth ponds sourcebook: the pond owner's manual and resource guide
Tim Matson
627.14

Environmental engineers' handbook
R 628.

Korolev: how one man masterminded the Soviet drive to beat America to the moon
James Harford
629.4092

Soft logic: a guide to using a PC as a programmable logic controller
Robert S. Carrow
629.89

Robots, androids, and animatrons: twelve incredible projects you can build
John Iovine
629.892

Leadership aikido: Six business practices to turn around your life
John O'Neil
650.1

How to be the person successful companies fight to keep: the insider's guide to being number one in the workplace
Connie Podesta
650.1

When smart people work for dumb bosses: how to survive in a crazy and dysfunctional workplace
William Lundin
650.13

Job seekers guide to Silicon Valley recruiters
Christopher Hunt
650.1409

Encyclopedia of cryptology
David E. Newton
R 652.803

Cybercorp: the new business revolution
James Martin
658.0028

Rewiring the corporate brain: using the new science to rethink how we structure and lead organizations
Danah Zohar
658.4063

Fire in the computer room, what now?: disaster recovery: preparing for business survival
Gregor Neaga
658.477

Guerrilla marketing with technology: unleashing the full potentional of your small business
Jay Conrad Levinson
658.81

Green marketing: opportunity for innovation
Jacquelyn A. Ottoman
658.802

Perry's chemical engineer's handbook
R 660.

The book of tequila: a complete guide
Bob Emmons
663.5

Smithells metals reference book
R 669.0212

Handbook of pulping and papermaking
Christopher J. Biermann
676.

Fabric reference
Mary Humphries
677.

GATF encyclopedia of graphic communications
Richard M. Romano
R 686.203

Why buildings fall down: how structures fail
Matthys Levy
690.211

The passive solar house: using solar design to heat and cool your home
James Kachadorian
690.837

Passive solar design and construction handbook
690.837

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