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science short stories the canon a whirligig tour of the basics of science natalie angier the best american science and nature writing /mary roach the best american science writing edited by atul gawande the bill mckibben reader pieces from an active life bill mckibben the disappearing spoon sam kean a gruesome but true story about brain science phineas gage short biography napoleon s buttons penny le couteur jay burreson a short history of everything bill bryson the stuff of life mark schultz graphic novel what we believe but cannot prove edited john brockman ship fever elizabeth barrett essays from in fact the best of creative nonfiction edited lee gutkind biology chemistry titles the green glass sea klages nature of life science of bio chemistry of life nano tech prey chrichton the adoration of jenna fox mary pierson ringside 1925 bryant evolution the world without us alan weisman if man suddenly disappeared state of fear global warming politicalization of science michael crichton thunderhead archeology douglas preston tyrannosaur canyon dinosaurs douglas preston terminal freeze lincoln child paleontology climate unwind shusterman genetics dna rna protein synthesis human heredity genetic engineering the house of the scorpion farmer nancy double identity haddix margaret peterson next chrichton the story of forgetting a novel stefan merrill block genetics/alzheimers jurassic park genetic engineering michael crichton mutation robin cook double helix nancy werlin third twin follett fear nothing koontz seize the night koontz long after midnight johansen sims wilson the clones skurzynski gloria zoo a novel marks blueprint kerner charlotte the duplicate sleator william chromosome 6 robin cook the clone codes mckissack

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shock robin cook brave new world aldous huxley cells structure function photosynthesis respiration fermentation growth division the immortal life of henrietta lacks rebecca skloot genesis alpha michaels stem cells microorganisms to plants viruses prokaryotes protists fungi plants the prodigal summer barbara kingsolver micro a novel microbiology biological prospecting by crichton and richard preston the secret life of plants peter tompkins and christopher bird the botany of desire a plant s-eye view of the world pollan michael animal vegetable miracle a year of food life kingsolver barbara fast food nation the dark side of the all-american meal schlosser eric animals evolution diversity systems behavior the evolution of calpurnia tate kelly ringside 1925 views from the scopes trial a novel bryant monkey town a story of the scopes trial kidd never cry wolf by farley mowat woman in the mists by farley mowat bio of dian fossey the flight of the iguana a sidelong view of science and nature david quammen natural acts david quammen david quammen collections of essays on natural history the song of the dodo the boilerplate rhino master of god predators wolves boys other things that might kill me chandler kristen the call of the wild jack london a mind with wings the story of henry david thoreau hausman historical fiction human body systems digestive excretory nervous skeletal muscular integumentary circulatory respiratory endocrine reproductive immune system disease stiff /mary roach phineas gage a gruesome but true story about brain science john fleischman lethal harvest william cutrer grave matters collins the eye the ear and the arm farmer viruses peeps westerfield hot zone richard preston ebola virus the demon in the freezer smallpox bioterrorism by richard preston deadly feasts the prion controversy mad-cow by richard rhodes toxin robin cook virals kathy reichs the girl who owned a city nelson a fatal virus kills everyone over the age of 12 code orange caroline cooney chemistry chemistry the disappearing spoon sam keen

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napoleon s buttons how 17 molecules changed history penny le couteur jay burreson thieves deceivers and killers tales of chemistry in nature william agosta dr franklin s island ann halam genetic engineering fiction uncle tungsten memories of a chemical boyhood olive sacks the biology of violence debra niehoff nuclear chemistry the radioactive boy scout the true story of a boy and his backyard nuclear reactor ken silverstein yep hiroshima ocean biology weather ecology darwin s theory evolution classification history of life the weather makers how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on earth flannery tim rachel carson kathleen v kudlinski silent spring rachel carson environmental outcry 1962 an important and vital current issue zia scott o dell the talking earth george jean craighead california blue klass discovery of butterfly species causes problems with lumber industry jaguar by roland smith set in the amazon basin in brazil that follows the exploits of 14 year old and his research scientist father as they try and set up a jaguar preserve space science engineering the ice limit space science engineering douglas preston and lincoln child mount dragon douglas preston and lincoln child blasphemy big bang computers douglas preston and lincoln child the boy who harnessed the wind william kamkwamba and bryan mealer electricity physics biology ecology rainforest themes written by a research biologist this fast-paced page turner includes several sections with excellent descriptions of the rain forest and its inhabitants deep dream of the rain forest by malcolm bosse set in the jungles of borneo in 1920 a 15year-old boy is captured by two young native tribes people who believe he has the power to aid them in their dream quest antarctica journey to the pole by peter lerangis black star bright dawn by scott o dell ages 9-12 physics physical science chemistry nuclear themes the wind from the sun solar winds race dignifying science by jim ottaviani 1999 historical fiction real science and buoyant art make great chemistry for the reader october sky by hickam true story of man who dreamed of launching rockets into space phoenix rising by hesse accident at nuclear power plant z for zachariah by o brien post nuclear war survival the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds by zindel science experiment is just the background for this mother-daughter story i robot asimov science fiction/social themes

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eva by dickinson girl s brain put in monkey s body fantastic voyage asimov doctors are miniaturized and put into man s bloodstream flowers for algernon by keyes medical experiment to turn a retarded man into a genius matilda bone by cushman apprentice bonesetter and practitioner of medicine in medieval england using novels in science classroom http sci.gallaudet.edu/mary/reading/usingnovels.html

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