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The Man Who Stopped Time
The Illuminating Story of Eadweard Muybridge--Pioneer Photographer, Father of the Motion Picture, Murderer
by Brian Clegg
ISBN: 9780309101127
$27.95 Hardcover
Joseph Henry Press
The photographs of Eadweard Muybridge are immediately familiar to most people. Less familiar is the dramatic personal story of this seminal and wonderfully eccentric Victorian pioneer, now brought to life for the first time in this engaging and thoroughly entertaining biography.

Darwin's Gift
To Science and Religion
by Francisco J. Ayala
ISBN: 9780309102315
$27.95 Hardcover
Joseph Henry Press
With the publication of Darwin's Gift, a voice at once fresh and familiar brings a rational, measured perspective to the science of evolution. An acclaimed evolutionary biologist with a background in theology, Francisco Ayala offers clear explanations of the science, reviews the history that led us to ratify Darwin's theories, and ultimately provides a clear path for a confused and conflicted public.

Plutonium
A History of the World's Most Dangerous Element
by Jeremy Bernstein
ISBN: 9780309102964
$27.95 Hardcover
Joseph Henry Press
In his new history of this complex and dangerous element, noted physicist Jeremy Bernstein describes the steps that were taken to transform plutonium from a laboratory novelty into the nuclear weapon that destroyed Nagasaki. This is the first book to weave together the many strands of plutonium's story, explaining not only the science but the people involved.

Faux Real
Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes
by Robert Kanigel
ISBN: 9780309102360
$27.95 Hardcover
Joseph Henry Press
What makes genuine leather genuine? What makes real things real? In an age of virtual reality, veneers, synthetics, plastics, fakes, and knockoffs, it's hard to know. Faux Real explores the borderland of the almost-real, the ersatz, and the fake, illuminating a centuries-old culture war between the authentic and the imitative.

The Grid
A Journey Through the Heart
of Our Electrified World
by Phillip F. Schewe
ISBN: 9780309102605
$27.95 Hardcover
J. Henry Press
The Grid is the first history of the electrical grid intended for general readers, and it comes at a time when we badly need such a guide. As we get more and more dependent on electricity, the grid's inevitable shortcomings will take a toll on populations around the globe. At a moment when energy issues loom large on the nation's agenda, The Grid is as timely as it is compelling.

Also available:

Glut
Mastering Information Through the Ages
by Alex Wright
ISBN: 9780309102384
$27.95 Hardcover

The Third Domain
The Untold Story of Archea and the Future of Biotechnology
by Tim Friend
ISBN: 9780309102377
$27.95 Hardcover

Climate Crash
Abrupt Climate Change and What It Means for
Our Future
by John D. Cox
ISBN: 9780309101998
$15.95 Paperback

Genesis
The Scientific Quest
for Life's Origin
by Robert M. Hazen
ISBN: 9780309103107
$17.95 Paperback

Extreme Waves
by Craig B. Smith
ISBN: 9780309100625
$27.95 Hardcover

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