Item Code: HC9780060851804
This completely revised and updated edition is designed for advanced high school, undergraduate, and graduate students who have an interest in the life sciences, from recent advances in genetics to theories of evolution. This book includes more than 6,500 entries and illustrations and covers all the major fields within biology, including anatomy, biochemistry, ecology, evolutionary theory, ...

Item Code: HC9780061120404
This new field guide provides a suite of modern tools to effectively aid in the identification of more than 750 species of birds across North America. It introduces a "whole bird" approach by concisely gathering a collection of information about birds into one portable and well-organized volume. 2,000 stunning color photographs of birds in natural habitats show the most important ...

Item Code: HC9780060849894
Collins Discover: Birdwatching is your one-step guide to observing and identifying the birds in your garden and in the wild. This highly illustrated, practical reference provides you with all the information you need to discover birds, including details on size, distinguishing features, seasonal changes, and habitat. Inside you will find tips on choosing the right equipment, basic techniques for getting started, essentials on ...

Item Code: HC9780060890629
Gemstones is a fully illustrated guide to gemstones with striking full-color photographs. This book includes detailed descriptions of each stone like what it is made from, the type of cut, color of the stone, size, where it is found, derivation of the name of the stone and historical facts about the stone. Additional artwork in the book shows identifying features of the gemstones.

Item Codes: HC9780060891145
Smithsonian Q & A: Birds reveals the world of birds in all its beauty and wonder, explaining how they fly, why they sing, where they live, and how their relationship with humans has evolved and continued to change. It is written for every person who has pondered: What is the world's largest bird? When do feathers start to grow? How? These books includes birds from all over the world, ...

Item Code: HC9780060891350
The Ultimate Illustrated Guide for Nonscientists. Science 101: Biology provides all the basics of biology in twelve easy chapters, ranging from such fundamental questions as "What is life?" to the essentials of anatomy, physiology, ecology, genetics, and evolution. This book also covers public controversies such as stem-cell research and intelligent design theory. A clear and engaging text describes all forms of ...

Item Code: HC9780060891381
This new series is the ultimate illustrated science guide for non-scientists. With over 200 full color images, illustrations, charts, and other visual aids, Science 101 explains major areas of science in an interesting, visually compelling, and accessible manner. These books will fill the need for an authoritative and popular reference in science and technology for students and adults alike. Chemistry is often called

Item Code: HC9780060891336
The Ultimate Illustrated Guide for Nonscientists: Science 101: Ecology shows how every living and nonliving thing has a unique role to play on Earth. Learn why most plants and animals would die if insects became extinct. Discover the surprising value of large predators in the world's ecosystems. Experience Earth's extremes, from the sweltering rain forest of Costa Rica to the frozen tundra of ...

Item Code: HC9780060891305
The Ultimate Illustrated Guide for Nonscientists: Science 101: Forensics takes you on a behind-the-scenes journey into the world of the investigators and scientists who work to solve crimes through the use of forensic science. It examines tried-and-true forensics methods, as well as cutting-edge forensic disciplines little known to the general public. This book includes information on fingerprint and DNA identification, trace ...

Item Code: HC9780060891367
Science 101: Geology goes deep into the core of this gritty earth science, covering everything from the history of geological theory to the formation and structure of the Earth's layers to the basics of plate tectonics, magma, and fossils. It includes more than 250 color photos illustrate subjects such as rock classification and geological catastrophes, highlights include cutting-edge ...

Item Code: HC9780060891398
This new series is the ultimate illustrated science guide for non-scientists. With over 200 full color images, illustrations, charts, and other visual aids, Science 101 explains major areas of science in an interesting, visually compelling, and accessible manner. These books will fill the need for an authoritative and popular reference in science and technology for students and adults alike. In SCIENCE 101: OCEAN ...

Item Code: HC9780060891343
This new book in the Science 101: series will explain the area of Physics in an interesting, visually compelling, and accessible manner. The 101 in the title refers not only to an introductory course as well as to the 101 key facts and topics presented in this book. These books will fill the need for popular and authoritative  reference on all aspects of science and technology.

Item Code: HC9780060891374
Science 101: Weather is the essential introduction to the Earth's ever-changing weather and climate, from the humid equator to the ice-covered poles. Find out how weather both wreaks destruction and creates breathtaking mirages, rainbows, and other atmospheric marvels. This book describes the past and present of the atmosphere and what the future may bring for all life on Earth, highlights new technologies and breakthroughs ...

Item Code: HC9780060890100
In less than the span of a human lifetime, we have explored the Moon and launched robot probes to Mars, Jupiter, and far beyond. In the coming decade we will send astronauts to the Moon once again, to rehearse for the time when humans first set foot on Mars. Space 50 explores the major themes of rocket exploration, past, present and future. <