<div>This classic work of science writing chronicles the search for the origins of cancer—with a new introduction by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author. In Natural Obsessions, acclaimed science writer Natalie Angier holds a microscope up to the agony and ecstasy of scientific research. Angier spent close to a year observing the work of two prominent biologists—MIT’s Robert Weinberg and Michael Wigler of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory—as they each doggedly pursue the mysteries of the cancer cell. Delving into the drama of scientific inquiry, Angier captures life inside the lab, opening a rare window into how scientists think, feel, and behave. Originally published in 1988, this edition of Natural Obsessions includes a new introduction by Angier as well as a foreword by the physician, poet, and author Lewis Thomas.</div>

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<div>The New York Times bestseller that makes scientific subjects both understandable and fun: &ldquo;Every sentence sparkles with wit and charm.&rdquo; &mdash;Richard Dawkins From the Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning New York Times science journalist and bestselling author of Woman, this is a playful, passionate guide to the science all around us (and inside us)&mdash;from physics to chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, and more. Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world&rsquo;s top scientists, Natalie Angier creates a thoroughly entertaining guide to scientific literacy. For those who want a fuller understanding of some of the great issues of our time, The Canon offers insights on stem cells, bird flu, evolution, and global warming. For students&mdash;or parents whose kids ask a lot of questions about how the world works&mdash;it brings to life such topics as how the earth was formed, or what electricity is. Also included are clear, fascinating explanations of how to think scientifically and grasp the tricky subject of probability. The Canon is a joyride through the major scientific disciplines that reignites our childhood delight and sense of wonder&mdash;and along the way, tells us what is actually happening when our ice cream melts or our coffee gets cold, what our liver cells do when we eat a caramel, why the horse is an example of evolution at work, and how we&rsquo;re all really made of stardust. </div>

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<div>National Book Award Finalist: This look at the science of the female body is &ldquo;a tour de force . . . wonderful, entertaining and informative&rdquo; (TheNew York Times Book Review). From a Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning journalist who covers science for the New York Times, Woman is an essential guide to everything from organs to orgasms and hormones to hysterectomies. With her characteristic clarity and insight, Natalie Angier cuts through still-prevalent myths and misinformation surrounding the female body, the most enigmatic of evolutionary masterpieces. In addition to earning a nomination for the National Book Award, Woman was named one of the best books of the year by NPR, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and People, among others. &ldquo;One knows early on one is reading a classic&mdash;a text so necessary and abundant and true that all efforts of its kind, for decades before and after it, will be measured by it.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Times &ldquo;Ultimately, this grand tour of the female body provides a new vision of the role of women in the history of our species.&rdquo; &mdash;The Washington Post</div>

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<div>&ldquo;An awe-inspiring tour of nature&rdquo; from a Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning science writer (San Francisco Examiner). Natalie Angier has taken great pains to learn her science from the molecule up. She knows all that scientists know&mdash;and sometimes more&mdash;about the power of symmetry in sexual relations, about the brutal courting habits of dolphins, about the grand deceit of orchids, and about the impact of female and male preferences on evolution. The Beauty of the Beastly takes the pulse of everything from the supple structure of DNA to the erotic ways of barn swallows, queen bees, and the endangered, otherworldly primate called the aye-aye. Few writers have ever covered so many facets of biology so evocatively in one book. Timothy Ferris, author of the acclaimed Coming of Age in the Milky Way, says Angier is &ldquo;one of the strongest and wittiest science writers in the world today.&rdquo; &ldquo;Like Alan Lightman or Lewis Thomas,&rdquo; writes Nobel laureate David Baltimore, &ldquo;she draws from science a meaning that few scientists see, and her writing takes on an unusual dimension of artistry.&rdquo; And Sherwin Nuland, author of How We Die, believes that &ldquo;Natalie Angier is in the tradition of the great nature writers.&rdquo; &ldquo;A gold mine.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times &ldquo;From cockroaches to cheetahs, DNA to elephant dung, Angier gives us intimate and dramatic portraits of nature that readers will find rewarding.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

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