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• Author(s): Jerry P. King • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: History & PhilosophyMany of us trained mainly in the humanities and liberal arts may respect mathematics as an essential scientific discip...

• Author(s): Alfred S. Posamentier • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: History & PhilosophyTwo veteran math educators demonstrate how some "magnificent mistakes" had profound consequences for our under...

• Author(s): John H. Fennick • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: ReferenceIf you're not sure what to make of all the claims and counterclaims, this new book will help cut through the conflicting reports an...

• Author(s): Leon M. Lederman • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Physics - Quantum TheoryQuantum theory is the bedrock of contemporary physics and the basis of understanding matter in its tiniest dimensio...

• Author(s): Eric W. Johnson • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: American - GeneralThis collection of humorous stories and anecdotes, indexed by topic and subject, is an excellent tool for speechwriters an...

• Author(s): Gerda Reith • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: GeneralGambling is a topic that can arouse a wide range of passionate and often controversial opinions. Is it a harmless pastime or a dangerous ...

• Author(s): Richard V. Kowles • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Life Sciences - Genetics & GenomicsThis refreshingly clear layperson's overview of genetics shows how heredity actually works and how ...

• Author(s): Jefferson Hane Weaver • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Probability & Statistics - GeneralWe're barraged with statistics every day about health risks, life expectancy, and the chances of...

• Author(s): Gordon Stein • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: AtheismThis anthology fills a conspicuous gap in the discussion of religion and theism. The issues that theology addresses, the meaning of life...

• Author(s): S. T. Joshi • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: AgnosticismAgnosticism - the philosophical argument that it is impossible to know whether God exists or not - has been the point of view of many...

• Author(s): John Stuart Mill • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: Women's StudiesFrom the Back CoverIn this essay Mill assails a system of inequality that supports and encourages the subjection of one indi...

• Author(s): Benjamin Radford • Publisher: Prometheus Books • Publisher Imprint: Prometheus Books • BISAC: GeneralFake news?Biased media sources?This hard-hitting critique of our media culture examines not only the ways in which the public is oft...