Science
Discover a range of science books, including fiction novels about science, intriguing science facts, and essential physics books. Explore the best sci-fi books and top-selling science titles
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Forty Ways to Know a Star: Using Stars to Understand AstronomyExplore the fascinating facts and visual wonder of stars in this easy-to-read and beautifully illustrated guide from astrophysicist and popular science blogger Dr. Jillian Scudder. Stars, the building blocks of the universe, are simply luminous spheres of plasma held together by gravity, but there...
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Feed the Planet: A Photographic Journey to the World's Food"The aerial images are revelatory, sometimes unsettling and surprisingly beautiful" (New York Times Book Review) Acclaimed photographer George Steinmetz documents the awesome global effort that puts food on our tables and transforms the surface of the Earth With a foreword by Michael Pollan and...
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Earth Science Lab ExercisesPaperback version of James Fatherree's Earth Science Lab (ESC1000L) manual. This lab manual has parts that must be filled in by the user and should only be purchased by students taking this course from Professor Fatherree.Author: James W. Fatherree,James F. WysongPublisher: Liquid Medium PublicationsPublished:...
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Do Plants Know Math?: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals, from Leonardo Da Vinci to NowA breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over them Charles Darwin was driven to distraction by plant spirals, growing so exasperated that he once begged a friend to explain the mystery "if you wish to save me from a...
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Discoveries and Opinions of GalileoAuthor: GalileoPublisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupPublished: 04/01/1957Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 8.12h x 5.18w x 0.82dISBN: 9780385092395About the AuthorGalileo Galilei's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is one of the most important scientific treatises ever written. Using the dialogue form, a genre common...
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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and WhyLaurence Gonzales's bestselling Deep Survival has helped save lives from the deepest wildernesses, just as it has improved readers' everyday lives. Its mix of adventure narrative, survival science, and practical advice has inspired everyone from business leaders to military officers, educators, and psychiatric professionals...
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Bugs: A Photicular BookThis book brings you up close and personal with eight different bug species in astounding motion. Another addition to the bestselling Photicular series with over 1.3 million books in print, Bugs zooms into the tiny world of insects. Watch a grasshopper diving for its...
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Brain: An Owner's GuideBecome body literate with Brain: An Owner's Guide, the next book in The Body Literacy Library, an enlightening series that democratizes health for a new generation of readers. Brain: An Owner's Guide is an informative and practical guide to all aspects of brain health,...
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Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the UniverseBy the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive narrative work on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe. At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend...
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Biological Physics Student Edition: Energy, Information, LifeAward-winning professor brings you from first-year physics and chemistry to the frontier of single-molecule biophysics.Biological Physics is a university textbook that focuses on results in molecular motors, self-assembly, and single-molecule manipulation that have revolutionized the field in recent years, and integrates these topics with...
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Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness Are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the UniverseRobert Lanza is one of the most respected scientists in the world -- a US News & World Report cover story called him a "genius" and a "renegade thinker," even likening him to Einstein. Lanza has teamed with Bob Berman, the most widely read...
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Between the Lines: Concepts in Sound System Design and AlignmentBetween the Lines is a book about tuning sound systems for live events, but more importantly, it's a book about making decisions. Beginning with an overview of system design fundamentals, the author then shares his personal approach to sound system design and alignment, and...
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A Little History of ScienceA lively and engaging introduction to the progress of science over the ages Science is key to understanding the infinite distances of space, the tiniest living organisms body and the history of our planet. From Hippocrates and Aristotle to Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking,...
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Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest StatesAn account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations An Economist Best History Book 2017 "Scott is one of those rare academics whose writing is a thing of beauty."--Rana Dasgupta,...
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Adaptable: How Your Unique Body Really Works and Why Our Biology Unites UsA new understanding of how our bodies work, how to keep them healthy, and how our biological diversity unites us rather than divides us How does the body work--and why does it seem to work so differently for each of us? Why do we...
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109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los AlamosFrom the bestselling author of Tuxedo Park, the story of the three-thousand people who lived together in near confinement for twenty-seven intense months under J. Robert Oppenheimer and the world's best scientists to produce the atomic bomb and win World War II.In 1943, J....
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Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance: The World's Best-Selling Bicycle Repair and Maintenance Guide, 6th EditionJoin the millions of cyclists who swear by the name Zinn. Now in its sixth edition, Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the world's best-selling guide to bicycle repair and maintenance. Lennard Zinn is the world's leading expert on bike maintenance...
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White Light: The Elemental Role of Phosphorus-In Our Cells, in Our Food, and in Our World"At once lyrical and exacting, clear-sighted and deeply informed--a beautiful book." --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White Sky A profound and poetic reflection on the cyclical nature of life, what happens when we break that cycle, and how to repair it--told through the...
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Unseen Universe: Space as You've Never Seen It Before from the James Webb Space TelescopeThis is the universe as you've never seen it before. Discover how the awe-inspiring images from Webb are rapidly changing our understanding of our solar system and beyond. From the towering dust cliffs of the Carina Nebula to Jupiter glowing like an iridescent disco...
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Top Ten Ideas of Physics: Foundations for Understanding the UniverseThe ten biggest ideas in theoretical physics that have withstood the test of time Could any discovery be more unexpected and shocking than the realization that the reality we were born into is but an approximation of an underlying quantum world that is barely...
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