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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Designing for People: An Introduction to Human Factors EngineeringWhether it is the car you drive or the app on your smartphone, technology has an increasingly powerful influence on you. When designed with people in mind, this influence can improve lives and productivity. This book provides a broad introduction on how to attend...
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California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing CoastlinePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Winner * Golden Poppy Award Winner for Nonfiction * California Book Awards Gold Medal Winner * A Great Read from Great Places Selected by the Library of Congress * A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year...
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her CrewVoted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space Hipsters The dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle disaster. On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation's eyes, and all seven astronauts...
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Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at WhaThe 10th anniversary edition of the landmark book on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being. A decade ago, marine biologist Dr. Wallace J. Nichols revolutionized how we think about our connection to water, exploring the questions we've long lacked answers...
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AP Physics 1 Premium, 2026: Prep Book with 4 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online PracticeBe prepared for exam day with Barron's. Trusted content from AP experts! Barron's AP Physics 1 Premium, 2026 is fully revised for the latest course and exam updates and includes in-depth content review and practice. It's the only book you'll need to be prepared...
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Amazing Magnetism (the Magic School Bus Chapter Book #12)Get ready for some serious science fun when the Friz takes on the most attractive topic of all: Magnetism!Hi, I'm Carlos - one of the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class. I know Ms. Frizzle thinks of some weird ways to teach about science, but...
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Alchemy of Nine Dimensions: Activating the Full Spectrum of ConsciousnessA guide to connecting with the nine dimensions of consciousness - Examines how each dimension influences Earth, its levels of creative expression, and the sciences that describe each one - Provides meditations to open you to the experience of each dimension and all nine...
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Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern ScienceFlush with hundreds of illustrations, this book revisits the histories of chemistry, medicine, ideas, and culture through the lens of alchemy The craft of alchemy has intrigued and mystified people since antiquity. Many early cultures are known to have experimented with chemical transformations: from...
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100 Questions: SpaceCurious about everything under the sun? Do you have hundreds of questions on the whos, whats, wheres, whys, hows, and whens? Weve got the series for you! With tons of fun facts, jokes, and illustrations, these kid-friendly books take you on a journey through...
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Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical TransformationA celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions--sparking both controversy and discovery. The stars of this book, vectors and tensors, are unlikely celebrities. If you ever took a physics course, the word "vector" might remind...
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Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical VoyageA camera obscura reflects the world back but dimmer and inverted. Similarly, science has long viewed woman through a warped lens, one focused narrowly on her capacity for reproduction. As a result, there exists a vast knowledge gap when it comes to what we...
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Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior: What They Did and How We KnowHow scientists are unravelling one of the most tantalizing questions in paleontology Our understanding of dinosaur behavior has long been hampered by the inevitable lack of evidence from animals that went extinct more than sixty-five million years ago and whose daily behaviors are rarely...
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Treekeepers: The Race for a Forested FutureSilver medalist, Nautilus Book Awards "A frank, probing, but ultimately hopeful book" (Elizabeth Kolbert) that shows how the path from climate change to a habitable future winds through the world's forests In recent years, planting a tree has become a catchall to represent "doing...
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To Speak for the Trees: My Life's Journey from Ancient Celtic Wisdom to a Healing Vision of the Forest"A rare gift: an inspiring tale about trees, trauma and the very purpose of life." --Andrew Nikiforuk, author of Empire of the Beetle Diana Beresford-Kroeger--a world-recognized botanist and medical biochemist--has revolutionized our understanding of the natural world with her startling insights into the hidden...
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This Book Bubbles Over: From the Ocean to Mars and Everywhere in BetweenThis book really pops, full as it is of fascinating bubbles--useful and entertaining, noisy and silencing, lifesaving and dangerous, microscopic and bigger than a sports stadium. What is a bubble? A puff of air, a swirl of gas, temporarily trapped in something else. Perhaps...
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The Weird and Wonderful World of Bats: Demystifying These Often-Misunderstood CreaturesIn this fascinating science book, a behavioral and bat ecologist reintroduces readers to bats, redeeming their historically bad reputation. These woefully misunderstood creatures dwell in darkness, inspire fear, and threaten danger. They've been viewed as the pawns of evil deities and taken the undeserved...
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The Urban Naturalist: How to Make the City Your Scientific PlaygroundA manifesto--and a field guide--for a new dawn of natural history, practiced by community scientists in their own urban jungle. Imagine taking your smartphone-turned-microscope to an empty lot and discovering a rare mason bee that builds its nest in empty snail shells. Or a...
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The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and NurtureFor more than 150 years, the question of nature versus nurture has been one of the most contentious issues in the human sciences. On the one side are "blank-slaters," who believe we are mainly shaped by our environment. On the other side are "hereditarians,"...
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The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern Relationships"A bulletproof case that sexual diversity exists in the natural world...The Sexual Evolution is a thoughtfully and delightfully written book full of illuminating and entertaining information that will be new to most readers. At a time when ignorance and misinformation about sex, gender, reproduction,...
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The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary EditionThe million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a...
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