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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Colliding Worlds: How Cosmic Encounters Shaped Planets and LifeSimone Marchi presents the emerging story of how cosmic collisions shaped both the solar system and our own planet, from the creation of the Moon to influencing the evolution of life on Earth. The Earth emerged out of the upheaval and chaos of massive...
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The Handbook Of Nature Study in Color - BirdsFor years Anna Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study has been an essential tool for all budding naturalists but its large size made it impractical in the field. It has now been broken up into individual sections for easy portability. New full-color photos are included...
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It's about Time: Understanding Einstein's RelativityA readable and entertaining look at how Einstein's special theory of relativity gives us a new understanding of the nature of timeRelativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education. Its subject is time, with which we all think we are familiar. Einstein's...
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The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 SecondsThe story of a neural impulse and what it reveals about how our brains work We see the last cookie in the box and think, can I take that? We reach a hand out. In the 2.1 seconds that this impulse travels through our...
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Cosmic Messengers: The Limits of Astronomy in an Unruly UniverseMartin Harwit, author of the influential book Cosmic Discovery, asks key questions about the scope of observational astronomy. Humans have long sought to understand the world we inhabit. Recent realization of how our unruly Universe distorts information before it ever reaches us reveals distinct...
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A Field Guide to the Birds of MongoliaThe species are clearly illustrated in over 154 plates, showing plumage variation between sexes, seasons, and age classes, as well as the upperside and underside of birds in flight. Common, scientific, and Mongolian names are given for each species. The main identifying features of...
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From the Horse's Point of View: Beyond Natural Horsemanship: Horse Training's New FrontierAn eye-opening book leading equestrians into a brave new horse world, where we train horses their way, not ours. For years, Andrea Kutsch filled stadiums with spectators as she demonstrated remarkable transformations in "problem horses" using the Natural Horsemanship training methods she'd learned from...
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ZooZoo takes emergent readers on a trip to the zoo while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, making sure they aren't facing too many...
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Nsca's Essentials of Sport ScienceWithin the domain of sport, the application of science is more apparent than ever before. Not only are universities and academic institutions scientifically investigating sport as one element of human performance, but professional teams, sporting organizations, and private training companies are embracing approaches that...
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How Are We Going to Explain This: Our Future on a Hot EarthAn internationally bestselling book on climate change that is both realistic and hopeful--detailing exactly which actions make a difference and why--from a charismatic young Dutch journalist.Journalist Jelmer Mommers has discovered that bringing up the subject of climate change is a great way to ruin...
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The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Largest OrganA fascinating exploration of the skin in its multifaceted physical, psychological, and social aspects Providing a cover for our delicate and intricate bodies, the skin is our largest and fastest-growing organ. We see it, touch it, and live in it every day. It is...
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Driven by Nature: A Personal Journey from Shanghai to Botany and Global SustainabilityIt's safe to say that few people have lived lives as thoroughly devoted to plants as Peter H. Raven has. The longtime director--now president emeritus--of the Missouri Botanical Garden, author of numerous leading textbooks and several hundred scholarly articles, Raven has been a tireless...
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Energy Storage for Multigeneration: Desalination, Power, Cooling and Heating ApplicationsEnergy Storage for Multi-generation: Desalination, Power, Cooling and Heating Applications is designed to help readers implement and manage highly-efficient energy storage enabled industrial processes. The book provides an overview on energy storage technologies, recent trends around the world, and a discussion on the sustainability...
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Learning Scientific Programming with PythonLearn to master basic programming tasks from scratch with real-life, scientifically relevant examples and solutions drawn from both science and engineering. Students and researchers at all levels are increasingly turning to the powerful Python programming language as an alternative to commercial packages and this...
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Historia y fundamentos de la energíaEste libro trata principalmente de la fundamentaci n del concepto cient fico de energ a (sobre todo del termodin mico), en el contexto del an lisis comparativo de las tres termodin micas cl sicas: la de Clausius, la de Gibbs y la de Carath...
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God or Science?: Is Science Denying God?Does science deny God? Did the Universe and life appear by chance or is there evidence of a bigger scheme of thing behind them? In this context, I am concerned with answering these questions. This problem is addressed using knowledge in cosmology, physics and...
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Western Wetland Flora: An Introduction to the Wetland and Aquatic Plants of the Western United StatesWestern Wetland Flora provides an introduction, in non-technical terms, to the wide diversity of aquatic and wetland plants of the western United States. The book allows students, ranchers, consultants, and others with little or no botanical background to identify the plants found in the...
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Your Day, Your Way: The Fact and Fiction Behind Your Daily DecisionsPart pop-science, part self-help, Your Day. Your Way. is a friendly, funny, fact-based guide to changing how you make decisions in order to live a better -- maybe even your best -- life. We make, and worry about, a thousand big and little decisions...
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Pollination: The Enduring Relationship Between Plant and PollinatorAn enticing illustrated look at pollination, one of the most astonishing marvels of the natural world Pollination is essential to the survival of most plants on Earth. Some plants rely on the wind to transport pollen from one flower to another. Others employ an...
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On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things DoneA look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions--and how this shapes our everyday lives Why is it hard to text and drive at the same time? How do you resist eating that extra piece of cake? Why does staring at...
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