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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Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the MindThis pathfinding collection has become a seminal text for the burgeoning ecopsychology movement by showing how the health of the planet is inextricably linked to the psychological health of humanity, individually and collectively The revolutionary ecopsychology movement has brought key new insights to environmentalism...
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C Is for Crime Scene: A Forensics A to Z BookHow does science help solve a crime? Cross over the yellow tape and enter the behind-the-scenes world of forensics! From the crime scene to the laboratory, learn about the real tools and steps used to hunt for clues and crack the case. E is...
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A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies"Informed, utterly blindsiding account." - Booklist, starred review It's falling from the sky and in the air we breathe. It's in our food, our clothes, and our homes. It's microplastic and it's everywhere--including our own bodies. Scientists are just beginning to discover how these...
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When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural WorldThe author of Finding the Mother Tree and scientist who pioneered the concept of sophisticated communication between trees, Suzanne Simard now offers a powerful vision for saving our forests based on nature's deep-rooted cycles of renewal. "A masterclass on the inner workings of forests....
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True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--From Azure to Zinc PinkA kaleidoscopic journey through the secret history of hues--and the story of the obsessive genius behind the definitions of colors we use today, from the beloved author of Word by Word "Wildly entertaining and bountifully informative; I couldn't have enjoyed myself more." --Benjamin Dreyer,...
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The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space TravelThe never-before-told story of NASA's 1978 astronaut class, which included the first American women, the first African Americans, the first Asian American, and the first gay person to fly to space. With the exclusive participation of the astronauts who were there, this is the...
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The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy: Philosophiae Naturalis Principia MathematicaThe Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy Isaac Newton Translated into English by Andrew Motte Referred to as simply the Principia, is a work in three books by Isaac Newton, in Latin, first published 5 July 1687. After annotating and correcting his personal copy of...
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The Man Who Made Plants Write: Essays by Jagadish Chandra BoseAn internationally celebrated poet and critic translates Jagadish Chandra Bose's revolutionary writings on plant sentience and communication Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858-1937) was a Bengali scientist and polymath who developed a theory of plant communication more than a century ago. Bose suggested that plants had...
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The Elusive Body: Patients, Doctors, and the Diagnosis Crisis"I found Ms. Sifferlin's book entertaining, enlightening, and in addition timely--a book mindful of science in this era when crackpot notions about public health and medicine are routinely issued from on high."--Tracy Kidder, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains A compelling, necessary, and...
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The Elegance of Ferns: Portrait of a Botanical MarvelDiscover the weirdly wonderful world of ferns--plants that outlived the dinosaurs, inspired a Victorian-era obsession, and continue to enchant us with their mathematical perfection and lush beauty. Ancient and enigmatic, ferns captivate with understated elegance. Their fronds unfurl in perfect mathematical spirals, connecting us...
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Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and GardeningThe internationally renowned 'rebel farmer' shares a lifetime's worth of skill and knowledge on permaculture gardening and farming. Sepp Holzer farms steep mountainsides in Austria, 1,500 meters above sea level. His farm is an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, waterways and tracks,...
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Rhs Watercolour Botanical Art: A Botanical Guide for ArtistsA practical, must-have handbook for botanical artists that can be returned to time and time again, in association with the RHS and created with the input of its team of botany experts. Unlike botanical art books that focus only on painting techniques, and botany...
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Outsider Animals: How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us"This is a truly compelling book, rich with scientific expertise and humor."--Isabella Rossellini From one of our foremost experts on behavioral evolution, an entertaining exploration of what raccoons, rats, and other animal intruders teach us about intelligence, adaptability, and ourselves When we think of...
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Our Human StoryOur Human Story is a guide to our fossil relatives, from what may be the earliest hominins such as Sahelanthropus, dating back six to seven million years, through to our own species, Homo sapiens. Over the past 25 years there has been an explosion...
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Flora of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated ManualFlora of the Pacific Northwest, first published in 1973, became an instant classic for its innovative style of providing species descriptions in the identification keys and for its comprehensive illustrations of nearly all treated taxa (species, subspecies, and varieties). Students rely on it as...
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Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year ConversationFrom the world-renowned geobiologist and bestselling author of A Brief History of Earth, the epic story of a planetary conversation four billion years in the making How did the world as we know it--from the soil beneath our feet to the air we breathe...
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Desert Forest: Life with Joshua TreesDesert Forest: Life with Joshua TreesEditors: Sant Khalsa and Juniper HarrowerDesert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees focuses on the plight of the Joshua tree and its Mojave Desert habitat, threatened by climate change, development, wind and solar energy industries, and wildfires.Written by leading experts...
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Colorado Rocks!: A Guide to Geologic Sites in the Centennial StateThese 50 well-chosen sites--many on every geologist's bucket list--span Colorado's geologic history from 1.7-billion-year-old rocks of the Black Canyon to the constantly shifting landscape of the Great Sand Dunes. The asteroid-produced iridium-enriched layer that marks the end of the dinosaurs is here, as are...
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Birds of New Jersey Field GuideIdentify New Jersey birds with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information. Make bird-watching in New Jersey even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird guide, field identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look...
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Whiskey: From Grain to GlassWhiskey: From Grain to Glass is an informational deep dive into the art and science behind producing the world's great bourbons, malts, and ryes. Written for distillers and enthusiasts alike, Strickland takes the reader on a grand tour of every aspect of whiskey production....
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