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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Ignorance: What We Do Not Know, Cannot Know, Must Not Know, and Refuse to KnowDoes the lack of evidence mean that aliens don't exist? Why does an unproven mathematical hypothesis have profound consequences? Are humans capable of grasping the nature of divinity? Is it ethical to give a patient a placebo? Why do people persist in demonstrably false...
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If You Went to the Bottom of the OceanAn awe-inspiring, deep-sea-themed picture book that explores the mysterious marine life that dwells within and below the waves, all the way to the very bottom of the ocean!Dive into this compelling, content-rich nonfiction picture book and find yourself on an underwater adventure: a marine...
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How the World Flows: Microfluidics from Raindrops to Covid TestsHow the World Flows acts like a microscope that pulls the reader into the barely noticeable, Lilliputian world of fluids at small scales--the microfluidic world-and answers the question "What is microfluidics?" in non-technical language. Microfluidics is the field of science that studies fluids constrained...
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Handmade: A Scientist's Search for Meaning Through MakingA fresh and entertaining perspective on materials science involving the craftspeople who have built their careers around working with materials such as clay, stone, steel and wool. From atomic structures to theories about magnetic forces, scientific progress has given us a good grasp on...
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GED Test Prep - Science & Social Studies: A Quickstudy Laminated Reference GuideQuick and easy-to-read coverage of every science and social studies concept covered on the exam with examples to boost your score all in one 6 page laminated reference guide that is handy enough to take anywhere for studying, reviewing or refreshing. We do not...
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Four Corners: History, Land, and People of the Desert SouthwestIn this masterful tour de force of nature writing, Kenneth Brown explores one of the most awe-inspiring regions on earth -- the Four Corners of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. Weaving together its geological, ecological and human histories, he presents a unique portrait...
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Forest of the Sea: The Remarkable Life and Imperiled Future of KelpA powerful call to action that shows how science, culture, and hope can converge to restore one of Earth's most vital marine habitats In a matter of decades, a spectacular cold-water paradise thirty million years in the making is succumbing to warming oceans. Kelp...
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Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the WestAward-winning journalist rafts down the Green River, revealing a multifaceted look at the present and future of water in the American West. The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to the desert...
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Bugs in Your Neighborhood: A Field Guide to Your Local Insect FriendsA laugh-out-loud all-ages guide to common bugs, in a pocket-size package bursting with fun facts and photos.Bugs: They are beautiful, mind-bending, adorable, strange, silly, and essential to life as we know it. These wondrous creatures are neighborhood treasures and offer endless adventure. They are...
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Atlas of Botany: An Exploration of Plants Across Time and Around the WorldFrom the earliest green shoots to dense tropical forests, discover how plants spread across the world to build our environment. Plants first emerged on a very different looking Earth 500 million years ago. As land masses moved, plants were brought together in fierce competition...
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A Short History of Nearly EverythingTHE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - One of the world's most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate journey--into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer. "Brims with...
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A Brief History of the Universe (and Our Place in It)"A sweeping tour of the laws of physics, the scope of the universe, and the place of life within it." --Sean Carroll, New York Times bestselling author of The Biggest Ideas in the UniverseAn elegant exploration of humanity's continuous search to find the hidden...
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Yardstick Nation: The Metric System in AmericaWhy is there no metric system in the United States? Why is it that a country known for its openness to the future, its scientific innovations, and its preference for practicality has not adopted the most practical, scientific, and innovative system of measurement? Yardstick...
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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of HistoryHigh in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It hold the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived--a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail. In this book...
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Why We Struggle to Go Green: Hard Truths about the Clean Energy TransitionClean energy won't save us from the effects of climate change. Amid corporate Net Zero campaigns, the politics of the Green New Deal, and the calls to abandon fossil fuels for renewable technology -- or vice versa -- lies a troubling truth: No clean...
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Timaeus and CritiasA dialogue in two parts from a central figure in Western philosophy A response to Socrates's account of an ideal state, Timaeus and Critias begins with Timaeus's theoretical exposition of the cosmos and his story describing the creation of the universe, from its very...
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The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the PresentFrom the renowned paleontologist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, a sweeping evolutionary history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to the 10,000+ extraordinary species alive today.Tens of billions of birds share the planet with us, an astonishingly diverse...
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The Paradox of the Organism: Adaptation and Internal ConflictLeading evolutionary theorists and philosophers come together to understand how organisms persist, even as they're riddled with internal conflict, from cancer cells to selfish genes. How does a vast menagerie of organs, tissues, cells, and genes coalesce to form a unified organism? For centuries,...
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The Order of TimeOne of TIME's Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade "Meet the new Stephen Hawking . . . The Order of Time is a dazzling book." --The Sunday Times From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Reality Is Not What It...
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The Madness Pill: One Doctor's Quest to Understand SchizophreniaA rollicking history of the life and work of an unheralded genius: Dr. Solomon Snyder, whose experiments with mind-altering drugs helped change the way we think about the causes and treatments of schizophrenia.In the 1950s, the field of psychiatry had nothing to show for...
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