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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Claws: The Crab, the Lobster, and the ShrimpCelebrate the allure and variety of crustaceans with this beautifully illustrated guide to thirty species of crabs, lobsters, hermit crabs, and shrimps.Turn the pages of Claws and dive into a world of empathy and wonder for the natural realm by marveling at these curious,...
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Brief History of the Philosophy of TimeAdrian Bardon's A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time is a short introduction to the history, philosophy, and science of the study of time-from the pre-Socratic philosophers through Einstein and beyond. A Brief History of the Philosophy of Time covers subjects such as...
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An Introduction to Brown Dwarfs: From very-low-mass stars to super-JupitersThis book provides an introduction to brown dwarfs aimed at advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, supplementing stellar astrophysics or (exo)planetary science classes. It emphasises the key theoretical ideas and the main observational results that support those ideas. The first chapter is an introduction...
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Animal PhysiologyComprehensive, contemporary, and engaging, Animal Physiology provides evolutionary and ecological context to help students make connections across all levels of physiological scale. One of the major challenges instructors and students face in Animal Physiology is making connections across levels of biological scale. Animal Physiology...
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The Sacred Mushroom: Key to the Door of EternityA new edition of the psychedelic classic - Shares the author's research on extrasensory perception (ESP) and the psychic effects of hallucinogenic mushrooms - Describes ancient Egyptian spiritual practices centered on Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) mushrooms - Details the author's research work with R....
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The Lives of Butterflies: A Natural History of Our Planet's Butterfly LifeA beautifully illustrated introduction to the lives of butterflies around the world There are more than fifteen thousand butterfly species in the world, fluttering through a wide variety of habitats. Bright and beautiful, butterflies also have fascinating life histories and play an important role...
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The Joy of Chemistry: The Amazing Science of Familiar ThingsThis book challenges the perception of chemistry as too difficult to bother with and too clinical to be any fun. Cathy Cobb and Monty L. Fetterolf, both professional chemists and experienced educators, introduce readers to the magic, elegance, and, yes, joy of chemistry. From...
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The Face: A Cultural HistoryAward-winning historian Fay Bound-Alberti synthesizes over twenty years of research to offer a sweeping cultural history of our most decisive--and sometimes divisive--body part. What's in a face? And how much power does it hold? The Face begins in the historical West, where we learn...
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The Brain, in TheoryWhy engineering and computational analogies are poorly suited to the study of biological cognition Mainstream theories of the brain are often expressed through engineering concepts--computation, code, control, reverse-engineering, optimization. These theories cast the living organism as a machine and the brain as a computer....
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Montana Rocks: A Guide to Geologic Sites Under the Big SkyEvery vista in Montana tells a geologic story, and in Montana Rocks! author Rob Thomas selects sixty of the very best geologic sites to reveal how the Big Sky state's landscapes were built, reshaped, and transformed over time. Each carefully chosen stop is a...
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In Common: A Unified Theory of Every ThingScience and philosophy are not different realms. They are parts of the same Whole Truth. Each century, the heart and mind of man has thirsted for and attained ever higher and more generalized truths, to better explain more of all that exists around us....
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Humans: The Evolution of a SpeciesHumans - who are we? Physically, Homo sapiens is unremarkable in the animal world - a hairless ape. But somehow, in combination, our characteristics make us remarkable. With our dexterity and brain power, we discovered ways of finding food and beating the elements not...
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Force of Nature: Understanding Evolution's Deepest Logic-And Putting It to UseMost of us learned about natural selection in our school days and remember the basics of how it drives evolution, plus a few of its everyday implications, like the risks of overusing antibiotics. Yet deep misconceptions about evolution and natural selection abound--even, studies show,...
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Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men's LivesA groundbreaking exploration of the science and significance of fatherhood that shows great dads are made, not born Over the last decade, we've learned more about the transformative power of parenthood--biologically, psychologically, and socially--than ever before. But while the experience of motherhood has attracted...
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Consciousness ExplainedDaniel Dennett's "brilliant" exploration of human consciousness -- named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times -- is a masterpiece beloved by both scientific experts and general readers (New York Times Book Review). Consciousness Explained is a...
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Compassion in Crisis: Building Disaster-Resilient CommunitiesA vibrant and holistic grassroots guide to disaster preparedness that builds community resilience.polycrisis noun /'pa: .li, krai.sis/a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering caused by many different crises occurring simultaneously and amplifying one another.How do we live in the age of disaster? In...
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CHD Doodles: A Workbook on Congenital Heart DefectsAre you interested in learning more about congenital heart disease? How the blood flows in different heart lesions such as CAVC and HLHS? Do you want to better understand what the expected arterial saturations should be and why? Do you learn better by pictures...
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Avoiding the Great Filter: Illuminating Pathways to Humanity's Future in the CosmosAs we round the first quarter turn of the twenty-first century in the Common Era, Earth teems with over eight billion human souls-more than at any other epoch in our history. Yet there is no safety in numbers to be found in this burgeoning...
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Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative CollaborationA guide to mutually transformative collaboration between artists and scientists. Art-Science Undisciplined invites us into a collaborative journey grounded in mutual exploration and transformation. Moving beyond transactional exchanges of expertise, artist Janani Balasubramanian and astrophysicist Natalie Gosnell draw on their own experiences, as well...
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A Pox on Fools: The True Believers, Grifters, and Cynics Who Convinced Us to Reject VaccinesAn urgent and profound history of vaccine skepticism, seeking to understand how our three most common fears about vaccines hardened into a lethal ideology--from a leading science writer "Brimming with righteous anger, this book should infuriate you for all the right reasons, and arm...
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