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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Acoustics: The Art of SoundWhat is the difference between an echo and a reverberation? How do you calculate the most resonant note to whistle in a toilet? Where do you best place microphones for that perfect recording? In this fascinating little book, musician Steve Marshall explores the subject...
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Accidental Astronomy: How Random Discoveries Shape the Science of SpaceA "riveting real-life Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (The Telegraph), told "with an engaging voice, a diverting sense of humor, and a humble awe for the wonders of the universe" (Wall Street Journal), shows why so much of astronomy comes down to looking up...
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50 Ways to Rewire Your Anxious Brain: Simple Skills to Soothe Anxiety and Create New Neural Pathways to CalmA take-anywhere toolkit to short-circuit anxiety and rewire your brain for lasting calm. Do you struggle with anxiety? Has it taken over your life or affected your relationships? Do you feel like chronic worry and rumination are holding you back from being your best,...
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Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave BehindWinner of the Crime Writers' Association ALCS Gold Dagger for Nonfiction--A tour through the human skeleton and the secrets our bones reveal, from the author of All That Remains In her memoir All That Remains, internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist Dame Sue...
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Where the Water Goes: Life and Death Along the Colorado River"Wonderfully written...Mr. Owen writes about water, but in these polarized times the lessons he shares spill into other arenas. The world of water rights and wrongs along the Colorado River offers hope for other problems." --Wall Street Journal An eye-opening account of where our...
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What Your Food Ate: How to Restore Our Land and Reclaim Our HealthDavid R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé take us far beyond the well-worn adage to deliver a new truth: the roots of good health start on farms. What Your Food Ate marshals evidence from recent and forgotten science to illustrate how the health of the...
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What Is a Scientist?Simple text and full-color photographs depict children engaged in various activities that make up the scientific process: asking questions, noticing details, drawing what they see, taking notes, measuring, performing experiments, and more. Author: Barbara LehnPublisher: First Avenue Editions (Tm)Published: 08/01/1998Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize:...
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Visual Learning: Human Anatomy: An Illustrated Guide for All AgesBarron's new Visual Learning series breaks down complex science concepts into clear, captivating illustrations for the visual learner! With large, colorful graphics, including maps, diagrams, and labeled illustrations and clear supporting text, Visual Learning: Human Anatomy is an invaluable resource for readers of all...
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Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World"A new, exciting approach to the literature about this momentous era."--The Wall Street Journal There may never be another era of science like the first half of the twentieth century, when a peerless cast of physicists--Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Max Planck, Wolfgang Pauli, and...
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Time: A Very Short IntroductionWhat is time? What does it mean for time to pass? Is it possible to travel in time? What is the difference between the past and future? Until the work of Newton, these questions were purely topics of philosophical speculation. Since then we've learned...
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Thousand Years of Nonlinear HistoryFollowing in the wake of his groundbreaking work War in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Manuel De Landa presents a brilliant, radical synthesis of historical development of the last thousand years. A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History sketches the outlines of a renewed materialist...
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The Shift: How Digital Innovation Is Irreversibly Transforming Gastroenterology and HealthcareWhat if the future of healthcare is already here, but you haven't noticed it yet? We live in an era of digital innovation, which is reshaping every aspect of our lives. Healthcare, particularly gastroenterology, stands on the brink of radical transformation. The Shift delves...
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The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of LifeOne of the world's leading astrobiologists takes us on an awe-inspiring journey across the cosmos to investigate some of humanity's most profound questions: Are we alone in the universe? And how did life on Earth begin? We are in a golden age in astronomy,...
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The Russell Cosmogony; A New Concept of Light, Matter, and Energy2023 Reprint of the 1953 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "The Russell Cosmogony with its new concepts of light, matter, energy, electricity and magnetism is a simple yet complete, consistent and workable cosmogony/cosmology which will...
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The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book: Featuring the World Record-Breaking Design, with Tear-Out Planes to Fold and FlyA collection of easy-to-fold paper airplane designs and innovative theories of flight, including the author's Guinness World Record-breaking airplane. Features 16 tear-out model planes.Will YOU be the next to break the WORLD RECORD? Anything is possible with The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book,...
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The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim SamarasThe saga of the greatest tornado chaser who ever lived: a tale of obsession and daring and an extraordinary account of humanity's high-stakes race to understand nature's fiercest phenomenon from Brantley Hargrove, "one of today's great science writers" (The Washington Post). At the turn...
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really TrueAn elegant, text-only edition of the New York Times bestseller that's been hailed as the definitive authority on...everything. Richard Dawkins, bestselling author and the world's most celebrated evolutionary biologist, has spent his career elucidating the many wonders of science. Here, he takes a broader...
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The Lives of Snakes: A Natural History of the World's SnakesA richly illustrated introduction to the marvelous world of snakes Descended from prehistoric lizards, snakes have been slithering across the earth for more than a hundred million years. There are some 4,100 species known to exist, and many are venomous, but many more are...
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The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human OriginsBooks about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors. We are obsessed with prehistory--and, in this respect, our current era is no...
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The Immune Mind: The Hidden Dialogue Between Your Brain and Immune SystemSuperbly written with excellent insights...One of the best nonfiction books I've read! --Dr. Rupy Aujla, author of The Doctor's Kitchen Until a decade ago, we misunderstood a fundamental aspect of human health. Although the brain and the body have always been viewed as separate...
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