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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The Science of Reading: Information, Media, and Mind in Modern AmericaFor the first time, the story of how and why we have plumbed the mysteries of reading, and why it matters today. Reading is perhaps the essential practice of modern civilization. For centuries, it has been seen as key to both personal fulfillment and...
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The Restless Cell: Continuum Theories of Living MatterAn essential introduction to the physics of active matter and its application to questions in biology In recent decades, the theory of active matter has emerged as a powerful tool for exploring the differences between living and nonliving states of matter. The Restless Cell...
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The Princeton Field Guide to Predatory DinosaursAn authoritative illustrated guide to the fearsome predators that dominated the Mesozoic world for 180 million years New discoveries are transforming our understanding of the theropod dinosaurs, revealing startling new insights into the lives and look of these awesome predators. The Princeton Field Guide...
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The Practice of Social ResearchKnown as the gold standard for research methods, Babbie's THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH gives you a definitive guide to research as practiced by social scientists. Combining a straightforward approach with the author's renowned sense of humor, this student-friendly text equips you with the...
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The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold's Environmental Ethic for the New MillenniumA contemporary defense of conservationist Aldo Leopold's vision for human interaction with the environment. Informed by his experiences as a hunter, forester, wildlife manager, ecologist, conservationist, and professor, Aldo Leopold developed a view he called the land ethic. In a classic essay, published posthumously...
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The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi: Exploring the Microscopic World in Our Forests, Homes, and Bodies"Fans of Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life and Suzanne Simard's Finding the Mother Tree will enjoy Seifert's latest... A perspective-shifting guide to our microfungal matrix."--Kirkus Even though we can't always see them, fungi exist all around us. From forests and farms to food and medicine--and...
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The Green Frontier: Assessing the Economic Implications of Climate ActionAddressing climate change will entail major challenges for economic growth, employment, inflation, and public finances. Mitigating the impact of global warming will yield benefits and costs that are yet to be quantified and defined for the global economy and for nations, workers, households, and...
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The Great Mental Models, Volume 2: Physics, Chemistry, and BiologyFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Clear Thinking and Farnam Street founder, Shane Parrish. The second book in the timeless Great Mental Models series. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to...
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The Good Virus: The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the PhageAt every moment, within our bodies and all around us, trillions of microscopic combatants are waging a war that shapes our health and life on Earth. Countless times per second, viruses known as phages attack and destroy bacteria while leaving all other life forms,...
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The Ecological Plot: How Stories Gave Rise to a ScienceUnraveling the surprising history of the concept of ecology The Ecological Plot traces the roots of this most mainstream branch of science back to an unexpected source: narrative storytelling. Weaving together the histories of different disciplines, John MacNeill Miller shows how pioneering thinkers drew...
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The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 17 (Translation Supplement): The Berlin Years: Writings and Correspondence, June 1929-November 1930An English-language edition of selected correspondence and papers of Albert Einstein A translation of selected non-English texts included in Volume 17 is available in paperback. Since this supplementary paperback includes only select portions of Volume 17, it is not recommended for purchase without the...
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The Baltimore Case: A Trial of Politics, Science, and CharacterDavid Baltimore won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1975. Known as a wunderkind in the field of immunology, he rose quickly through the ranks of the scientific community to become the president of the distinguished Rockefeller University. Less than a year and a...
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The Arctic Climate SystemThis second edition brings this definitive book completely up to date with the many advances in our understanding of Arctic climate since the first edition was published in 2005. The book has also been extensively reorganized to weave issues of Arctic change throughout the...
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Swirling Currents: Controversy, Compromise, and Dynamic Coastal ChangeSwirling Currents tells the story behind the headlines. Sharks chasing seals chasing fish. Highly endangered right whales getting closer to their demise. Hundreds of cold-stunned sea turtles on frigid Cape Cod beaches. Fishing industry reduced to harvest by quotas as shellfish aquaculture skyrockets. The...
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summer of gravel and steel: a thru-hike of Alaska, 20 years after the firstAuthor: Ned RozellPublisher: Ned RozellPublished: 06/01/2024Pages: 346Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.72dISBN: 9781733948241This title is not returnable
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Statistical Mechanics of Phases and Phase TransitionsAn engaging undergraduate introduction to the statistical mechanics of phase transitions Statistical mechanics deploys a powerful set of mathematical approaches for studying the thermodynamic properties of complex physical systems. This textbook introduces students to the statistical mechanics of systems undergoing changes of state, focusing...
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Sound: Stop Faking It! Finally Understanding Science So You Can Teach ItMuddled about what makes music? Stuck on the study of harmonics? Dumbfounded by how sound gets around? Now you no longer have to struggle to teach concepts you really don't grasp yourself. Sound takes an intentionally light touch to help out all those adults--...
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Small Islands in Peril?: Island Size and Island Lives in MelanesiaThis book explores the idea that small island communities could be regarded as canaries in the coal mine of sustainable development because of scientific and anecdotal evidence of a common link between rapid population growth, degradation of the local resource base, and intensification of...
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Rough Likeness: EssaysLia Purpura's essays are full of joy in the act of intense observation; they're also deliciously subversive and alert to the ways language gets locked and loaded by culture. These elegant, conversational excursions refuse to let a reader slide over anything, from the tiniest...
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Revenge of the Microbes: How Bacterial Resistance Is Undermining the Antibiotic MiracleRevenge of the Microbes "What is antibiotic resistance, and why should I care?" Two decades after the first edition of Revenge of the Microbes: How Bacterial Resistance Is Undermining the Antibiotic Miracle warned of the looming threat of antibiotic resistance, it is now upon...
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