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 Powerful Primate: How Controlling Energy Enabled Us to Build CivilizationA captivating journey through humanity's relentless quest to harness and control physical power, fueling groundbreaking innovations while leaving a profound impact on our planet--from the acclaimed author of The Age of Wood. The Powerful Primate presents a compelling argument that flips the traditional view...
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The Everyday Journeys of Ordinary ThingsWhy does a light come on when you flick a switch? How can cheese from the supermarket have come out of a cow? What happens when you send a text? These questions and many more, both physical and more abstract, are clearly explained with...
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Sufferless: The Science & Philosophy of Reducing Suffering"A bold framework for building lives and societies dedicated to reducing suffering." - BookLife, Publishers WeeklyWhat if the purpose of life isn't to seek happiness, but to suffer less?We measure progress in lifespan, wealth, and technology-yet suffering persists everywhere. Sufferless reframes progress itself: the...
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First Adirondackers: 12,000 Years of Indigenous Peoples in the Adirondack UplandsThe First Adirondackers challenges the widespread, long-standing belief that the Adirondack uplands of northern New York were uninhabited before the arrival of European colonizers. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Through local indigenous traditions and supporting findings by natural science, authors David Fadden...
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Evolution: The Remarkable History of a Scientific Theory"I often said before starting, that I had no doubt I should frequently repent of the whole undertaking." So wrote Charles Darwin aboard The Beagle, bound for the Galapagos Islands and what would arguably become the greatest and most controversial discovery in scientific history....
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Clearing the Air: A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change in 50 Questions and Answers*A FINANCIAL TIMES & NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF 2025* A Bill Gates Top Pick for 2025: "One of the clearest explanations of the climate challenge I've read." "A refreshingly pragmatic and undoomy book."--The Guardian Clear, simple answers to the most common and vexing...
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Chasing Lewis's Monkeyflower: The Amazing Afterlife of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's Wild PlantsA look at the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the plant specimens the great explorers gathered on their way--and of their amazing afterlife. Elizabeth Adelman's Chasing the Missing Monkeyflower is the two hundred-year saga of finding, losing, and finding the wild plants collected on...
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Behavioral NeuroscienceBreedlove & Watson's tenth edition of Behavioral Neuroscience combines the most current and exciting research in the field with an unparalleled art program and a suite of interactive digital tools to help introductory neuroscience and behavioral neuroscience students grasp complex biological processes. For more...
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Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and MindsHow living in space will affect future generations--and what the potential unintended consequences of space settlements are. We are on the cusp of a golden age of space travel in which, for the first time, it will be possible for large numbers of people...
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Anatomy of Exercise: A Trainer's Inside Guide to Your WorkoutAnatomy of Exercise is revolutionary for its insights into how different muscles of the body actually work during exercise. The book is organized by body area and shows common sequences in the progression of a typical workout. Lifelike anatomical illustrations demonstrate each exercise and...
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Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of NatureOf the codified laws of nature, famously, only one inscribes a direction to time: the dreaded second law of thermodynamics, which declares that the disorder of a closed system tends to increase as time passes. New shoes eventually scuff, our bodies weaken and die....
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The Vertical Ascent: From Particles to the Tripartite Cosmos and BeyondWhat distinguishes this book from other contemporary treatises touching upon cosmology is its conception of the tripartite cosmos. This conception proves to be crucial to resolving three of the most baffling questions of contemporary science, beginning with the measurement problem of quantum theory. What...
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The Scale of the UniverseHave you ever wondered how big the universe really is, or how we fit into it? These questions have been asked throughout history by people of virtually every race, religion, culture, and nationality. Indeed, they seem integral to the human experience, which probably explains...
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: SauropodsThe essential illustrated compendium of sauropod dinosaurs, from the towering Brachiosaurus to small, long-necked herbivores The Princeton Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: Sauropods brings together every species of long-necked dinosaur known to have roamed the prehistoric world, with a dedicated entry for each species describing its...
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The Princeton Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: OrnithischiansThe essential illustrated compendium of ornithischian dinosaurs, from the tanklike Stegosaurus to duck-billed hadrosaurs The Princeton Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: Ornithischians brings together every species of armored and horn-faced dinosaur known to have roamed the prehistoric world, with a dedicated entry for each species describing...
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The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the MindFrom the coauthor of Algorithms to Live By, an exploration of the quest to use mathematics to describe the ways we think, from its origins three hundred years ago to the ideas behind modern AI systems and the ways in which they still differ...
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The Human Brain Book: A Visual Guide to the Structure and FunctionThis new edition of the award-winning The Brain Book uses the latest findings from neuroscience research and brain-imaging technology to take you on a journey into the human brain. Artworks and scans reveal the brain's anatomy in unprecedented detail. Step-by-step sequences unravel and simplify...
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The Ethical Brain: The Science of Our Moral DilemmasA provocative and fascinating look at new discoveries about the brain that challenge our ethicsThe rapid advance of scientific knowledge has raised ethical dilemmas that humankind has never before had to address. Questions about the moment when life technically begins and ends or about...
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The Chemistry of Synthetic DrugsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science and the Crisis of BeliefShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize - In this dazzling new biography, Richard Holmes, critically acclaimed author of The Age of Wonder, discovers in Young Tennyson an astonishingly magnetic and mercurial personality, a secretly expressive and highly emotional man haunted by the great intellectual...
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