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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Alive: Synthetic Cells, Feral Robots, Rebellious Ai, and the Design of Radical LifeA silicone jellyfish with a rat's heart, a drone that smells using the antenna of a moth, wearables made from cultured human skin, an AI-populated digital snack bar in the metaverse. These projects and many more offer a mind-bending, head-turning vision of the future...
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Alexander Von Humboldt: A Concise BiographyAn engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von Humboldt In this lucid biography, Andreas Daum offers a succinct and novel interpretation of the life and oeuvre of Alexander von Humboldt (1769―1859). A Prussian nobleman born into the age...
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A Field Guide to Cape Cod: Including Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Block Island, and Eastern Long IslandA richly illustrated full-color guide to the unique plants, wildlife, and environments of Cape Cod and the other nearby "Outer Lands" that face the Atlantic Ocean "A true gift to anyone who loves the Cape."--Provincetown Banner This essential guidebook presents the most abundantly illustrated...
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Adrift: The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost at Sea, In 1997 sixty-two containers fell off the cargo ship Tokio Express after it was hit by a rogue wave off the coast of Cornwall, including one container filled with nearly five million pieces of Lego, much of it sea themed. In the months...
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A Child Is Born: The Fifth Edition of the Beloved Classic--Completely Revised and UpdatedThe miracle of life--for a new generation. The completely revised fifth edition of the beloved classic offers an astonishing glimpse of the world within the womb alongside authoritative advice for expectant parents.Deep inside a woman's body, a miracle occurs. An egg and sperm meet...
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1001 Interesting Facts About Everything: Mind-blowing Fun Facts About Animals, History, Science, Sports, and More to Impress Your Friends and FamilyWhat color is the sunset on Mars? How many jars of Nutella are sold every second? And who would win in a race - a tornado or a Formula 1 racecar?Dive into a fascinating world of mind-boggling, surprising, and life-changing facts about anything and...
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Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age: Coping with Digital Distraction and Sensory OverloadAn award-winning neurologist on the Stone-Age roots of our screen addictions, and what to do about them. The human brain hasn't changed much since the Stone Age, let alone in the mere thirty years of the Screen Age. That's why, according to neurologist Richard...
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Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for WonderBiologist, humanist, and bestselling author Richard Dawkins deeply examines the inherent beauty within modern scientific discoveries. "If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this" (The Wall Street Journal).Did Newton "unweave the rainbow" by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats...
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T-Minus AI: Humanity's Countdown to Artificial Intelligence and the New Pursuit of Global Power2020 Foreword Indie Award Honorable Mention in the "Science & Technology" Category Late in 2017, the global significance of the conversation about artificial intelligence (AI) changed forever. China put the world on alert when it released a plan to dominate all aspects of AI...
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The Wuhan Cover-Up: And the Terrifying Bioweapons Arms Race"RFK Jr. exposes the decades of lies."--Luc Montagnier, Nobel laureate From the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of The Real Anthony Fauci comes an explosive exposé of the cover-up behind the true origins of COVID-19. "Gain-of-function"...
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The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us about SuccessIn this engrossing journey into the lives of psychopaths and their infamously crafty behaviors, the renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton reveals that there is a scale of "madness" along which we all sit. Incorporating the latest advances in brain scanning and neuroscience, Dutton demonstrates that...
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The Redemption of Wolf 302: From Renegade to Yellowstone Alpha MaleFrom the renowned wolf researcher and author of The Rise of Wolf 8 and The Reign of Wolf 21 comes a stunning account of an unconventional alpha male. A lover, not a fighter. That was wolf 302. A renegade with an eye for the...
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The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand YoursFrom University of Washington professor Chantel Prat comes The Neuroscience of You, a rollicking adventure into the human brain that reveals the surprising truth about neuroscience, shifting our focus from what's average to an understanding of how every brain is different, exactly why our...
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The Minerals Encyclopedia: 700 Minerals, Gems and RocksMineral collecting by amateur "rockhounds" has never been more popular. Old quarries, road cuts, and exposed landscapes are being examined by new generations of minerals enthusiasts. Each needs a comprehensive guidebook with clear photographs and accurate data. This is it. In a thick but...
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The Machinery of LifeImagine that we had some way to look directly at the molecules in a living organism. An x-ray microscope would do the trick, or since we're dreaming, perhaps an Asimov-style nanosubmarine (unfortunately, neither is currently feasible). Think of the wonders we could witness firsthand:...
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The Lives of Bats: A Natural HistoryA wonderfully illustrated guide to the natural history of the world's bats Bats are the second-largest order of mammals and inhabit almost every corner of the globe, but these secretive creatures are often maligned and misunderstood. With more than 1,400 species worldwide, they are...
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The Little Book of Aliens"With wit and brio, Frank separates current nonsense about aliens from the serious and fascinating search for extraterrestrial life." --Carlo Rovelli, New York Times bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on PhysicsFrom astrophysicist Adam Frank, a little book on the biggest questions in our...
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The Information Bomb"Civilization or the militarization of science?" With this typically hyperbolic and provocative question as a starting point, Paul Virilio explores the dominion of techno-science, cyberwar and the new information technologies over our lives ... and deaths. After the era of the atomic bomb, Virilio...
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The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and SocietyFor the 75th anniversary, a new edition of The Human Use of Human Beings--the landmark book that delves into the relationship between humans and computers, and presciently anticipates many contemporary dilemmas surrounding AI technology. With a new introduction by Brian Christian, author of the...
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The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants: An A-Z of Healing Plants and Home RemediesThe Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants is a beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book, which combines exquisite botanical illustrations with practical self-help projects. Every day sees a discovery in the press about the new uses of plants, and it's certain that most of our...
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