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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Labwork to Leadership: A Concise Guide to Thriving in the Science Job You Weren't Trained forA roadmap for running a lab--and developing the leadership skills you didn't know you needed. As a graduate student and postdoctoral researcher, chemist Jen Heemstra learned how to collect data, write papers, and give talks to other scientists. But when, just a few years...
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Jaws: The Story of a Hidden EpidemicThere's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral...
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In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life"Warm and funny." --The New York Times * "Refreshingly no-holds-barred." --USA TODAY * "Delightful." --San Francisco Chronicle An inspirational, witty, and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!--an exploration of what it means to ask questions of the world...
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Hubble's Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest ImagesPraise for the first edition: "Superbly well produced. Any engagement with this 'cosmic portfolio, ' from picture gazing to deep reading, is grandly rewarded." --Booklist [starred review] "The book's precise descriptions and captions brilliantly complement the 300 full-color Hubble images . . . this...
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Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge and Its Transmissions Through Myth"A book wonderful to read and startling to contemplate....both the history of science and the reinterpretation of myths have been enriched immensely."--Washington Post A seminal work of scientific and philosophical exploration. Ever since the Greeks coined the language we commonly use for scientific description,...
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Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of ScienceInfused with Mary Roach-style humor and science, this narrative illuminates the gross, strange, morbid, and outright absurd realities of our bodies, the Earth, and universe. Filled to the brim with far-out facts, this wickedly informative narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory...
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Geology Underfoot on Colorado's Western SlopeThis tenth book in the Geology Underfoot Series offers an inside view of the uniquely enigmatic landscape west of the Continental Divide in Colorado. In this arid region where mountain snowmelt drains through deep canyons en route to the Gulf of California, the crumpled...
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Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban AgeIn Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the...
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For Small Creatures Such as We: Rituals for Finding Meaning in Our Unlikely World"A charming book, ringing with the joy of existence." --Richard Dawkins The perfect gift for a loved one or for yourself, For Small Creatures Such as We is part memoir, part guidebook, and part social history, a luminous celebration of Earth's marvels that require...
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Food Fight: From Plunder and Profit to People and Planet*A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Selection* "Scholarly, literate and deeply moving, this isn't just a good read, it's an essential reference for anyone hoping to understand the food system, why it's broken and how we might imagine fixing it."--Chris Van Tulleken, author of...
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Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized PhysicsThe story of two brilliant nineteenth-century scientists who discovered the electromagnetic field, laying the groundwork for the amazing technological and theoretical breakthroughs of the twentieth centuryTwo of the boldest and most creative scientists of all time were Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and James Clerk Maxwell...
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Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of PhysicsA fun, dazzling exploration of the strange numbers that illuminate the ultimate nature of reality. For particularly brilliant theoretical physicists such as James Clerk Maxwell, Paul Dirac, and Albert Einstein, the search for mathematical truths led to strange new understandings of the ultimate nature...
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Evolution for BabiesDiscover the story of life on Earth--told in a way babies can understand.This engaging board book brings the awe of evolutionary biology to young minds with bold, playful visuals and expert simplicity.Created by real scientists, physicist Chris Ferrie and biochemist Cara Florance, Evolution for...
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Eavesdropping on Animals: What We Can Learn from Wildlife Conversations"This book is fabulous and takes you close inside the wild world, where you feel the creatures whispering your old name."--Craig Foster, My Octopus Teacher Learn how to decode the secret conversations of wild animals all around you. From a Yellowstone naturalist and expert...
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Easy Beauty: A MemoirFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Memoir or Autobiography A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 * Vulture's #1 Memoir of 2022 * A Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA TODAY, Time, BuzzFeed, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and New York Public Library Best Book...
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Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost WorldDinosaurs are not what you thought they were--or at least, they didn't look like you thought they did. In this new visual guide to the world of the dinosaurs, world-leading paleontologist Michael J. Benton shows how rapid advances in technology and amazing new fossil...
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Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequality to Combat Climate Change"I can't recommend this book highly enough. It will change how you think about the most important story of our time."--JEFF GOODELL, New York Times bestselling author of The Heat Will Kill You First From one of the world's most celebrated thinkers on climate...
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Cardiology for Kids ...and Adults Too!Learn about: arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins, atria, ventricles, superior and inferior vena cava, pulmonary artery and vein, aorta, tricuspid and mitral valve, sinoatrial node, atrioventricular node, and purkinje fibers. Understand each of these terms and where they are located in this color-packed guide...
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Amphibians & Reptiles of the Carolinas and VirginiaRevised and updated to reflect the most current science, and including 30 new species, this authoritative and comprehensive volume is the definitive guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia. The new edition features 189 species of salamanders, frogs, crocodilians, turtles,...
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Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos"Kaltenegger's breezy narrative style invites you to experience with her the challenges and joys of being a scientist on the frontier of discovery." --Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History "Horizon-expanding... [Kaltenegger] has something of Sagan's knack for eliciting wonder." --The Times...
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