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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Sublime Lead: At the Intersection of Art, Science, and PoliticsLead is a silent toxin that became the fascination of humanity early on. The story of lead has been portrayed simply as evil vs good, but it is far more complex than one thinks. It is a story of many individuals and many cultures,...
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SpeciationHow new species emerge has fascinated biologists since Darwin. Barriers to gene flow, such as sexual isolation, habitat selection, or postzygotic inviability, play critical roles. These lead to reproductive isolation and are crucial to the formation of new species. Written and edited by experts...
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Sound Affects: How Sound Shapes Our Lives, Our Wellbeing and Our PlanetA lively, engaging narrative that takes readers on an epic journey spanning disciplines, continents, and centuries that spotlights sound's incredible impact on our bodies, feelings, thinking, and behavior. Hearing is the first sense we develop--a primary warning sense hardwired into our brains. And yet,...
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Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human BehaviourEvolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring scientific ideas, and it offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. However, researchers disagree about the best ways to use evolution to explore humanity, and a number of...
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Rockhounding WashingtonRevised and updated this guide provides detailed directions and GPS coordinates to the best rockhounding sites in Washington, with valuable tips on what to tools to bring and how to conduct your search. Comprehensive lists of minerals or fossils for each site and excellent...
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Roadside Geology of MaineIn this odd and spectacular north country, contorted rocks reveal the strain of colliding continents, the heat of molten intrusions, and the weight of relentless glaciers, From the swarm of dikes along the rugged coast to the glacially polished granite of Mt. Katahdin, this...
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Principles and Problems in Physical Chemistry for BiochemistsWhat use is physical chemistry to the student of biochemistry and biology? This central question is answered in this book mainly through the use of worked examples and problems. The book starts by introducing the laws of thermodynamics, and then uses these laws to...
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Pacific Intertidal Life: Identifying Marine Life of the Pacific Coast, Including Rocky Reefs and TidepoolsIdentify marine life of the Pacific Coast--from Alaska to Baja California--with this pocket-size guide.Whether you're strolling along the beach, wading across a tidepool, or snorkeling with your family, you're bound to encounter a variety of marine life. If you're curious about the underwater organisms...
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Outgrowing Modernity: Navigating Complexity, Complicity, and Collapse with Accountability and CompassionThe inevitable is coming fast. We know it in our bones--and it's past time to face it. The highly anticipated follow-up to Hospicing Modernity: how we activate responsibility, nurture care, and grow up in the face of collapse--includes reflections, exercises, and prompts Climate collapse,...
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Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We AreLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "A riveting feat of science writing that recasts that most familiar of celestial objects into something eerily extraordinary, pivotal to our history, and awesome in the original sense of the word."--Ed Yong, New York...
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Osteopathy Is in the Blood: The Science and Clinical Application of The Rule of the ArteryOsteopathy Is in the Blood is perfused with osteopathic wisdom. This important work presents new and perhaps unexpected knowledge about the blood and vascular system of vital importance to bodily function. Drawing upon cutting-edge science, biodynamic embryology, and perceptive insight, it presents a wealth...
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Ontogeny and Phylogeny"Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" was Haeckel's answer--the wrong one--to the most vexing question of nineteenth-century biology: what is the relationship between individual development (ontogeny) and the evolution of species and lineages (phylogeny)? In this, the first major book on the subject in fifty years, Stephen...
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North to the Future: An Offline Adventure Through the Changing Wilds of AlaskaBen Weissenbach--an L.A. native with little prior wilderness experience--treks through the Alaskan tundra with a series of eccentric environmental scientists, and returns with a new perspective on technology and a revitalized sense of wonder for the natural world. At the age of twenty, college...
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Nitro-Explosives - A Practical Treatise Concerning The Properties, Manufacture, And Analysis Of Nitrated Substances, Including The Fulminates, SmokeleMany of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Percy Gerald SanfordPublisher: Lodge PressPublished:...
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Navigating the (Post)Colonial Pathways of Somali Migration to Scotland: Between the Edges of EmpireWhat happens when migration takes place between sites defined by different types of 'colonial difference'? This book asks this question in the context of Somali migration to Scotland, which it maps over a century of colonial relations, independence movements, and the reorganisation of the...
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Nature of Bend: A Field Guide to Plants and AnimalsFeatures more than 350 plants and animals Includes a dozen scavenger hunts across Central Oregon Detailed descriptions of where to look for every species on trails and in local parks Nature of Bend is a field guide like no other. Funny, informative, and filled...
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More Than Words: How Talking Sharpens the Mind and Shapes Our WorldThe groundbreaking science of how and why we talk, and how this ability impacts every area of our lives Humans are the only species that can transform internal ideas into talk, whether through speech, writing, or sign language. But why do we have this...
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Modern Take on Physics (V1)These two volumes cover the classical topics typically taught in undergraduate physics courses and beyond. However, they also possess unique characteristics. In these volumes, we teach classical physics using a very different language from traditional books, influenced by the language of modern physics, in...
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Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration"Any time an Apollo-era astronaut steps forward with ideas for our future in space, it's time to stop what whatever we're doing and pay attention. Buzz Aldrin, one of the first moonwalkers, has no shortage of these ideas. And in Mission to Mars he...
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Measuring in the RenaissanceAuthor: Emanuele LugliPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 08/03/2023Pages: 75Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22dISBN: 9781009073974This title is not returnable
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