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 Whole Truth: A Cosmologist's Reflections on the Search for Objective RealityFrom the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a personal meditation on the quest for objective reality in natural science A century ago, thoughtful people questioned how reality could agree with physical theories that kept changing, from a mechanical model of the ether to electric and magnetic...
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The Pivotal Generation: Why We Have a Moral Responsibility to Slow Climate Change Right NowAn eminent philosopher explains why we owe it to future generations to take immediate action on global warming Climate change is the supreme challenge of our time. Yet despite growing international recognition of the unfolding catastrophe, global carbon emissions continue to rise, hitting an...
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The Periodic Table Illustrated: A Guide to the 118 Chemical ElementsThe Periodic Table is a compact guide to the currently known 118 elements and their properties. The periodic table provides the most convenient way of organizing chemical elements by specific icons and is widely used in chemistry and physics as a quick and easy...
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of ScienceThis handbook provides both an overview of state-of-the-art scholarship in philosophy of science, as well as a guide to new directions in the discipline. Section I contains broad overviews of the main lines of research and the state of established knowledge in six principal...
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The North Carolina Flood: July 14, 15, 16, 1916Picture this: It's 1916, you live in Western North Carolina, the 1st World War is still raging, and it's been raining heavily for ten days. You and your family have to leave your home to seek higher ground because the rain is not stopping....
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The Magic Books: A History of Enchantment in 20 Medieval ManuscriptsA fascinating and highly original history of medieval magic told through twenty key illuminated manuscripts Medieval Europe was preoccupied with magic. From the Carolingian Empire to Renaissance Italy and Tudor England, great rulers, religious figures, and scholars sought to harness supernatural power. They tried...
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The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for HealingThe follow-up to celebrated grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor's The Grieving Brain focuses on the impact of grief--and life's other major stressors--on the human body. Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can...
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The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape RealityA brilliant new theory of the mind that upends our understanding of how the brain interacts with the world "This thoroughly readable book will convince you that the brain and the world are partners in constructing our understanding." --Sean Carroll, New York Times bestselling...
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The Dressmaker's Mirror: Sudden Death, Genetics, and a Jewish Family's SecretMy niece was 36, newly married, and "on top of the world," when she collapsed and died. Her autopsy report caused us to panic--there was something in our blood that could trigger sudden death. As a mother, I prayed for the curse to spare...
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The Clock in the Sun: How We Came to Understand Our Nearest StarOn the surface of the Sun, spots appear and fade in a predictable cycle, like a great clock in the sky. In medieval Russia, China, and Korea, monks and court astronomers recorded the appearance of these dark shapes, interpreting them as omens of things...
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Systems Biology: A Textbook"Systems Biology" hat sich in der Neuauflage zu einem gro formatigen Lehrbuch mit einem in vielen Punkten verbesserten Layout und professionellen Illustrationen entwickelt. Die Website enth?lt s?mtliche Abbildungen sowie eine Buchzusammenfassung f?r die Examensvorbereitung. Hinzugekommen ist auch ein Abschnitt zur medizinischen Systembiologie.Author: Edda Klipp,...
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Stateless Hash-Based Digital Signature Standard: Federal Information Processing Standards 205In an era marked by escalating cyber threats and the looming specter of quantum computing, safeguarding sensitive information is more critical than ever. This FIPS publication, NIST FIPS 205, stands as a critical bulwark in the face of these challenges. It introduces the **Stateless...
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Scared Witless: Prophets and Profits of Climate DoomForbes and Newsmax columnist Larry Bell exposes powerful players and agendas behind political-science premised climate alarmism. Written for the layperson by an internationally distinguished expert on space and other extreme environments, he deftly deflates overheated myths and deliberate distortions with cool-headed facts, perceptive analysis...
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Saharan Winds: Energy Systems and Aeolian Imaginaries in Western SaharaAuthor: Joanna AllanPublisher: West Virginia University PressPublished: 10/01/2024Pages: 268Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70dISBN: 9781959000235About the AuthorJoanna Allan is Associate Professor in Global Development at Northumbria University, UK.
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Quantum Mechanics and Avant-Garde Music: Shadows of the VoidExplore the intriguing ties between Pauli's exclusion principle and Schoenberg's dodecaphony, and the echoes of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in Stockhausen and Cage's compositions. This book delves into these connections, revealing the fusion of modern physics and avant-garde music. From philosophical musings on time to...
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Quantum Physics for Absolute BeginnersQuantum Physics is the biggest mystery in science today, but its clues do not have to remain with the scientists alone.If you have always been absolutely baffled by anything related to Quantum Physics then this book is for you. My writing mission is to...
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Quantum Geometry, Matrix Theory, and GravityAuthor: Harold C. SteinackerPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 04/11/2024Pages: 420Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.07lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.94dISBN: 9781009440783This title is not returnable
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Primary Exit Profile (PEP), Grade 6, Ability Practice questionWelcome to the CHEETAH(R) PEP Ability Practice Questions Workbook. The goal of this workbook is to improve your critical thinking skills and help you prepare for the upcoming PEP Ability Exam. We are therefore providing a complete guide and a practical tool for students,...
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Photo Ark: 50 PostcardsBring home the Photo Ark, by celebrated National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore, with this collectible set of 50 postcards, including some of the most celebrated images taken of our planet's most precious species. Curated from the #1 best-selling The Photo Ark, these 50 iconic...
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Our KindMarin Harris tells how we evolved from apes, acquired powers of speech, and went on to fill the world with a dazzling diversity of societies and cultures. Writing with the same wit, humor and style of his earlier bestsellers, this noted anthropologist traces our...
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