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 Art of NamingFrom Tyrannosaurus rex to Heteropoda davidbowie scientific naming as a joyful and creative act.Tyrannosaurus rex. Homo sapiens. Heteropoda davidbowie. Behind each act of scientific naming is a story. In this entertaining and illuminating book, Michael Ohl considers scientific naming as a joyful and creative...
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Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic ReductionistA fascinating exploration of the human brain that combines "the leading edge of consciousness science with surprisingly personal and philosophical reflection . . . shedding light on how scientists really think"--this is "science writing at its best" (Times Higher Education). In which a scientist...
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Islamic Science and the Making of the European RenaissanceThe rise and fall of the Islamic scientific tradition, and the relationship of Islamic science to European science during the Renaissance.The Islamic scientific tradition has been described many times in accounts of Islamic civilization and general histories of science, with most authors tracing its...
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Rebel Genius: Warren S. McCulloch's Transdisciplinary Life in ScienceThe life and work of a scientist who spent his career crossing disciplinary boundaries--from experimental neurology to psychiatry to cybernetics to engineering.Warren S. McCulloch (1898-1969) adopted many identities in his scientific life--among them philosopher, poet, neurologist, neurophysiologist, neuropsychiatrist, collaborator, theorist, cybernetician, mentor, engineer. He...
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Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys: The Fascinating Fossil Mammals of South AmericaSouth America is home to some of the most distinctive mammals on Earth--giant armadillos, tiny anteaters, the world's largest rodent, and its smallest deer. But the continent once supported a variety of other equally intriguing mammals that have no close living relatives: armored mammals...
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Across the Ussuri Kray: Travels in the Sikhote-Alin MountainsIn Russia's Far East sits the wild Ussuri Kray, a region known for its remote highlands and rugged mountain passes where tigers and bears roam the cliffs, and salmon and lenok navigate the rivers. In this collection of travel writing by famed Russian explorer...
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Auroras: Fire in the SkyA celebration of nature's spectacular lightshows, and a visual feast documenting the kaleidoscopic colors that decorate the sky. For millennia, humans have been fascinated with the ghostly green and red curtains of light that shimmer across the heavens on dark, clear nights. Ancient peoples...
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The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the AbyssOn dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters--the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has both vertical and horizontal dimensions: with an average depth of 3800 meters, the...
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Sex Itself: The Search for Male and Female in the Human GenomeHuman genomes are 99.9 percent identical--with one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X, coupled with a tiny chromosome called the Y. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented...
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Stung!: On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the OceanOur oceans are becoming increasingly inhospitable to life--growing toxicity and rising temperatures coupled with overfishing have led many marine species to the brink of collapse. And yet there is one creature that is thriving in this seasick environment: the beautiful, dangerous, and now incredibly...
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The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science: Second EditionFor more than a decade, The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science has been the go-to reference for anyone who needs to write or speak about their research. Whether a student writing a thesis, a faculty member composing a grant proposal, or a public information...
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In Search of Lost RosesAuthor: Thomas ChristopherPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublished: 05/01/2002Pages: 240Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.56lbsSize: 7.94h x 5.36w x 0.51dISBN: 9780226105963About the AuthorThomas Christopher is a frequent contributor to Horticulture magazine and the New York Times. He is the author or coauthor of a number of books,...
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Bugs in the System: Insects and Their Impact on Human AffairsAn introduction to insect physiology, genetics and behaviour which looks at the interaction between humans and insects, and explores both the positive and negative aspects of the relationship.Author: May BerenbaumPublisher: Basic BooksPublished: 06/18/1996Pages: 400Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.10dISBN: 9780201408249Audience: Young...
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Ecological and Environmental Physiology of MammalsMammals are the so-called "pinnacle" group of vertebrates, successfully colonising virtually all terrestrial environments as well as the air (bats) and sea (especially pinnipeds and cetaceans). How mammals function and survive in these diverse environments has long fascinated mammologists, comparative physiologists and ecologists. Ecological...
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Plants: A Very Short IntroductionPlants form a fundamental element of the biosphere, and the evolution of plants has directly affected the evolution of animal life and the evolution of the Earth's climate. Plants have also become essential to humans not only in the form of cereal crops, fruit,...
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Copernicus: A Very Short IntroductionNicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) is a pivotal figure in the birth of modern science, the astronomer who "stopped the sun and set the earth in motion." Born in Poland, educated at Cracow and then in Italy, he served all of his adult life as a...
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Primates in PerspectiveFeaturing forty-seven original essays by seventy leading researchers, Primates in Perspective, Second Edition, offers a comprehensive and contemporary overview of all major areas of primatology. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, the second edition offers a diversity of theoretical positions on such topics as reproduction,...
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The Emergence of Everything: How the World Became ComplexWhen the whole is greater than the sum of the parts--indeed, so great that the sum far transcends the parts and represents something utterly new and different--we call that phenomenon emergence. When the chemicals diffusing in the primordial waters came together to form the...
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An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the AtmosphereWe don't just live in the air; we live because of it. It's the most miraculous substance on earth, responsible for our food, our weather, our water, and our ability to hear. In this exuberant book, gifted science writer Gabrielle Walker peels back the...
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The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention That Changed the WorldThe story of the compass is shrouded in mystery and myth, yet most will agree it begins around the time of the birth of Christ in ancient China. A mysterious lodestone whose powers affected metal was known to the Chinese emperor. When this piece...
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