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 Language Puzzle: Piecing Together the Six-Million-Year Story of How Words EvolvedA top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the languages we use today The emergence of language began with the apelike calls of our earliest ancestors. Today, the world is home to thousands of complex...
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The Importance of Being Educable: A New Theory of Human UniquenessIn the age of AI, why our future depends on better understanding what makes us human We are at a crossroads in history. If we hope to share our planet successfully with one another and the AI systems we are creating, we must reflect...
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The Heat Is on: The Climate Crisis, the Cover-Up, the PrescriptionThis book not only brings home the imminence of climate change but also examines the campaign of deception by big coal and big oil that is keeping the issue off the public agenda. It examines the various arenas in which the battle for control...
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The Great Sea SerpentMysterious and strange are the ocean depths, but pioneering cyptozoologist ANTOON CORNELIS OUDEMANS (1858-1943) attempted to bring some order to the realm with this 1892 survey of the reports of monsters of the sea, the first of its kind. Gathering sightings from around the...
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The Good Cat Parent's Guide to Feline Behavior ModificationCats are cuddly and adorable, but they are often misunderstood. Sadly, many cats are relinquished to shelters or rehomed due to normal behaviors that are incorrectly treated or mishandled. In this book, Elite Fear-Free and Low-Stress Handling Certified author Alana Linsay Stevenson empowers cat...
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The Geopolitics of Green Colonialism: Global Justice and Ecosocial TransitionsThe age of denial is over. Across the global North, how we should respond to the climate crisis has been answered: with carbon trading, green hydrogen, a shift to renewables, and electric cars. Green New Deals across Europe and North America promise to reduce...
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The Evolution of Religions: A History of Related TraditionsThousands of religions have adherents today, and countless more have existed throughout history. What accounts for this astonishing diversity? This extraordinarily ambitious and comprehensive book demonstrates how evolutionary systematics and philosophy can yield new insight into the development of organized religion. Lance Grande--a leading...
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The Everyday Journeys of Ordinary ThingsWhy does a light come on when you flick a switch? How can cheese from the supermarket have come out of a cow? What happens when you send a text? These questions and many more, both physical and more abstract, are clearly explained with...
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The Electric WildernessAuthor: Andrew A. Marino, Joel RayPublisher: CassandraPublished: 03/31/2011Pages: 130Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.31dISBN: 9780981854922This title is not returnable
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The Digital and Its DiscontentsA groundbreaking critique of the digital world that analyzes its universal technological foundations Whence that nagging sense that something in the digital is amiss--that, as wonderful as our devices are, time spent on smartphones and computers leaves us sour, enervated, alienated? The Digital and...
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The Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe: A New Kind of Reality TheoryPaperback version of the 2002 paper published in the journal Progress in Information, Complexity, and Design (PCID).ABSTRACT: Inasmuch as science is observational or perceptual in nature, the goal of providing a scientific model and mechanism for the evolution of complex systems ultimately requires a...
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The Climate General"We recommend The Climate General to anyone keen on understanding the multifaceted challenges posed by climate change and more importantly, the solutions and strategies that can lead us to a better tomorrow."Ban Ki-moon and Feike Sijbesma, Co-Chairs Global Center on Adaptation.Following a speech in...
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The Camel and the WheelWhy, for many centuries, was the wheel abandoned in the Middle East in favor of the camel as a means of transport? This richly illustrated study explains this anomaly. Drawing on archaeology, art, technology, anthropology, linguistics, and camel husbandry, Bulliet explores the implications for...
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The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of NeurotechnologyA new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next?Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own...
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The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey Through Human HistoryFrom equestrian expert Susanna Forrest, a fascinating examination of the horse's evolution-from its origins fifty-six million years ago to present day-through the lens of human historyAuthor: Susanna ForrestPublisher: Grove PressPublished: 05/15/2018Pages: 432Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.30dISBN: 9780802127976About the AuthorSusanna Forrest...
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Superfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex: Science and Pseudoscience in Everyday LifeIn this new collection of bite-size pop science essays, bestselling author, chemistry professor, and radio broadcaster Dr. Joe Schwarcz shows that you can find science virtually anywhere you look. And the closer you look, the more fascinating it becomes. In this volume, we look...
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Superfluid: How a Quantum Fluid Revolutionized Modern ScienceUnless you are a specialist or watch a lot of obscure YouTube videos you have probably never heard of He II or superfluid helium. This substance, a unique liquid form of the element helium, is produced and used in multi-ton quantities to enable much...
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Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We LovePeople hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn't let go. And unless the...
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Stars: A Month-By-Month Tour of the ConstellationsTake a month-by-month approach to stargazing with this fun and informative beginner's guide to constellations.Stargazing is a perfect hobby. It can be done any time of year from anywhere, and it's easy to share with friends and family of all ages. For decades, Mike...
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Splinters of Infinity: Cosmic Rays and the Clash of Two Nobel Prize-Winning Scientists Over the Secrets of CreationThe riveting story of a modern age scientific feud between two Nobel Prize-winning scientists over the nature of cosmic rays and the universe. Set in a revolutionary era of physics and science when a series of rapid-fire discoveries was upending our understanding of the...
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