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 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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Special Relativity: An Introduction with 200 Problems and SolutionsWriting a new book on the classic subject of Special Relativity, on which numerous important physicists have contributed and many books have already been written, can be like adding another epicycle to the Ptolemaic cosmology. Furthermore, it is our belief that if a book...
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Southern Rivers: Restoring America's Freshwater BiodiversityExplores the Southeast's imperiled river systems and solutions for preserving them in the face of habitat loss, climate change, and extinction Southern Rivers, by award-winning nature writer and biologist R. Scot Duncan, is a thoroughly crafted exploration of the perilous state of the Southeast's...
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Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern AmericaThe strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America--from eugenics and posture pageants to today's promoters of "paleo posture" In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century's worth of...
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Silt Sand Slurry: Dredging, Sediment, and the Worlds We Are MakingSilt Sand Slurry is a visually rich investigation into where, why, and how sediment is central to the future of America's coasts. Sediment is an unseen infrastructure that shapes and enables modern life. Silt is scooped from sea floors to deepen underwater highways for...
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Silk: A World HistoryIn a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global,...
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Silk: A World HistoryIn a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global,...
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Secrets of the Old One: Einstein, 1905Noted science writer Jeremy Bernstein tells the remarkable story of Einstein's papers and their impact one century ago. Beginning on the 18th of March, 1905, at approximately eight week intervals, the noted German physics journal Annalen der Physik received three hand-written manuscripts from a...
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