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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Becoming a Good CreatureA New York Times BestsellerSchool is not the only place to find a teacher. In this beautiful picture book, learn the many surprising lessons animals have to teach us about friendship, compassion, and how to be a better creature in the world.Beloved, bestselling author...
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Life in Sync: The Science of Internal Clocks and How We're Disrupting ThemWhy we need to reconnect with nature's biological rhythms--and rediscover the benefits of a good night's sleep All of life is profoundly shaped by the daily, monthly, and yearly cycles of our planet, and all creatures have internal timekeeping systems that rely on cues...
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The World as We Know It: From Natural Philosophy to Modern ScienceFrom the award-winning author of Revolutionizing the Sciences, a monumental historical account of how we came to see the world through the lens of science Science is the basis of our assumptions about ourselves and our world, from ideas about our evolutionary past to...
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Venomous River: Changing Climate, Imperiled Forests, and a Scientist's Race to Find New Species in the CongoJoin herpetologist Eli Greenbaum on his race to identify a multitude of unidentified species in the Congo, a volatile African region overcome with population pressure, military oppression, and climate change. These are the backdrop challenges to the science pursued by Dr. Greenbuam in this...
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Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and WonderA memoir, tribute to a once-endangered species, and natural history, Return of the Osprey recounts the many discoveries David Gessner made when he immersed himself for an entire nesting season in the lives of the ospreys that had returned to his seagirt corner of...
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The Wake of HMS Challenger: How a Legendary Victorian Voyage Tells the Story of Our Oceans' DeclineA scientific adventure story that dramatizes how profoundly our oceans have changed over the past 150 years In December 1872, HMS Challenger embarked on the first round-the-world oceanographic expedition. Its goal: to shine a light for the first time on the mysteries of the...
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The Giant Leap: Why Space Is the Next Frontier in the Evolution of LifeA leading astrobiologist "demonstrates how becoming a true space-faring species is more than just humanity's future" (Adam Frank, author of The Little Book of Aliens)--it is an evolutionary event at least as important as life's first journey from sea to land The story of...
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The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and MachinesA "deeply stimulating and disarmingly accessible" (Robert Sapolsky, author of Determined) journey into the inner workings of human and artificial minds When we are trying to solve a problem, what happens? We find ourselves weighing arguments, or relying on intuition, then reaching a conscious...
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The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2025"The best science and nature writing--which these stories represent--reminds us of the wide world and our connection to it, and the multitude of ways we make our place in it," writes Susan Orlean in her introduction. This year's collection masterfully guides us through exotic...
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Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin from OmnisciaFrom Neil deGrasse Tyson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, comes a spirited journey to the planets and stars, revealing the answers to many mysteries of our galaxy and beyond.In this companion volume to Merlin's Tour of...
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Wrinkles in Time: Witness to the Birth of the UniverseInternational Bestseller"One of the most exhilarating and absorbing books ever written about science. . . . An adventure story of a rare kind, a classic." --New ScientistBy the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, a fascinating history of the universe and a breathtaking...
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Why Vegans Have Smaller Brains: And How Cows Reverse Climate ChangeMany people have become resigned to the idea that heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's or another degenerative disease will kill them. This thought-provoking and topical book shows that these illnesses were not our fate in pre-history and they need not be our destiny in the...
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Why Trust Science?Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy Are doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when...
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Why Brains Need Friends: The Neuroscience of Social Connection"An exquisite book that reminds us our minds aren't soloists but symphony players: we are wired for connection."--David Eagleman, PhD, author of Incognito and Livewired A neuroscientist's guide to boosting your brain health by living a more connected life, and thriving in a post-interaction...
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What Is Philosophy?Called by many France's foremost philosopher, Gilles Deleuze is one of the leading thinkers in the Western World. His acclaimed works and celebrated collaborations with Félix Guattari have established him as a seminal figure in the fields of literary criticism and philosophy. The long-awaited...
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What Is Intelligence?: Lessons from AI about Evolution, Computing, and MindsWhat intelligence really is, and how AI's emergence is a natural consequence of evolution. It has come as a shock to some AI researchers that a large neural net that predicts next words seems to produce a system with general intelligence. Yet this is...
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Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to LifeFree-flowing rivers in the United States are an endangered species. With more than 500,000 dams in place, we've dammed and diverted almost every major river, straightening curves and blocking passage for fish and other aquatic animals, pushing many to the brink. Now a heartening...
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Tree Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Arboreal LivesAn hourly guide that spotlights twenty-four trees as they root, flower, and host diverse forest life. In this short book, treetop explorer Meg Lowman guides us through a global forest. Each chapter of Tree Day introduces a single tree during a single hour, highlighting...
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Treasury of Folklore: Woodlands and Forests: Wild Gods, World Trees and WerewolvesAn entertaining and enthralling collection of myths, tales and traditions surrounding our trees, woodlands and forests from around the world. From the dark, gnarled woodlands of the north, to the humid jungles of the southern lands, trees have captured humanity's imagination for millennia. Filled...
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Total Garbage: How We Can Fix Our Waste and Heal Our WorldAn investigative narrative that dives into the waste embedded in our daily lives--and shows how individuals and communities are making a real difference for health, prosperity, quality of life and the fight against climate change, by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist What happens to...
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