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 Secrets of the TitanicSeptember 1, 1985. The RMS Titanic, which has been missing since April 15, 1912, is found in the North Atlantic where it lies at a depth of 3,821 metres.Paul-Henri Nargeolet, a commander in the French Navy, directed underwater research of part of many expeditions...
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The Science of Why We Exist: A History of the Universe from the Big Bang to ConsciousnessFrom the Big Bang and the evolution of the genetic code to the birth of consciousness, this is the extraordinary story of the chain of events that led to human life on earth. Have you ever wondered why you exist? What had to happen...
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The Road to Fox HollowUnveiling the Enigmatic World of Gray Foxes: The Road to Fox Hollow Chronicles Bill Leikam's Extraordinary JourneyJoin Bill Leikam, known as the Fox Guy, on an awe-inspiring exploration of the hidden realm of gray foxes nestled along the San Francisco Bay. Through his daily...
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The Quest EverlastingThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Parrot and the Igloo: Climate and the Science of DenialIn 1956, the New York Times prophesied that once global warming really kicked in, we could see parrots in the Antarctic. In 2010, when science deniers had control of the climate story, Senator James Inhofe and his family built an igloo on the Washington...
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The NRO At FiftyThe National Reconnaissance Office is to the US intelligence community as aircraft carriers are to the US Navy. Without the NRO, the payloads that are absolutely crucial to the IC's mission never get there. Without the NRO, the United States is nearly a premodern...
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The Mourner's BestiaryA literary memoir braiding together environmental research and the personal journey of generational healing, grief, and chronic illness. The Mourner's Bestiary is a meditation on grief and survival told through the stories of animals in two collapsing marine ecosystems--the Gulf of Maine and the...
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The Handy Quantum Physics Answer BookQuantum Physics. Quantum Mechanics. Quantum Computing. Quantum Chemistry. Quantum Astronomy. Quantum Theory. Oh my, but it need not be quantum difficult with this informative, accessible, easy-to-follow guide to the fundamentals and concepts of quantum physics and our quantum universe! Governing the behavior of matter...
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The Five-Million-Year Odyssey: The Human Journey from Ape to AgricultureAuthor: Peter BellwoodPublisher: Princeton University PressPublished: 05/14/2024Pages: 384Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.70w x 1.00dISBN: 9780691258812About the AuthorPeter Bellwood is professor emeritus at the Australian National University. His many books include First Migrants: Ancient Migration in Global Perspective and First Farmers: The Origins...
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The Dawn of Modern Cosmology: From Copernicus to NewtonNew to Penguin Classics, the astonishing story of the Copernican Revolution, told through the words of the ground-breaking scientists who brought it about A Penguin Classic In the late fifteenth century, the earth stood motionless at the center of a small, ordered cosmos. Around...
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Strange BeautyAcclaimed science writer George Johnson brings his formidable reporting skills to the first biography of Nobel Prize-winner Murray Gell-Mann, the brilliant, irascible man who revolutionized modern particle physics with his models of the quark and the Eightfold Way.Beautifully balanced in its portrayal of an...
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Soft Matter: Concepts, Phenomena, and ApplicationsA comprehensive, modern introduction to soft matter physics Soft matter science is an interdisciplinary field at the interface of physics, biology, chemistry, engineering, and materials science. It encompasses colloids, polymers, and liquid crystals as well as rapidly emerging topics such as metamaterials, memory formation...
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Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and CultureWhy do some of nature's marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun? Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species - but there's a catch. A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF 2023 'Hopeful and fascinating.' THE TIMES Many...
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Sky and Ocean Joined: The US Naval Observatory 1830-2000This volume is, first and foremost, a story of the relations between space, time and navigation, from the rise of the chronometer in the U.S. to the Global Positioning System of satellites, for which the Naval Observatory provides the time to a billionth of...
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Roadside Geology of FloridaThe three authors of the newly published Roadside Geology of Florida take readers on fascinating drives around the Sunshine State. Exploring some of the most easily accessible of the state�s astounding geologic features, readers can learn of beach and coral reef formation; visit amazing...
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Regenerative Soil Microscopy: The Science and MethodsSEE THE WORLD WITH NEW EYESA highly visual guide to new methods & breakthroughs in bright field, dark field, manual lighting, & epifluorescence microscopy for examining & evaluating soil, compost, roots, leaves, plant sap, microbes, mycorrhizae, & more. Verify your work is working, &...
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Rat City: Overcrowding and Urban Derangement in the Rodent Universes of John B. Calhoun"In Rat City, Adams and Ramsden unearth an entire hidden history of the twentieth century city and its anxieties; a fascinating and deeply researched book, as well as a vital reference point for our own age of urban stress." Des Fitzgerald, author of The...
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Race for a Remedy: The Science and Scientists Behind the Next Life-Saving Cancer MedicineHow does a mere molecule--a chemical structure--become a drug? And, how do we know that it works safely? In a one-trillion-dollar pharmaceutical industry with high-stakes profits and perils, battles are raging every day to successfully bring a molecule to its birth: an FDA-approved medicine....
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Qigong Meets Quantum PhysicsThis book succeeds in presenting both an easily accessible outline of quantum physics and also an appreciation of mysticism beyond vagueness and obscurity. From here it describes the physical and mental movements of qigong as a way of integrating body and mind, head and...
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Over and Under the Pond"In this book, readers will discover the plants and animals that make up the rich, interconnected ecosystem of a mountain pond. Over the pond, the water is a mirror, reflecting the sky. But under the pond is a hidden world of minnows darting, beavers...
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