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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Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate BreakdownA scathing critique of proposals to geoengineer our way out of climate disaster by the bestselling author of How to Blow Up a Pipeline It might soon be far too hot on this planet. What do we do then? In the era of "overshoot,"...
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Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate CrisisIn this sweeping work of science and history, the renowned climate scientist and author of The New Climate War shows us the conditions on Earth that allowed humans not only to exist but thrive, and how they are imperiled if we veer off course....
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Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big WaySome of humanity's mightiest engineering achievements are small in scale--and, without them, the complex machinery on which our modern world runs would not exist. In Nuts and Bolts, structural engineer Roma Agrawal examines seven of these extraordinary elements: the nail, the wheel, the spring,...
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Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for ReclamationA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta uses the story of mud to answer a deceptively simple question: How can a...
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Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and WhalesIn a rare blend of scientific fact and poetic truth, the acclaimed author of A Natural History of the Senses explores the activities of whales, penguins, bats, and crocodilians, plunging headlong into nature and coming up with highly entertaining treasures.Author: Diane AckermanPublisher: VintagePublished: 09/29/1992Pages:...
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Modern Optics SimplifiedThis textbook reduces the complexity of the coverage of optics to allow a student with only elementary calculus to learn the principles of optics and the modern Fourier theory of diffraction and imaging. Students majoring in sciences or engineering and taking a standard physics...
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Modeling Cancer in MiceMouse models are important both for understanding how cancers develop and for studies of potential therapeutic approaches. This volume summarizes recent progress in the development of mouse cancer models and how it is being applied in studies of numerous different cancers.Author: Katerina PolitiPublisher: Cold...
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Microbial Physiology: Unity and DiversityExplore the fascinating world of microbes with this comprehensive, advanced undergraduate-level textbook Microbial Physiology: Unity and Diversity takes readers on a captivating journey through the intricate and often underappreciated world of microbial physiology, emphasizing both the common features that unify microbes and the diversity...
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Mathematical Biology: I. an IntroductionMathematical Biology: An Introductory Course is a richly illustrated textbook in an exciting and fast growing field. Providing an in-depth look at the practical use of math modelling, it features exercises throughout that are drawn from a variety of bioscientific disciplines - population biology,...
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Macroevolutionaries: Reflections on Natural History, Paleontology, and Stephen Jay GouldOne of the twentieth century's great paleontologists and science writers, Stephen Jay Gould was, for Bruce S. Lieberman and Niles Eldredge, also a close colleague and friend. In Macroevolutionaries, they take up the tradition of Gould's acclaimed essays on natural history, offering a series...
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Is Anyone Listening?: What Animals Are Saying to Each Other and to UsFrom a leading researcher on dolphin communication, a deep dive into the many ways animal species communicate with their kin, their neighboring species, and us. If you could pose one question to a dolphin, what would it be? And what might a dolphin ask...
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Introduction to Elementary Particle PhysicsThe third edition of this successful textbook has been redesigned to reflect the progress of the field in the last decade, including the latest studies of the Higgs boson, quark-gluon plasma, progress in flavour and neutrino physics and the discovery of gravitational waves. It...
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Human Origins: A Short HistoryHumans are the dominant species on the planet. But how did we get here? Human Origins takes the reader on a fascinating 7-million-year journey from our earliest primordial ape-like roots through to the present day. For almost a hundred years, scientists have been trying...
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From Oil to Green EconomyThis book, the first in an energy trilogy, stems from the need to reconcile, in a single structured writing, the different relationships that energy has to society, politics, economics, the environment and technology by presenting a wide-ranging panorama both in the analysis of each...
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Fibonacci y los problemas del Liber AbaciHoy en d a casi todo el mundo recuerda a Leonardo de Pisa, m s conocido como Fibonacci, por la sucesi n: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ... en la que cada t rmino de la misma...
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Facts from Space!: From Super-Secret Spacecraft to Volcanoes in Outer Space, Extraterrestrial Facts to Blow Your Mind!A guided tour through the universe--and beyond From the sun's super-hot core to the many moons of Neptune, we're traveling to the far reaches of our solar system and beyond Astronomer Dean Regas presents Facts from Space --an exciting education on everything outside our...
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Environmental ScienceThe 16th Edition of ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE is "inspiring people to care about the planet." Partnering with National Geographic Learning, the authors Tyler Miller and Scott Spoolman deliver a text that equips and inspires you with the tools and knowledge to make a difference solving...
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Energy in the 21st Century (3rd Ed)Many events that affect global energy production and consumption have occurred since the second edition of Energy in the 21st Century appeared in 2011. For example, an earthquake and tsunami in Japan led to the disruption of the Fukushima nuclear facility and a global...
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El Neandertal Desnudo: Comprender a la Criatura Humana / The Naked NeanderthalY si hubiéramos malinterpretado quiénes eran realmente los neandertales? «Slimak ha dado con la piedra Rosetta del mundo neandertal . The New Scientist Durante más de un siglo consideramos a los neandertales inferiores a los Homo sapiens, y en los últimos tiempos pensamos que...
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Eight-Legged Wonders: The Surprising Lives of SpidersAn encounter with a spider will never be the same again ... This warm-hearted book offers fascinating science and captivating storytelling to persuade readers to fall in love with--or at least tolerate--these eight-legged wonders. Eight-Legged Wonders unveils the remarkable lives of one of the...
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