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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Biology of SexBiology of Sex is a lively and intellectually challenging textbook. Mills analyzes the biological basis of sex by considering genetic, physiological, and evolutionary principles. In order to explain the biological aspects of human sex, he uses direct and intriguing comparisons with the many variations...
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Beautiful Shells: George Perry's ConchologyAn informative introduction exploring our fascination with shells, complete with stunningly reproduced illustrations. In 1811, architect, stone mason, and shell obsessive George Perry published his lavishly illustrated volume, Conchology or the Natural History of Shells. The work featured 348 beautifully illustrated mollusk shells with...
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A Short History of MedicineInsightful, informed, and at times controversial in its conclusions, A Short History of Medicine offers an exceptional introduction to the major and many minor facets of its subject. In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. Gonz lez-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative...
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A Naturalist's Guide to the Texas Hill Country: Volume 50In this guide, biologist Mark Gustafson introduces residents and visitors to the history, geology, water resources, plants, and animals found in the nineteen counties occupying the eastern part of the Edwards Plateau, the heart of the Hill Country. He profiles three hundred of the...
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American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental JusticeFrom the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing doctor and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry--and the deadly invention of leaded gasoline, which would poison millions of people across America....
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Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform UsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts--and how this knowledge can improve our health, enable us to flourish, and build stronger communities....
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William Whewell: Victorian PolymathWilliam Whewell, the famous master of Trinity College in Cambridge, was a central figure in nineteenth-century British scientific culture and one of the last great polymaths. His influential work ranged from history and philosophy of science, education, architecture, mineralogy, and political economy to mathematics,...
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What the Body Knows: A Guide to the New Science of Our Immune SystemA leading scientist's guide to the way our immune system protects us--but only most of the time What is our immune system, and how does it work? A vast array of cells, proteins and chemicals spring into action whenever our bodies are damaged, but...
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The Spirit of Light Cubit: The Measure of Humanity and SpiritThe Spirit of Light Cubit: The Measure of Humanity and Spirit is a journey that reunifies science and Spirit in our search for purpose in life and in the cosmos. Donald B. Carroll, a firefighter and paramedic who learned on that job that living...
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The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern RelationshipsAn Immense World meets Sex at Dawn in this fascinating exploration of sexual behavior throughout the animal kingdom, as evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents argues persuasively that many of our supposedly modern ideas about gender and human sexuality are, in fact, deeply rooted in...
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The Gut-Brain Paradox: Improve Your Mood, Clear Brain Fog, and Reverse Disease by Healing Your MicrobiomeDr. Steven R. Gundry, the New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking Plant Paradox series, shares compelling evidence that our gut microbiome is driving our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and our mental, emotional, and neuronal health--and shows us how to heal our microbiomes to...
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The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the EarthMalm unearths the shared roots of colonial adventurism in Palestine and fossil fuelled warfare. Israel's pulverization of Gaza since October 7, 2023 is not only a humanitarian crisis, but an environmental catastrophe. Far from the first event of its kind, the devastation Israel has...
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The Bright Side: How Optimists Change the World, and How You Can Be OneIn the thought-provoking tradition of Steven Pinker's Enlightenment Now and Yuval Noah Harari's Homo Deus, a fascinating and reassuring look at the philosophy, psychology, and practice of optimism, and why being optimistic is a moral obligation--even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges. Scrolling...
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The Biology of Us: The Living World All Around and in UsIn our modern world, it is easy to overlook the natural world all around us. Only major life events, such as birth, injury, disease, and death, remind us that we are still biological organisms. We "interact" with nature in controlled and safe environments, such...
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Technische Biochemie: Die Biochemie Und Industrielle Nutzung Von NaturstoffenDieses Lehrbuch der Biochemie wurde f?r die 2. Auflage vollst?ndig ?berarbeitet und erweitert. Biotechnologen und Bioverfahrenstechniker finden pr?zise Informationen zu modernen Fragestellungen in dem faszinierenden und komplexen Gebiet der Technischen Biochemie, denn Technik und Biologie muss kein Widerspruch sein. Die Autoren haben den Versuch...
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Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic FrontierAn exploration of the dynamic transformations and future possibilities of the space industry.Space is the next great, untapped market opportunity, and it's undergoing a commercial revolution right now. No, it's not hotels on Mars or day trips to orbit (yet), but it's still an...
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Science & Indigenous Traditional Knowledge: (Approaches of Galo/Adi tribes)Indigenous peoples and their traditional knowledge play critical roles in the collective global responses to the challenges posed by changes in social structure and climate across the globe. In this manuscript we present some significant and scientifically validated indigenous traditional knowledge and decision making...
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Science as a Spiritual PracticeScience as a Spiritual Practice is in three parts. In the first part the author argues that there are problems with materialism and that self-transformation could lead individual scientists to more comprehensive ways of understanding reality. In the second part he takes on the...
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Science and Religion: A Very Short IntroductionThe debate between science and religion is never out of the news: emotions run high, fuelled by polemical bestsellers like The God Delusion and, at the other end of the spectrum, high-profile campaigns to teach "Intelligent Design" in schools. Yet there is much more...
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Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision: Principles and ApplicationsQuantum Models of Cognition and Decision, Second Edition presents a fully updated and expanded version of this innovative and path-breaking text. It offers an accessible introduction to the intersection of quantum theory and cognitive science, covering new insights, modelling techniques, and applications for understanding...
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