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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A Cambridge Quantum Mechanics PrimerMaster quantum mechanics for senior-school level and entry-level university, and develop the skills and understanding that are typically tested in admissions to university physics, maths and engineering degrees. Extensive teacher and student support is provided on the Isaac Physics website.Author: Mark Warner, Anson C....
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A Biorenaissance: The human place in nature - past, present and futureWhile the main threats to humankind today are the consequences of the human aptitude for culture, our only hope for overcoming them lies in in this aptitude. This booklet shows how human culture has emerged as a new kind of force, and a very...
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2025 This Day in Science Boxed Calendar: 365 Groundbreaking Discoveries, Inspiring People, and Incredible FactsExplore the incredible discoveries and innovations of today and tomorrow with this 2025 science calendar!Remarkable science has never been more inspirational--or more important. From the latest advances in medicine, physics, and technology, to new findings in evolution and the cosmos, this day-to-day STEM boxed...
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101 Trees of Indiana: A Field GuideFor decades, 101 Trees of Indiana has provided all you need to identify a tree in the Hoosier State, whatever the season. This revised edition includes over 100 species of trees, mostly native to the state but also others that are widely naturalized or...
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What Happened WasIn Katharine Haake's new eco-fable, What Happened Was, emissaries from the post-world return to us with accounts of a future that spools itself out because we're not paying attention. In it, everything looks a lot like now, only a little different. Intimate, precarious, often...
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What Do Bees Think About?Explore the mind of a bee and learn what drives its behavior. Have you ever observed a bee up close and wondered what was going on inside its head? Like ours, insects' brains take up most of the space in their heads, but their...
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We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future HoldsNow with an afterword exclusive to the paperback edition: science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricity--the electric currents that run through our bodies and every living thing--its misunderstood history, and why new discoveries will lead to new ways around antibiotic resistance,...
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University Physics with Modern PhysicsUniversity Physics with Modern Physics teaches students the fundamentals of physics through interesting, timely examples, a logical and consistent approach to problem solving, and an outstanding suite of online tools and exercises. University Physics with Modern Physics weaves exciting, contemporary physics throughout the text...
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Understanding Life in the UniverseThe two most fascinating questions about extraterrestrial life are where it is found and what it is like. In particular, from our Earth-based vantage point, we are keen to know where the closest life to us is, and how similar it might be to...
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The Truth about Energy: Our Fossil-Fuel Addiction and the Transition to RenewablesThe transition to renewable energy is vital and fast-paced, but how do we choose which technologies to drive this energy transition? This timely book provides everyone interested in the renewable energy transition with an introduction to and technical foundation for understanding modern energy technology....
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The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating Hope in a Warming WorldFrom the author of Rising, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction, an astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and community.In 2019, fifty-seven scientists and crew set out onboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer. Their destination: the ominous Thwaites Glacier at Antarctica's western...
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The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm AnimalsJeffrey Moussaieff Masson's groundbreaking bestseller, When Elephants Weep, was the first book since Darwin's time to explore emotions in the animal kingdom, particularly from animals in the wild. Now, he focuses exclusively on the contained world of the farm animal, revealing startling, irrefutable evidence...
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The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity's Deadliest DiseasesHuman history hinges on the battle to confront our most dangerous enemies--the half-dozen diseases responsible for killing almost all of mankind. The story of our medical triumphs reveals an inspiring tapestry of human achievement, but the journey was far from smooth. It is a...
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The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees TimeA wide-ranging and thought-provoking exploration of the importance of long-term thinking. Humans are unique in our ability to understand time, able to comprehend the past and future like no other species. Yet modern-day technology and capitalism have supercharged our short-termist tendencies and trapped us...
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The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on EarthAward-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popular science that probes the hidden world of the plant kingdom and reveals the astonishing capabilities of the green life all around us.It takes tremendous biological creativity to be a plant. To...
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The Last DropA gripping, thought-provoking and ultimately optimistic investigation into the world's next great climate crisis - the scarcity of water.Author: Tim SmedleyPublisher: Picador UKPublished: 06/18/2024Pages: 416Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781529058147About the AuthorTim Smedley, author of The Last Drop, is an award-winning environmental journalist who has written...
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The Lagoon: Encounters with the Whales of San IgnacioOnce a killing ground for whalers hunting a leviathan they called the "devilfish," the San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja, Mexico, is now an environmental and spiritual sanctuary--the only place in the world where animals in their natural aquatic environment routinely seek out human contact....
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The Invisible Machine: The Startling Truth about Trauma and the Scientific Breakthrough That Can Transform Your LifeDespite its prevalence, post-traumatic stress, PTSD, is often seen as an unbeatable lifelong mental disorder. Leading trauma doctors and neuroscientists now understand that the result of trauma is not a disorder, but rather a physical injury to the body--invisible but tangible, and most importantly,...
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The Biochar Handbook: A Practical Guide to Making and Using Bioactivated CharcoalWith extensive research, real-world examples, and hands-on applications, this go-to guide offers a comprehensive look at the principles and practices of biochar--and all of its world-changing uses. Like many human discoveries, biochar has likely been invented, lost, and reinvented multiple times. It can be...
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The (Big) Year That Flew by: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding RecordAn epic tale of one passionate birder's record-breaking adventure through 40 countries over 6 continents--in just one year--to see 6,852 bird species, rare and common, before many go extinct.When Arjan Dwarshuis first heard of the "Big Year"--the legendary record for birdwatching--he was twenty years...
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