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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Tempo: timing, tactics and strategy in narrative-driven decision-makingTempo is a modern treatment of decision-making that weaves together concepts and principles from the mathematical decision sciences, cognitive psychology, philosophy and theories of narrative and metaphor. Drawing on examples from familiar domains such as the kitchen and the office, the author, Venkatesh Rao,...
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The Mystery of Life: What's It All About? Discovering the Truth in a Skeptical WorldHave you ever seriously considered the most difficult and puzzling questions presented to our minds during this mortal sojourn through an often difficult and challenging existence? Who am I? Where did we come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? And perhaps...
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The Elements of Murder: A History of PoisonWas Napoleon killed by the arsenic in his wallpaper? How did Rasputin survive cyanide poisoning? Which chemicals in our environment pose the biggest threat to our health today? In The Elements of Murder, John Emsley answers these questions and offers a fascinating account of...
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Florida's Incredible Wild Edibles, 2nd EditionFrom Sassafras to Dandelions to Wild Onions and Garlic, readers will enjoy the flavors of the Sunshine State in an all new way with this helpful book. Florida is filled with an abundance of native plants with roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds...
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A Lakeside CompanionWhy do fish jump? Why don't lakes freeze all the way down to the bottom? Which lake plants are invasive? What are those water bugs? Is that lake healthy? Whether you fish, paddle, swim, snowshoe, ski, or just gaze upon your favorite lake, A...
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Sex at Dusk: Lifting the Shiny Wrapping from Sex at DawnSex - just what is it all about? Don't other species just get on with it? What are the conflicts and jealousy, pain and disappointments, really all about? The 2010 book SEX AT DAWN tells us that this modern misery is due to our...
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The Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in CeylonThe Wild Elephant and the Method of Capturing and Taming it in CeylonIn this volume, the chapters descriptive of the structure and habits of the wild elephant are reprinted for the sixth time from a larger work,1 published originally in 1859. Since the appearance...
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Women in Their Element: Selected Women's Contributions to the Periodic System2019 celebrated the 150th anniversary of Mendeleev's first publication of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. This book offers an original viewpoint on the history of the Periodic Table: a collective volume with short illustrated papers on women and their contribution to the building...
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What Matter Feels: Consciousness, Energy and Physics (How Science can Explain Minds)Does matter feel? Do flowers enjoy blooming? Do springs dislike being stretched? Modern science denies that matter feels anything at all, let alone pleasure or pain. But modern science is yet to explain how anything can feel-even us.In What Matter Feels, Robert Pepperell PhD-a...
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We, Robots: Questioning the Neutrality of Technology, Ethical AI and Technological DeterminismAuthor: Lode Lauwaert, Bartek ChomanskiPublisher: SpringerPublished: 01/28/2025Pages: 137Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.34dISBN: 9783031771736About the AuthorLode Lauwaert is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Technology at KU Leuven (Belgium), where he holds the Ethics and AI Chair. Bartek Chomanski is an...
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Tree-Spotting (for Everyone): A Guide to Identifying Britain's 56(ish) Native TreesA beautifully illustrated guide to the marvellous and varied world of trees, and a fascinating introduction to the hidden secrets of 52 British species. Botanist and ecologist Ros Bennett has spent a lifetime helping people understand and identify plants and always hoped her daughter...
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To Forever Inhabit This Earth: An Ethic of EnoughnessA powerful must-read for anybody interested in the intersection of environmentalism and spirituality. Rabbi and environmental activist Nina Beth Cardin draws upon Jewish texts in this impassioned call to action as the climate crisis persists. Using meticulously researched Jewish texts and the teachings of...
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The Topographic Map Mystery: Geology's Unrecognized Paradigm ProblemMost drainage system and erosional landform features as mapped on United States Geological Survey topographic maps represent anomalous evidence which the accepted Cenozoic geology and glacial history research community has almost always ignored. These features blanket most continental land areas and include river and...
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The Time of Turāth: Authenticity and Temporality in Contemporary Arab ThoughtRecent Arab intellectual debates are often described as revolving around Arab-Islamic cultural heritage (turāth) and the role that it ought to play in modern society. This debate is standardly characterized as a confrontation between traditionalists and modernists, the former idolizing an 'authentic' heritage, the...
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The Search for LifeAn approachable introduction to the astronomy of extraterrestrial life. Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered, "Is there anybody out there?" The stars you see are the suns of other solar systems, each with its own complex story of formation...
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The Phoenix, As An Essay: Being An Attempt To Prove From History And Astronomical Calculations (1781)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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The Parrot's Lament: And Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and IngenuityAuthor: Eugene LindenPublisher: Penguin Publishing GroupPublished: 08/01/2000Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.01h x 5.35w x 0.53dISBN: 9780452280687Review Citation(s): New York Times 09/17/2000 pg. 40About the AuthorEugene Linden is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Parrot's Lament, The Future in Plain Sight, Silent...
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The Handbook of Global Energy PolicyThis is the first handbook to provide a global policy perspective on energy, bringing together a diverse range of international energy issues in one volume. Maps the emerging field of global energy policy both for scholars and practitioners; the focus is on global issues,...
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The Evolution of Imperfection: The Science of Why We Aren't and Can't Be PerfectHow understanding our genetic imperfections can change our view of evolution and enrich what it means to be human If we start with the presumption that evolution is a constantly improving process, some aspects of our evolution just do not make sense. We have...
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The Crispr Revolution in Science, Religion, and EthicsThis collection of original essays by scientists, theologians, religious studies scholars, and ethicists offers an authoritative, illuminating, and thought-provoking overview of the CRISPR controversy. Genetic science at times ignites explosions of public controversy. In the early 1990s, the Human Genome Project, along with Jurassic...
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