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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Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex DifferencesFemale and male brains are different, thanks to hormones coursing through the brain before birth. That's taught as fact in psychology textbooks, academic journals, and bestselling books. And these hardwired differences explain everything from sexual orientation to gender identity, to why there aren't more...
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The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of EvolutionEvery fossil tells a story. Best-selling paleontology author Donald R. Prothero describes twenty-five famous, beautifully preserved fossils in a gripping scientific history of life on Earth. Recounting the adventures behind the discovery of these objects and fully interpreting their significance within the larger fossil...
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Jane Goodall: A BiographyEven as a young girl, Jane Goodall was fascinated with animals. As she grew older, she would have the opportunity to begin her research on chimpanzees under the guidance of notable anthropologist Louis Leakey. With Leakey's encouragement and support, Goodall pursued her Ph.D. and...
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Guinea Pig's History of BiologyEndless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved, Darwin famously concluded The Origin of Species, and for confirmation we look to...the guinea pig? How this curious creature and others as humble (and as fast-breeding) have helped unlock the mystery...
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The Picture Book of Beaches: A Gift Book for Alzheimer's Patients and Seniors with DementiaDo you sometimes find it difficult to engage your loved one with dementia? To help them stay calm in the midst of an emotional reaction? To find activities you can share with them that encourage peaceful interaction?This book can help.Thumbing through this beautiful picture...
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Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest HonorCosmologist and inventor of the BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) experiment, Brian Keating tells the inside story of the mesmerizing quest to unlock cosmology's biggest mysteries and the human drama that ensued. We follow along on a personal journey of revelation and...
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Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and ReligionConsider the complexity of a living cell after 3.8 billion years of evolution. Is it more awesome to suppose that a transcendent God fashioned the cell at a stroke, or to realize that it evolved with no Almighty Hand, but arose on its own...
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Optical Resonance and Two-Level AtomsCoherent and lucid...a valuable summary of a subject to which [the authors] have made significant contributions by their own research. -- Contemporary PhysicsOffering an admirably clear account of the basic principles behind all quantum optical resonance phenomena, and hailed as a valuable contribution to...
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This Is Biology: The Science of the Living WorldBiology until recently has been the neglected stepchild of science, and many educated people have little grasp of how biology explains the natural world. Yet to address the major political and moral questions that face us today, we must acquire an understanding of their...
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A Complete Guide to Quality in Small-Scale Wine MakingAs the wine industry has experienced a period of rapid global expansion, there is a renewed emphasis on quality and consistency even within the small winery industry. Written for the small production program, A Complete Guide to Quality in Small-Scale Wine Making is for...
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Hierarchy in the Forest: The Evolution of Egalitarian BehaviorAre humans by nature hierarchical or egalitarian? Hierarchy in the Forest addresses this question by examining the evolutionary origins of social and political behavior. Christopher Boehm, an anthropologist whose fieldwork has focused on the political arrangements of human and nonhuman primate groups, postulates that...
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Advanced Organic Chemistry: Part B: Reactions and SynthesisAdvanced Organic Chemistry has maintained its place as the premier textbook in the field, since its first appearance in 1977. This two-part, fifth edition has been substantially revised and reorganized for greater clarity. The material has been updated to reflect advances in the field...
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Ethics of Withdrawal of Life-Support Systems: Case Studies in Decision Making in Intensive CareA well-organized, thoughtful, and logical discussion of a difficult ethical issue frequently encountered by clinicians. Journal of the American Medical Association Walton has made a successful attempt to write about medical concerns without ever leaving the layperson to flounder in confusion. Probate Law JournalIn...
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10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and HappinessNow in paperback, evolutionary biologist and science writer Alanna Collen's stunning alarm call concerning the widely-ignored role our gut microbes play in our health and well-being."Fascinating.... Everything you wanted to know about microbes but were afraid to ask."-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)You are just...
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Biochemistry DemystifiedLearn BIOCHEMISTRY without stressing out your brain CELLSTrying to understand the chemical processes of living organisms but having trouble metabolizing the complex concepts? Here's your lifeline! Biochemistry Demystified helps synthesize your understanding of this important topic.You'll start with a review of basic chemical concepts...
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Evolution: The Triumph of an IdeaAward-winning journalist Carl Zimmer collaborates with leading scholars to tell the compelling story of the theory of evolution--from Darwin to 21st century scienceDarwin's The Origin of Species was breathtaking--beautifully written, staunchly defended, defiantly radical. Yet it emerged long before modern genetics, molecular biology, and...
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An Introduction To Quantum Field TheoryAn Introduction to Quantum Field Theory is a textbook intended for the graduate physics course covering relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum electrodynamics, and Feynman diagrams. The authors make these subjects accessible through carefully worked examples illustrating the technical aspects of the subject, and intuitive explanations...
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When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon"With When Death Becomes Life, Joshua Mezrich has performed the perfect core biopsy of transplantation--a clear and compelling account of the grueling daily work, the spell-binding history and the unsettling ethical issues that haunt this miraculous lifesaving treatment. Mezrich's compassionate and honest voice, punctuated...
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Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys"If you have any interest in life beyond your own, you should read this book." --Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Dominant Animal Biologist Rob Dunn's Every Little Thing is the story of man's obsessive quest to catalog life, from nanobacteria to new monkeys....
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The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today"An extraordinary book. . . . With clarity and charm Dunn] takes the reader into the overlap of medicine, ecology, and evolutionary biology to reveal an important domain of the human condition." --Edward O. Wilson, author of Anthill and The Future of LifeBiologist Rob...
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