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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Limits of the Numerical: The Abuses and Uses of QuantificationThis collection examines the uses of quantification in climate science, higher education, and health. Numbers are both controlling and fragile. They drive public policy, figuring into everything from college rankings to vaccine efficacy rates. At the same time, they are frequent objects of obfuscation,...
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Integrating Mental Health and Disability Into Public Health Disaster Preparedness and ResponseIntegrating Mental Health and Disability into Public Health Disaster Preparedness and Response brings together the fields of mental/behavioral health, law, human rights, and medicine as they relate to disaster planning and response for people with disabilities, mental and behavioral health conditions and chronic illness....
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Instrumental Analytical Chemistry: An Introduction, International Student EditionAnalytical chemistry today is almost entirely instrumental analytical chemistry and it is performed by many scientists and engineers who are not chemists. Analytical instrumentation is crucial to research in molecular biology, medicine, geology, food science, materials science, and many other fields. With the growing...
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The Guests of Ants: How Myrmecophiles Interact with Their HostsA fascinating examination of socially parasitic invaders, from butterflies to bacteria, that survive and thrive by exploiting the communication systems of ant colonies. Down below, on sidewalks, in fallen leaves, and across the forest floor, a covert invasion is taking place. Ant colonies, revered...
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Our Future Below: The Game-Changing Science of Ocean ExplorationA 360 look at the bold exploration mission piloted by leading scientists, prominent storytellers, and cutting-edge marine technology aboard the OceanXplorer vessel to unlock the secrets hiding in our ocean's vast ecosystem and bring bioscience to new frontiers. The OceanX project unifies next-generation technology,...
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Exploring Geology on the Island of Oahu, A Field Guide to important Geological LocationsThis geology field guide provides an easy to understand overview of the most relevant and up to date information on how the island of O'ahu formed. It is a rich and engaging tour through the geological story of O'ahu while exploring many off the...
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The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings Into SpaceWith the Soviet Union's launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into space. The X-15 Rocket Plane tells the enthralling yet little-known story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket...
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Daylight: The Light We Should Live In: Observations on the Impact of Electric LightHuman history is punctuated with important discoveries that bring about significant societal change. One of the most significant benchmarks so far has been our harnessing of electricity, bringing with it the widespread use of electric light. Everyone can appreciate the benefits electric light has...
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Biotic Borders: Transpacific Plant and Insect Migration and the Rise of Anti-Asian Racism in America, 1890-1950A rich and eye-opening history of the mutual constitution of race and species in modern America. In the late nineteenth century, increasing traffic of transpacific plants, insects, and peoples raised fears of a "biological yellow peril" when nursery stock and other agricultural products shipped...
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From Extraterrestrials to Animal Minds: Six Myths of EvolutionIn this learned romp of science writing, Cambridge professor Simon Conway Morris cheerfully challenges six assumptions--what he calls 'myths'--that too often pass as unquestioned truths amongst the evolutionary orthodox. His convivial tour begins with the idea that evolution is boundless in the kinds of...
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Aerothermodynamics and Jet PropulsionGet up to speed with this robust introduction to the aerothermodynamics principles underpinning jet propulsion, and learn how to apply these principles to jet engine components. Suitable for undergraduate students in aerospace and mechanical engineering, and for professional engineers working in jet propulsion, this...
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Horizon Work: At the Edges of Knowledge in an Age of Runaway Climate ChangeA new way of thinking about the climate crisis as an exercise in delimiting knowable, and habitable, worlds As carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise, Earth's fragile ecosystems are growing increasingly unstable and unpredictable. Horizon Work explores how climate change is disrupting our fundamental...
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Introduction to Computational MetagenomicsBreakthroughs in high-throughput genome sequencing and high-performance computing technologies have empowered scientists to decode many genomes including our own. Now they have a bigger ambition: to fully understand the vast diversity of microbial communities within us and around us, and to exploit their potential...
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Science Reproducible Grade 1Author: StckvagnPublisher: Steck Vaughn School SupplyPublished: 09/01/2003Pages: 178Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 10.88h x 8.32w x 0.34dISBN: 9780739879337Audience: Ages 4-8This title is not returnable
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Oxford Read and Discover: Level 1: Young AnimalsAuthor: Rachel BladonPublisher: Oxford University Press, USAPublished: 11/08/2012Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 7.96h x 5.67w x 0.09dISBN: 9780194646338
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What Does Rain Smell Like?: 100 Fascinating Questions on the Wild Ways of the Weather"Clear, succinct, and engaging answers to every question you could ask about the weather." --Gavin Pretor-Pinney, author of The Cloudspotter's Guide Why doesn't rain fall all at once? Can technology change the track of a hurricane? What's the weather like on other planets? Meteorologists...
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Plato to Darwin to DNAAuthor: Esther MuehlbauerPublisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing CompanyPublished: 04/07/2016Pages: 76Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 9.04h x 5.91w x 0.18dISBN: 9781465247506
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The Basics of Nuclear and Particle PhysicsThis undergraduate textbook breaks down the basics of Nuclear Structure and modern Particle Physics. Based on a comprehensive set of course notes, it covers all the introductory material and latest research developments required by third- and fourth-year physics students. The textbook is divided into...
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Taking the Heat: How Climate Change Is Affecting Your Mind, Body, and Spirit and What You Can Do about ItFrom meteorologist and Peabody Award-winning journalist Bonnie Schneider, an innovative look at how climate change is already threatening our mental and physical health and practical tips for you to tackle these challenges head on.The impacts of climate change have become dire. Rising temperatures, volatile...
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Uprooted: Family Trauma, Unknown Origins, and the Secretive History of Artificial InseminationHow a journey of self-discovery unearthed the scandalous evolution of artificial insemination By his forties, Peter J. Boni was an accomplished CEO, with a specialty in navigating high-tech companies out of hot water. Just before his fiftieth birthday, Peter's seventy-five-year-old mother unveiled a bombshell:...
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