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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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Advances in Agronomy: Volume 189Advances in Agronomy, Volume 187, the latest release in this leading reference on agronomy, contains a variety of updates and highlights new advances in the field, with each written by an international board of authors.Author: Donald L. SparksPublisher: Academic PressPublished: 01/24/2025Pages: 400Binding Type: HardcoverWeight:...
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A Brilliant Darkness: The Extraordinary Life and Disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the Troubled Genius of the Nuclear AgeOn the night of March 26, 1938, nuclear physicist Ettore Majorana boarded a ship, cash and passport in hand. He was never seen again. In A Brilliant Darkness, theoretical physicist Joao Magueijo tells the story of Majorana and his research group, "the Via Panisperna...
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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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The Beginner's Guide to Parallel Realities: Grasp the Multiverse, Time Travel, and Alternate Dimensions. Simple Explanations to Expand Your Thinking aThe Beginner's Guide to Parallel Realities takes readers on a mind-expanding journey into the intriguing worlds of the multiverse, time travel, and alternate dimensions. Designed for those with no prior scientific background, this book simplifies complex ideas into easy-to-understand concepts, making it the perfect...
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The 50 Greatest Scientists: The Pioneers Who Have Changed Our WorldIn this stunning jacketed hardback, Jon Balchin introduces 50 of the world's most influential scientists of all time and explains their revolutionary theories, showcased with full-color photography. Scientific discoveries have shaped our world as we know it today. In this beautifully illustrated book, Jon...
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Synthetic Biology (2nd Ed)This first edition of this book was the first manual for laboratory work in the rapidly expanding field of synthetic biology. Aimed at non-specialists, it contained protocols central to synthetic biology in both research and education. It also included information for students of the...
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Sustainability Simplified: The Definitive Guide to Solving All (Yes, All) Our Environmental ProblemsJosh Spodek disconnected his Manhattan apartment from the electric grid in May 2022. He didn't know how he'd last more than a day. He learned by doing and he's still going.He didn't ask permission or wait for institutional aid, though he had practiced unplugging...
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Supersymmetric World (2nd Ed)The story of the discovery of supersymmetry is a fascinating one, unlike that of any other major de-velopment in the history of science. This engaging book presents a view of the process, mainly in the words of people who participated. It combines anecdotal descriptions...
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