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 Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated EditionThis new edition of the acclaimed bestseller is lavishly illustrated to convey, in pictures as in words, Bill Bryson's exciting, informative journey into the world of science.In A Short History of Nearly Everything, the bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The...
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Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual Guide to Prehistoric AnimalsDive into an unprecedented survey of millions of years of life on planet Earth. Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life is a beautifully crafted encyclopedia of prehistoric species that the whole family can enjoy. Featuring an incredible mix of 3D reconstructions, extraordinary skeletons, and amazingly intricate...
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human CadaversStiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers--some willingly, some unwittingly--have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They've tested France's first guillotines, ridden the NASA Space Shuttle, been...
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Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the UniverseWith more than 1 million copies sold worldwide, The Elements is the most entertaining, comprehensive, and visually arresting book on all 118 elements in the periodic table. Includes a poster of Theodore Gray's iconic photographic periodic table of the elements! Based on seven years...
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Hubble's Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest ImagesPraise for the first edition: "Superbly well produced. Any engagement with this 'cosmic portfolio, ' from picture gazing to deep reading, is grandly rewarded." --Booklist [starred review] "The book's precise descriptions and captions brilliantly complement the 300 full-color Hubble images . . . this...
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Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide: A Handbook for Psilocybin EnthusiastsIn the 1970s, two of the most influential thinkers of the psychedelic era gathered what was then known about psilocybin botany and culture and presented it in Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide. Writing under pseudonyms, the McKenna brothers provided simple, reliable, and productive methods...
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Webb's Universe: The Space Telescope Images That Reveal Our Cosmic HistoryThe definitive and most up-to-date book on the James Webb Space Telescope, including its stunning images, written by pioneering space expert Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock With mind-blowingly detailed images from the world's most powerful telescope, Webb's Universe reveals the depths of our cosmos in all...
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The Hidden Life of Trees: The Illustrated EditionA visually stunning journey into the diversity and wonders of forests. In his international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben opened readers' eyes to the amazing processes at work in forests every day. Now this new, breathtakingly illustrated edition brings those wonders...
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human ObsessionIn this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music--its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it--and the human brain. Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than...
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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of ConsciousnessPhilosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness in Other Minds Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of...
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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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This Book Is a Planetarium: And Other Extraordinary Pop-Up ContraptionsDefying every expectation of what a book can be, this pop-up extravaganza transforms into six fully functional tools.Never has humble paper had such radical ambitions. "As impossible as it seems, this brilliant book allows its reader to manipulate scientific concepts like light, sound, time,...
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The Wild Path Home: A Guide to Raising the Earth Stewards of TomorrowMany kids now get as little as 4-7 minutes of unstructured outdoor play a day while screen time soars. The Wild Path Home is a practical, research-based guide to raising connected, resilient earth stewards--from birth to the teen years. What You'll Learn Grounded in...
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The Secrets of AlchemyIn The Secrets of Alchemy, Lawrence M. Principe, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture. By surveying what alchemy was and how it began,...
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The Physics of Baseball: Third Edition, Revised, Updated, and ExpandedBlending scientific fact and sports trivia, Robert Adair examines what a baseball or player in motion does-and why. How fast can a batted ball go? What effect do stitch patterns have on wind resistance? How far does a curve ball break? Who reaches first...
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The Lady and the SharksThe Lady and the Sharks...Filled with the Engaging Explorations and the Adventures of a Remarkable Woman, The Lady and the Sharks is about the joys of diving, exploring, and discovering the world that lives beneath the sea-about the pleasure and power of curiosity. This...
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The Grazing RevolutionOur planet is rapidly turning to desert. Once-lush grasslands, the source of precious food and water, are growing dry and bare. Rivers that used to flow year-round now run dry after the rains. Grazing animals want for food.What is causing this "desertification" of the...
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The Brilliant Abyss: Exploring the Majestic Hidden Life of the Deep Ocean, and the Looming Threat That Imperils ItA marine biologist vividly brings alive the extraordinary ecosystem of the deep ocean--a realm about which we know less than we do about the Moon--and shows how protecting rather than exploiting it will benefit mankind."The oceans have always shaped human lives," writes marine biologist...
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The Book of Strange But True SciencePacked with hundreds of articles on the most interesting things that ever happened in science. Plus a few things that didn't. Filled with both pragmatic, commonsense explanations and outrageous revelations, Strange but True Science is packed with articles on all things scientific. Chapter subjects...
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The Biology Coloring Book: A Coloring BookIn The Biology Coloring Book, learn about the basic processes of life and the interactions of living things within their environment. Whether studying biology on your own or enrolled in a course in high school or college, you will find this book indispensable.More than...
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