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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Chasing the Stars: How the Astronomers of Observatory Hill Transformed Our Understanding of the UniverseA richly illustrated history of Wisconsin's astronomical innovations Explore the remarkable story of Wisconsin astronomers whose curiosity, persistence, and innovation helped us better understand our universe. Chasing the Stars traces the history of the University of Wisconsin's Washburn Observatory, where some of the world's...
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Believing Is Seeing: A Physicist Explains How Science Shattered His Atheism and Revealed the Necessity of FaithIn Believing Is Seeing, Dr. Guillen recounts the fascinating story of his journey from atheism to Christianity, citing the latest discoveries in neuroscience, physics, astronomy, and mathematics to pull back the curtain on the mystery of faith as no one ever has. Is it...
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Beautiful Bacteria: Encounters in the MicrouniverseA leading bacteria scientist combines unique scientific and artistic techniques, along with accessible text to reveal the microbial world within and around us. Beautiful Bacteria merges stunning imagery with a new way of looking at something we interact with every day. Each chapter introduces...
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Avian Architecture Revised and Expanded Edition: How Birds Design, Engineer, and BuildThe essential illustrated guide to how birds design and build their nests--now fully revised and expanded Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Describing how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, Avian...
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A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity: From the Age of Descartes to the Close of the Nineteenth Century (1910), (Fully Illustrated)In 1910, E. T. Whittaker wrote "A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity", which gave a very detailed account of the aether theories from Ren Descartes to Hendrik Lorentz, and which made Whittaker a respected historian of science. Though the book was...
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A Friendly Approach to Functional Analysis'The book is unusual among functional analysis books in devoting a lot of space to the derivative. The â ~friendlyâ (TM) aspect promised in the title is not explained, but there are three things I think would strike most students as friendly: the slow...
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Actin Computation: Unlocking the Potential of Actin Filaments for Revolutionary Computing SystemsActin, a fundamental building block of intracellular cytoskeletal filaments, holds immense potential as a platform for information processing. In this groundbreaking book, the authors establish a solid theoretical and modelling foundation for the future experimental prototyping of actin-based cytoskeleton computers in laboratory settings.By delving...
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What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate FuturesOur climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future? Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring...
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Unreason: Best of Skeptical InquirerUnreason will arm readers with scientific knowledge to curb the misinformation and misconceptions that increasingly threaten our civil discourse. Even further, these essays present a way for us to be better citizens, equipped to deal with the winds of misinformation and disinformation swirling about...
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Trophy HuntingThis book gets to the heart of trophy hunting, unpacking and explaining its multiple facets and controversies, and exploring why it divides environmentalists, the hunting community, and the public. Bichel and Hart provide the first interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to the study of trophy...
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The Search for the Giant Squid: The Biology and Mythology of the World's Most Elusive Sea CreatureThe most mysterious and elusive of all sea creatures, the giant squid--at least sixty feet long and weighing nearly a ton--is also one of the largest. Yet for all its magnificent size and threatening undersea presence, Architeuthis has remained a mystery. Until now. In...
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The Pilgrimage of EtheriaThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Other Side of Nowhere: Exploring Big Bend Ranch State Park and Its FloraAcquired by the State of Texas in 1988 and first opened to the public as Big Bend State Natural Area in 1991, Big Bend Ranch State Park (BBR) lies within the southern Big Bend of the Trans-Pecos, encompassing some 492 square miles of the...
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The Lives of Spiders: A Natural History of the World's SpidersA beautifully illustrated guide to the natural history and breathtaking diversity of spiders around the world Spiders are dominant predators in virtually every terrestrial ecosystem on the planet. A marvel of evolution with species numbering in the tens of thousands, they have been walking...
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The Lives of Lichens: A Natural HistoryA richly illustrated guide to lichens and their biology Existing at the margins of life, lichens are the result of symbiotic relationships between fungi and photosynthesizing partners in the form of algae or cyanobacteria. Comprising more than twenty thousand species, lichens are pioneers in...
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The Lives of Bees: A Natural History of Our Planet's Bee LifeA beautifully illustrated guide to the vibrant and richly diverse world of bees The Lives of Bees provides a one-of-a-kind look at the life and natural history of bees. Blending stunning photographs and illustrations with illuminating profiles of selected species, this incisive guide takes...
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The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched PlanetINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! NATIONAL BESTSELLER Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times - A Next Big Idea Book Club Selection - The New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice - NPR Favorite Books of...
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The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the HeartHow science is opening up the mysteries of the heart, revealing the poetry in motion within the machine. Your heart is a miracle in motion, a marvel of construction unsurpassed by any human-made creation. It beats 100,000 times every day--if you were to live...
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The Descent of Man - And Selection in Relation to SexFirst published in 1871, "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin. In this volume, Darwin attempts to marry the theories of human evolution with evolutionary theory, exploring evolutionary ethics, evolutionary psychology, differences between...
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Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals"Conventional wisdom is that wild animals are being wiped out. But conventional wisdom skips some important details. Wildlife is rebounding. Not everywhere. Not every species. But a handful of wildlife populations have reached numbers unimaginable in a century. Red deer in Europe, bison in...
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