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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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Finn's Thermal PhysicsThis fully updated and expanded new edition continues to provide the most readable, concise, and easy-to-follow introduction to thermal physics.Author: Andrew Rex, C. B. P. FinnPublisher: CRC PressPublished: 04/09/2024Pages: 386Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.84dISBN: 9781032289823About the Author*Click here for a...
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Failed Historical Scientific InstrumentsCan a scientific instrument be regarded as a failure? Why and how? By shedding light on the complexity of these questions, the volume marks a step forward in the way historical scientific instruments can be analysed and displayed. The essays show how diverse failures...
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Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human EvolutionNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST - THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be,...
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Essentials of Aquaculture PracticesAuthor: Norfazreena Mohd FaudziPublisher: SpringerPublished: 10/26/2024Pages: 299Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.36lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75dISBN: 9789819766987This title is not returnable
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Dialogues Concerning Two New SciencesAuthor: Galileo GalileiPublisher: Prometheus BooksPublished: 12/01/1991Pages: 303Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81dISBN: 9781573920810About the AuthorGALILEO GALILEI was born in Pisa on February 15, 1564, into a family of impoverished nobility. In 1581 he enrolled at the University of Pisa to study...
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Como escribir tus poesías: Técnicas, mètodos y recomendacionesLos griegos entend an que podr a haber tres tipos de poes a, la l rica o canci n cantada con acompa amiento de lira o arpa de mano, que es el significado que luego se generaliz para la palabra, incluso sin m sica;...
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Climate Justice: What Rich Nations Owe the World--And the FutureThe social cost of carbon: The most important number you've never heard of--and what it means. If you're injuring someone, you should stop--and pay for the damage you've caused. Why, this book asks, does this simple proposition, generally accepted, not apply to climate change?...
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Catálogo De Plantas Mexicanas (fanerógamas)...Una obra fundamental para los amantes de la botánica y la ecología. Este catálogo recoge una amplia variedad de plantas fanerógamas nativas de México, con información detallada sobre su hábitat, su morfología y sus propiedades medicinales.This work has been selected by scholars as being...
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Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's HealthA pediatrician and infectious disease specialist warns of the resurgence of measles, the antivaccine movement, and how we can prepare for the next pandemic Every single child diagnosed with measles represents a system failure--an inexcusable unforced error. The technology to prevent essentially 100 percent...
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Biology of SexBiology of Sex is a lively and intellectually challenging textbook. Mills analyzes the biological basis of sex by considering genetic, physiological, and evolutionary principles. In order to explain the biological aspects of human sex, he uses direct and intriguing comparisons with the many variations...
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Beautiful Shells: George Perry's ConchologyAn informative introduction exploring our fascination with shells, complete with stunningly reproduced illustrations. In 1811, architect, stone mason, and shell obsessive George Perry published his lavishly illustrated volume, Conchology or the Natural History of Shells. The work featured 348 beautifully illustrated mollusk shells with...
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A Short History of MedicineInsightful, informed, and at times controversial in its conclusions, A Short History of Medicine offers an exceptional introduction to the major and many minor facets of its subject. In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. Gonz lez-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative...
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A Naturalist's Guide to the Texas Hill Country: Volume 50In this guide, biologist Mark Gustafson introduces residents and visitors to the history, geology, water resources, plants, and animals found in the nineteen counties occupying the eastern part of the Edwards Plateau, the heart of the Hill Country. He profiles three hundred of the...
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American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental JusticeFrom the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing doctor and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry--and the deadly invention of leaded gasoline, which would poison millions of people across America....
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Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform UsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts--and how this knowledge can improve our health, enable us to flourish, and build stronger communities....
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William Whewell: Victorian PolymathWilliam Whewell, the famous master of Trinity College in Cambridge, was a central figure in nineteenth-century British scientific culture and one of the last great polymaths. His influential work ranged from history and philosophy of science, education, architecture, mineralogy, and political economy to mathematics,...
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What the Body Knows: A Guide to the New Science of Our Immune SystemA leading scientist's guide to the way our immune system protects us--but only most of the time What is our immune system, and how does it work? A vast array of cells, proteins and chemicals spring into action whenever our bodies are damaged, but...
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The Spirit of Light Cubit: The Measure of Humanity and SpiritThe Spirit of Light Cubit: The Measure of Humanity and Spirit is a journey that reunifies science and Spirit in our search for purpose in life and in the cosmos. Donald B. Carroll, a firefighter and paramedic who learned on that job that living...
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The Sexual Evolution: How 500 Million Years of Sex, Gender, and Mating Shape Modern RelationshipsAn Immense World meets Sex at Dawn in this fascinating exploration of sexual behavior throughout the animal kingdom, as evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents argues persuasively that many of our supposedly modern ideas about gender and human sexuality are, in fact, deeply rooted in...
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The Gut-Brain Paradox: Improve Your Mood, Clear Brain Fog, and Reverse Disease by Healing Your MicrobiomeDr. Steven R. Gundry, the New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking Plant Paradox series, shares compelling evidence that our gut microbiome is driving our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and our mental, emotional, and neuronal health--and shows us how to heal our microbiomes to...
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