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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Toward High School Biology: Understanding Growth in Living ThingsThrough 19 carefully sequenced lessons and activities, this unit gets middle schoolers ready for next-level learning. Students explore what happens at the molecular level so they can understand how living things grow and repair their body structures. Using Legos, ball-and-stick models, videos, and print...
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The Under-Standing of EclipsesThis book (now in a 5th edition) methodically explains why eclipses of the sun and moon happen, their intricate patterns in time and space - and why they are so exciting.There are page-spreads, with dynamic globe diagrams, for examples of the main kinds of...
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The Third WayIn this day and age, people are challenged by an information-rich environment that is filled with erratic and inconsistent concepts. Added to the pre-existing struggle to adhere to societal and physical laws, we must struggle to control our own physical, emotional, and intellectual systems....
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The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper FaithA thought-provoking and eye-opening work by Jim Stump, Vice President at BioLogos and host of the Language of God podcast, offering a compelling argument about how evolution does not have to be at odds with faith, but can actually enrich and deepen it.In this...
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The Low-Carbon Contradiction: Energy Transition, Geopolitics, and the Infrastructural State in Cuba Volume 13In the pursuit of socialism, Cuba became Latin America's most oil-dependent economy. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the country lost 86 percent of its crude oil supplies, resulting in a severe energy crisis. In the face of this shock, Cuba started to develop a...
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The Invention of Mikhail Lomonosov: A Russian National MythThis study explores the evolution of Lomonosov's imposing stature in Russian thought from the middle of the eighteenth century to the closing years of the Soviet period. It reveals much about the intersection in Russian culture of attitudes towards the meaning and significance of...
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The Interstellar Age: The Story of the NASA Men and Women Who Flew the Forty-Year Voyager MissionThe story of the men and women who drove NASA's Voyager spacecraft mission--the farthest-flung emissaries of planet Earth--told by a scientist who was there from the beginning. Voyager 1 left our solar system in 2012; its sister craft, Voyager 2, did so in 2018....
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The Evolution of Primate SocietiesIn 1987, the University of Chicago Press published Primate Societies, the standard reference in the field of primate behavior for an entire generation of students and scientists. But in the twenty-five years since its publication, new theories and research techniques for studying the Primate...
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The Empire of Climate: A History of an IdeaHow the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity Scientists, journalists, and politicians increasingly tell us that human impacts on climate constitute the single greatest threat facing our planet and may even bring about the extinction of our species. Yet...
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The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of LifeWhat is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question, for life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match it. Huge advances in molecular biology over the...
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The Conservative Environmentalist: Common Sense Solutions for a Sustainable FutureA young, conservative environmentalist provides an intrepid vision for both solving our climate crisis and prioritizing the American national interest. Politicians, pseudo-experts, and other partisans have led us to believe that there are only two approaches to climate change: doomerism or denial. Benji Backer,...
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The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest SecretsOver the last half century, a quiet revolution has taken place. In a series of breathtaking discoveries, biochemist Thomas Cech and a diverse cast of brilliant scientists have revealed RNA at the center of biology's greatest mysteries, from how life began to what makes...
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The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of GravityA world-renowned physicist seeks gravity's true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her life Claudia de Rham has been playing with gravity her entire life. As a diver, experimenting with her body's buoyancy in the Indian Ocean. As a pilot, soaring...
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Systemic: How Racism Is Making Us SickA science-based, data-driven, and global exploration of racial disparities in health care access by virologist, immunologist, and science journalist Layal Liverpool; In the spirit of ambitious bestselling books like Medical Apartheid and Killing the Black Body. The COVID-19 pandemic taught us that viruses disproportionately...
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SweatA revolutionary exploration of sweat's role in health and longevity that challenges current medical thinking about the modern health crisis and offers actionable steps for leading a long, healthy life."An essential read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of health, detoxification, and the transformative...
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Sustained: Creating a Sustainable House Through Small Changes, Money-Saving Habits, and Natural Solutions (the Eco-Friendly Home)Help Save Our Planet with Money-Saving Sustainable Tips for Your HouseHouseholds are among the biggest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Could the secrets of saving the environment (and money) be closer to home than we thought?Looking for easy, budget-friendly ways to reduce...
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Still as Bright: An Illuminating History of the Moon, from Antiquity to TomorrowAn immersive exploration of the nightly presence that has captured our imagination for the entirety of human history. "When the Moon rises between buildings or over trees, it's not just a beautiful light: It's an archive of human longing, fear and adventure. The Moon...
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Spin/Pin-Structures and Real Enumerative GeometrySpin/Pin-structures on vector bundles have long featured prominently in differential geometry, in particular providing part of the foundation for the original proof of the renowned Atiyah-Singer Index Theory. More recently, they have underpinned the symplectic topology foundations of the so-called real sector of the...
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Solving Modern Problems with a Stone-Age Brain: Human Evolution and the Seven Fundamental MotivesSharing stories and advice rooted in the science of evolutionary psychology, father and son authors Doug Kenrick and David Lundberg-Kenrick pinpoint the dangers of stone-age problem solving for our lives today, and present a new, systematic way to survive and be happy in the...
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Shrimps: Their Diversity, Intriguing Adaptations and Varied LifestylesAuthor: Raymond T. BauerPublisher: SpringerPublished: 04/09/2023Pages: 720Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.05lbsSize: 9.37h x 6.30w x 1.57dISBN: 9783031209659About the AuthorGrowing up in the Midwest, Dr. Bauer was always interested in the natural history of plants and animals. His science courses at the University of Missouri, Kansas...
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