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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StarfinderPlanisphere and Starfinder is your personal guide to exploring the night sky. It takes the mystery out of astronomy and introduces basic stargazing techniques, helping you to find and recognize objects easily.Starting close to home in the Solar System, it shows you how to...
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Smithsonian Handbook of Interesting InsectsA stunning entomology field guide featuring 126 exquisite full-color photographs and concise, informative descriptions for bug identification, suitable for insect lovers of all ages. This colorful insect field guide presents striking photographic profiles of insects, each one specially selected from the 34 million specimens...
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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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Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the UniverseAs NightWatch, Terence Dickinson's classic stargazing guide, neared its 40th anniversary, Dickinson worked with a small group of trusted colleagues to give this groundbreaking reference an overhaul that will take it deep into the 21st century. Longtime astronomy writer and sky observer Ken Hewitt-White...
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A Short History of Nearly EverythingOne of the world's most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods and The Body takes his ultimate journey--into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson...
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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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Rocks & Minerals of Washington and Oregon: A Field Guide to the Evergreen and Beaver StatesGet this must-have guide for Washington and Oregon, featuring full-color photographs and information to help you identify rocks and minerals. Identify and collect rocks and minerals with the perfect guide to the Pacific Northwest! With this famous field guide by Dan R. Lynch and...
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Annals of the Former WorldThe Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion yearsTwenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about...
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Infinite Cosmos: Visions from the James Webb Space TelescopeFrom the years of design and manufacturing through launch and deployment to the extraordinary images and the new science they inform, Infinite Cosmos showcases the revelations coming from the James Webb Space Telescope--the sharpest planetary vistas and the deepest views of the cosmos humankind...
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How Life Works: A User's Guide to the New Biology"Bold and intriguing."--Wall Street Journal - "Penetrating. . . . Provocative and profound."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) - "Offers plenty of food for thought."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Ball's marvelous book is both wide-ranging and deep. . . . I could not put it down."--Siddhartha Mukherjee,...
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Smithsonian Atlas of Space: A Map to the Universe from the Big Bang to the FutureJourney to the farthest corners of the universe in this visually stunning coffee-table atlas by the former chief historian of NASA 300 maps and illustrations tell the incredible story of the past, present, and future of the universe and space exploration Navigate the Solar...
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Science Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Discoveries That Changed the WorldThis epic journey of scientific discovery starts in ancient times and travels through centuries of invention before fast forwarding into the future. From simple machines to modern-day marvels, you'll follow incredible illustrated timelines that plot the entire history of science and highlight the most...
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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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The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon's Case for the Existence of the SoulA neuroscientist and surgeon makes an argument for the existence of a spiritual human soul in this eye-opening book. Many scientists and doctors believe that there is no such thing as the soul. That there is no part of us that persists beyond death....
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The Genius of Trees: How They Mastered the Elements and Shaped the WorldA mind-expanding exploration of how trees learned to shape our world by manipulating the elements, plants, animals, and even humankind, possessing agency beyond anything we might have imagined "Astounding . . . a true masterpiece . . . Rix refuses to put herself much...
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Pure Human: The Hidden Truth of Our Divinity, Power, and DestinyIn an age where technologies such as AI threaten to supplant human intelligence, an award-winning scientist offers a radical new view of our innate human technology and what we're truly capable of. There are rare moments in time when we make choices that irreversibly...
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National Geographic Photo Ark Babies: Growing Up in the Animal WorldFrom a turtle poking out of its egg to sloth sibs cuddling, this adorable collection highlights more than 150 youngsters across the animal kingdom. It's the latest in renowned photographer Joel Sartore's National Geographic Photo Ark series. Fall in love with rambunctious cougar kittens...
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Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous ScienceA 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in Science & Technology An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and...
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Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal ThemselvesThe astonishing story of how animals use medicine and what it can teach us about healing ourselves Ages before the dawn of modern medicine, wild animals were harnessing the power of nature's pharmacy to heal themselves. Doctors by Nature reveals what researchers are now...
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