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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Quantum Computing: An Applied ApproachThis book integrates the foundations of quantum computing with a hands-on coding approach to this emerging field; it is the first to bring these elements together in an updated manner. This work is suitable for both academic coursework and corporate technical training.The second edition...
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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track"I'm an explorer, OK? I like to find out!" -- One of the towering figures of twentieth-century science, Richard Feynman possessed a curiosity that was the stuff of legend. Even before he won the Nobel Prize in 1965, his unorthodox and spellbinding lectures on...
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NASA Graphics Standards Manual Remastered EditionThe NASA Graphics Standards Manual: Remastered Edition is a modern spin on the original NASA Graphics Standards Manual published in 1976 and puts it into a new and clean format. Using high-resolution scans of the original book, over two-hundred man-hours were spent in recreating...
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Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to LongevityThis eye-opening book offers a "clear and captivating" (Dr. Kris Verburgh)scientific deep dive into how plants and animals have already unlocked the secrets to immortality-and the lessons they hold for us all. Recent advances in medicine and technology have expanded our understanding of aging...
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Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken GenesA biology professor's illuminating tour of the physical imperfections--from faulty knees to junk DNA--that make us human. "A funny, fascinating catalog of our collective shortcomings that's tough to put down."--Discover We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we...
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Honors Physics Essentials: An APlusPhysics GuideHonors Physics Essentials is an easy-to-read guide to algebra-based introductory physics, featuring more than 500 worked-out problems with full solutions and covering topics such as: kinematics, dynamics, momentum, impulse, gravity, uniform circular motion, rotational kinematics, work, energy, power, electrostatics, circuits, magnetism, microelectronics, waves, sound,...
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Flora of Middle-Earth: Plants of J.R.R. Tolkien's LegendariumFew settings in literature are as widely known or celebrated as J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. The natural landscape plays a major role in nearly all of Tolkien's major works, and readers have come to view the geography of this fictional universe as integral to understanding...
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Ever Since Darwin: Reflections on Natural HistoryMore than any other modern scientist, Stephen Jay Gould has opened up to millions the wonders of evolutionary biology. His genius as an essayist lies in his unmatched ability to use his knowledge of the world, including popular culture, to illuminate the realm of...
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Crush: Close Encounters with GravityThe fascinating story of gravity, from its intimate role in our daily lives to its cosmic significance. Gravity is at once familiar and mysterious. It's the reason for the numbers on your bathroom scale, the intricate dance of the stars and planets, and the...
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Constellations: The Story of Space Told Through the 88 Known Star Patterns in the Night SkyPerfect for stargazers and armchair astronomers of all ages, CONSTELLATIONS is a beautifully illustrated, fascinatingguide to all 88 constellations, including an illustrated star map for each.In CONSTELLATIONS, award-winning astronomy writer Govert Schilling takes us on an unprecedented visual tour of all 88 constellations in...
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain: Breaking the Doom Loop to Heal Chronic Physical and Emotional PainOne of our leading experts on the brain and #1 New York Times bestselling author explores how chronic physical and emotional pain are both rooted in your brain's wiring, leaving you stuck in the doom loop and how you can break free to heal...
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Cells: The Illustrated Story of LifeIn the fifteenth century, as astronomers charted the skies and explorers mapped the globe, the nature of life itself remained a mystery. It wasn't until the seventeenth century that Robert Hooke, looking through one of the earliest microscopes, coined the term cell. Nearly two...
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Bite, Sting, Kill: The Incredible Science of Toxins, Venom, Fangs, and StingersExplore the animal kingdom like never before in this thrilling roundup of animals that bite, sting ... and kill.A venomous lizard the size of a car. A snake that can take down an elephant. A stealthy scorpion ready to strike. Sound like the makings...
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Birds of Louisiana & Mississippi Field GuideGet the New Edition of Louisiana & Mississippi's Best-Selling Bird GuideLearn to identify birds in Louisiana & Mississippi, and make bird-watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of...
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Assembling California"A delicious field manual on the creation of the Golden State going back a few hundred million years." --Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle At various times in a span of fifteen years, John McPhee made geological field surveys in the company of Eldridge Moores,...
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A Project to Find the Fundamental Theory of PhysicsAuthor: Stephen WolframPublisher: Wolfram MediaPublished: 08/26/2025Pages: 778Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.90lbsSize: 9.30h x 7.00w x 1.60dISBN: 9781579551001About the AuthorStephen Wolfram is a distinguished scientist and best-selling author, and the creator of some of the world's most respected software systems, including Mathematica, WolframAlpha and the Wolfram...
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A Cloud a Day: (Cloud Appreciation Society Book, Uplifting Positive Gift, Cloud Art Book, Daydreamers Book)Cloudspotter and bestselling author Gavin Pretor-Pinney delivers a moment of calm atmospheric contemplation to members of his Cloud Appreciation Society by sharing a cloud image and story every day. A Cloud a Day urges all of us to keep our heads in the clouds...
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The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate TheoryNow with a new preface (not in any other edition) that will review the enormous public reception of the relatively obscure string theory--made possible by this book and an increased number of adherents amongst physicists--The Elegant Universe "sets a standard that will be hard...
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Proust Was a NeuroscientistAn ingenious blend of biography, criticism, and first-rate science writing, New York Times bestselling author Jonah Lehrer's Proust Was a Neuroscientist urges science and art to listen more closely to each other, for willing minds can combine the best of both, to brilliant effect.In...
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Welcome to the Universe in 3D: A Visual TourNew York Times bestsellerJourney into the universe through the most spectacular sights in astronomy in stereoscopic 3D Welcome to the Universe in 3D takes you on a grand tour of the observable universe, guiding you through the most spectacular sights in the cosmos--in breathtaking...
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