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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The Technological-Industrial Complex and Education: Navigating Algorithms, Datafication, and Artificial Intelligence in Comparative and InternationalThis Pivot book looks at the ways in which disruptive technologies, datafication, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are shaping Comparative and International (CIE) Education and leading to its platformization. CIE entails the study of foreign educational systems in comparative perspective to discern what can be...
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The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us about the Power of the Female BodyA myth-busting vindication of women's physical strengths For decades, Starre Vartan--like most women--was told that having a woman's body meant being weaker than men. Like many women, she mostly believed it. Not anymore. Following a half decade of research into the newest science, Vartan...
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The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs: The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Reign and Their WorldDespite their cultural influence, the grand narrative of the dinosaur story is rarely told. Most of us have heard of Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, for example, but these two dinosaurs lived more than eighty million years apart--a greater span of time than the entire post-T....
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The Saucerian: Ufos, Men in Black, and the Unbelievable Life of Gray BarkerThe strange, but true biography of the colorful founder of Saucerian Books, a central purveyor and promoter of flying saucer and conspiracist knowledge in the mid-twentieth century. Gray Barker (1925-1984) was an eccentric literary outsider, filled with ideas that were out of step with...
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The Politics of Ethics: Methods for Acting, Learning, and Sometimes Fighting with Others in Addressing Problems in Organizational LifeThe Politics of Ethics examines the obstacles to behaving ethically in organizations. Blending insights from behavioral science, action theory, and moral philosophy, Nielsen constructs a powerful framework for evaluating the strategies organizations employ to foster organizational ethics. The book scrutinizes several popular methods of...
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The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for HealingThe follow-up to celebrated grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor's The Grieving Brain focuses on the impact of grief--and life's other major stressors--on the human body.Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can speak...
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The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking ScienceA surprising and compelling journey into the business of paranormal investigation, and the state of scientific literacy in America. In 2010, in a small New Hampshire town, next door to a copy center and framing shop, a ghost lab opened. The Kitt Research Initiative's...
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The Exhausted Brain: The Origin of Our Mental Energy and Why It DwindlesRevitalize Your Brain, Reclaim Your Mental Energy Everyone knows the feeling after a long day--it's difficult to concentrate, make challenging decisions, or empathize with others. We live in a chronically exhausted society, and the capacity of our brains is limited. For years, the span...
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The Cradle of Words: Language and Knowledge in the Spanish EmpireHow languages served as archives of local knowledge and a crucial resource for both the human and natural history of the Americas in the Spanish empire.In the sixteenth century, the conquest of the Americas exposed Spanish writers to previously unknown peoples and their many...
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The Cosmic PerspectiveFor two-semester courses in astronomy. Exploring the impact of new discoveries on astronomy, science, and life in the universe Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive coverage, The Cosmic Perspective, 9th Edition provides a thoroughly engaging and up-to-date introduction to astronomy...
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The Atom and the MoleculeAuthor: J. Kendall Sr. HortonPublisher: Fulton BooksPublished: 11/21/2024Pages: 22Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.06dISBN: 9798894270777
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The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology's Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935In the early twentieth century, varied audiences took biology out of the hands of specialists and transformed it into mass culture, transforming our understanding of heredity in the process. In the early twentieth century communities made creative use of the new theories of heredity...
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The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology's Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935In the early twentieth century, varied audiences took biology out of the hands of specialists and transformed it into mass culture, transforming our understanding of heredity in the process. In the early twentieth century communities made creative use of the new theories of heredity...
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The 50th Anniversary Issue of Fish Physiology: Physiological Applications Volume 40bFish Physiology, Volume 40B recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary. The editors of the series have produced a total of 47 books (several volumes have two books) that contain almost 500 chapters since the inaugural volume published in 1969. Initial volumes were devoted to understanding...
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Sustainability: A Very Short IntroductionVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The growing concern about global environmental change and human impacts on the planet has led to the emergence of a broad field of study on the 'sustainability' of human societies. The term's common usage can be traced back...
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Strata: Stories from Deep TimeThe epic stories of our planet's 4.54-billion-year history are written in strata--ages-old remnants of ancient seafloors, desert dunes, and riverbeds striping canyon walls and cliffsides all around us. These layers of rock help geologists piece together how our planet became the place we know...
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Steven Weinberg: A Life in PhysicsSteven Weinberg shares his candid thoughts, in his own words, on theoretical physics and cosmology, along with personal anecdotes and recollections of the people who helped shape his career. These memoirs of his life as a scientist and public figure cover his student days...
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Starlings: The Curious Odyssey of a Most Hated BirdHas there ever been a more hated bird than the European starling? Let loose in New York City's Central Park by a misguided aristocrat, the starlings were supposed to help curb insect outbreaks and add to the tuneful choir of other songbirds. Rather than...
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Star Gazers: Finding Joy in the Night SkyA flash, a single streak of light, is what sparked David Levy's passion for astronomy more than sixty years ago. In this delightful collection of essays, Levy shares not only his love for the sky and stars, but also his love for language and...
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Soil and Water Conservation Handbook: Policies, Practices, Conditions, and TermsSave time and effort with this practical guide to all aspects of water and soil conservation Soil and Water Conservation Handbook is a concise, compact encyclopedia of the policies, practices, conditions, and terms related to soil and/or water conservation. This handy A-to-Z guide contains...
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