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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Sean M Carroll · Dutton Pages: 470 Format: Print book
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*An instant New York Times Bestseller**Publishers Weekly #1 Most Anticipated Science Book of Spring 2016*"You will be enthralled." - Wall Street Journal"A tour de force." - Salon.comAlready internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging... |
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Welcome to the universe : an astrophysical tour
Neil deGrasse Tyson · Princeton University Press Pages: 470 Format: Print book
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWelcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton,... |
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Death on Earth: Adventures in Evolution and Mortality
Jules Howard · Bloomsbury Sigma Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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As you read these words, Planet Earth teems with trillions of life-forms, each going about their own business: eating, reproducing, thriving . . . Yet, the life of almost every single organism draws nearer to certain death. On the other hand, "suicide" inside the mitochondria... |
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Hungry sharks,
Ann Dalton · Crowell Pages: 33 Format: Loose Leaf
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A brief introduction to the physical characteristics and habits of the shark. |
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The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science
Marcus du Sautoy · Viking Pages: 464 Format: Hardcover
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"Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting." - Bill Bryson A captivating journey to the outer reaches of human knowledgeEver since the dawn of civilization we have been driven by a desire to know - to understand the physical world... |
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The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth
Hugh Aldersey-Williams · W W Norton Pages: 368 Format: Print book
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A rich and sweeping exploration into the science and history behind the most mysterious, primal, and powerful force on earth: the tide.Half of the world's population today lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. But the tide rises and falls according to rules that are a mystery... |
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Life in the Universe
Francis Jackson · W W Norton & Co Inc Pages: 162 Format: Hardcover
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An exploration of the latest ideas on the subject from the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, and astronomy. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. |
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Latin for Bird Lovers
Roger Lederer · Timber Press Format: Hardcover
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You can learn a lot about a bird from its scientific name. The descriptive terms that make up these names can identify species by color, size, or distribution, and may illuminate a hidden history or quality. Latin for Bird Lovers uncovers the secrets behind more than 3,000 scientific... |
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Einstein's Greatest Mistake: A Biography
David Bodanis · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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From the best-selling author of E=mc2, a brisk, accessible biography of Albert Einstein that reveals the genius and hubris of the titan of modern physics Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory... |
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Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science
Peter Watson · Simon & Schuster Pages: 576 Format: Print book
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A brilliant history of science over the past 150 years that offers a powerful new argument - that the many disparate scientific branches are converging on the same truths.Convergence is a history of modern science with an original and significant twist. Various scientific disciplines, despite... |
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The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease
Meredith Wadman · Viking Pages: 448 Format: Print book
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The epic and controversial story of the development of the first widely used normal human cell-line and, through it, some of the world s most important vaccines In June 1962, a young biologist at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, Leonard Hayflick, using tissue extracted from an aborted... |
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Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark on Our Brains
Susan Greenfield · Random House Format: Hardcover
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We live in a world unimaginable only decades ago: a domain of backlit screens, instant information, and vibrant experiences that can outcompete dreary reality. Our brave new technologies offer incredible opportunities for work and play. But at what price? Now renowned neuroscientist Susan... |
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Kindness Cure: How the Science of Compassion Can Heal Your Heart and Your World
Stephen Post (Foreword by) · New Harbinger Publications Pages: 200
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It's time for a kindness revolution. In The Kindness Cure, psychologist Tara Cousineau draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to show how simple practices of kindness--for ourselves, for others, and for our world--can dissolve our feelings of fear and indifference,... |
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