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A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design
Frank Wilczek · Penguin Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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Does the universe embody beautiful ideas?Artists as well as scientists throughout human history have pondered this "beautiful question." With Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek as your guide, embark on a voyage of related discoveries, from Plato and Pythagoras up to the present. Wilczek's... |
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Abominable Science!: Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
Daniel Loxton · Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Throughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster are part of our collective experience. Now comes a book from two dedicated investigators that explores and elucidates the fascinating world... |
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I Died for Beauty: Dorothy Wrinch and the Cultures of Science
Marjorie Senechal · Oxford University Press
Format: Print book
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In the vein of A Beautiful Mind, The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, and Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA, this volume tells the poignant story of the brilliant, colorful, controversial mathematician named Dorothy Wrinch. Drawing on her own personal and professional relationship with... |
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You may also like : taste in an age of endless choice
Tom Vanderbilt · Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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Why do we get so embarrassed when a colleague wears the same shirt? Why do we eat the same thing for breakfast every day, but seek out novelty at lunch and dinner? How has streaming changed the way Netflix makes recommendations? Why do people think the music of their youth is the best?... |
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Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11
James Donovan · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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"This is the best book on Apollo that I have read. Extensively researched and meticulously accurate, it successfully traces not only the technical highlights of the program but also the contributions of the extraordinary people who made it possible." --Mike Collins, Command module... |
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Planet of the Bugs: Evolution and the Rise of Insects
Scott Richard Shaw · University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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Dinosaurs, however toothy, did not rule the earth - and neither do humans. But what were and are the true potentates of our planet? Insects, says Scott Richard Shaw - millions and millions of insect species. Starting in the shallow oceans of ancient Earth and ending in the far reaches of outer... |
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Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light
Bob Berman · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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How much do you know about the radiation all around you?
Your electronic devices swarm with it; the sun bathes you in it. It's zooming at you from cell towers, microwave ovens, CT scans, mammogram machines, nuclear power plants, deep space, even the walls of your basement. You cannot... |
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Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live Off the Land
Kurt Timmermeister · W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate look at the life and livelihood of a modern-day farmer, as told by a former urbanite. A bona-fide city dweller, Kurt Timmermeister never intended to run his own dairy farm. When he purchased four acres of land on Vashon Island, he was looking for an affordable home a ferry ride... |
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The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease
Daniel Lieberman · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 460
Format: Hardcover
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In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman - chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field - gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing... |
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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Mary Roach · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover
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The irresistible, ever-curious, and always best-selling Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal... |
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Still Waters: The Secret World of Lakes
Curt Stager · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating exploration of lakes around the world, from Walden Pond to the Dead Sea. More than a century and a half have passed since Walden was first published, and the world is now a very different place. Lakes are changing rapidly, not because we are separate from nature but because... |
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