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Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
Helen Czerski · W W Norton
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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A physicist explains daily phenomena from the mundane to the magisterial. Take a look up at the stars on a clear night and you get a sense that the universe is vast and untouchable, full of mysteries beyond comprehension. But did you know that the key to unveiling the secrets of the cosmos... |
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Are We Being Watched?: The Search for Life in the Cosmos
Paul Murdin · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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An engaging exploration with renowned astronomer Paul Murdin of how life emerged on Earthxand the possibilities that it exists elsewhere There is no more fascinating question than whether or not we are alone in a vast universe Here Paul Murdin applies the latest scientific discoveries and theories... |
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The Galápagos: A Natural History
Henry Nicholls · Basic Books
Pages: 195
Format: Hardcover
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Charles Darwin called it "a little world within itself." Sailors referred to it as "Las Encantadas" - the enchanted islands. Lying in the eastern Pacific Ocean, straddling the equator off the west coast of South America, the Galápagos is the most pristine archipelago... |
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Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science
Dave Levitan · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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An eye-opening tour of the political tricks that subvert scientific progress. The Butter-Up and Undercut. The Certain Uncertainty. The Straight-Up Fabrication. Dave Levitan dismantles all of these deceptive arguments, and many more, in this probing and hilarious examination of the ways... |
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Schaum's Outline of Beginning Chemistry: 673 Solved Problems + 16 Videos
David E Goldberg · McGraw-Hill Education
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately, there's Schaum's. This all-in-one-package includes more than 650 fully solved problems, examples, and practice exercises to sharpen your problem-solving skills. Plus, you will have access to 16 detailed videos featuring... |
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Virtual Unreality: Just Because the Internet Told You, How Do You Know It’s True?
Charles Seife · Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling author of Proofiness and Zero explains how to separate fact from fantasy in the digital worldDigital information is a powerful tool that spreads unbelievably rapidly, infects all corners of society, and is all but impossible to controleven when that information is actually... |
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Ten Billion
Stephen Emmott · Vintage
Format: Paperback
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A VINTAGE ORIGINALJust over two hundred years ago there were one billion humans on EarthThere are now over seven billion of usAnd sometimethis century the world population will reach at least ten billionDeforestation Desertification Species extinction Global warming Growing threats to food... |
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Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Nicholas A. Christakis · Little, Brown Spark
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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"A dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics, and more" (Frank Bruni, New York Times) , Blueprint shows how and why evolution has placed us on a humane... |
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We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe
Jorge Cham · Riverhead Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Prepare to learn everything we still don't know about our strange, mostly mysterious universe.
PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson have teamed up to spelunk through the enormous gaps in our cosmological knowledge, armed with their popular infographics,... |
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We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
Jonathan Safran Foer · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future... |
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Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World
MARYANNE WOLF · Harper
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of Proust and the Squid, a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative epistolary book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies.A decade ago, Maryanne... |
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The Science of Cheese
Michael Tunick · Oxford University Press
Pages: 281
Format: Hardcover
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In an engaging tour of the science and history of cheese, Michael Tunick explores the art of cheese making, the science that lies underneath the deliciousness, and the history behind how humanity came up with one of its most varied and versatile of foods.Dr. Tunick spends his everyday deep... |
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Moon: An Illustrated History: From Ancient Myths to the Colonies of Tomorrow
David Warmflash · Sterling
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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From the moon's formation, to its potential for future exploration, this richly illustrated volume presents 100 milestones in lunar history. With dazzling images on every spread, and illuminating text by astrobiologist Dr. David Warmflash, Moon: An Illustrated History chronologically... |
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