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The Cosmic Mystery Tour: A High-Speed Journey Through Space & Time
Nicholas Mee · Oxford University Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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The Cosmic Mystery Tour takes us on a lightning tour of the mysteries of the universe enlivened by brief stories of the colourful characters who created modern science. It explores hot topics in physics and astronomy, including the recent discovery of gravitational waves; the quest for the origin... |
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The New American Farmer: Profiles of Agricultural Innovation
Sustainable Agriculture Network Staf · SARE Outreach
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
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Hailing from small vegetable farms, cattle ranches and grain farms covering thousands of acres, the producers in The New American Farmer, 2nd edition have embraced new approaches to agriculture. They are renewing profits, enhancing environmental stewardship and improving the lives of their... |
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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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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Theories of the Universe
Gary F. Moring · Alpha
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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You're no idiot, of course. You know Heisenburg's uncertainty principle has nothing to do with where you put your car keys. But modern cosmology is relatively complicated. The mystery of the universe definitely isn't one we can flip to the end to see whodunit. That hasn't... |
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Killing It: An Education
Camas Davis · Penguin Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A wayward young woman abandons her magazine career to learn the old ways of butchery and discover what it means to take life into her own handsCamas Davis was at an unhappy crossroads. A longtime magazine writer and editor in the food world, she'd returned to her home state of Oregon with... |
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Couvillions & Couvillons of Central Louisiana
Tony L. Vets · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 482
Format: Paperback
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Couvillions & Couvillons of Central Louisiana traces the the descendants of Louis Amable Couvillon through 5 generations. It includes source documents as well as obituaries. Names include Bordelon, Desselle, Ducote, Gremillion, Joffrion, Lemoine, Mayeux, Normand, Rabalais, Roy, St. Romain... |
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Skywatching (Nature Company Guides)
David H. Levy · Time Life Education
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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This is an introduction to the skies, covering our immediate Solar System - the sun, the moon and the planets - and beyond into deep space, the stars, galaxies and nebulae. Both historical and scientific aspects of astronomy are included, as well as a resources directory. From huge optical... |
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Before The Beginning: Our Universe And Others
Martin Rees · Basic Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Explores the repercussions of recent advances in astrophysics on the understanding of the universe and the possibility of life outside the Milky Way |
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A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age
Daniel J Levitin · Dutton
Pages: 292
Format: Print book
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From The New York Times bestselling author of THE ORGANIZED MIND and THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC, a primer to the critical thinking that is more necessary now than ever. We are bombarded with more information each day than our brains can process - especially in election season. It's raining... |
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On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin · Macmillan Collector's Library
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
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The Origin of Species Darwin outlined his theory of evolution, which proposed that species had been evolving and differentiating over time under the influence of natural selection. On its publication it became hugely influential, bringing about a seismic shift in the scientific view of humanity's... |
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Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution
Nick Lane · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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"Original and awe-inspiring . . . an exhilarating tour of some of the most profound and important ideas in biology." -- New Scientist Where does DNA come from? What is consciousness? How did the eye evolve? Drawing on a treasure trove of new scientific knowledge, Nick Lane expertly... |
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
Brian Greene · Vintage
Pages: 592
Format: Paperback
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From Brian Greene, one of the world's leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes a grand tour of the universe that makes us look at reality in a completely different way.Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain... |
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The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
David Quammen · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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Nonpareil science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our understanding of evolution and life's history, with powerful implications for human health and even our own human nature. In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequences to reexamine... |
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