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Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray
SABINE HOSSENFELDER · Basic Books Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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A contrarian argues that modern physicists' obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories... |
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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
Janna Levin · Alfred A. Knopf Pages: 256 Format: Print book
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The authoritative story of the headline-making discovery of gravitational waves - by an eminent theoretical astrophysicist and award-winning writer.From the author of How the Universe Got Its Spots and A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, the epic story of the scientific campaign to record... |
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Seeds of Science: Why We Got It So Wrong On GMOs
MARK LYNAS · Bloomsbury Sigma Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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Mark Lynas was one of the original GM field wreckers. Back in the 1990s--working undercover with his colleagues in the environmental movement--he would descend on trial sites of genetically modified crops at night and hack them to pieces. Two decades later, most people around the world--from... |
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Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Kathryn Harkup · Bloomsbury SIGMA Pages: 304 Format: Hardcover
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The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time. Frankenstein: Or, Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on gothic horror and science fiction genres. The name Frankenstein has become part of our everyday language, often... |
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Human Medical Experimentation: From Smallpox Vaccines to Secret Government Programs
Frances R. Frankenburg MD · Greenwood Pages: 322 Format: Hardcover
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Intended for students and general readers alike, this encyclopedia covers the history of human medical experimentation, for better and worse, from the time of Hippocrates to the present.* Offers readers a broad understanding of human experimentation* Reviews experimentation from the point... |
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Mama's Last Hug: Animal and Human Emotions
Frans de Waal · W. W. Norton & Company Pages: 336 Format: Hardcover
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New York Times best-selling author and primatologist Frans de Waal explores the fascinating world of animal and human emotions.Frans de Waal has spent four decades at the forefront of animal research. Following up on the best-selling Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?, which... |
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Breakfast with Einstein: The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects
Chad Orzel · BenBella Books Pages: 240 Format: Paperback
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Your alarm goes off, and you head to the kitchen to make yourself some toast and a cup of coffee. Little do you know, as you savor the aroma of the steam rising from your cup, that your ordinary morning routine depends on some of the weirdest phenomena ever discovered. The world of quantum... |
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Einstein's Masterwork: 1915 and the General Theory of Relativity
John Gribbin · Pegasus Books Pages: 240 Format: Print book
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One of the world's most celebrated science writers reveals the origins of Einstein's General Theory -- and provides a greater understanding of who Einstein was at the time of this pivotal achievement.In 1915, Albert Einstein presented his masterwork to the Prussian Academy of Sciences -- a theory... |
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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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Making Sense of Science: Separating Substance from Spin
Cornelia Dean · The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Pages: 296 Format: Print book
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"I'm not a scientist" is a familiar refrain among people asked to evaluate scientific claims they feel are beyond their ken. Most citizens learn about science from media coverage, and even the most conscientious reporters sometimes struggle to offer a clear, unbiased explanation... |
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Climate Change and the Health of Nations: Famines, Fevers, and the Fate of Populations
A J McMichael · Oxford University Press Pages: 392 Format: Print book
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When we think "climate change," we think of man-made global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions. But natural climate change has occurred throughout human history, and populations have had to adapt to its vicissitudes. Tony McMichael, a renowned epidemiologist and a pioneer... |
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How Science Works: The Facts Visually Explained
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff · DK Pages: 255 Format: Hardcover
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Explore answers to questions on 70 topics in the areas of matter, physics, energy, chemistry, life science, earth science, technology, and the universe.How Science Works uses clear, easy-to-understand graphics to answer common questions and explain difficult concepts--not only the core... |
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The Meaning of Science: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
Tim Lewens · Basic Books Pages: 272 Format: Print book
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Science has produced explanations for everything from the mechanisms of insect navigation to the formation of black holes and the workings of black markets. But how much can we trust science, and can we actually know the world through it? How does science work and how does it fail? And how can the work... |
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