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The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
Sean Carroll · Dutton est. 1852
Pages: 480
Format: Print book |
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"Language philosophy, quantum mechanics, general relativity - they're all in The Big Picture. Sean Carroll is a fantastically erudite and entertaining writer." - Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Pulitzer Prize winner The Sixth Extinction*Publishers Weekly #1 Most Anticipated Science... |
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Dreams of Earth and Sky
Freeman Dyson · New York Review Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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In this sequel to The Scientist as Rebel (2006), Freeman Dyson - whom The Times of London calls "one of the world's most original minds" - celebrates openness to unconventional ideas and "the spirit of joyful dreaming" in which he believes that science should be pursued.... |
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Red Nile: A Biography of the World's Greatest River
Robert Twigger · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover |
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From religion, to language, to the stories rooted in our faith and history books, the Nile River has proven to be a constant fixture in mankind’s tales. In this dazzling, idiosyncratic journey from ancient times to the Arab Spring, Red Nile navigates a meandering course through... |
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A Buzz in the Meadow: The Natural History of a French Farm
Dave Goulson · Picador USA
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover |
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A CONSERVATIONIST'S DEEPLY PERSONAL AND FASCINATING REFLECTION ON OWNING AND REVITALIZING A FARM IN RURAL FRANCEA Sting in the Tale, Dave Goulson's account of a lifetime studying bees, was a powerful call to arms for nature lovers everywhere. Brilliantly reviewed, it was shortlisted... |
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The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
Robert Wald Sussman · Harvard University Press
Format: Hardcover |
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Biological races do not existxand never have. This view is shared by all scientists who study variation in human populations. Yet racial prejudice and intolerance based on the myth of race remain deeply ingrained in Western society. In his powerful examination of a persistent, false, and poisonous... |
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The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day
David J. Hand · Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 269
Format: Hardcover |
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In The Improbability Principle, the renowned statistician David J. Hand argues that extraordinarily rare events are anything but. In fact, they're commonplace. Not only that, we should all expect to experience a miracle roughly once every month. But Hand is no believer in superstitions,... |
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The Extreme Life of the Sea
Stephen R Palumbi · Princeton Univ Pr
Pages: 225
Format: Hardcover |
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The ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments. The Extreme Life of the Sea takes readers to the absolute limits of the ocean world--the fastest and deepest, the hottest and oldest creatures of the oceans. It dives into the icy Arctic and boiling... |
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Ocean Worlds: The story of seas on Earth and other planets
Jan Zalasiewicz · Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover |
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Oceans make up most of the surface of our blue planet They may form just a sliver on the outside of the Earth but they are very important not only in hosting life including the fish and other animals on which many humans depend but in terms of their role in the Earth system in regulating... |
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Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love and the Perfect Meal
Ava Chin · Simon & Schuster
Format: Kindle Edition |
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The New York Times Book Review
- Dawn Drzal
…instructive and often charming…Studded with instructions for everything from identifying edible plants…to preparing a wild foods brunch…Eating Wildly should inspire readers... |
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