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Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
Svante PaÌ?aÌ?bo · Basic Books
Pages: 275
Format: Hardcover
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What can we learn from the genomes of our closest evolutionary relatives?Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Pääbo's mission to answer this question, and recounts his ultimately successful efforts to genetically define what makes us different from our Neanderthal... |
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The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth
Hugh Aldersey-Williams · W W Norton
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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A rich and sweeping exploration into the science and history behind the most mysterious, primal, and powerful force on earth: the tide.Half of the world's population today lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. But the tide rises and falls according to rules that are a mystery... |
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The Mathematics Lover's Companion: Masterpieces for Everyone
Edward R Scheinerman · Yale University Press
Pages: 274
Format: Hardcover
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Twenty-three mathematical masterpieces for exploration and enlightenment How can a shape have more than one dimension but fewer than two? What is the best way to elect public officials when more than two candidates are vying for the office? Is it possible for a highly accurate medical test... |
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Welcome to the universe : an astrophysical tour
Neil deGrasse Tyson · Princeton University Press
Pages: 470
Format: Print book
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWelcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton,... |
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Roll Back Global Warming
Paul Hawken · Penguin Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the worldIn the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer... |
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Utopia is creepy : and other provocations
Nicholas Carr · W W Norton
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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With a razor wit, Nicholas Carr cuts through Silicon Valley s unsettlingly cheery vision of the technological future to ask a hard question: Have we been seduced by a lie? Gathering a decade s worth of posts from his blog, Rough Type, as well as his seminal essays, Utopia Is Creepy offers... |
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A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History
Nicholas Wade · Penguin Press
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover
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Drawing on startling new evidence from the mapping of the genome, an explosive new account of the genetic basis of race and its role in the human story Fewer ideas have been more toxic or harmful than the idea of the biological reality of race, and with it the idea that humans of different... |
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The Secret Life of the Mind: How Your Brain Thinks, Feels, and Decides
MARIANO SIGMAN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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From a world-renowned leader in neuroscience, a provocative, enthralling journey into the depths of the human mind.Where do our thoughts come from? How do we make choices and trust our judgments? What is the role of the unconscious? Can we manipulate our dreams? In this mind-bending international... |
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The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew
Alan Lightman · Vintage
Format: Kindle Edition
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From Barnes & NobleIn his novel Einstein's Dream, theoretical physicist Alan Lightman took us inside the thought-provoking pillow meanderings of a great thinker. In the equally stimulating essay collection The Accidental Universe, he guides us through what recent scientific research... |
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