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Voices in the Ocean
Susan Casey - Doubleday Canada Format: Hardcover
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From Susan Casey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Devils Teeth and The Wave, a breathtaking look into the mysterious world of dolphins and their conflicted history with man. Since the dawn of recorded history, humans have felt a kinship with the sleek and beautiful dolphin,... |
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Gloomy Terrors and Hidden Fires: The Mystery of John Colter and Yellowstone
Ronald M. Anglin - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Format: Hardcover
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From 1810, when a newspaper published the first account of "Colter's Run," to 2012, when one hundred and fourscore participants in Montana's annual John Colter Run charged up and down rugged trails - even across the waist-deep Gallatin River - interest in Colter, the alleged... |
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Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Matthew Walker PhD - Scribner Format: Hardcover
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The first sleep book by a leading scientific expert - Professor Matthew Walker, Director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab - reveals his groundbreaking exploration of sleep, explaining how we can harness its transformative power to change our lives for the better.Sleep is one of the most... |
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Young Men and Fire
Norman Maclean - University Of Chicago Press; Reissue edition Format: Paperback
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On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted... |
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Why Time Flies: A Mostly Scientific Investigation
Alan Burdick - Simon & Schuster Format: Print book
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"Time" is the most commonly used noun in the English language; it's always on our minds and it advances through every living moment. But what is time, exactly? Do children experience it the same way adults do? Why does it seem to slow down when we're bored and speed by as we get older?... |
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Are Numbers Real?: The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
Brian Clegg - St. Martin's Press Format: Print book
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Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would your life be like without them?Numbers began as simple representations of everyday things, but mathematics rapidly took on a life of its own,... |
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The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
Gino Segrè - Henry Holt and Company Format: Print book
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Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. His discoveries changed our world; they led to weapons of mass destruction... |
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The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love
Michael Lemonick - Doubleday Format: Hardcover
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In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson lives in a "perpetual now," where she has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. The Perpetual Now is the moving story of this exceptional woman, and the groundbreaking... |
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Science in the Soul: Selected Shorter Writings
RICHARD DAWKINS - Random House Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The legendary biologist and bestselling author mounts a timely and passionate defense of science and clear thinking with this career-spanning collection of essays, including twenty pieces published in the United States for the first time. For decades,... |
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Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG - St. Martin's Press Format: Book
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From Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former head of the Sierra Club Carl Pope comes a manifesto on how the benefits of taking action on climate change are concrete, immediate, and immense. They explore climate change solutions that will make the world... |
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America: Second Edition
David Sibley - Alfred A Knopf, 2016. Format: Print book
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FlexiboundNow completely revised and updated--the indispensable resource for all birders seeking an authoritative guide to the birds of the West in a portable format they will want to carry into the field. Compact and comprehensive, this guide features 715 bird species, plus regional... |
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Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North
Mark C Serreze - Princeton University Press Format: Hardcover
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An insider account of how researchers unraveled the mystery of the thawing ArcticIn the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding. This was accompanied by shifts in ocean circulation and unexpected changes in weather patterns throughout the world.... |
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The Secret Life of the Mind: How Your Brain Thinks, Feels, and Decides
MARIANO SIGMAN - Little, Brown and Company 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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Geometry For Dummies
Mark Ryan - For Dummies Format: Print book
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Hit the geometry wall? Get up and running with this no-nonsense guide! Does the thought of geometry make you jittery? You're not alone. Fortunately, this down-to-earth guide helps you approach it from a new angle, making it easier than ever to conquer your fears and score your highest... |
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My Lost Brothers: The Untold Story by the Yarnell Hill Fire's Lone Survivor
Brendan McDonough - Hachette Books Format: Print book
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A gripping first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots"--firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires. Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict... |
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Fractals: A Very Short Introduction
Kenneth Falconer - Oxford University Press, USA Format: Paperback
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From the contours of coastlines to the outlines of clouds, and the branching of trees, fractal shapes can be found everywhere in nature. In this Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Falconer explains the basic concepts of fractal geometry, which produced a revolution in our mathematical understanding... |
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Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
SAM KEAN - Little, Brown and Company Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating science and history of the air we breatheIt's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell.In Caesar's Last Breath, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic... |
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How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Format: Print book
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A new theory of how the brain constructs emotions that could revolutionize psychology, health care, law enforcement, and our understanding of the human mindEmotions feel automatic to us; that's why scientists have long assumed that emotions are hardwired in the body or the brain. Today,... |
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The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs
MARK O'CONNELL - Dey Street Books Format: Paperback
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The wildly entertaining and eye-opening biography of J. Allen Hynek, the astronomer who invented the concept of "Close Encounters" with alien life, inspired Steven Spielberg's blockbuster classic science fiction epic film, and made a nation want to believe in UFOs.In June 1947,... |
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Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
Carlo Rovelli - Riverhead Books Format: Hardcover
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"The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they're calling the next Stephen Hawking." - The Times MagazineFrom the New York Times-bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe.What... |
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The Enlightened Mr. Parkinson: The Pioneering Life of a Forgotten Surgeon
Cherry Lewis - Pegasus Books Format: Hardcover
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A colorful and absorbing portrait of James Parkinson and the turbulent, intellectually vibrant world of Georgian London. Parkinson's disease is one of the most common forms of dementia, with 60,000 new cases each year in the United States alone, yet few know anything about the man the disease... |
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Fire and Ice: Soot, Solidarity, and Survival on the Roof of the World
Jonathan Mingle - St. Martin's Press Format: Hardcover
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High in the Himalayan valley of Zanskar in northwest India sits a village as isolated as the legendary Shangri-La. Long fed by runoff from glaciers and lofty snowfields, Kumik-a settlement of thirty nine mud brick homes-has survived and thrived in one of the world's most challenging... |
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The Inheritance: A Family on the Front Lines of the Battle Against Alzheimer's Disease
Niki Kapsambelis - Simon & Schuster Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring race against time: The courageous, hopeful story of the one family who may hold the key to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease.Every sixty-nine seconds, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Of the top ten killers, it is the only disease for which there is no cure... |
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A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia Nasar Format: Print book
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In this powerful and dramatic biography Sylvia Nasar vividly recreates the life of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by schizophrenia and who, after three decades of devastating mental illness, miraculously recovered and was honored with a Nobel Prize." |
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DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution
James D Watson - Knopf Format: Paperback
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The definitive insider's history of the genetic revolution--significantly updated to reflect the discoveries of the last decade. James D. Watson, the Nobel laureate whose pioneering work helped unlock the mystery of DNA's structure, charts the greatest scientific journey of our time, from... |
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Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins
Susan Casey - Doubleday Format: Print book
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From Susan Casey, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wave and The Devil's Teeth, a breathtaking journey through the extraordinary world of dolphins Since the dawn of recorded history, humans have felt a kinship with the sleek and beautiful dolphin, an animal whose playfulness,... |
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What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
Benjamin K Bergen - Basic Books Format: Hardcover
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It may be starred, beeped, and censored--yet profanity is so appealing that we can't stop using it. In the funniest, clearest study to date, Benjamin Bergen explains why, and what that tells us about our language and brains.Nearly everyone swears-whether it's over a few too many drinks,... |
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Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science
Richard Dawkins - Ecco Press Format: Hardcover
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In this hugely entertaining sequel to the New York Times bestselling memoir An Appetite for Wonder, Richard Dawkins delves deeply into his intellectual life spent kick-starting new conversations about science, culture, and religion and writing yet another of the most audacious and widely... |
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Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change
Mary Beth Pfeiffer - Island Press Format: Hardcover
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Lyme disease is spreading rapidly around the globe as ticks move into places they could not survive before. The first epidemic to emerge in the era of climate change, the disease infects half a million people in the US and Europe each year, and untold multitudes in Canada, China, Russia,... |
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
Edward Abbey - Ballantine Books Format: Paperback
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"A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty."THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEWEdward Abbey lived for three seasons in the desert... |
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Light: The Visible Spectrum and Beyond
Kimberly K Arcand - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2015. Format: Print book
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A visual exploration of the power and behavior of light, across the electromagnetic spectrum, and how it affects life on earth and everything in the Universe. |
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Idiot's Guides: Physics
Paul V. Pancella - Alpha Format: Print book
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Physics can be a complex and intimidating subject. Idiot's Guides: Physics breaks down the complex topics of physics and makes them easy to understand. Readers will learn from numerous examples and problems that teach all of the fundamentals - Newton's Laws, thermodynamics, mass,... |
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Anatomy 101
Kevin Langford - Adams Media Format: Print book
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An all-in-one guide to the human body! Anatomy 101 offers an exciting look into the inner workings of the human body. Too often, textbooks turn the fascinating systems, processes, and figures of anatomy into tedious discourse that even Leonardo Da Vinci would reject. This easy-to-read guide... |
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The Stars: The Definitive Visual Guide to the Cosmos
Dk. - Dk Publishing Format: Print book
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The definitive visual guide to exploring all the marvels of the stars, the Milky Way, and the universe beyond.Chart the wonders of the cosmos in our own solar system and beyond with The Stars. Packed with 3-D artworks of each constellation and incredible new imagery from the Hubble... |
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Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers: A Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match
VANESA GRUBBS - Amistad Format: Hardcover
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A young, hopeful doctor's memoir - an unforgettable love story and an informative journey into the world of medicine and kidney transplantation that ultimately asks: What does it mean to let go of something that you love, even if it is life itselfWhen Vanessa fell in love with Robert, she had no idea... |
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The Man Who Wasn't There: Investigations into the Strange New Science of the Self
Anil Ananthaswamy - Dutton Books Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Oliver Sacks, a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer's disease, ecstatic epilepsy, Cotard's syndrome, out-of-body experiences, and other disorders - revealing the awesome power of the human sense of self from a master of science... |
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Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos
Brian Cox - Da Capo Format: Book
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In Universal, bestselling physicists Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw (Why Does E=mc2?) take us on an inspirational journey of scientific exploration. They show that, by asking questions about the world around us, anyone can think like a physicist and grasp the breath-taking grandeur of the cosmos.Universal... |
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The Snow Leopard
Peter Matthiessen - Penguin Books Format: Print book
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An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014) , the National Book Award-winning author of the new novel In Paradise In 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal... |
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It's All a Game: The History of Board Games from Monopoly to Settlers of Catan
Tristan Donovan - Thomas Dunne Books Format: Print book
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Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It's All a Game, British journalist and renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible... |
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The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth
Hugh Aldersey-Williams - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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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 worlds 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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How Science Works: The Facts Visually Explained
Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff - DK 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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One in a Billion: The Story of Nic Volker and the Dawn of Genomic Medicine
Kathleen Gallagher - Simon & Schuster, 2016. Format: Print book
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The breathtaking story of a young boy with a never-before-seen disease, and the doctors who take a bold step into the future of medicine to save him - based on the authors' Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting.In this landmark medical narrative, in the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta... |
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The Humongous Book of Algebra Problems
W. Michael Kelley - ALPHA Format: Paperback
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When the numbers just dont add up? Following in the footsteps of the successful The Humongous Books of Calculus Problems, bestselling author Michael Kelley has taken a typical algebra workbook, and made notes in the margins, adding missing steps and simplifying concepts and solutions. Students... |
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Dire Predictions, Second Edition: Understanding Climate Change
Michael E. Mann - DK Format: Print book
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Explore global warming with graphics, illustrations, and charts that separate climate change fact from fiction, presenting the truth about global warming in a way that's both accurate and easy to understand. Respected climate scientists Michael E. Mann and Lee R. Kump address important... |
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Beginning Beekeeping
Tanya Phillips - Alpha Books Format: Print book
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Beginning Beekeeping is a simple, straightforward approach that gives you the basics to get started with beekeeping, while following a balanced, objective approach that weighs the pros and cons of conventional and organic methodologies. Featuring more than 120 beautiful color photos,... |
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Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life
Edward O. Wilson - Liveright Publishing Corp, 2016. Format: Print book
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Half-Earth proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled biosphere: devote half the surface of the Earth to nature.In order to stave off the mass extinction of species, including our own, we must move swiftly to preserve the biodiversity of our planet, says Edward O. Wilson in his most... |
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Wildlife of the World
DK Publishing - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) Format: Hardcover
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Wildlife of the World takes you on a journey through some of the most scenic and rich animal habitats - from the Amazon rain forests to the Himalayas, the Sahara to the South Pole - meeting the most important animals in each ecosystem along the way.In Wildlife of the World truly spectacular... |
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On the Move: A Life
Oliver Sacks - Knopf Publishing Group Format: Hardcover
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When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: "Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far." It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move... |
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If Our Bodies Could Talk: A Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Human Body
James Hamblin - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Format: Hardcover
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"If you want to understand the strange workings of the human body, and the future of medicine, you must read this illuminating, engaging book." - Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Gene In 2014, James Hamblin launched a series of videos for The Atlantic called... |
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold. The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better... |
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Too Much of a Good Thing: How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us
Lee Goldman - Little, Brown and Company Format: Print book
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Dean of Columbia University's medical school explains why our bodies are out of sync with today's environment and how we can correct this to save our health.Over the past 200 years, human life-expectancy has approximately doubled. Yet we face soaring worldwide rates of obesity, diabetes,... |
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The Brain: The Story of You
David Eagleman - Pantheon Books Format: Print book
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Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are "you"? How do you make... |
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GENIUS WITHIN : unlocking our brains' potential
DAVID ADAM - Pegasus Books Format: Hardcover
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Following the success of The Man Who Couldn't Stop, David Adam now expounds on the latest research into intelligence, revealing how this revolution in neuroscience will help us access the untapped potential locked within us all. What if you have more intelligence than you realize? What... |
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Smokejumper
Jason A. Ramos - William Morrow Paperbacks Format: Print book
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A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of natures blazes.Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and deadlier every... |
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Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
DANIEL GOLEMAN - Avery Format: Hardcover
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Two New York Times-bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain. In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from being kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your... |
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Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation
Sunaura Taylor - New Press Format: Print book
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A beautifully written, deeply provocative inquiry into the intersection of animal and disability liberation - and the debut of an important new social criticHow much of what we understand of ourselves as "human" depends on our physical and mental abilities - how we move (or cannot... |
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The River of Consciousness
Oliver Sacks - Knopf Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Gratitude, On the Move, and Musicophilia, a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience.... |
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
Michael Lewis - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Hardcover
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How a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality.Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers showed the ways... |
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The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why
Arthur Benjamin - Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group Format: Print book
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The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examples - from ice cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squares - this book empowers you to see the beauty, simplicity, and truly magical properties behind those... |
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Chemistry for dummies
John T Moore - John Wiley & Sons Format: Print book
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Chemistry For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293460) was previously published as Chemistry For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118007303) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated... |
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Eureka: Discovering Your Inner Scientist
Chad Orzel - Basic Books Format: Book
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Even in the twenty-first century the popular image of a scientist is a reclusive genius in a lab coat, mixing formulas or working out equations inaccessible to all but the initiated few. The idea that scientists are somehow smarter than the rest of us is a common, yet dangerous, misconception,... |
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Tesla: Inventor of the Modern
Richard Munson - W. W. Norton & Company Format: Book
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Tesla's inventions transformed our world, and his visions have continued to inspire great minds for generations. Nikola Tesla invented the radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories, yet he has been largely overlooked by history.... |
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Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease
Jon Palfreman - Scientific American Format: Hardcover
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A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2015 - Publishers WeeklyA star science journalist with Parkinson's reveals the inner workings of this perplexing disease Seven million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's, and doctors, researchers, and patients continue to hunt for a cure. In Brain... |
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The Magic of Math
Benjamin, Arthur Format: electronic resource
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The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examplesfrom ice cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squaresthis book empowers you to see the beauty, simplicity, and truly magical properties...
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How the Body Knows Its Mind
Sian Beilock Format: electronic resource
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"Beilock reveals one intriguing secret after another...That Beilock is supercharged with enthusiasm about her topic is evident and infectious" (Booklist, starred review).The human body is not just a passive device carrying out messages sent by the brain, but rather an integral part of how we think... |
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Idiot's Guides: Calculus II
Alpha. - Alpha Format: Paperback
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Idiot's Guides: Calculus II, like its counterpart Idiot's Guides: Calculus I, is a curriculum-based companion book that continues the tradition of taking the sting out of calculus by adding more explanatory graphs and illustrations in easy-to-understand language, practice problems,... |
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Deviate: The Science of Seeing Differently
R Beau Lotto - Hachette Audio Format: Audiobook
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Beau Lotto, the world-renowned neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and two-time TED speaker, takes us on a tour of how we perceive the world - and how disrupting it leads us to create and innovate. Perception is the foundation of human experience, but few of us understand why we see what we do, much... |
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Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential
Barbara Oakley - TarcherPerigee Format: Paperback
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Mindshift reveals how we can overcome stereotypes and preconceived ideas about what is possible for us to learn and become. At a time when we are constantly being asked to retrain and reinvent ourselves to adapt to new technologies and changing industries, this book shows us how we can uncover... |
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Algebra II (Idiots Guides)
Carolyn Wheater - DK Format: Hardcover
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Perhaps no subject strikes so much fear in the hearts of high school and college students as Algebra I, except of course its older, meaner sibling, Algebra II! Starting with reinforcing concepts from Algebra I and with lots of practice and tips along the way, Idiots Guides: Algebra II eases... |
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Idiot's Guides: Algebra I
Carolyn Wheater - Alpha Format: Print book
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Starting with the very basics and reinforcing concepts with practice and tips along the way, Idiot's Guides: Algebra I makes a complex subject easier to grasp and helps students and adult learners clear the hurdle that can stand between them and their academic goals. Special sidebars... |
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