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Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
Helen Czerski - W W Norton
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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The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives
Stephen Buchmann - Scribner
Format: Print book
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Cultural history at its best - the engaging, lively, and definitive story of the beauty, sexuality, ecology, myths, lore, and economics of the world's flowers, written by a passionately devoted author and scientist, and illustrated with his stunning photographs.Flowers, and the fruits that... |
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Darwin's First Theory: Exploring Darwin's Quest for a Theory of Earth
R L Wesson - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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An acclaimed geologist leads the reader on an adventure through the landscape that absorbed and inspired Charles Darwin.Everybody knows -- or thinks they know -- Charles Darwin, the father of evolution and the man who altered the way we view our place in the world. But what most people... |
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The Edge of the Sky: All You Need to Know About the All-There-Is
Roberto Trotta - Basic Books (AZ)
Format: Hardcover
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From the big bang to black holes, from dark matter to dark energy, from the origins of the universe to its ultimate destiny, The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the most important discoveries and mysteries in modern cosmology - with a twist. The book's lexicon is limited to the thousand... |
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The Chicken Keeper's Problem Solver: 100 Common Problems Explored and Explained
Chris Graham - Quarry Books
Format: Paperback
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While keeping chickens certainly isn't rocket science, doing it properly does involve decent levels of understanding, commitment, and attention to detail. Getting the basics right is essential, and this demands a solid appreciation of important areas such as housing, feeding, breed... |
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War of the Whales: A True Story
Joshua Horwitz - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2015 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award: "Horwitz's dogged reporting ... combined with crisp, cinematic writing, produces a powerful narrative ... . He has written a book that is instructive and passionate and deserving a wide audience" (PEN Award... |
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Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us
David Neiwert - Overlook
Format: Print book
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A celebrated journalist's eye-opening history of orcas, and an exploration of their relationship with human beings, Of Orcas and Men does for whales what Barry Lopez did for wolves The orca -- otherwise known as the killer whale -- is one of earth's most intelligent animals. Remarkably... |
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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 Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain
John Kounios - Random House
Format: Print book
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In a book perfect for readers of Charles Duhigg's The Power of Habit, David Eagleman's Incognito, and Leonard Mlodinow's Subliminal, the cognitive neuroscientists who discovered how the brain has aha moments - sudden creative insights - explain how they happen, when... |
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Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses
John Dvorak - Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Eclipses have stunned, frightened, emboldened, and mesmerized people for thousands of years. They were recorded on ancient turtle shells discovered in the Wastes of Yin in China, on clay tablets from Mesopotamia and on the Mayan "Dresden Codex." They are mentioned in Homer's Iliad... |
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Cognitive Psychology For Dummies (For Dummies)
Hills.
Format: Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Cognitive psychology made easy An accessible and entertaining introduction to the field, Cognitive Psychology For Dummies tracks to a typical college course, making it the perfect supplement for students in need of a clear-and most importantly, enjoyable-overview of this fascinating topic.... |
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Math Workbook For The GED Test, 4th Edition
Johanna Holm - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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This self-teaching workbook offers extensive preparation and brush-up in math for all who plan to take the GED High School Equivalency Test. A diagnostic test with answers is presented to help test takers assess their strengths and weaknesses. The math review that follows is supplemented... |
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ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States 2015
Bernan Press - Bernan Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Questions come across the reference desk on all topics: Questions come across the reference desk on all topics: How many hate crimes were there in 2012? How many college lacrosse teams are there? Do you have the GDP for the U.S. for the past 10 (or so) years? How many people use social... |
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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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The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
Russell Gold - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these camps has obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and the global economy. It has upended the business models of energy companies around the globe, and it has started... |
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Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity
Edward Slingerland - Crown Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneity - an ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understand - and why it is so essential to our well-being Why is it always hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Or be charming... |
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Melting Away: A Ten-Year Journey through Our Endangered Polar Regions
Camille Seaman - Princeton Architectural Press
Format: Hardcover
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For ten years Camille Seaman has documented the rapidly changing landscapes of Earths polar regions. As an expedition photographer aboard small ships in the Arctic and Antarctic, she has chronicled the accelerating effects of global warming on the jagged face of nearly fifty thousand icebergs.... |
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Crashback: The Power Clash Between the U.S. and China in the Pacific
MICHAEL FABEY - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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An alarming message from an award-winning journalist with unprecedented access to the highest naval officers in America and China and their ships and weapons, this is a chilling look at the "warm war" over control of the South China Sea - one that is threatening to flare into... |
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The Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado
Hollace S Bailey - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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"A gripping, heartbreaking and heartwarming account of the monster tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma in 2013. It will leave you emotionally drained but glad you journeyed into the heart of this extraordinary storm with Bailey as your guide." --Daniel James Brown, #1 NY Times... |
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Your Brain Is a Time Machine: The Neuroscience and Physics of Time
Dean Buonomano - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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A leading neuroscientist embarks on a groundbreaking exploration of how time works inside the brain.In Your Brain Is a Time Machine, brain researcher and best-selling author Dean Buonomano draws on evolutionary biology, physics, and philosophy to present his influential theory of how we tell,... |
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Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
Bill McKibben - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he broadens the warning: the entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out.Bill McKibben's groundbreaking book The End of Nature -- issued in dozens of languages and long... |
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Welcome to the universe : an astrophysical tour
Neil deGrasse Tyson - Princeton University Press
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... |
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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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Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World
Richard C Francis - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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Without our domesticated plants and animals, human civilization as we know it would not exist.We would still be living at subsistence level as hunter-gatherers if not for domestication. It is no accident that the cradle of civilization -- the Middle East -- is where sheep, goats, pigs,... |
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Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love and the Perfect Meal
Ava Chin - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In this touching and informative memoir about foraging for food in New York City, Ava Chin finds sustenance...and so much more.Urban foraging is the new frontier of foraging for foods, and it's all about eating better, healthier, and more sustainably, no matter where you live. Time... |
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Secret Language of Animals: A Guide to Remarkable Behavior
Janine M Benyus - Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Format: Paperback
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Unlock the secrets behind the behavior of the world's most fascinating creatures from the Adlie penguin to the plains zebra to the giant pandain this wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated book.In The Secret Language of Animals, biologist Janine Benyus takes us inside the animal... |
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Math Workout for the GRE, 4th Edition
PRINCETON REVIEW. - RANDOM House
Format: Print book
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THE PRINCETON REVIEW GETS RESULTS. The Princeton Review's Math Workout for the GRE is your one-stop guide to conquering the quantitative portions of the GRE exam - even if your math knowledge is a bit rusty. Inside, you'll find useful reviews of key test topics, strategies for tackling... |
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New GRE Math Workbook
Kaplan Publishing. - Kaplan Pub.
Format: Print book
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NEW FOR AUGUST 2011 TEST CHANGE! Kaplan New GRE Math Workbook comprehensively addresses the test changes in the math section of the GRE Revised General Test. Fully revised and updated, Kaplan New GRE Math Workbook contains 75 percent all-new content, 50 percent new practice questions, and brand... |
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How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction
Beth Shapiro - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life The science says yes. In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, evolutionary biologist and pioneer in "ancient DNA" research, walks readers through the astonishing and controversial process of de-extinction.... |
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Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island
Will Harlan - Grove Press
Format: Print book
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Carol Ruckdeschel is the wildest woman in America. She wrestles alligators, eats roadkill, rides horses bareback, and lives in a ramshackle cabin that she built by hand in an island wilderness. A combination of Henry David Thoreau and Jane Goodall, Carol is a self-taught scientist who has become... |
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Our Senses: An Immersive Experience
Rob DeSalle - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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A lively and unconventional exploration of our senses, how they work, what is revealed when they dont, and how they connect us to the world. Over the past decade neuroscience has uncovered a wealth of new information about our senses and how they serve as our gateway to the world. This... |
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Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System
Natalie Starkey - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Hardcover
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Icy, rocky, sometimes dusty, always mysterious--comets and asteroids are among the Solar System's very oldest inhabitants, formed within a swirling cloud of gas and dust in the area of space that eventually hosted the Sun and its planets. Locked within each of these extra-terrestrial objects... |
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Trying Not to Try: Ancient China, Modern Science, and the Power of Spontaneity
Edward Slingerland - Broadway Books
Format: Paperback
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A deeply original exploration of the power of spontaneityan ancient Chinese ideal that cognitive scientists are only now beginning to understandand why it is so essential to our well-being Why is it always hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting Or be charming and relaxed... |
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The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
Eugenia Cheng - Hachette Audio
Format: Hardcover
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How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth worldIn a world where fake news stories change election outcomes, has rationality become futile? In The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng throws a lifeline to listeners drowning in the illogic... |
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The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science
Will Storr - The Overlook Press
Format: Paperback
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While excavating fossils in the tropics of Australia with a celebrity creationist, Will Storr asked himself a simple question. Why don't facts work? Why, that is, did the obviously intelligent man beside him sincerely believe in Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden and a six-thousand-year-old... |
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The Telomere Effect: The New Science of Living Younger
Elizabeth H Blackburn - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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The New York Times bestselling book coauthored by the Nobel Prize winner who discovered telomerase and telomeres' role in the aging process and the health psychologist who has done original research into how specific lifestyle and psychological habits can protect telomeres, slowing disease... |
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The Meaning of Human Existence
Edward O. Wilson - Liveright; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award Finalist. How did humanity originate and why does a species like ours exist on this planet? Do we have a special place, even a destiny in the universe? Where are we going, and perhaps, the most difficult question of all, Why? In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most... |
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Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain Power
Dan Hurley - Plume; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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“A riveting look at the birth of a new science.” —Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive When he was eight years old, Dan Hurley was labeled a “slow learner” because he still couldn’t read. Three years later, he had become a straight A student. ... |
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Utopia is creepy : and other provocations
Nicholas Carr - W W Norton
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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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide
Julie Cornthwaite - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Penguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for attributing to them moods and foibles similar to our own. Few realize how complex and mysterious their private lives truly are, as most of their existence takes... |
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Seeds of Science: Why We Got It So Wrong On GMOs
MARK LYNAS - Bloomsbury Sigma
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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The Truth About Tesla: The Myth of the Lone Genius in the History of Innovation
Christopher Cooper - Race Point Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Everything you think you know about Nikola Tesla is wrong.Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest electrical inventors who ever lived. For years, the engineering genius was relegated to relative obscurity, his contributions to humanity (we are told) obscured by a number of nineteenth-century... |
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What Should We Be Worried About?: Real Scenarios That Keep Scientists Up at Night
John Brockman - Harper Perennial
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Drawing from the horizons of science, todays leading thinkers reveal the hidden threats nobody is talking aboutand expose the false fears everyone else is distracted by.What should we be worried about That is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org The worlds smartest websiteThe... |
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Atom Land: A Guided Tour Through the Strange
Jon Butterworth - The Experiment
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry: a richly conjured world, in map and metaphor, of particle physicsAtom Land brings the impossibly small world of particle physics to life, taking readers on a guided journey through the subatomic... |
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The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery
Barbara K Lipska - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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As a deadly cancer spread inside her brain, leading neuroscientist Barbara Lipska was plunged into madness - only to miraculously survive with her memories intact. In the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts her ordeal and explains... |
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Mammoths and Mastodons of the Ice Age
Adrian Lister - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid, authoritative exploration of the iconic giants of the Ice Age. Featuring stunning photographs of skeletons, casts, tusks and preserved flesh from the world-famous collections of the Natural History Museum in London and Chicago's Field Museum (home to the most complete and best... |
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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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Dataclysm: Who We Are
Christian Rudder - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times BestsellerAn audacious, irreverent investigation of human behaviorand a first look at a revolution in the making Our personal data has been used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and sell us stuff we dont need. In Dataclysm, Christian Rudder uses it to show us who we truly... |
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Butchering Poultry, Rabbit, Lamb, Goat, and Pork: The Comprehensive Photographic Guide to Humane Slaughtering and Butchering
Adam Danforth - Storey Publishing, LLC; Com edition
Format: Hardcover
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Winner, James Beard Foundation Media Award in the Reference or Scholarship category, 2015 Winner, IACP Food Writing/Cookbooks Award in the Beverage/ Reference/ Technical category, 2015 Using detailed, step-by-step photography of every stage of the process, Adam Danforth shows you exactly... |
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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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Giving the Finger: Risking It All To Fish The World's Deadliest Sea
Scott Campbell Jr. - Lyons Press
Format: Print book
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Part documentary, part reality-television, the story of the Deadliest Catch's Alaskan crab fishermen risking their lives in the Bering Sea to make a buck and feed their families has captivated the world. Giving the Finger follows the life of the spirited young captain who has emerged... |
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The Travel Diaries of Albert Einstein: The Far East, Palestine, and Spain, 1922 - 1923
ALBERT EINSTEIN - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The first publication of Albert Einstein's travel diary to the Far East and Middle EastIn the fall of 1922, Albert Einstein, along with his then-wife, Elsa Einstein, embarked on a five-and-a-half-month voyage to the Far East and Middle East, regions that the renowned physicist had never... |
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What the Luck?: The Surprising Role of Chance in Our Everyday Lives
Gary Smith - Overlook Press
Format: Print book
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The newest book by the acclaimed author of Standard Deviations takes on luck, and all the mischief the idea of luck can cause in our lives.In Israel, pilot trainees who were praised for doing well subsequently performed worse, while trainees who were yelled at for doing poorly performed... |
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Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells
Helen Scales - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Print book
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Seashells, stretching from the deep past into the present day, are touchstones leading into fascinating realms of the natural world and cutting-edge science. Members of the phylum Mollusca are among the most ancient animals on the planet. Their shells provide homes for other animals, and across... |
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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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4th Rock from the Sun: The Story of Mars
Nicky Jenner - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Hardcover
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Mars is ingrained in our culture, from H. G. Wells's 1898 novel The War of the Worlds to Looney Tunes's hapless Marvin the Martian to David Bowie's extraterrestrial spiders. Ancient mythologies defined the planet as a violent harbinger of war, stargazers puzzled over its peculiar... |
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Science Hacks
Colin Barras - Cassell
Format: Paperback
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With Science Hacks, you no longer need a PhD to understand the fascinating ideas behind science's greatest theories and discoveries. This latest addition to the ingenious new Hacks series will show you a technique for understanding and, crucially, remembering 100 of the most important... |
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How Plants Work: The Science Behind the Amazing Things Plants Do
Linda Chalker-Scott - Timber Press, 2015.
Format: Print book
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How Plants Work brings the stranger-than-fiction science of the plant world to vivid life! It explains how plants tell time, how they move to follow the sun and capture food, and why they change color. Linda Chalker-Scott, of the popular blog The Garden Professors, uncovers... |
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Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs
Michael T Osterholm - Little
Format: Print book
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A world-leading epidemiologist shares his stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for epidemics that can challenge world order.Every new development--from exploding human and animal populations to trade and travel--intensifies our susceptibility... |
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How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business
Douglas W Hubbard - Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, John
Format: Print book
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Now updated with new measurement methods and new examples, How to Measure Anything shows managers how to inform themselves in order to make less risky, more profitable business decisions This insightful and eloquent book will show you how to measure those things in your own business, government... |
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Beyond: Our Future in Space
Chris Impey - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space -- and then reminds us that we're already there.Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle... |
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Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission
Marc Kaufman - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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With images never published before, many with surprising colors and landscapes that make you want to spend your next vacation on Mars, this is the one and only book written in consultation with NASA scientists that explains everything, detail by detail and moment by moment, about the most... |
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The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
Craig Nelson - Scribner; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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“A thrilling, intense, and disturbing account of the atomic era, from the discovery of X-rays to the tragic meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant…Rich with powerful images and fraught with drama” (The Christian Science Monitor).When Marie Curie,... |
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The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures
William DeBuys - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning author's quest to find and understand a creature as rare and enigmatic as any on EarthIn 1992, in a remote mountain range, a team of scientists discovered the remains of an unusual animal with exquisite long horns. It turned out to be a living species new to Western... |
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Math Workout for the GED Test
Princeton Review. - Random House, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Get the extra practice you need for the excellent GED Mathematical Reasoning section score you want!The Math portion of the GED test is often considered the hardest part of the whole exam - and with the lowest average student scores and pass rates, doing well on this section can be tough!... |
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Goldilocks and the Water Bears: The Search for Life in the Universe
Louisa Preston - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Print book
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Astrobiology is the study of life in the universe from its origins to its evolution into intelligent sentient beings. All life as we know it is carbon-based, reliant on sources of liquid water and energy for its survival, and as far as we are aware, exists only on Earth. Our planet occupies... |
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Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything
Randi Hutter Epstein - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A guided tour through the strange science of hormones and the age-old quest to control them.Metabolism, behavior, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty, and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity,... |
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Idiot's Guides: Speed Math
Gaurav Tekriwal - Alphabooks
Format: Paperback
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Do math more quickly and with more confidence - with less reliance on paper, apps, and calculators. For people who automatically run to the nearest calculator, Idiot's Guides: Speed Math teaches tips, tricks, and straightforward methods to doing math at a fast - and accurate - rate.... |
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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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Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible
Jerry A. Coyne - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author explains why any attempt to make religion compatible with science is doomed to fail In his provocative new book, evolutionary biologist Jerry A. Coyne lays out in clear, dispassionate detail why the toolkit of science, based on reason and empirical... |
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Chemistry Workbook For Dummies
Peter J. Mikulecky - John Wiley
Format: Paperback
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Hundreds of practice problems to help you conquer chemistry Are you confounded by chemistry? Subject by subject, problem by problem, Chemistry Workbook For Dummies lends a helping hand so you can make sense of this often-intimidating subject. Packed with hundreds of practice problems that... |
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Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language
EMMA BYRNE - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An irreverent and impeccably researched defense of our dirtiest words.We're often told that swearing is outrageous or even offensive, that it's a sign of a stunted vocabulary or a limited intellect. Dictionaries have traditionally omitted it and parents forbid it. But the latest research... |
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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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Physics I Practice Problems For Dummies
Consumer Dummies - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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Physics I Practice Problems For Dummies takes readers beyond the instruction and practice provided in Physics I For Dummies, giving them hundreds of opportunities to solve problems from the major concepts introduced in a Physics I course. With the book, readers also get access to practice... |
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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 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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Painless Pre-Algebra
Amy Stahl - Barron'S
Format: Print book
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Teaches basic algebra, exponents and roots, equations and inequalities, and polynomials. Titles in Barron's extensive Painless Series cover a wide range of subjects, as they are taught at middle school and high school levels. Perfect for supporting Common Core Standards, these books... |
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Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy
Kathryn Miles - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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The first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded - a hurricane like no other. The sky was lit by a full moon on October 29, 2012, but nobody on the eastern seaboard of the United States could see it. Everything had been consumed by cloud. The storms... |
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To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science
Steven Weinberg - Harper; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A masterful commentary on the history of science from the Greeks to modern times, by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg - a thought-provoking and important book by one of the most distinguished scientists and intellectuals of our time.In this rich, irreverent, and compelling... |
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The Next Species: The Future of Evolution in the Aftermath of Man
Michael Tennesen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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While examining the history of our planet and actively exploring our present environment, science journalist Michael Tennesen describes what life on earth could look like after the next mass extinction.A growing number of scientists agree we are headed toward a mass extinction, perhaps... |
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Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World
Oren Solomon Harman - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant lyrical exploration of how modern science illuminates what it means to be human, from the award-winning author of The Price of AltruismWe don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing... |
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The Illustrated Guide to Cows: How To Choose Them - How To Keep Them
Celia Lewis - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardcover
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Keeping cattle as a smallholder can be a rewarding enterprise, supplying you with food and milk and helping with the management of grassland on your property. This delightfully illustrated and informative book is ideal for anyone interested in keeping a cow or two, who would like to choose... |
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Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science
Dave Levitan - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback
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An eye-opening tour of the political tricks that subvert scientific progress.The Butter-Up and Undercut. The Certain Uncertainty. The Straight-Up Fabrication. Dave Levitan dismantles all of these deceptive arguments, and many more, in this probing and hilarious examination of the ways our elected... |
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Washington County, Ohio Marriages, 1789-1840
Graham - Clearfield Co
Format: Paperback
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The marriages in this book consist of a complete list of 3,600 brides and grooms, with places of residence, marriage dates, names of officiating ministers, and page references to the original record books for the period 1789 to 1840. |
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Atoms Under the Floorboards: The Surprising Science Hidden in Your Home
Chris Woodford - Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015. ©2015
Format: Print book
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Using the modern home as a springboard, Atoms Under the Floorboards presents the fascinating and surprising scientific explanations behind a variety of common (and often entertainingly mundane) household phenomena, from gurgling drains and squeaky floorboards to rubbery custard... |
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The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work
Christine Carter Phd - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book
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Learn how to achieve more by doing less! Live in that zone you've glimpsed but can't seem to hold on to - the sweet spot where you have the greatest strength, but also the greatest ease. Not long ago, Christine Carter, a happiness expert at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science... |
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Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
Adam Frank - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Astrophysicist and NPR commentator on what the latest research on the existence and trajectories of alien civilizations may teach us about our own.Light of the Stars tells the story of humanity's coming of age as we awaken to the possibilities of life on other worlds and their sudden relevance... |
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The Order of Time
Carlo Rovelli - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a concise, elegant exploration of time.Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"? Do we exist in time or does time exist in us? In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli invites... |
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Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
Rose George - Metropolitan Books
Format: Book
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Blood carries life, yet the sight of it makes people faint. It is a waste product and a commodity pricier than oil. It can save lives and transmit deadly infections. Each one of us has roughly nine pints of it, yet many don't even know their own blood type. And for all its ubiquitousness,... |
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Einstein's Greatest Mistake: A Biography
David Bodanis - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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From the best-selling author of E=mc2, a brisk, accessible biography of Albert Einstein that reveals the genius and hubris of the titan of modern physics Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory... |
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Basic Math and Pre-Algebra For Dummies
Mark Zegarelli - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book
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Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293637) was previously published as Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118791981) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should... |
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The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science
Armand Marie Leroi - Viking; Tra edition
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant study of Aristotle as biologist The philosophical classics of Aristotle loom large over the history of Western thought, but the subject he most loved was biology. He wrote vast volumes about animals. He described them, classified them, told us where and how they live and how they... |
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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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What Is Relativity?: An Intuitive Introduction to Einstein's Ideas, and Why They Matter
Jeffrey Bennett - Columbia University Press
Format: Hardcover
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It is commonly assumed that if the Sun suddenly turned into a black hole, it would suck Earth and the rest of the planets into oblivion. Yet, as prominent author and astrophysicist Jeffrey Bennett points out, black holes don't suck. With that simple idea in mind, Bennett begins an entertaining... |
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Tales of Remarkable Birds
Dominic Couzens - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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Throughout the bird world, examples of strange and seemingly inexplicable behavior abound. For example: Why do male Fairywrens bring flowers to females as a nuptial gift in the pre-dawn darkness? Especially when the gift-givers are not the official mates of the females concerned, but visitors,... |
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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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The Homing Instinct: Meaning & Mystery in Animal Migration
Bernd Heinrich - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover
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"A noted naturalist explores the centrality of home in the lives of humans and other animals . . . A special treat for readers of natural history" (Kirkus Reviews) . Every year, many species make the journey from one place to another, following the same paths and ending up in the same... |
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Preparing for the Biology AP* Exam
Jane B. Reece - Benjamin Cummings
Format: Print book
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Title: Preparing for the Biology AP* Exam (School Edition) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: JaneB.Reece <>Publisher: Benjamin-CummingsPublishingCompany |
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Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever
Bill Gifford - Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed journalist Bill Gifford comes a roaring journey into the world of anti-aging science in search of answers to a universal obsession: what can be done about getting old?SPRING CHICKEN:Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying)SPRING CHICKEN is a full-throttle, high-energy ride through... |
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Human Anatomy
DK - DK
Format: Hardcover
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For students of anatomy, biology, and the biomedical sciences; medical professionals; and curious families, DK's Human Anatomy will be a definitive resource. Written by acclaimed anatomist, Dr. Alice Roberts, Human Anatomy is an up-to-the-minute study of the body. Spectacular digital... |
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CliffsNotes Math Review for Standardized Tests 3rd Edition
Jerry Bobrow - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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An intense review of the math included in the most common standardized tests for high school and college students, now aligned to Common Core CliffsNotes Math Review for Standardized Tests, 3rd Edition, reflects Common Core math changes to many of the most widely administered standardized... |
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Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To
Dean Burnett - W.W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book
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A delightful tour of our mysterious, mischievous gray matter from neuroscientist and massively popular Guardian blogger Dean Burnett.The brain may be the seat of consciousness and the engine of all human experience, but it's also messy, fallible, and disorganized. For example, did you know... |
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A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction
Joel Greenberg - Bloomsbury
Format: Hardcover
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In the early nineteenth century 25 to 40 percent of North America's birds were passenger pigeons, traveling in flocks so massive as to block out the sun for hours or even days. The down beats of their wings would chill the air beneath and create a thundering roar that would drown out all other... |
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