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“The best science and nature writing—which these stories represent—reminds us of the wide world and our connection to it, and the multitude of ways we make our place in it,” writes Susan Orlean in her introduction. This year’s collection masterfully..Release Date:- 2024-10-22
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Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in the previous year.“This was the most anomalous year (so far) in human histo..Release Date:- 2022-11-01
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A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021, selected by guest editor renowned marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and series editor Jaime Green. Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, renowned marine biologist and co-foun..Release Date:- 2023-10-17
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Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. “What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think..Release Date:- 2024-08-23
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Understanding physics can be a daunting task. Yet, at the start of the 21st century, this field of science is of paramount importance to society, whether through the countless technological applications that flow from it, or the responsibilities and consequences..Release Date:- 2020-10-20
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Based on the popular Harvard University and edX course, Science and Cooking explores the scientific basis of why recipes work.The spectacular culinary creations of modern cuisine are the stuff of countless articles and social media feeds. But to a sc..Release Date:- 2015-09-15
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A biography of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism. • From the acclaimed author of Magnificent Rebel..Release Date:- 2021-01-05
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The famed mathematician and philosopher takes readers on a journey into a new scientific age, exploring topics from relativity to religion. Alfred North Whitehead, one of the great figures in the philosophy of science, wrote this prescie..Release Date:- 2012-06-08
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A great guidebook featuring full-color photos of hundreds of rocks and gems for collectors and enthusiasts, created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution and written by a geologist with decades of experience. Author Ronald Bonewitz started..Release Date:- 2010-02-08
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From two of the world's great physicists—Stephen Hawking and Nobel laureate Roger Penrose—a lively debate about the nature of space and timeEinstein said that the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible. But was h..Release Date:- 2016-09-03
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This book was created to provide a reference for my Aquatic Science students. There is an iTunes U course that supplements this book. This book reviews water, water quality, how water shapes the earth, how water affects climate, and marine biology..Release Date:- 2020-05-26
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A groundbreaking treatise by one of the great mathematicians of our age, who outlines a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived. What inspires and spurs on a great idea? Can we train ourselves to think in a way that will enable world-changi..Release Date:- 1910-01-01
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For the study of the laws of life of human societies, there exists but one indubitable method, the positive, experimental, critical method. Only sociology, founded on biology, founded on all the positive sciences, can give us the laws of humanity. Humanity,..Release Date:- 2015-12-15
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Arguably the best general history of science and technology ever published.Tracing the relationship between science and technology from the dawn of civilization to the early twenty-first century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn’s bestselling book a..Release Date:- 2023-06-02
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Mathematics and astronomy are deeply interconnected disciplines. Mathematics provides the language and tools necessary for astronomers to quantify and analyze the observations and phenomena of the universe. mathematics provides the essential tools, concepts,..Release Date:- 2015-02-10
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#1 New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century • The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama and Bill GatesOfficial U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. From renown..Release Date:- 2014-04-25
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The NASA 2014 Science Plan reflects the direction NASA has received from our government’s executive branch and Congress, advice received from the nation’s scientific community, the principles and strategies guiding the conduct of our activities, and..Release Date:- 2013-07-23
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Explore the world around us with this interactive book. This book will take you on a trip to spectacular places through videos and photographs. You will learn about weather, the water cycle, rain and streams, soil, erosion, rapid changes, natural resources,..Release Date:- 2012-02-12
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"Earth Science: An Interactive Review Book" is a digital textbook that looks to help students move into a new era of education.With an emphasis on the interrelated processes of Earth Science and tier three vocabulary from the Common Core Standards (CCS), "Ear..Release Date:- 2022-06-21
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling” (The New York Times), “dazzling” (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pu..Release Date:- 2013-08-26
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"A gripping guide to the modern taming of the infinite." —New York TimesPart history, part philosophy, part love letter to the study of mathematics, Everything and More is an illuminating tour of infinity. With his infectious curiosity and trademark v..Release Date:- 2010-05-24
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"A lucid account of quantum theory (and why you should care) combined with a gripping narrative." —San Francisco ChronicleQuantum theory is weird. As Niels Bohr said, if you weren’t shocked by quantum theory, you didn’t really understand it. For mos..Release Date:- 2003-06-09
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Many of the movies that have hit the big screen in recent years question the life of this world and point out that environments created in dreams or simulations by means of artificially generated signals can be very realistic indeed. This book examines..Release Date:- 1892-01-01
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The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this..