Science

When the Sleeper Wakes is an idea-frightening technological know-how fiction novel written by using H. G. Wells, a pioneering writer within the genre recognised for works inclusive of "The War of the Worlds" and "The Time Machine." "The Sleeper Awakes,"...

An award-winning Oxford physicist draws on classic sci-fi, fantasy fiction, and everyday phenomena to explain and celebrate the magical properties of the world around us. If you were to present the feats of modern science to someone from the past, those...

What exactly made the earth round? How do boomerangs turn around mid-air? And why do cats always land on their feet? ?A basic scientific concept receives long overdue attention? (Kirkus Reviews) in this ?fascinating? (Wall Street Journal) new book from...

Account of A Tour in Normandy - Vol. II is a journey narrative written with the aid of Dawson Turner (1775-1858), a flexible English banker, botanist, and antiquary. Turner narrates his adventures thru the spellbinding landscapes of Normandy, France, on...

A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with the universe like never before.Author: Philip PlaitPublisher: W. W. NortonPublication Date: May 07, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time?war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race?in a way that stimulates a deeper...

The ?closely observed, compassionate, and far-sighted? (Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize?winning author of Under a White Sky) story of climate migration in the United States?the personal stories of those experiencing displacement, the portraits of...

In this "captivating" (Sky + Telescope) book, a top cosmologist argues that physics must embrace the excluded and listen to the unheard When asked by legendary theoretical physicist Christopher Isham why he had attended graduate school, cosmologist...

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY NAMED A BEST AUDIOBOOK OF 2022 BY BOOKPAGE Astrophysicist and folklorist Dr. Moiya McTier channels The Milky Way in this approachable and utterly fascinating autobiography of the titular galaxy, detailing...

The USA TODAY bestseller is now in paperback with a new chapter on Global Warming! This all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking from podcast host and academic neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine Steven Novella and his SGU co-hosts,...

A terrific book...A thoughtful explanation of how the dramatic decline of insect species and numbers poses a dire threat to all life on earth. (Booklist, Starred Review) In the tradition of Rachel Carson's groundbreaking environmental classic Silent...

Discover the magical depths of the kelp forest, and all the fascinating creatures living just a paddle's length away-both over and under the waves--Author: Kate MessnerPublisher: Chronicle BooksPublication Date: Sep 13, 2022Number of Pages: 56...

A fun and informative picture book all about the weird and wonderful community of tiny things living on and in our bodies!--Author: Molly Bloom, Marc Sanchez, Sanden TottenPublisher: Little, Brown Books For Young ReadersPublication Date: Jul 25,...

Fascinating narrative science that explores the next frontier in medicine and genetics through the very personal prism of the children and families gene therapy has touched. Eight-year-old Corey Haas was nearly blind from a hereditary disorder when his...

Fifty thousand years ago?merely a blip in evolutionary time?our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished...

Author: Ulf DanielssonPublisher: Bellevue Literary PressPublication Date: Feb 21, 2023Number of Pages: 176 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1954276117ISBN-13: 9781954276116

Author: Julia Ellen RogersPublisher: Ideal BookingPublication Date: Aug 17, 2023Number of Pages: 194 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1835525040ISBN-13: 9781835525043

Johannes Kepler discovered in 1618 that planets moved around the sun in a precise pattern. The patterns are so precise, it's absurd to believe their placement is just coincidence or happenstance. Now, Jack Truett makes the next great discovery about the...

?A fascinating perspective on the age-old idea of Survival of the Fittest.? ?LitReactor Population Wars is a paradigm-shifting look at why humans behave the way they do and the ancient history that explains that behavior. In this eye-opening book, Greg...

A dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics, and more (Frank Bruni, New York Times), Blueprint shows how and why evolution has placed us on a humane path -- and how we are...

#1 Bestseller in Animal Care & Pets, Essays - The Heartwarming Compassion of Animals True tales of kindness. This book is packed with stories of random acts of kindness, big and small, performed by various animals. Author and known speaker on...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? From bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets ?An irresistible mix of splendid scholarship, heart-stopping...

A tour of Mars in the human imagination, from ancient astrologers to modern explorers. Mars and its secrets have fascinated and mystified humans since ancient times. For the Love of Mars surveys the red planet?s place in the human imagination, beginning...

WINNER OF THE 2014 BRAIN PRIZE From the acclaimed author of Reading in the Brain and How We Learn, a breathtaking look at the new science that can track consciousness deep in the brain How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much...

Do you want to know more about Machine Learning and what it means for the future?Could Machine Learning help your business to perform better?Machine Learning is not a new idea. It stems back as far as the 1950s and involves computers 'learning' from...

Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Habits, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by...

Sabine Niederer. Networked Content Analysis: The Case of Climate Change. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2019.Author: Sabine NiedererPublisher: Institute of Network CulturesPublication Date: Dec 16, 2019Number of Pages: 150 pagesLanguage:...

Dieses Buch ""Komet und Erde: Eine astronomische Erzählung "" wurde in der gesamten Menschheitsgeschichte als wichtig angesehen, und damit dieses Werk niemals vergessen wird, haben wir uns bemüht, es zu bewahren, indem wir dieses Buch in einem modernen...

An easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction book which introduces kids to the magic of motion, energy, chemistry, art, games, and math fun; understanding basic scientific principles and most importantly, having a blast making them. With this book all you...

Trees have been an intrinsic part of human lives since the times immemorial. In the Indian context, due importance has been attributed towards the preservation of precious flora and fauna resources, which this land has been bestowed with an ample measure...