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  • What If? 10th Anniversary Edition

    Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

    A special 10th anniversary edition of the million-copy bestseller What If? from the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd—revised and annotated with brand-new illustrations and answers to the most absurd hypothetical questions you never thought to ask.Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions: What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Broca's Brain

    Reflections on the Romance of Science

    by Carl Sagan ...
    A fascinating book on the joys of discovering how the world works, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cosmos and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.“Magnificent . . . Delightful . . . A masterpiece. A message of tremendous hope for humanity . . . While ever conscious that human folly can terminate man’s march into the future, Sagan nonetheless paints for us a mind-boggling future: intelligent ... Read more

    $8.19 USD

  • A Crack in the Edge of the World

    America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

    The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive ... Read more

    $14.09 USD

  • The Demon-Haunted World

    Science as a Candle in the Dark

    by Carl Sagan ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the renowned astronomer and author of Cosmos comes a “powerful [and] stirring defense of informed rationality” (The Washington Post Book World) in a world where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace.LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER • “Glorious . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Cosmos

    by Carl Sagan ...
    Renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s classic bestseller that “dives into the past, present, and future of science, dealing with the mind-staggering enormity of the cosmos in which we exist” (Associated Press)—with an Introduction by Ann Druyan and a Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson“Sagan dazzles the mind with the miracle of our survival, framed by the stately galaxies of space.”—CosmopolitanTHE ... Read more

    Was $9.59 USD Now $5.99 USD

  • The Science of Breaking Bad

    All the science in Breaking Bad—from explosive experiments to acid-based evidence destruction—explained and analyzed for authenticity.*Breaking Bad'*s (anti)hero Walter White (played by Emmy-winner Bryan Cranston) is a scientist, a high school chemistry teacher who displays a plaque that recognizes his “contributions to research awarded the Nobel Prize.” During the course of five seasons, Walt ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Story of The Camera

    The History, Science & Art of Photography

    by Paul Mosenson ...
    Series Book 2 - Learn...Wow!
    From the first permanent photograph to the camera in your pocket, discover how one remarkable invention changed the way we see and remember the world.Long before photographs filled family albums, newspapers, websites, and phones, inventors were experimenting with light and searching for a way to preserve an image. Their discoveries eventually led to metal plates, glass negatives, flexible film, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Only a Theory

    Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul

    A highly regarded scientist’s examination of the battle between evolution and intelligent design, and its implications for how science is practiced in America. ... Read more

    Was $8.19 USD Now $5.29 USD

  • Pale Blue Dot

    A Vision of the Human Future in Space

    “Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagan’s books.”—The Washington Post Book World (front page review)In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and ... Read more

    $8.19 USD

  • Seeing Further

    The Story of Science and the Royal Society

    by Bill Bryson ...
    “Bryson is as amusing as ever….As a celebration of 350 years of modern science, [Seeing Further]it is a worthy tribute.”—The EconomistIn Seeing Further, New York Times bestseller Bill Bryson takes readers on a guided tour through the great discoveries, feuds, and personalities of modern science. Already a major bestseller in the UK, Seeing Further tells the fascinating story of science and the ... Read more

    $14.09 USD

  • Reader, Come Home

    The Reading Brain in a Digital World

    by Maryanne Wolf ...
    The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies.A decade ago, Maryanne Wolf’s Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • How Evolution Shapes Our Lives

    Essays on Biology and Society

    An authoritative exploration of why understanding evolution is crucial to human life todayIt is easy to think of evolution as something that happened long ago, or that occurs only in "nature," or that is so slow that its ongoing impact is virtually nonexistent when viewed from the perspective of a single human lifetime. But we now know that when natural selection is strong, evolutionary change can ... Read more

    $66.29 USD

  • Training Circular TC 3-04.11 Commander’s Aviation Training and Standardization Program Change 1 January 2019

    This manual, Training Circular TC 3-04.11 Commander’s Aviation Training and Standardization Program Change 1 January 2019, establishes the requirements for the unit’s aircrew training program (ATP). It also establishes requirements for aviation training and prescribes requirements for the aviation standardization program. This TC helps aviation leaders, trainers and evaluators at all levels ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Please Explain

    Australia's favourite scientist's twenty-sixth book!'What are the facts? Again and again and again - what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking ... avoid opinion ... facts are your single clue. Get the facts!'- time Enough for Love, Robert Heinlein Does eating celery make you lighter? Do you have to be dying to have a near-death experience? Is a yawn a silent, natural scream for air; and if a ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Discoveries

    Great Breakthroughs in 20th-Century Science, Including the Original Papers

    by Alan Lightman ...
    In this captivating and lucid book, the bestselling author of Einstein's Dreams chronicles twenty-four great discoveries of twentieth-century science--everything from the theory of relativity to mapping the structure of DNA.These discoveries radically changed our notions of the world and our place in it. Here are Einstein, Fleming, Bohr, McClintock, Paul ing, Watson and Crick, Heisenberg and many ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Lab 257

    The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Germ Laboratory

    Strictly off limits to the public, Plum Island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds -- and the deadliest germs that have ever roamed the planet. Lab 257 blows the lid off the stunning true nature and checkered history of Plum Island. It shows that the seemingly bucolic island in the shadow of New York City is a ticking biological time bomb that none of us can safely ignore.Based on ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • Collins British Bird Identifier

    Easily Name All Species Using Only 5 Features With the 5 ID Method

    Collins British Bird Identifier is a revolution in bird identification. It brings together exceptional new artwork, with a unique, practical and comprehensive guide to the 5 essential features needed to identify every species of British bird.A new approach to bird identification, detailing five unique features that will definitively identify every species of British bird. The Collins British Bird ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • The Language Instinct

    How The Mind Creates Language

    by Steven Pinker ...
    "A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." — New York Times Book ReviewThe classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mindIn The Language Instinct, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes, how the brain ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • 怪奇人體研究所:42個充滿問號的人體科學故事

    by SME ...
    Series series 知識叢書
    我們未被賦予翅膀和鰓於是,科學帶我們翱翔天際,深潛海底。繼《怪奇科學研究所》之後,42個不可思議卻又樂趣無窮的人體奇航。進化論+腦科學+人體學+心理學*聰明推薦10秒鐘教室│科普新銳插畫家佑來了生活科學頻道│YouTuber鄭永銘│「跟著鄭大師玩科學」部落客魏瑋志(澤爸)│親職教育講師★瘋狂的進化史★誰是你祖先?人類的眼睛究竟是進化還是退化?古人用跑死動物來拚輸贏?★怪誕的腦科學★沒有大腦可以活多少?究竟大腦有多愛撒謊?人類一天到晚都在腦補?★神祕的人體學★一夜白頭可能嗎?喪屍是怎麼活過來的?你還在相信味覺地圖嗎?<... ... Read more

    Was $7.10 USD Now $6.02 USD

  • Por qué compramos la burra

    Descubre cómo nos convencen y cómo convencemos a los demás, y aprende a defenderte de los malos usos de la persuasión. En ocasiones nos sorprende que consigan que hagamos algo que no queremos: comprar un cachivache que no necesitamos, apoyar unas ideas que, si las pensamos un poco, son una memez, meternos en negocios ruinosos o situaciones que, en retrospectiva, eran una mala idea. Solemos hablar ... Read more

    Was $9.19 USD Now $6.59 USD

  • Dragons of Eden

    Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

    by Carl Sagan ...
    “A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday . . . It's a delight.”—The New York TimesDr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends—and their amazing links to recent discoveries.“How ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • 42 Reasons to Hate the Universe

    (And One Reason Not To)

    If you've always suspected the universe was out to get you… you were right!Yes, the universe we live in is cosmically beautiful and mysterious and all that crap. But it's also a bit of an asshole. After all, remember that you are just a group of atoms structured in a specific way for barely long enough to try to understand this thing we call existence. Those atoms could just have easily been used ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Possibility of Life

    Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos

    by Jaime Green ...
    An LA Times Book Prize FinalistA Washington Post Best Book of the YearA TODAY Show Summer BookAn NPR Science Friday Book Club PickA "Next Big Idea Book Club" Must ReadOne of the Chicago Tribune's 52 Books for Summer 2023An Esquire Best Book of 2023A Gizmodo New Release Pick for AprilA B... ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • The Princeton Guide to Evolution

    The essential one-volume reference to evolutionThe Princeton Guide to Evolution is a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evolutionary biology, from genes to mass extinctions. Edited by a distinguished team of evolutionary biologists, with contributions from leading researchers, the guide contains some 100 clear, accurate, and up-to-date ... Read more

    $48.99 USD