The Curious World of Science: A visual miscelllany of stories, theories, discoveries & curiosities by Simon Flynn
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Category: Science
To some, science is simply a means to an end; to others it is an almost spiritual meditation on theories and formulae. The Curious World of Science embraces both views and much more besides. Focusing onthe human endeavours at the heart of science, it presents a miscellany of essentialclassifications, in ...Show more
The Dawn of Language: How We Came to Talk by Sverker Johansson
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Category: Science
Who was "the first speaker" and what was their first message? Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropology, neurology and linguistics, Sverker Johansson weaves these disparate threads together to show how our human ancestors evolved into language users. The Dawn of Language ...Show more
The Dawn of Language: The Story of How We Came To Talk by Sverker Johansson
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Category: Science
"A model of popular-science writing" STEVEN POOLEWho was "the first speaker" and what was their first message?An erudite, tightly woven and beautifully written account of one of humanity's greatest mysteries - the origins of language.Drawing on evidence from many fields, including archaeology, anthropol ...Show more
The Day It Finally Happens - The Good News about the Bad News - and the Bad News about the Good News by Mike Pearl
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Category: Science
From a Vice magazine columnist whose beat is "the future," here is entertaining speculation featuring both authoritative research and a bit of mischief: a look at how humanity is likely to weather such happenings as the day nuclear war occurs, the day the global internet goes down, the day we run out of ...Show more
The Deep by Alex Rogers
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Category: Science
There's so much we don't know about what lies deep beneath the ocean's surface - and the time to find out is growing increasingly precious . . . Professor Alex Rogers is one of the world's leading experts in marine biology and oceanology, and has spent his life studying the deep ocean - and in particul ...Show more
The Demon in the Machine by Paul Davies
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Category: Science
How does life create order from chaos? And just what is life, anyway? Leading physicist Paul Davies argues that to find the answers, we must first answer a deeper question- 'What is information?' To understand the origins and nature of life, Davies proposes a radical vision of biology which sees the un ...Show more
The Dinosaur Hunters by Lowell Dingus; American Museum of National History
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Category: Science
Dinosaur bones had been found centuries before scientists understood what they were and what creatures they came from; ancient Chinese writings spoke of "dragon" bones, and large fossils discovered in the UK were thought to belong to human giants. It was only with the exploration and meticulous research ...Show more
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Category: Science
From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos -- and a call for a more just practice of science. In The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for physics, from the Standard Model of Particle Physics and what lies beyond it, to th ...Show more
The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves by Eric R. Kandel
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Category: Science
A Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist's probing investigation of what brain disorders can tell us about human nature Eric R. Kandel, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his foundational research into memory storage in the brain, is one of the pioneers of modern brain science. His ...Show more
The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield by Brian Deer
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Category: Science
Award-winning investigative reporter Brian Deer reveals the shocking truth behind the rise of Andrew Wakefield the so-called father of the anti-vaccine movement. In February 1998, a then-unknown British doctor, Andrew Wakefield, published an explosive scientific paper in a top medical journal, The Lan ...Show more
The Dragons of Eden - Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence by Carl Sagan
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Category: Science
"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 Times Dr. 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 intel ...Show more
The Earth Book by Jim Bell
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Category: Science | Series: Sterling Milestones Ser.
A beautifully illustrated presentation of 250 milestones in the history of our home planet, from celebrated geologist and planetary scientist Jim Bell.Spanning Earth's entire history, from its birth 4.6 billion years ago to its inevitable destruction billions of years into the future, this stunning volu ...Show more