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Snakes of the World: A Guide to Every Family

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Report copyright infringementby Mark O'Shea (Author)A gorgeously illustrated guide to the incredible diversity of snakes around the world Snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica and have evolved to occupy a vast range of habitats, from mountains to oceans and deserts to rain forests. Snakes of the World explores their extraordinary diversity, with an in-depth introduction covering anatomy, behavior, habitats, reproduction, conservation, and other essential topics. This expert gu...

Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will - Hardcover

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by Robert M. Sapolsky (Author)The instant New York Times bestseller One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences. “Determined is a sustained attempt at demonstrating that the decisions we make every day are products of complex factors of which we’re not in charge . . . This is an amiable, surprisingly access...

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by DK (Author)Understanding science has never been easier. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Science is the perfect introduction for those who are short on time but hungry for knowledge. The book covers not only the core sciences--physics, biology, and chemistry--but also Earth science and astronomy. Assuming no previous scientific knowledge, it covers more than 100 cornerstone ideas, ranging from photosynthesis to chemical reactions, the laws of motion, and the gen...

A Child Is Born: The Fifth Edition of the Beloved Classic--Completely Revised and Updated - Paperback

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by Lennart Nilsson (Author), Linda Forsell (Author), Lars Hamberger (Text by (Art/Photo Books))The miracle of life--for a new generation. The completely revised fifth edition of the beloved classic offers an astonishing glimpse of the world within the womb alongside authoritative advice for expectant parents.Deep inside a woman's body, a miracle occurs. An egg and sperm meet and a new human being is created. Through the unique photographs of Lennart Nilsson, we see the fascinating process of ...

The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening; Attract and Support Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, Bats, and - Paperback

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by Kim Eierman (Author)The passion and urgency that inspired WWI and WWII Victory Gardens is needed today to meet another threat to our food supply and our environment--the steep decline of pollinators. The Pollinator Victory Garden offers practical solutions for winning the war against the demise of these essential animals. Pollinators are critical to our food supply and responsible for the pollination of the vast majority of all flowering plants on our planet. Pollinators include not just ...

Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Edition]: A Brief History of Humankind - Hardcover

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by Yuval Noah Harari (Author) Number of Pages: 464 Dimensions: 1.35 x 9.27 x 6.39 IN Publication Date: February 04, 2025

The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes--And Its Implications

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Report copyright infringementby David Deutsch (Author)A penetrating exploration of the new physics, including time travel, quantum computers, and the multiverse from an award-winning physicist For David Deutsch, a physicist of unusual originality, quantum theory contains our most fundamental knowledge of the physical world. Taken literally, it implies that there are many universes "parallel" to the one we see around us. This multiplicity of universes, according to Deutsch, turns out to be the...

The Astronomy Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Observing and Understanding Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and the Universe - Hardcover

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by Govert Schilling (Author)This essential guide for every amateur astronomer explores the entire universe in one practical, easy-to-use, beginner-friendly handbook. The Astronomy Handbook, by award-winning astronomy writer Govert Schilling, is the indispensable, go-to guide to everything you ever wanted or need to know about space, including: the stars and the constellations planets comets eclipses galaxies black holes exoplanets and much more It also offers an excellent e...

A Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour - Paperback

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by Neil Degrasse Tyson (Author), Michael A. Strauss (Author), J. Richard Gott (Author)A pocket-style edition based on the New York Times bestseller A Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes and time loops. Bestselling authors and acclaimed astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott take readers on an unforgettable journey of exploration to reveal how our universe actually works. ...

National Geographic Stargazer's Atlas: The Ultimate Guide to the Night Sky - Hardcover

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by National Geographic (Author)Richly illustrated with luminous photographs and informative maps and graphics, this expansive book is the perfect guide for everyone discovering the wonders of the night sky, from those just learning the constellations to dedicated telescope observers. Combining science, exploration, and storytelling, National Geographic Stargazer's Atlas invites readers to roam the night sky for constellations, planets and moons, eclipses, comets and meteor showers, auroras, a...

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by Giosue Baggio (Author)An accessible introduction to the study of language in the brain, covering language processing, language acquisition, literacy, and language disorders. Neurolinguistics, the study of language in the brain, describes the anatomical structures (networks of neurons in the brain) and physiological processes (ways for these networks to be active) that allow humans to learn and use one or more languages. It draws on neuroscience, linguistics--particularly theoretical lingui...

Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions - Hardcover

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by Sabine Hossenfelder (Author)A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot tell us." --The Wall Street Journal "Stimulating . . . encourage[s] readers to push past well-trod assumptions [...] and have fun doing so." --Science Magazine From renowned physicist and creator of the YouTube series "Science without the Gobbledygook," a book that takes a no-nonsense approach to life's biggest questions, and wrestles with what physics really says abo...

I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor - Paperback

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by Andrew Boyd (Author)Reeling from a crisis of hope, lifelong activist Andrew Boyd seeks out today's leading climate thinkers, from collapse-psychologist Jamey Hecht to Indigenous botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer. "If it's the end of the world, now what?" he asks, as he steers us through our climate angst in search of a "better catastrophe."Author BiographyAndrew Boyd is a writer, humorist, activist, and CEO (Chief Existential Officer) of the Climate Clock, a global campaign that blends art, sci...

Brian Blomerth's Bicycle Day - Paperback

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by Brian Blomerth (Author), Dennis McKenna (Foreword by)Illustrator, musician and self-described "comic stripper" Brian Blomerth has spent years combining classic underground art styles with his bitingly irreverent visual wit in zines, comics, and album covers. With Brian Blomerth's Bicycle Day, the artist has produced his most ambitious work to date: a historical account of the events of April 19, 1943, when Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann ingested an experimental dose of a new compound known a...

Anecdotes and Antidotes: A Medieval Arabic History of Physicians - Paperback

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by Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah (Author), Henrietta Sharp Cockrell (Editor), Geert Jan Van Gelder (Author)To my knowledge...no one...has ever written a comprehensive book dealing with physicians through the ages and recounting their history in a coherent fashion. So wrote Syrian physician Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah, circa 1243, as he embarked on the first world history of medicine ever attempted. Many physicians served at the royal courts of their time and were firmly part of the intellectual and cultural scene,...

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by Jed Brody (Author)An exploration of quantum entanglement and the ways in which it contradicts our everyday assumptions about the ultimate nature of reality.Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schr dinger's Cat, famously both dead and alive.) An especially rigorous form of quantum contradiction occurs in experiments with entangled particles. Our common assumption is that objects have properties whether or not anyone is observing them, and the measur...

Handbook of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the World - Paperback

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by Mark Carwardine (Author)The most authoritative reference guide to every cetacean species and subspecies in the world Handbook of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the World is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to these popular mammals. With nearly 1,000 accurate color illustrations--complete with detailed annotations pointing out significant field marks--this outstanding book covers all 90 species and every subspecies of cetaceans around the globe. Leading cetacean biologists ha...

The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Gleick (Author)A revelatory account of how water has shaped the course of human life and history, and a positive vision of what the future can hold--if we act now From the very creation of the planet billions of years ago to the present day, water has always been central to existence on Earth. And since long before the legendary Great Flood, it has been a defining force in the story of humanity. In The Three Ages of Water, Peter Gleick guides us through...

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Report copyright infringementby Rebecca Skloot (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The story of modern medicine and bioethics--and, indeed, race relations--is refracted beautifully, and movingly."--Entertainment Weekly NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO(R) STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE - ONE OF THE "MOST INFLUENTIAL" (CNN), "DEFINING" (LITHUB), AND "BEST" (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE - ONE OF ESSENCE'S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS - WINNER...

Bees of the World: A Guide to Every Family

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Report copyright infringementby Laurence Packer (Author)A beautifully illustrated introduction to the incredible variety of bees from around the world When many people think of bees, they are likely to picture the western domesticated honey bee, insects that live in large, socially complex societies inside a hive with a single queen and thousands of workers. But this familiar bee is just one of more than 20,000 species of bees--and almost none of the others is anything like it. In Bees of the...

The Restless Northwest: A Geological Story

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Report copyright infringementby Hill Williams (Author)The Restless Northwest provides a brief, easy-to-follow overview of the geologic processes that shaped the Northwest.One of the attractions of the Northwest is its varied terrain, from the volcanic Cascade Range to the flood-scoured scablands of eastern Washington and the eroded peaks of the northern Rockies. These vast differences are the result of a collision of the old and the new. The western edge of Idaho was once the edge of ancient ...

Low Dose Radiation: The Histroy of the U.S. Department of Energy Research Program

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Report copyright infringementby Antone L. Brooks (Author), Gayle Woloschak (Foreword by)Antone Brooks grew up close enough to Nevada Test Site nuclear detonations to see the sky light up, feel the shockwaves, and be exposed to radioactive fallout. His long scientific career--from early days trekking into the Uinta Mountains to hunt contaminated deer for tissue samples, to thousands of hours devoted to careful microscope work on chromosomal aberrations in animal studies--has been an increasing...

The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors

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Report copyright infringementby David George Haskell (Author)WINNER OF THE 2018 JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING NATURAL HISTORY WRITING "Both a love song to trees, an exploration of their biology, and a wonderfully philosophical analysis of their role they play in human history and in modern culture." --Science Friday The author of Sounds Wild and Broken and the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature's most magnificent networkers -- trees David Haskell has won acc...

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Report copyright infringementby Albert Einstein (Author), Diana Kormos Buchwald (Editor), Tilman Sauer (Editor)The ultimate collection of Einstein's public writings on everything from religion and art to pacifism and the atomic bomb The Essential Einstein: Public Writings presents a rich selection of Einstein's humanistic writings drawn from a diverse array of materials he sanctioned for publication during his lifetime. Distinct from previous collections, this incisive book presents previousl...

The Essential Einstein: Scientific Writings

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Report copyright infringementby Albert Einstein (Author), Diana Kormos Buchwald (Editor), Tilman Sauer (Editor)The ultimate collection of Einstein's scientific writings on everything from statistical mechanics to general relativity The Essential Einstein: Scientific Writings presents Einstein's most important physics papers, spanning his groundbreaking contributions to statistical mechanics, quantum theory, and relativity as well as his ambitious yet ultimately unrealized attempts at a genera...

Imperfect Oracle: What AI Can and Cannot Do

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Report copyright infringementby Cass R. Sunstein (Author)Best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein outlines the promise and limits of artificial intelligence Imperfect Oracle is about the promise and limits of artificial intelligence. The promise is that in important ways AI is better than we are at making judgments. Its limits are evidenced by the fact that AI cannot always make accurate predictions--not today, not tomorrow, and not the day after, either. Natural intelligence is a marvel, but hum...

Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fungi of Coastal Northern California - Paperback

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by Noah Siegel (Author), Christian Schwarz (Author)A comprehensive and user-friendly field guide for identifying the many mushrooms of the northern California coast, from Monterey County to the Oregon border. Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast will help beginning and experienced mushroom hunters alike to find and identify mushrooms, from common to rare, delicious to deadly, and interesting to beautiful. This user-friendly reference covers coastal California from Monterey County to the Oregon bord...

Cómo Funciona El Cerebro (How the Brain Works) - Hardcover

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by DK (Author)Descubre el funcionamiento de la estructura más compleja y enigmática que se conoce: el cerebro humano. Existen diferencias entre el cerebro de un hombre y de una mujer? Por qué los adolescentes son impulsivos y rebeldes? Cuándo podremos conectar nuestros cerebros a la nube? Encuentra las respuestas a estas y otras preguntas en el interior de este libro sobre el cerebro basado en las últimas investigaciones en neurociencia. Pasa las páginas para encontrar increíbles contenido...

Chasing Shadows: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Great White Shark - Paperback

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by Greg Skomal (Author), Ret Talbot (Author)"At last: the story of tracking the ocean's most charismatic and controversial predator, compellingly told by the man who has learned more about the Atlantic great white shark than any other person alive. You must not miss this fantastic book!" --Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of an OctopusDr. Greg Skomal, one of the leading great white shark experts in the country, reveals the true nature of these mysterious apex preda...

Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships - Hardcover

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by Sue Johnson (Author)The bestselling author of Hold Me Tight presents a revolutionary new understanding of why and how we love, based on cutting-edge research. Every day, we hear of relationships failing and questions of whether humans are meant to be monogamous. Love Sense presents new scientific evidence that tells us that humans are meant to mate for life. Dr. Johnson explains that romantic love is an attachment bond, just like that between mother and child, and shows us how to develop o...

Rewild Your Garden: Create a Haven for Birds, Bees and Butterflies - Hardcover

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by Frances Tophill (Author)**A SUNDAY TIMES GARDENING BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020** 'A must-read for every gardener who wants to up their game for wildlife and do their bit for the planet.' -- Isabella Tree 'A refreshing, uplifting and positive look at the true value of a garden.' -- Alan Titchmarsh The perfect book for any gardener looking to get back in touch with their wild side. The rewilding of public spaces and farmland is vitally important to conservation, but how can we support native speci...

The Science and Spirit of Seaweed: Discovering Food, Medicine and Purpose in the Kelp Forests of the Pacific Northwest - Paperback

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by Amanda Swinimer (Author)Sustainable Pacific Northwest-based seaweed harvester Amanda Swinimer describes the ecology, culinary uses, evidence-based health benefits and climate change-resisting potential of seaweed and shares highlights from her remarkable life beneath the waves. Related to the most ancient living organisms on earth, seaweeds are incredible and unique life forms, sharing qualities with both plants and animals, as well as fungi. They have been prized as a nutrient-dense food ...