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Practical Botany for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Botanical Terms Explained and Explored - Hardcover

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by Geoff Hodge (Author)Gardening can be frustratingly shrouded in secrecy. Fickle plants make seemingly spontaneous decisions to bloom or bust, seeds sprout magically in the blink of an eye, and deep-rooted mysteries unfold underground and out of sight. Understanding basic botany is like unlocking a horticultural code; fortunately learning a little science can reveal the secrets of the botanical universe and shed some light on what's really going on in your garden. Practical Botany for Garden...

The Holographic Universe: The Revolutionary Theory of Reality - Paperback

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by Michael Talbot (Author)"In The Holographic Universe, Michael Talbot argues nothing less than that the universe is itself one giant hologram. Mr. Talbot thus explains out-of-body experiences, quantum-theory problems, the paranormal, and other unsolved riddles of brain and body." -- New York TimesNow featuring a foreword by Lynne McTaggart, The Holographic Universe is a landmark work whose exciting conclusions continue to be proven true by today's most advanced physics, cosmology, and strin...

Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing - Hardcover

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by Jennifer Grenz (Author)A personal journey of bringing together Western science and Indigenous ecology to transform our understanding of the human role in healing our planet I used to be an ecologist. . . . Now, I am a community gatherer, working to help bring healing beyond just the land. I am a story-listener. I am a storyteller. I am a shaper of ecosystems. I work on bringing communities together, in circle, to listen to each other. A farm kid at heart, and a Nlaka'pamux woman of mixed a...

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Report copyright infringementby Noam Chomsky (Author), José Mujica (Author), Saúl Alvídrez (Author)Explore freedom, power, and the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century with two extraordinary thinkers Two world-renowned figures of contemporary politics come together to debate alternatives for the future: José "Pepe" Mujica, former President of Uruguay and an ex-guerrilla who acquired an international following for his message of sustainability and common sense, and Noam Chomsky, who ...

On a Mission: The Smithsonian History of Us Women Astronauts

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Report copyright infringementby Valerie Neal (Author)The definitive history of all 61 American women astronauts that's perfect for fans of The Six eager for more Sally Ride became a household name as the first American woman in space, but scores of equally impressive women have also left their mark in space. On a Mission: The Smithsonian History of US Women Astronauts spans 45 years and 61 astronauts to share the epic journeys of women who made space for themselves in a male-dominated field. ...

Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: An Environmental History of Our Place in the Solar System

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Report copyright infringementby Dagomar deGroot (Author)The untold story of how environmental change throughout the cosmos shaped five hundred years of human civilization. Our solar system is a dynamic arena where asteroids careen off course and solar winds hurl charged particles across billions of miles of space. Yet we seldom consider how these events, so immense in scale, influence our fragile blue planet: Earth. In Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean, Dagomar Degroot traces the surprising thread...

Portals to a New Reality: Five Pathways to the Future of Physics

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Report copyright infringementby Vlatko Vedral (Author)An Oxford physicist "seeks to shatter complacency" (David Deutsch) in modern physics and show why five revolutionary experiments in quantum physics promise to open the gates separating us from a true understanding of the universe For the last century, physics has been treading along the paths set by the same two theories--quantum theory and general relativity--and, let's face it, it's getting pretty boring. Most scientists are simply chas...

Defining Darwin: Essays on the History and Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology - Hardcover

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by Michael Ruse (Author)Michael Ruse is one of the foremost Charles Darwin scholars of our time. For forty years he has written extensively on Darwin, the scientific revolution that his work precipitated, and the nature and implications of evolutionary thinking for today. Now, in the year marking the two hundredth anniversary of Darwin's birth and the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of his masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, Ruse reevaluates the legacy of Darwin in this collection of new ...

Understanding Scientific Understanding - Paperback

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by Henk de Regt (Author)It is widely acknowledged that a central aim of science is to achieve understanding of the world around us, and that possessing such understanding is highly important in our present-day society. But what does it mean to achieve this understanding? What precisely is scientific understanding? These are philosophical questions that have not yet received satisfactory answers. While there has been an ongoing debate about the nature of scientific explanation since Carl Hempe...

Insectpedia: A Brief Compendium of Insect Lore - Hardcover

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by Eric R. Eaton (Author), Amy Jean Porter (Illustrator)A fun and fact-filled A-Z treasury for the insect lover in all of us Insectpedia introduces you to the wonders of the insect world while inviting you to make discoveries of your own. Featuring dozens of entries on topics ranging from murder hornets and the "insect apocalypse" to pioneering entomologists such as Margaret James Strickland Collins and Douglas Tallamy, this beautifully illustrated, pocket-friendly encyclopedia dispels many c...

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by Louann Brizendine (Author)Since Dr. Brizendine wrote The Female Brain ten years ago, the response has been overwhelming. This New York Times bestseller has been translated into more than thirty languages, has sold nearly a million copies between editions, and has most recently inspired a romantic comedy starring Whitney Cummings and Sofia Vergara. And its profound scientific understanding of the nature and experience of the female brain continues to guide women as they pass through life st...

Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History - Paperback

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by David L. Wagner (Author)This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi. The more than 1,200 color photographs and two dozen line drawings include numerous exceptionally striking images. The giant silk moths, tiger moths, and many other species covered include forest pests, common garden guests, economically important species, and of course, the Mescal Worm and Mexican Jumping Bean caterpillars. ...

The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator - Paperback

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by Timothy C. Winegard (Author)**The instant New York Times bestseller***An international bestseller* "Hugely impressive, a major work."--NPRA pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity's fate. Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks ha...

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by Dk (Author)Combining clear labeled imagery with easy-to-understand text, this new edition of Simply Artificial Intelligence is the perfect introduction to the latest developments in AI, including ChatGPT and the Internet of Things. Covering a broad range of fields within AI - from computing and mathematics to politics and philosophy - entries demystify what artificial intelligence is and how it works, how it has dramatically changed how we live, and how it might evolve in the future. Every...

Turtles of the World: A Guide to Every Family - Hardcover

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by Jeffrey E. Lovich (Author), Whit Gibbons (Author)A lavishly illustrated guide to the world's turtles that covers every family and genus Turtles of the World reveals the extraordinary diversity of these amazing reptiles. Characterized by the bony shell that acts as a shield to protect the softer body within, turtles are survivors from the time of the dinosaurs and are even more ancient in evolutionary terms than snakes and crocodilians. Of more than 350 species known today, some are highly ...

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood - Paperback

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by Oliver Sacks (Author)Long before Oliver Sacks became a distinguished neurologist and bestselling writer, he was a small English boy fascinated by metals-also by chemical reactions (the louder and smellier the better), photography, squids and cuttlefish, H.G. Wells, and the periodic table. In this endlessly charming and eloquent memoir, the author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings chronicles his love affair with science and the magnificently odd and sometimes harrowin...

Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past - Paperback

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by David Reich (Author)A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history. Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry. In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows readers to discover how the human genome provides not only all the information a human embryo needs to develop but ...

The Books Sānk and Pātanğal: A Socio-Cultural History of Al-Bīrūnī's Interpretations of Sāṅkhya and Yoga - Hardcover

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by No駑ie Verdon (Author)The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Al-Bīrūnī (ca. 973-1050) was an innovative encyclopaedist thinker. He is particularly known to have investigated into India of his time. Yet, his life and the circumstances of his encounter with Indian languages, culture and sciences are still shrouded in mystery and legends. This research brings to light elements of his intellectual journey based on w...

Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming - Paperback

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by Andreas Malm (Author)A sweeping study of how capitalism first promoted fossil fuels with the rise of steam power--and contributed to the worsening climate crisis The more we know about the catastrophic implications of climate change, the more fossil fuels we burn. How did we end up in this mess? In this masterful new history, Andreas Malm claims it all began in Britain with the rise of steam power. But why did manufacturers turn from traditional sources of power, notably water mills, to a...

The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book: Featuring the World Record-Breaking Design, with Tear-Out Planes to Fold and Fly - Paperback

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by John M. Collins (Author)A collection of easy-to-fold paper airplane designs and innovative theories of flight, including the author's Guinness World Record-breaking airplane. Features 16 tear-out model planes.Will YOU be the next to break the WORLD RECORD? Anything is possible with The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book, the newest collection of designs and theories of flight from John M. Collins, the man behind the Guinness World Record-breaking distance plane. Featuring twenty-two un...

The Star of Bethlehem and the Magi: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Experts on the Ancient Near East, the Greco-Roman World, and Modern Astronomy - Paperback

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by Peter Barthel (Editor), George Van Kooten (Editor)This book is the fruit of the first ever interdisciplinary international scientific conference on Matthew's story of the Star of Bethlehem and the Magi, held in 2014 at the University of Groningen, and attended by world-leading specialists in all relevant fields: modern astronomy, the ancient near-eastern and Greco-Roman worlds, the history of science, and religion. The scholarly discussions and the exchange of the interdisciplinary views p...

A Literary History of Medicine: The ʿuyūn Al-Anbāʾ Fī ṭabaqāt Al-Aṭibbāʾ Of Ibn Abī Uṣa - Paperback

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by Emilie Savage-Smith (Editor), Simon Swain (Editor), Geert Jan Van Gelder (Editor)An online, Open Access version of this work is also available from Brill. A Literary History of Medicine by the Syrian physician Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah (d. 1270) is the earliest comprehensive history of medicine. It contains biographies of over 432 physicians, ranging from the ancient Greeks to the author's contemporaries, describing their training and practice, often as court physicians, and listing their medical...

Rad Future: The Untold Story of Nuclear Electricity and How It Will Save the World

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Report copyright infringementby Isabelle Boemeke (Author)We're running out of time. Fossil fuels are choking the planet and renewable energy isn't cutting it. The solution has been hiding in plain sight all along. Nuclear. When most people hear that word, they go to a very bad place: bombs, Chernobyl, hazmat suits, radioactive fallout... the stuff of nightmares. But what if everything you think you know about nuclear is wrong? In Rad Future, science influencer Isabelle Boemeke shatters the fe...

The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe - Paperback

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by Roger Penrose (Author)Nobel Prize-winner Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only comprehensive--and comprehensible--account of the physics of the universe. A "guide to physics' big picture, and to the thoughts of one of the world's most original thinkers."--The New York Times From the very first attempts by the Greeks to grapple with the complexities of our known world to the latest application of infinity in physics, The Road to Reality caref...

AP Environmental Science Premium, 2026: Prep Book with 5 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Practice

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Report copyright infringementby Barron's Educational Series (Author), Gary S. Thorpe (Author)Be prepared for exam day with Barron's. Trusted content from AP experts! Barron's AP Environmental Science Premium, 2026 includes in-depth content review and practice. It's the only book you'll need to be prepared for exam day. Written by Experienced Educators Learn from Barron's--all content is written and reviewed by AP experts Build your understanding with comprehensive review tailored to the ...

Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It

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Report copyright infringementby Mark Lynas (Author)'Terrifying and timely, this is a book everyone should read and heed' - George Monbiot'Urgent, gripping and sobering, Six Minutes to Winter is a hair-raising wake-up call' - David Wallace-Wells'Powerful and insightful. Although many have forgotten about nuclear weapons, we shouldn't'- Charles Oppenheimer The world is currently closer to superpower conflict than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. World War III is a real possibili...

Space Shuttle Stories: Firsthand Astronaut Accounts from All 135 Missions

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Report copyright infringementby Tom Jones (Author)Experience all 135 NASA space shuttle missions ever flown through the words of the astronauts themselves in this spectacularly illustrated volume With more than 600 photos from the NASA archives, this guide is perfect for fans of space history and spaceflight Winner of the American Astronautical Society's 2023 Eugene M. Emme Award and the International Academy of Astronautics' 2024 Social Sciences Book Award NASA's space shuttle was the worl...

Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration

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Report copyright infringementby Rebecca Heisman (Author)"Illuminating. . . . Flight Paths does what only the best science books do: It adds to our knowledge of the world without diminishing its wonder."--Wall Street JournalThe captivating, little-known true story of a group of scientists and the methods and technology they developed to uncover the secrets of avian migration.For the past century, scientists and naturalists have been steadily unravelling the secrets of bird migration. How and w...

Charged: The Unexpected Role of Electricity in the Workings of Nature

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Report copyright infringementby Gerald Pollack (Author), Ethan Pollack (Illustrator)What keeps us from flying off the spinning earth? Gravity, you say?But what if gravity has an invisible partner -- a powerful force that explains why clouds float, what triggers rainfall, and how birds fly?Could such a force reside in electrical charge?Renowned scientist and author, Gerald Pollack returns with a paradigm-shifting exploration into the profound significance of electricity in nature. Pollack addr...

How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller's Guide to Changing the World

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Report copyright infringementby Rob Hopkins (Author)There are an infinite number of possible futures that lie ahead of us--like threads stretching out into the distance. Rob Hopkins, cofounder of the international Transition Network movement, invites us to travel to future worlds we would actually want to live in. "No one makes environmental optimism more credible or compelling than Rob Hopkins. Read this and don't weep."--Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, chef and campaignerIn 2020, when the COVI...

Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin from Omniscia

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Report copyright infringementby Neil Degrasse Tyson (Author), Stephen J. Tyson (Illustrator)From Neil deGrasse Tyson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, comes a spirited journey to the planets and stars, revealing the answers to many mysteries of our galaxy and beyond.In this companion volume to Merlin's Tour of the Universe, we visit again with Merlin, a timeless traveler from Planet Omniscia, who answers a collection of imaginative questions about ...

Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore

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Report copyright infringementby Adrienne Mayor (Author), Michele M. Angel (Illustrator)From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders--and disasters--of the natural world Mythopedia is a fun, fact-filled A-Z treasury of myths inspired by natural events. Bringing together fifty legends from antiquity to the present, this delightfully entertaining book takes you around the world to explore sunken kingdoms and...