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From black holes to backyard ecosystems, these books unpack the hows and whys of the universe—curious minds welcome, lab coats optional..
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"An illuminating, enchanting, and occasionally alarming portrait of an earth in flux." ?Robert Moor, author of On Trails and In TreesAn urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of...
The recognition of animal pain and stress, once controversial, is now acknowledged by legislation in many countries, but there is no formal recognition of animals' ability to feel pleasure. Pleasurable Kingdom is the first book for lay-readers to present new evidence...
Combining graceful design and beautiful imagery, this ebook provides an elegant introduction to the plant kingdom. Discover the extraordinary diversity of the plant world-and how plants work-with this photographic celebration of the trees, flowers, and foliage plants...
Have you ever wondered what happened before the Big Bang, or how we would colonize Mars, or what an alien invasion might really be like? Astronomer Bob Berman has, and in Cosmic Adventure, a collection of twenty-six profound to outrageous essays, he takes readers on a...
Join "America's funniest science writer" (Washington Post) on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet.An Instant New York Times Bestseller#1 Los Angeles Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for...
New York Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Baillie Gifford PrizeShortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year“A fearless investigation into how we have become hooked.” —Financial TimesA manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body.It’s...
The Nobel Prize winner offers "an ideal introduction to the theories of special and general relativity" in clear, comprehensible language(Nature). A renowned mathematician and philosopher, and as well as recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Bertrand Russell was...
Winner of 2014 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Best Young Adult Science BookLonglisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing AwardOne of Nature's Summer Book PicksOne of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Spring 2013 Science BooksFor centuries, we've toyed with our...
In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks readers through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries, and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining what might have been...
Discover the fascinating stories behind 300 species of fungi and understand the world of mushrooms like never before!Did you know that fungi put the fizz in champagne and the flavor in chocolate? Fungi is everywhere we look: in a forest, under the sea, and in the...
