🌍 The wonders of the world, explained (or at least explored).
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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THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER, UPDATED FOR 2025 • A wonder-filled quest to understand everything that has happened in the history of the Earth, from the Big Bang theory to the rise of civilization and beyond—revised to reflect the last two decades of scientific...
A study of how humanity has sought to understand time throughout the ages—"Falk's book is what Hawking's Brief History should have been" (The Ottawa Citizen)."In this thoroughly readable, broad-sweeping, and thought-provoking book, Falk . . . poses some fascinating...
A leading figure in the development of the new cosmology explains what it all means."One of the best science books I have ever read. Not only is Vilenkin one of the great pioneers in the subject of modern cosmology, but he is also exceptionally clear, wonderfully...
"Delightful alchemy: Curt Stager transforms atomic science into lustrous, golden stories about the hidden connections that unite us all." —David George Haskell, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Forest UnseenWhat do atoms have to do with your life? In...
"One of the few books that treats the foundations of the theory of relativity seriously and in elaborate detail, at the non-specialist level." —NatureFrom A to B may not seem a great distance to travel, but, as Robert Geroch demonstrates in his conversational style,...
Named a Best Book of 2021 by the Financial Times and a Best Science Book of 2021 by The Guardian“Rovelli is a genius and an amazing communicator… This is the place where science comes to life.” ―Neil Gaiman“One of the warmest, most elegant and most lucid interpreters...
In his first book ever, the father of string theory reinvents the world's concept of the known universe and man's unique place within it. Line drawings.
Discover why the gut microbiome holds the keys to human health—and can change the way we understand, treat, and prevent disease. “A detailed and scientifically rigorous survey . . . gives readers a clearer sense of the current state of medical knowledge.” —The New...
A thrillingly rendered and level-headed look at the Cascadia Subduction Zone—the cause of over 30 monster earthquakes—and the devastating natural disasters it promises.There is a crack in the earth's crust that runs roughly 31 miles offshore, approximately 683 miles...
An eminent, award-winning behavioral scientist offers a radical interpretation of how the mind works, revealing the illusion of mental depth."This is a total assault on all lingering psychiatric and psychoanalytic notions of mental depths to be plumbed. For Chater,...
