🌍 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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An international bestselling, approachable guide to complex physics and space science that only requires a good imagination."With its breezy conversational style, The Universe in Your Hand is well suited for the general reader with little to no prior knowledge of...
What kind of object is the brain? And how does it really work? A neuroscientist offers a new vision of the brain as a fully integrated, networked organ.Popular neuroscience accounts often focus on specific mind-brain aspects like addiction, cognition, or memory, but...
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's...
"A marvelously clear and engaging account of . . . the deepest mysteries of the quantum world and [converting] them into a useful technology." —Gregory Chaitin, author of Meta Math! The Quest for OmegaWhat is entanglement? It's a connection between quantum particles,...
A journey into the mysteries and meaning of quantum theory: "Gorgeously lucid text . . . easily the best book I've read on the subject." —The Washington Post"Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it." Since Niels Bohr said this many years ago,...
In this “deeply personal and lyrical book” (Publishers Weekly) from the New York Times bestselling author of The Horse, Wendy Williams explores the lives of one of the world’s most resilient creatures—the butterfly—shedding light on the role that they play in our...
"The Consciousness Instinct could be the clearest and most compelling attempt to demystify the mind yet written." —Julian Baggini, The Wall Street JournalHow do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff"—atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells—create the vivid...
A "fascinating" and groundbreaking work of science that demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain (Cleveland Plain Dealer).Conventional science has long held that "the mind" is an illusion, a mere side effect of electrochemical...
"A rich introduction to the snake world" filled with spectacular color photos and fascinating facts about six hundred different species (The Wall Street Journal). For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of fascination and revulsion....
"A wonderfully lucid and thoroughly entertaining story of the emerging science of synchrony." —Brian Greene, national bestselling author of The Elegant Universe, Professor of Physics and Mathematics, Columbia UniversityAt the heart of the universe is a steady,...
