Science & Technology
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Superfoods, Silkworms, and Spandex: Science and Pseudoscience in Everyday Life
$19.95 Read moreIn this new collection of bite-size pop science essays, bestselling author, chemistry professor, and radio broadcaster Dr. Joe Schwarcz shows that you can find science virtually anywhere you look. And… [more below]
- Author: Schwarcz, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1770417524
- Language: English
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Origin Story: The Trials of Charles Darwin
$35.00 Add to cartBy early morning of June 30, 1860, a large crowd began to congregate in front of Oxford University’s brand-new Museum of Natural History. The occasion was the annual meeting of the British Association
- Author: Markel, Howard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1324036745
- Language: English
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Our Biggest Fight: Reclaiming Liberty, Humanity, and Dignity in the Digital Age
$28.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The internet as we know it is broken. Here’s how we can seize back control of our lives from the corporate algorithms and create a better internet–before it’s too late.
“In the- Author: McCourt, Frank H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0593728513
- Language: English
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The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI
$35.00 Add to cartAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
ONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTUAL PEOPLE IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explo- Author: Kurzweil, Ray
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0399562761
- Language: English
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The Astronomy Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Observing and Understanding Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and the Universe
$30.00 Add to cartThis 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 writ… [more below]- Author: Schilling, Govert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0762486503
- Language: English
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The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets
$28.99 Add to cartFor over half a century, DNA has dominated science and the popular imagination as the “secret of life.” But over the last several decades, a quiet revolution has taken place. In a series of breathtaki
- Author: Cech, Thomas R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1324050683
- Language: English
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Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life
$30.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A vivid account of a major shift in how we understand Earth, from an exceptionally talented new voice. Earth is not simply an inanimate planet on which life evolved, but ra… [more below]
- Author: Jabr, Ferris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0593133978
- Language: English
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Quanta and Fields: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe
$26.00 Add to cartThe instant New York Times bestseller
Quanta and Fields, the second book of Sean Carroll’s already internationally acclaimed series The Biggest Ideas in the Universe, is an adventure into the bare stu- Author: Carroll, Sean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0593186605
- Language: English
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Standards
$18.95 Read moreAn engaging introduction to standards, the invisible infrastructure that shapes the built and digital environments of the modern world.
Standards are the DNA of the built environment, encoded in nearl
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Pomerantz, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0262549492
- Language: English
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The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date
$24.00 Add to cartNew insights from the science of science
Facts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the center of the universe and that the brontosau- Author: Arbesman, Samuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 27 2013
- ISBN10: 159184651X
- Language: English
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Quantum Physics for Beginners & Kids: Box Set for Curious Minds to Understand the Subatomic World & Basic Concepts from Wave Theory to the Uncertainty
$19.99 Add to cartDiscover the wonder of Quantum Physics and its application in technology, science, and human consciousness-even if science has never been your strength.
You will discover:
- Wave-particle duality-and how
- Author: Kapani, Alisha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1738326039
- Language: English
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Eavesdropping on Animals: What We Can Learn from Wildlife Conversations
$19.95 Add to cart“This book is fabulous and takes you close inside the wild world, where you feel the creatures whispering your old name.”–Craig Foster, My Octopus Teacher
Learn how to decode the secret conversations- Author: Bumann, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 177840331X
- Language: English
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Ferns: Lessons in Survival from Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants
$45.00 Read moreWelcome to the extraordinary world of ferns – plants that have survived since prehistoric times!
Ferns are the most remarkable of plants, both complex and beautiful. Among Earth’s most ancient plant- Author: Li, Fay-Wei
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1958417858
- Language: English
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Avoiding the Great Filter: Illuminating Pathways to Humanity’s Future in the Cosmos
$43.99 Add to cartAs we round the first quarter turn of the twenty-first century in the Common Era, Earth teems with over eight billion human souls-more than at any other epoch in our history. Yet there is no safety in… [more below]
- Author: Jiang, Jonathan H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: May 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1665773618
- Language: English
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How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World
$29.95 Add to cartThere 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 u… [more below]
- Author: Hopkins, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1915294517
- Language: English
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On Aggression
$17.99 Add to cartThis work has had significant impact on the social and biological sciences and is now a classic point of reference for investigations of behavioral patterns. Lorenz presents his findings on the mechan… [more below]
- Series: Harvest Book, Hb 291
- Author: Lorenz, Konrad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: October 23 1974
- ISBN10: 0156687410
- Language: English
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Facing Infinity: Black Holes and Our Place on Earth
$30.00 Add to cartFacing Infinity is an engaging journey through the history of black holes–from the discovery that the dark object at the center of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, is a black hole itself, to discussio
- Author: Enander, Jonas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893030853
- Language: English
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Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
$16.99 Add to cartBiologist, humanist, and bestselling author Richard Dawkins deeply examines the inherent beauty within modern scientific discoveries.
“If any recent writing about science is poetic, it is this” (The W… [more below]- Author: Dawkins, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0618056734
- Language: English
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Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World
$32.00 Add to cartTwo of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement–and show us how to fight back
From pandemics to the climate crisis, humanity faces tougher c- Author: Mann, Michael E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1541705491
- Language: English
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Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy
$28.99 Add to cartThe body is the most complex machine in the world, and the only one for which you cannot get a replacement part from the manufacturer. For centuries, medicine has reached for what’s available–sculpti
- Author: Roach, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1324050624
- Language: English
