Science & Technology
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The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City
$32.00 Add to cartAlexis Madrigal reveals how understanding Oakland explains the modern world.
In The Pacific Circuit, the award-winning journalist Alexis Madrigal sculpts an intricate tableau of the city of Oakland th- Author: Madrigal, Alexis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0374159408
- Language: English
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Painting the Cosmos: How Art and Science Intersect to Reveal the Secrets of the Universe
$24.95 Add to cartA stunning portrait of our vast, dynamic, and mysterious universe . . . as seen through the lenses of astronomy and art
What is our place in the universe? Where do art and science overlap? How can we- Author: Imara, Nia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1637742711
- Language: English
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The Ocean’s Menagerie: How Earth’s Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life
$32.00 Add to cartAn elegantly written exploration of the cutting edge science of the strangest and most remarkable creatures on our planet by a leading marine biologist
Hundred-year-old giant clams, coral kingdoms tha- Author: Harvell, Drew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0593654285
- Language: English
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Valley of Forgetting: Alzheimer’s Families and the Search for a Cure
$30.00 Add to cartThe riveting account of a community from the remote mountains of Colombia whose rare and fatal genetic mutation is unlocking the secrets of Alzheimer’s disease
In the 1980s, a neurologist named Franci- Author: Smith, Jennie Erin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0525536078
- Language: English
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The Physics Book: From the Big Bang to Quantum Resurrection
$27.99 Add to cartThis richly illustrated chronology of physics contains more than 250 short, entertaining, and thought-provoking entries. In addition to exploring such engaging topics as dark energy, parallel universe… [more below]
- Series: Union Square & Co. Milestones
- Author: Pickover, Clifford a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1454957808
- Language: English
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White Light: The Elemental Role of Phosphorus-In Our Cells, in Our Food, and in Our World
$30.00 Add to cartA profound and lyrical reflection on the cyclical nature of life, what happens when we break that cycle, and how to repair it–told through the fate of phosphorus
“There would be no life without const- Author: Lohmann, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0593316614
- Language: English
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Cosmic Bullsh*t: A Guide to the Galaxy’s Worst Life Hacks
$17.99 Add to cartA hilarious guide to what’s real (and what’s not) in our vast, beautiful (and terrifying) universe.
Embark on a cosmic journey through Cosmic Bullsh*t: A Guide to the Galaxy’s Worst Life Hacks and unco
- Author: Ferrie, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1464225133
- Language: English
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Adaptable: How Your Unique Body Really Works and Why Our Biology Unites Us
$32.00 Add to cartA new understanding of how our bodies work, how to keep them healthy, and how our biological diversity unites us rather than divides us
How does the body work–and why does it seem to work so differen- Author: Pontzer, Herman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0593539303
- Language: English
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Birds, Sex and Beauty: The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin’s Strangest Idea
$30.00 Add to cart“Matt Ridley is one of our finest science writers. This book is a treat for bird lovers and evolutionary biologists alike.” –Richard Dawkins, author of The Genetic Book of The Dead and The God Delusi
- Author: Ridley, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0063342987
- Language: English
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Matter: The Magnificent Illusion
$25.00 Add to cartWhat are we made up of? What holds material bodies together? Is there a difference between terrestrial matter and celestial matter – the matter that makes up the Earth and the matter that makes up the
- Author: Tonelli, Guido
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1509564144
- Language: English
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On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters
$29.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of Why We Swim comes a mind-expanding exploration of muscle–from our ancient obsession with the ideal human form to the modern science of this amazing and adaptable tissue… [more below]
- Author: Tsui, Bonnie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1643753088
- Language: English
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A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage
$30.00 Add to cartA Crack in Everything is the story of how black holes came in from the cold and took cosmic centre stage. As a journalist, Marcus Chown interviews many of the scientists who made the key discoveries,
- Author: Chown, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1804544329
- Language: English
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Hope Dies Last: Visionary People Across the World, Fighting to Find Us a Future
$32.00 Add to cartOne of Heatmap’s 18 Climate Books to Read in 2025
The award-winning environmental journalist’s extraordinary, long-awaited portrait of hope and resilience as we face a fractured and uncertain future I- Author: Weisman, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 152474669X
- Language: English
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The Immune Mind: The Hidden Dialogue Between Your Brain and Immune System.
$20.00 Add to cart“Superbly written with excellent insights…One of the best nonfiction books I’ve read!”
–Dr. Rupy Aujla, author of The Doctor’s Kitchen
Until a decade ago, we misunderstood a fundamental aspect of hum
- Author: Lyman, Monty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1635769876
- Language: English
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Clinical Chemistry Handbook: Workbook of Principles, Techniques and Correlations
$22.95 Add to cartClinical Chemistry Handbook-Workbook of Principles, Techniques, and Correlations is a foundational guide in not only the principles and techniques of medical laboratory science but also the correct de
- Author: Coleman, N. T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: August 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1977237681
- Language: English
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Plasma Astronomy and the Bible
$17.43 Add to cartThis book is based on the writings and video presentations of Barry J. Setterfield. Two fields of science, plasma astronomy and stochastic electrodynamics (SED physics), are combined to make a cosmolo
- Author: McHenry, Ellen J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 54
- Publish Date: June 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986863740
- Language: English
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Inventing the Future: Stories from a Techno-Optimist
$24.99 Add to cart“I hope that Cori’s belief in each one of us as a maker and inventor-and her examples of how technology and business can be fundamentally humanist-will be motivating and inspiring to many people, part
- Author: Lathan, Corinna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1544535368
- Language: English
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The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves
$18.99 Add to cart“More than anything else technology creates our world. It creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being,” says W. Brian Arthur. Yet despite technology’s irrefutable importance in our daily li… [more below]
- Author: Arthur, W. Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 11 2011
- ISBN10: 1416544062
- Language: English
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The Physics of Star Wars: The Science Behind a Galaxy Far, Far Away
$17.99 Add to cartExplore the physics behind the world of Star Wars, with engaging topics and accessible information that shows how we’re closer than ever before to creating technology from the galaxy far, far away–pe… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1507203306
- Language: English
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Chicken Coops: 45 Building Ideas for Housing Your Flock
$19.99 Add to cartJust like houses, chicken coops come in all shapes and sizes. Judy Pangman presents how-to drawings and conceptual plans for 45 coops — from the strictly practical to flights of fancy — guaranteed t… [more below]
- Author: Pangman, Judy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1580176275
- Language: English
