Science & Technology
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Designing for People
$19.95 Add to cartFrom the first answering machine (“the electronic brain”) and the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the SS Independence and the Bell telephone, the creations of Henry S. Dreyfuss have shaped the cultural lands… [more below]
- Author: Dreyfuss, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1581153120
- Language: English
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The Cattle Health Handbook: Preventive Care, Disease Treatments & Emergency Procedures for Promoting the Well-Being of Your Beef or Dairy Herd
$29.95 Add to cartIn this practical guide, Heather Smith Thomas provides easy-to-execute solutions for a variety of common medical situations that can afflict your animals, including bacterial diseases, parasites, and … [more below]
- Author: Thomas, Heather Smith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 11 2009
- ISBN10: 1603420908
- Language: English
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The Principia: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
$34.99 Add to cartThis book is a complete volume of Newton’s mathematical principles relating to natural philosophy and his system of the world. Newton, one of the most brilliant scientists and thinkers of all time, pr
- Author: Newton, Isaac
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 466
- Publish Date: August 15 2011
- ISBN10: 1607963817
- Language: English
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The Deep: The Hidden Wonders of Our Oceans and How We Can Protect Them
$17.99 Read moreThere’s so much we don’t know about what lies deep beneath the ocean’s surface – and the time to find out is growing increasingly precious . . .
Professor Alex Rogers is one of the world’s leading exp- Author: Rogers, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1472253930
- Language: English
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In Search of the Multiverse: Parallel Worlds, Hidden Dimensions, and the Ultimate Quest for the Frontiers of Reality
$15.99 Add to cartIs our universe just one of many?
The most fascinating mysteries in modern physics seem to point us in that direction. As impossible as it seems-that other universes came before ours, float alongside
- Author: Gribbin, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: August 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1684424607
- Language: English
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Science, the Endless Frontier
$14.95 Add to cartThe classic case for why government must support science–with a new essay by physicist and former congressman Rush Holt on what democracy needs from science today
Science, the Endless Frontier is rec- Author: Bush, Vannevar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 691186626
- Language: English
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Human Physiology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Physiology is the science of life, and sets out to understand how living things work and what makes them distinct from the non-living. It consider- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Davies, Jamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0198869886
- Language: English
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Science Fictions
$24.99 Add to cartAn insider’s view of science reveals why many scientific results cannot be relied upon – and how the system can be reformed.
Science is how we understand the world. Yet failures in peer review and mis- Author: Ritchie, Stuart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1250841860
- Language: English
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Wastewater Microbiology, Filamentous Bacteria Morphotype Identification Techniques, and Process Control Troubleshooting Strategies
$99.00 Add to cartThis textbook is intended for use as a handbook for wastewater operators that may also be of use for engineers, consultants, chemical vendors, public works directors, students, and anyone else interes
- Author: Hennessy, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: March 31 2022
- ISBN10: 0578357283
- Language: English
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A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design
$20.00 Add to cartDoes the universe embody beautiful ideas?
Artists as well as scientists throughout human history have pondered this “beautiful question.” With Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek as your guide, embark on a… [more below]- Author: Wilczek, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0143109367
- Language: English
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Philosophy of Biology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartOver the last forty years the philosophy of biology has emerged as an important sub-discipline of the philosophy of science. Covering some of science’s most divisive topics, such as philosophical issu… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Okasha, Samir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 019880699X
- Language: English
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Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum
$21.99 Add to cartThe third volume in the bestselling physics series cracks open Einstein’s special relativity and field theory
Physicist Leonard Susskind and data engineer Art Friedman are back. This time, they intro- Series: Theoretical Minimum
- Author: Susskind, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1541674065
- Language: English
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Blackfoot Physics: A Journey Into the Native American Worldview
$18.95 Add to cartOne summer in the 1980s, theoretical physicist F. David Peat went to a Blackfoot Sun Dance ceremony. Having spent all of his life steeped in and influenced by linear Western science, he was entranced
- Author: Peat, F. David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 23 2005
- ISBN10: 1578633710
- Language: English
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Introduction to Graph Theory
$14.99 Add to cartA stimulating excursion into pure mathematics aimed at “the mathematically traumatized,” but great fun for mathematical hobbyists and serious mathematicians as well. Requiring only high school algebra
- Author: Trudeau, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: January 11 2017
- ISBN10: 1684112311
- Language: English
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Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
In the last few years global awareness of climate change has grown very rapidly – through the school strikes led by Greta Thunberg, groups like Ex- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Maslin, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0198867867
- Language: English
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Mutual Aid: An Illuminated Factor of Evolution
$30.00 Add to cartOne hundred years after his death, Peter Kropotkin is still one of the most inspirational figures of the anarchist movement. It is often forgotten that Kropotkin was also a world-renowned geographer w
- Series: Kairos
- Author: Kropotkin, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1629638749
- Language: English
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American Eclipse: A Nation’s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
$18.99 Add to cartWith this “suspenseful narrative history” (Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air), award-winning science writer David Baron tells the story of the enterprising scientists–among them, planet hunter James
- Author: Baron, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1324094699
- Language: English
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Dark Winter: How the Sun Is Causing a 30-Year Cold Spell
$24.95 Add to cartClimate change has been a perplexing problem for years.
In Dark Winter, author John L. Casey, a former White House national space policy advisor, NASA headquarters consultant, and space shuttle engine
- Author: Casey, John L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: August 19 2014
- ISBN10: 1630060356
- Language: English
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You Are the Universe: Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
$17.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Deepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore some of the most important and baffling questions about our place in the world.
“A riveting and- Author: Chopra, Deepak
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0307889157
- Language: English
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The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
$18.99 Add to cartPrepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. The Hidden Half of Nature reveals why good health–for people and for plants–depends on Earth’s smallest creatures. Restoring
- Author: Montgomery, David R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0393353370
- Language: English
