Science & Technology
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Optimal Control Theory: An Introduction
$35.00 Read moreOptimal control theory is the science of maximizing the returns from and minimizing the costs of the operation of physical, social, and economic processes. Geared toward upper-level undergraduates, th
- Series: Dover Books on Electrical Engineering
- Author: Kirk, Donald E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 452
- Publish Date: April 30 2004
- ISBN10: 486434842
- Language: English
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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
$18.99 Read moreFrom the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author of Woman, a playful, passionate guide to the science all around us. The Canon is an ebullient celebration of science that stands to become a clas… [more below]
- Author: Angier, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0547053460
- Language: English
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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
$21.99 Read more“This sparkling book romps over the range of science and anti-science.” –Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
Revised and Expanded Edition. In this age of supposed scientific enlightenmen- Author: Shermer, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0805070893
- Language: English
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High School Chemistry Unlocked: Your Key to Understanding and Mastering Complex Chemistry Concepts
$16.99 Read moreUNLOCK THE SECRETS OF CHEMISTRY with THE PRINCETON REVIEW.
High School Chemistry Unlocked focuses on giving you a wide range of key lessons to help increase your understanding of chemistry. With this- Series: High School Subject Review
- Author: The Princeton Review
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1101921552
- Language: English
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Montreal’s Expo 67
$24.99 Add to cartIn 1967, Canada celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding with a spectacular party, and the whole world was invited. Montreal’s Expo 67 was the first world’s fair held in Canada, and it was a h… [more below]
- Author: Cotter, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 17 2016
- ISBN10: 1467116351
- Language: English
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Astronomy 101: From the Sun and Moon to Wormholes and Warp Drive, Key Theories, Discoveries, and Facts about the Universe
$16.99 Read moreExplore the curiosities of our galaxy with this comprehensive, digestible guide to astronomy
Too often, textbooks obscure the beauty and wonder of outer space with tedious discourse that even Galileo- Series: Adams 101
- Author: Petersen, Carolyn Collins
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 18 2013
- ISBN10: 1440563594
- Language: English
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On the Origin of Species
$14.99 Read moreDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high q
- Author: Darwin, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: February 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1509827692
- Language: English
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Hatching & Brooding Your Own Chicks: Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Guinea Fowl
$24.99 Add to cartGail Damerow shows you how to incubate, hatch, and brood baby chickens, ducklings, goslings, turkey poults, and guinea keets. With advice on everything from selecting a breed and choosing the best inc… [more below]
- Author: Damerow, Gail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 1612120148
- Language: English
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The Story of Vermont: A Natural and Cultural History, Second Edition
$27.95 Read moreIn this second edition of their classic text, Klyza and Trombulak use the lens of interconnectedness to examine the geological, ecological, and cultural forces that came together to produce contempora… [more below]
- Author: Klyza, Christopher McGrory
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 06 2015
- ISBN10: 1611684021
- Language: English
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Wonders of Creation: Design in a Fallen World
$34.99 Read moreEnjoy the panorama of a Creation so beautifully detailed, ordered and complex that it would be unbelievable if it was not there in front of us. As you look at the world around you, it is impossible no… [more below]
- Author: Burgess, Stuart
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1683441664
- Language: English
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The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are
$21.50 Add to cartA deeply reported look at home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on our culture and on individual lives
You swab your cheek or spit in a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Week… [more below]- Author: Copeland, Libby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1419747932
- Language: English
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Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution’s Mysteries Solved
$16.95 Add to cart“The irresistible enthusiasm of Great Adaptations couldn’t come at a better time.”–David P. Barash, Wall Street Journal
“Be very amazed.”–Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words and Becoming Wild How on- Author: Catania, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 0691228477
- Language: English
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From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way
$19.00 Read moreA Wired Most Fascinating Book of the Year
“An important book that reminds us that navigation remains one of our most underappreciated arts.”
–Tristan Gooley, author of The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s- Author: Bond, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0674260414
- Language: English
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The Woodchip Handbook: A Complete Guide for Farmers, Gardeners and Landscapers
$24.95 Read more*2022 GardenComm Media Awards Gold Medal of Achievement
The first and only complete guide to sourcing and using woodchip–an abundant, inexpensive, and ecologically sustainable material–for savvy gro
- Author: Raskin, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1645020487
- Language: English
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The Social Lives of Animals
$30.00 Read moreA rat will go out of its way to help a stranger in need. Lions have adopted the calves of their prey. Ants farm fungus in cooperatives. Why do we continue to believe that life in the animal kingdom is
- Author: Ward, Ashley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1541600835
- Language: English
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The Science of Compost: Life, Death and Decay in the Garden
$14.95 Add to cartThe Science of Compost: Life Death and Decay in the Garden takes you on a journey into the underworld of composting. Doberski explains the science of what goes on but also promotes interest in the liv… [more below]
- Author: Doberski, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1914902939
- Language: English
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When Galaxies Were Born: The Quest for Cosmic Dawn
$58.33 Read moreOne of today’s leading astronomers takes readers inside the decades-long search for the first galaxies and the origin of starlight
Astronomers are like time travelers, scanning the night sky for the o- Author: Ellis, Richard S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0691211302
- Language: English
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Uranus and Neptune
$43.00 Read moreA comprehensive, accessible, and stunningly illustrated introduction to these far-off worlds.
The most distant planets in our solar system, Uranus and Neptune were unknown by the ancients–Uranus wa- Series: Kosmos
- Author: Kennett, Carolyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146410
- Language: English
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Weather A-Z: A Dictionary of Weather Terms
$19.95 Read more“We all like to complain about the weather, but no one wants to do anything about it.”
— Mark TwainKnowing what it is will be a start. Some weather terms are basic and obvious.
We all know what
- Author: The Royal Meteorological Society
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0228103967
- Language: English
