Philosophy & Social Aspects
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Geddy Lee’s Big Beautiful Book of Bass
$90.00 Read more“A treasure trove for any fan of the four-stringed (and occasionally more) instrument.” — Billboard
“It’s not surprising that sooner or later I’d dive down the proverbial rabbit hole into the world of
- Author: Lee, Geddy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: December 18 2018
- ISBN10: 0062747835
- Language: English
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Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions
$30.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot tell us.” —The Wall Street Journal “Stimulating . . . encourage[s] readers to push past well-trod assump- Author: Hossenfelder, Sabine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1984879456
- Language: English
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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
$18.99 Add to cartThis collection from scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner highlights the achievements of a man whose career reshaped the world’s understanding of quantum electrodynamics.
The Pleasure of Finding Thi… [more below]- Series: Helix Books
- Author: Feynman, Richard P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 06, 2005
- ISBN10: 0465023959
- Language: English
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Explaining Life Through Evolution
$22.95 Read moreA broad overview of the science of evolution, and why understanding it matters in our everyday lives.
Explaining Life through Evolution tells the origin story of life on this planet and how we arrived- Author: Chakrabarty, Prosanta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546256
- Language: English
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In Light-Years There’s No Hurry: Cosmic Perspectives on Everyday Life
$26.00 Add to cartOne stifling summer night, the poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra lay awake, unable to sleep–like so many of us feeling anxious and alienated, deeply exhausted yet restless. Amid the suffocat
- Author: Van Heemstra, Marjolijn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 20, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324035692
- Language: English
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
$18.99 Add to cartNicholas Carr’s bestseller The Shallows has become a foundational book in one of the most important debates of our time: As we enjoy the internet’s bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and… [more below]
- Author: Carr, Nicholas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 393357821
- Language: English
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
$19.00 Add to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
If you think the world is coming to an
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR
“My new favorite book of all time.” –Bill Gates- Author: Pinker, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: January 15, 2019
- ISBN10: 0143111388
- Language: English
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The Hidden Face of God: Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth
$18.99 Add to cartIn a timely fusion of science and faith, the scientist and popular writer Gerald L. Schroeder explains why cutting-edge scientific theories point to a great plan underlying the universe.
- Author: Schroeder, Gerald L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 09, 2002
- ISBN10: 0743203259
- Language: English
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition
$18.00 Add to cartA good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, a
- Author: Kuhn, Thomas S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 30, 2012
- ISBN10: 0226458121
- Language: English
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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
$16.95 Add to cartWhat’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on
- Author: Roach, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1324036125
- Language: English
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Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century
$35.42 Add to cartAn incisive, groundbreaking book that examines how a biological concept of race is a myth that promotes inequality in a supposedly “post-racial” era.
Though the Human Genome Project proved that huma- Author: Roberts, Dorothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1595588345
- Language: English
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The Trouble with Physics: The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science, and What Comes Next
$18.99 Add to cartIn this illuminating book, the renowned theoretical physicist Lee Smolin argues that fundamental physics — the search for the laws of nature — is losing its way. Smolin offers an unblinking assessme… [more below]
- Author: Smolin, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 04 2007
- ISBN10: 061891868X
- Language: English
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Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
$20.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The renowned theoretical physicist and national bestselling author of The God Equation details the developments in computer technology, artificial intelligence, medicine, space t… [more below]
- Author: Kaku, Michio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 21 2012
- ISBN10: 0307473333
- Language: English
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Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design
$24.99 Add to cart“Signature in the Cell is a defining work in the discussion of life’s origins and the question of whether life is a product of unthinking matter or of an intelligent mind. For those who disagree with
- Author: Meyer, Stephen C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: June 22 2010
- ISBN10: 0061472794
- Language: English
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Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning Will Transform the American Family
$16.99 Add to cartCould a child have two genetic mothers? Will parents someday soon be able to choose not only the physical characteristics of their children-to-be, but their personalities and talents as well? Will gen
- Series: Ecco
- Author: Silver, Lee M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 07 2007
- ISBN10: 0061235199
- Language: English
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Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop
$19.99 Add to cartIf asked to list the greatest innovators of modern American poetry, few of us would think to include Jay-Z or Eminem in their number. And yet hip hop is the source of some of the most exciting develop… [more below]
- Author: Bradley, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 27 2017
- ISBN10: 0465094406
- Language: English
