Science & Technology
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The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World But Fueled the Rise of Hitler
$20.00 Add to cartA sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the Haber-Bosch discovery that changed billions of lives–including your own.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, humanity was facing- Author: Hager, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 18 2009
- ISBN10: 0307351793
- Language: English
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Chasing Space: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances
$16.99 Add to cartIn this revelatory and moving memoir, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, persevera
- Author: Melvin, Leland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0062496735
- Language: English
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Tales from the Ant World
$17.95 Add to cartIn Tales from the Ant World, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson takes us on a thrilling myrmecological tour across continents and through time, inviting us into his decades-long scientifi… [more below]
- Author: Wilson, Edward O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1324091096
- Language: English
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Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
$16.00 Read moreIf you loved Hidden Figures or The Rise of the Rocket Girls, you’ll love Claire Evans’ breakthrough book on the women who brought you the internet–written out of history, until now.
“This is a radica- Author: Evans, Claire L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0593329449
- Language: English
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Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology
$15.95 Read more“Worth a read for anyone who cares about making change happen.”–Barack Obama
A powerful new blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness the power of digital technology to help solve the- Author: McGuinness, Tara Dawson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 0691216649
- Language: English
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Learning to Think: A Memoir of Faith, Superstition, and the Courage to Ask Questions
$28.99 Add to cartTracy King was raised in a house of contradictions–her family was happy and creative, yet shadowed by debt, phobias, her father’s alcoholism, and the illusory promises of a born-again Christian churc… [more below]
- Author: King, Tracy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1631498738
- Language: English
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Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
$19.99 Read moreA Nobel Prize-winning biologist’s “engaging and witty” (Forbes) memoir tells the riveting story of his race to discover the inner workings of biology’s most important molecule
Everyone has heard of- Author: Ramakrishnan, Venki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1541604490
- Language: English
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Jane Goodall
$18.99 Add to cartPeterson shows clearly and convincingly how truly remarkable Goodall’s accomplishments were and how unlikely it is that anyone else could have duplicated them. This biography details how Goodall helpe… [more below]
- Author: Peterson, Dale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: April 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0547053568
- Language: English
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El Ni?o Que Dom? El Viento / The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
$14.95 Add to cartEl libro en el que se bas la pel cula de Netflix con el mismo nombre, protagonizada y dirigida por Chiwetel Ejiofor, esta es una apasionante memoria de supervivencia y perseverancia sobre el heroico … [more below]
- Author: Kamkwamba, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1644732645
- Language: Spanish
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A Feeling for the Organism, 10th Aniversary Edition: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock
$28.00 Add to cartFor much of her life she worked alone, brilliant but eccentric, with ideas that made little sense to her colleagues. Yet before DNA and the molecular revolution, Barbara McClintock’s tireless analysis
- Author: Keller, Evelyn Fox
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 0805074589
- Language: English
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The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World
$19.99 Add to cartMary Anning was only twelve years old when, in 1811, she discovered the first dinosaur skeleton–of an ichthyosaur–while fossil hunting on the cliffs of Lyme Regis, England. Until Mary’s incredible d
- Series: MacSci
- Author: Emling, Shelley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 04 2011
- ISBN10: 0230103421
- Language: English
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The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
$19.99 Add to cartIn sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman (“Elegant and scrupulous”–New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa (“A mesmerizing page-
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Winchester, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 28 2009
- ISBN10: 60884614
- Language: English
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Vaccinated: From Cowpox to Mrna, the Remarkable Story of Vaccines
$18.99 Add to cart“Medical writing at its finest.”–David Oshinsky, author of Polio and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History
Respected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribu
- Author: Offit, Paul A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0063157616
- Language: English
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Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons
$19.95 Read moreIn his short 37 years, John Whiteside “Jack” Parsons embodied at least several different roles in one tormented but glorious life.
By day, Parsons’ unorthodox genius created a solid rocket fuel that h… [more below]- Author: Carter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 239
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0922915970
- Language: English
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Cómo Cambiar Tu Mente / How to Change Your Mind: Lo Que La Nueva Ciencia de la Psicodelia Nos Enseña Sobre La Conciencia, La Muerte, La Adicción, La D
$25.95 Read moreAhora en Netflix en un docu-serie de cuatro partes llamado “How to Change Your Mind” en donde abre el camino a la historia y los usos de los psicodélicos, incluidos el LSD, la psilocibina, la terapia… [more below]
- Author: Pollan, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: January 22 2019
- ISBN10: 8499929060
- Language: Spanish
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The Visible Unseen: Essays
$20.00 Add to cartAndrea Chapela, one of Granta‘s Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists of 2021, breaks down literary and scientific conventions in this prize-winning collection of experimental essays exploring the pro… [more below]
- Author: Chapela, Andrea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1632063522
- Language: English
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12 Bytes: How AI Will Change the Way We Live and Love
$18.00 Add to cartTwelve eye-opening, mind-expanding, funny and provocative essays on the implications of artificial intelligence for the way we live and the way we love from New York Times bestselling author Jeanette
- Author: Winterson, Jeanette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 0802160360
- Language: English
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Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew
$25.99 Read moreVoted the Best Space Book of 2018 by the Space Hipsters, the dramatic inside story of the epic search and recovery operation after the Columbia space shuttle disaster.
On February 1, 2003, Columbia di- Author: Leinbach, Michael D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 23, 2018
- ISBN10: 1628728515
- Language: English
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A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton
$18.00 Read moreThe first book from the legendary New Yorker writer John McPhee, tells about Bill Bradley when he was the best basketball player Princeton had ever seen.
When John McPhee met Bill Bradley, both were a- Author: McPhee, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 30 1999
- ISBN10: 0374526893
- Language: English
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Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin
$9.99 Add to cartThe inventions and inspiration of Benjamin Franklin and how they’ve stood the test of time
What would you do if you lived in a community without a library, hospital, post office, or fire department? I- Author: Barretta, Gene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: December 23 2008
- ISBN10: 0312535694
- Language: English
