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  • Broca's Brain

    Reflections on the Romance of Science

    by Carl Sagan ...
    A fascinating book on the joys of discovering how the world works, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cosmos and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.“Magnificent . . . Delightful . . . A masterpiece. A message of tremendous hope for humanity . . . While ever conscious that human folly can terminate man’s march into the future, Sagan nonetheless paints for us a mind-boggling future: intelligent ... Read more

    $2.33 USD

  • Cosmos

    by Carl Sagan ...
    Renowned astronomer Carl Sagan’s classic bestseller that “dives into the past, present, and future of science, dealing with the mind-staggering enormity of the cosmos in which we exist” (Associated Press)—with an Introduction by Ann Druyan and a Foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson“Sagan dazzles the mind with the miracle of our survival, framed by the stately galaxies of space.”—CosmopolitanTHE ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?

    Debunking Pseudoscience

    by Martin Gardner ...
    "[Gardner] zaps his targets with laserlike precision and wit."—Entertainment WeeklyMartin Gardner is perhaps the wittiest, most devastating unmasker of scientific fraud and intellectual chicanery of our time. Here he muses on topics as diverse as numerology, New Age anthropology, and the late Senator Claiborne Pell's obsession with UFOs, as he mines Americans' seemingly inexhaustible appetite for ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • The Demon-Haunted World

    Science as a Candle in the Dark

    by Carl Sagan ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the renowned astronomer and author of Cosmos comes a “powerful [and] stirring defense of informed rationality” (The Washington Post Book World) in a world where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace.LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER • “Glorious . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Pale Blue Dot

    A Vision of the Human Future in Space

    by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan ...
    “Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagan’s books.”—The Washington Post Book World (front page review)In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and ... Read more

    $8.19 USD

  • Dragons of Eden

    Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence

    by Carl Sagan ...
    “A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday . . . It's a delight.”—The New York TimesDr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends—and their amazing links to recent discoveries.“How ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • What If? 10th Anniversary Edition

    Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

    by Randall Munroe ...
    A special 10th anniversary edition of the million-copy bestseller What If? from the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd—revised and annotated with brand-new illustrations and answers to the most absurd hypothetical questions you never thought to ask.Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions: What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • The Periodic Table Illustrated

    by Abbie Headon ...
    Series series Mini Encyclopedias
    • A compact illustrated guide to the periodic table • Includes illustrations and the chemical symbol for each element • Explains the structure, uses and history of each element ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • Climbing Mount Improbable

    by Richard Dawkins ...
    A brilliant book celebrating improbability as the engine that drives life, by the acclaimed author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker.The human eye is so complex and works so precisely that surely, one might believe, its current shape and function must be the product of design. How could such an intricate object have come about by chance? Tackling this subject—in writing that the New ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Por qué creemos en mierdas

    Cómo nos engañamos a nosotros mismos

    by Ramón Nogueras ...
    Desde la publicación de Por qué creemos en mierdas al inicio de la pandemia por coronavirus, el mundo ha cambiado. Ramón Nogueras también. Esta edición ampliada incorpora esos nuevos retos. Para que por fin dejemos de creer en mierdas. Nunca antes en la historia de la humanidad hemos tenido más acceso a información que ahora. Nunca antes nuestro conocimiento sobre el mundo en el que vivimos y su ... Read more

    $6.59 USD

  • Reader, Come Home

    The Reading Brain in a Digital World

    by Maryanne Wolf ...
    The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies.A decade ago, Maryanne Wolf’s Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • They Called Me Mad

    Genius, Madness, and the Scientists Who Pushed the Outer Limits of Knowledge

    by John Monahan ...
    Discover the true genius behind history's greatest "madmen".From Dr. Frankenstein to Dr. Jekyll, the image of the mad scientist surrounded by glass vials, copper coils, and electrical apparatus remains a popular fixture. In films and fiction, he's comically misguided, tragically misunderstood, or pathologically evil. But the origins of this stereotype can be found in the sometimes-eccentric real ... Read more

    $12.69 USD

  • Blueprint for a Battlestar

    Serious Scientific Explanations Behind Sci-Fi's Greatest Inventions

    by Rod Pyle ...
    "An enjoyable source of information on a wide variety of real or imagined technological marvels of the space age." —National Space SocietyThis beautifully illustrated pop science book answers the enduring questions raised by science fiction, such as: Do hoverboards really exist, how can you bring a dinosaur back to life and can we really travel in time and space.Packed with stunning images, ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • How it All Works

    All scientific laws and phenomena illustrated & demonstrated

    by Adam Dant, Brian Clegg ...
    In this beautiful and unique combination of art and science, this stunningly detailed book examines how the rules of science govern the the world around us, from the rooms in our houses to the planet, the solar system and the universe itself!The Universe is inconceivably complex. Its component parts though follow a set of unbreakable laws that have somehow been coded into their very fabric since ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • It's Elemental

    The Hidden Chemistry in Everything

    by Kate Biberdorf ...
    In this fresh and engaging guide to chemistry, Dr. Kate Biberdorf, aka "Kate the Chemist," reveals the fascinating science we experience every dayHave you ever wondered what makes dough rise? Or how your morning coffee gives you that energy boost? Or why your shampoo is making your hair look greasy? The answer is chemistry. From the moment we wake up until the time we go to sleep (and even while ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • 怪奇人體研究所：42個充滿問號的人體科學故事

    by SME ...
    Series series 知識叢書
    我們未被賦予翅膀和鰓於是，科學帶我們翱翔天際，深潛海底。繼《怪奇科學研究所》之後，42個不可思議卻又樂趣無窮的人體奇航。進化論＋腦科學＋人體學＋心理學＊聰明推薦10秒鐘教室│科普新銳插畫家佑來了生活科學頻道│YouTuber鄭永銘│「跟著鄭大師玩科學」部落客魏瑋志（澤爸）│親職教育講師★瘋狂的進化史★誰是你祖先？人類的眼睛究竟是進化還是退化？古人用跑死動物來拚輸贏？★怪誕的腦科學★沒有大腦可以活多少？究竟大腦有多愛撒謊？人類一天到晚都在腦補？★神祕的人體學★一夜白頭可能嗎？喪屍是怎麼活過來的？你還在相信味覺地圖嗎？<... ... Read more

    Was $7.09 USD Now $6.01 USD

  • North American Wildland Plants

    A Field Guide

    by James Stubbendieck, Stephan L. Hatch, Neal M. Bryan, Cheryl D. Dunn ...
    North American Wildland Plants contains descriptions of the salient characteristics of the most important wildland plants of North America. This comprehensive reference assists individuals with limited botanical knowledge as well as natural resource professionals in identifying wildland plants. The two hundred species of wildland plants in this book were selected because of their abundance, ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • 真相不会沉默

    by 刘良 ...
    作为资深法医病理学专家，法医刘良教授通过其从业四十多年中的二十几个非正常死亡案例，如误喝"化骨水"、致命"烟粉"、"美白神药"汞中毒等来警示安全风险，通过尸笑、蛇毒命案等来解析案件侦办逻辑，更直击他杀骗保、儿子弑母等伦理悲剧，探讨性别重置、厂区投毒等人际与社会困局。内容涉及法医知识、人性伦理故事，同步融入了法医工作日常、案件侦办逻辑与死亡密码的破解过程，兼具专业性与科普性，又富有教育意义，既是一本硬核的生存安全与法律指南，也是一场深刻的心灵共鸣与生命体验。 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Alien Plants

    by Clive A. Stace, Crawley ...
    Series Book 129 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    The word ‘aliens’ can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been introduced by people to new territories. In the British Isles alien plants are common, conspicuous, pestiferous, beautiful, edible – and can be both useful and harmful.Over the last fifty years, the study of alien plants has progressed from an ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Billions & Billions

    Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium

    by Carl Sagan ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us.These luminous, entertaining essays travel both the vastness of the cosmos and the intimacy of the human mind, posing such fascinating questions as how did the universe originate and how will it end, and how can we meld ... Read more

    $12.69 USD

  • A Crack in the Edge of the World

    America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

    by Simon Winchester ...
    The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive ... Read more

    $14.09 USD

  • The Princeton Guide to Evolution

    by Jonathan B. Losos ...
    The essential one-volume reference to evolutionThe Princeton Guide to Evolution is a comprehensive, concise, and authoritative reference to the major subjects and key concepts in evolutionary biology, from genes to mass extinctions. Edited by a distinguished team of evolutionary biologists, with contributions from leading researchers, the guide contains some 100 clear, accurate, and up-to-date ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Cladistics

    A Guide to Biological Classification

    by David M. Williams, Malte C. Ebach ...
    Series Book 88 - Systematics Association Special Volume Series
    This new edition of a foundational text presents a contemporary review of cladistics, as applied to biological classification. It provides a comprehensive account of the past fifty years of discussion on the relationship between classification, phylogeny and evolution. It covers cladistics in the era of molecular data, detailing new advances and ideas that have emerged over the last twenty-five ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Writing Science in Plain English, Second Edition

    by Anne E. Greene ...
    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
    An updated edition of the essential guide for all scientists—from undergraduates to senior scholars—who want to produce prose that anyone can understand.Scientific writing is often dry, wordy, and difficult to understand. But, as biologist and experienced teacher of scientific writing Anne E. Greene shows in Writing Science in Plain English, writers from all scientific disciplines can learn to ... Read more

    $13.69 USD