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  • The Seven Measures of the World

    by Piero Martin ...
    The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical worldFrom the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, personal relationships, and the supernatural. We measure the world to know our past, comprehend the present, and plan the future.Renowned physicist Piero ... Read more

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  • AI科學家李飛飛的視界之旅

    The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

    Translated by 廖月娟, 林俊宏 ...
    Series series 科學文化
    ★全球科技界盛讚李飛飛是「AI****界的良心」★美國前總統歐巴馬推薦「AI****崛起時代」必讀書籍★《金融時報》年度最佳科技書籍★ Amazon****編輯選書史丹佛大學李飛飛博士是現代AI發展歷程中少見的女性先驅,在AI處於發展低谷的時期克服了資源與人才的不足,致力於研究機器視覺,並促成「深度學習」的突破。演算法從此不只能看見,還能看懂事物,也使得大數據正式浮上檯面,讓AI出現進一步的應用價值。本書是李飛飛親筆撰寫的回憶錄,講述她在中國和美國兩地的成長、求學及研究生涯,父母的身教與言教,引領她天生的好奇心,走向科學之路。中學時期全家移民美國,在經濟拮据、語言不通的環境下,她堅定志向完成了學業,並從物理轉向AI領域,... ... Read more

    $14.25 USD

  • The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The story of modern medicine and bioethics—and, indeed, race relations—is refracted beautifully, and movingly.”—Entertainment WeeklyNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM HBO® STARRING OPRAH WINFREY AND ROSE BYRNE • ONE OF THE “MOST INFLUENTIAL” (CNN), “DEFINING” (LITHUB), AND “BEST” (THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK ... Read more

    $9.59 USD

  • Drawing Physics

    2,600 Years of Discovery From Thales to Higgs

    by Don S. Lemons ...
    Short chronological essays and simple drawings “illuminate a millennia of famous discoveries” and explain 51 key physics concepts (Physics Today).Humans have been trying to understand the physical universe since antiquity. Aristotle had one vision (the realm of the celestial spheres is perfect), and Einstein another (all motion is relativistic). More often than not, understanding begins with a ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Naturalist 25th Anniversary Edition

    Edward O. Wilson—winner of two Pulitzer prizes, champion of biodiversity, and Faculty Emeritus at Harvard University—is arguably one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Yet his celebrated career began not with an elite education but from an insatiable curiosity about the natural world and drive to explore its mysteries. Called “one of the finest scientific memoirs ever written ... Read more

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  • Hands of Time

    A Watchmaker’s History

    "A hugely entertaining achievement." –Esquire“An engaging survey through a period of intellectual history that reveals as much about people who wear watches as the objects on their wrists." – Wall Street Journal"As impeccably crafted and precisely engineered as any of the watches on which the author has worked so lovingly over the years, this book is a joy to behold and a wonder to enjoy.” –Simon ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • 自私的基因

    The Selfish Gene

    Translated by 趙淑妙 ...
    翻譯超過二十五種語言、全球熱銷百萬冊,演化生物學大師理查.道金斯成名著作《衛報》非文學類百大好書英國皇家學會評為「最有啟發性的科學書籍」我們都是求生存的機器——機器人的化身,暗地裡已被輸入某些程式,用來保養這些叫做「基因」的自私分子!──道金斯基因極度自私。它為了達成複製自己的目的,把我們這些生物當作機器人,暗地操弄著我們求生繁殖,演化出各種行為,舉凡:雌性會慎重審視追求者、雄性必須搶地盤才受青睞、布穀鳥幼雛會把養父母的蛋扔下樹、幼鳥餓了會哭叫、雄鹿長出美麗的叉角、瞪羚看到敵人會跳高示警、猴子彼此抓蝨子、乃至蜜蜂分工合作的社會生活,... ... Read more

    $11.87 USD

  • 人類大歷史(增訂版):從野獸到扮演上帝

    Sapiens:A Brief History of Humankind

    Translated by 林俊宏 ...
    Series series 科學文化
    【作者新版序言+新增史證修訂】《人類大歷史》為什麼能夠在國際暢銷書榜上爆衝?原因很簡單,它處理的是歷史的大問題、現代世界的大問題,而且,它的寫作風格是刻骨銘心的生動。你會愛上它!——戴蒙(Jared Diamond),普立茲獎巨著《槍炮、病菌與鋼鐵》作者十萬年前,地球上至少有六個人種,但今日,只剩下一個人種:智人(Homo sapiens),亦即明智的人種。但是我們真的明智嗎?從只能啃食虎狼吃剩的殘骨的猿人,到躍居食物鏈頂端的智人,從雪維洞穴壁上的原始人手印,到阿姆斯壯踩上月球的腳印,從認知革命、農業革命,到科學革命、生物科技革命,我們是如何登上世界舞臺、成為萬物之靈的?從西元前1776年的《漢摩拉比法典》,到1776年的〈美國獨立宣言〉,從帝國主義、資本主義,到自由主義、消費主義,從獸... ... Read more

    $14.25 USD

  • Tiny Habits

    The Small Changes That Change Everything

    by BJ Fogg ...
    New York Times Bestseller | A habit expert from Stanford University shares his breakthrough method for building habits quickly and easily. With Tiny Habits you’ll increase productivity by tapping into positive emotions to create a happier and healthier life. Dr. Fogg’s new and extremely practical method of behavior design picks up where Atomic Habits left off.“There are many great books on the ... Read more

    Was $12.19 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • In Search of Now

    The Science of the Present Moment

    by Jo Marchant ...
    **"[A] fascinating and wide-ranging investigation into how the human brain registers time.... [Marchant's] thought-provoking book is a rewarding delve into the mysteries of time and consciousness." —Andrew Crumey, Wall Street JournalNew Scientist • Best New Popular Science Books of February 2026The Next Big Idea Club • March 2026 Must-Read BooksA mind-bending, brilliantly accessible exploration of ... Read more

    $22.59 USD

  • Atlantic

    Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

    "Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring…A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean ... Read more

    Was $14.09 USD Now $2.99 USD

  • The Ends of the World

    Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions

    by Peter Brannen ...
    One of Vox’s Most Important Books of the DecadeNew York Times Editors' Choice 2017Forbes Top 10 Best Environment, Climate, and Conservation Book of 2017As new groundbreaking research suggests that climate change played a major role in the most extreme catastrophes in the planet's history, award-winning science journalist Peter Brannen takes us on a wild ride through the planet's five mass e... ... Read more

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  • The AGI Chronicles

    The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence

    by Kevin Roose ...
    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon Musk"[Kevin Roose] came out with the most important story in AI: how a few executives, and the relationships between them, somehow came to determine the future of everything.” ... Read more

    $16.69 USD

  • The Grieving Body

    How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing

    Series series The Grieving Brain Series
    “No one has done more for the science of grief than Mary-Frances O’Connor. Deeply human and wise, The Grieving Body delivers a grounded, logical understanding of the effects of stress and loss on our bodies. O’Connor doesn’t just explain what happens and why, she offers hopeful, beautiful solutions to support ourselves and our world.” - Megan Devine, author of It’s Ok that You’re Not OkThe follow ... Read more

    Was $18.49 USD Now $4.79 USD

  • Into the Raging Sea

    Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro

    by Rachel Slade ...
    A NATIONAL BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF JANET MASLIN’S MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE SUMMERA NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICEONE OF OUTSIDE MAGAZINE’S BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMERONE OF AMAZON'S BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE YEAR SO FAR“A powerful and a... ... Read more

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  • Build

    An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

    by Tony Fadell ...
    **New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USAToday Bestseller for May 2022**Tony Fadell led the teams that created the iPod, iPhone and Nest Learning Thermostat and learned enough in 30+ years in Silicon Valley about leadership, design, startups, Apple, Google, decision-making, mentorship, devastating failure and unbelievable success to fill an encyclopedia.So that’s what this book is. An advice ... Read more

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  • 人類大命運(增訂版):從智人到神人

    Homo Deus:The Brief History of Tomorrow

    Translated by 林俊宏 ...
    Series series 科學文化
    【作者新版序言+新增史證修訂】《人類大命運》會震撼你!會振奮你!更重要的是,它會讓你以未曾思慮過的觀點,深思細想。—— 康納曼(Daniel Kahneman),《快思慢想》作者在《人類大歷史》,作者哈拉瑞展現了他「後見之明」的洞見,深刻闡述了「A Brief History of Humankind」。而在這本《人類大命運》,哈拉瑞則改以「先見之明」的姿態,提出三個大哉問,並用他一貫銳利幽默的筆調,旁徵博引,深入淺出,為我們預示了「A Brief History of Tomorrow」!幾千年來,人類一直面臨三大問題:饑荒、瘟疫、戰爭,但如今,這三大問題已經從過去「不可理解、無法控制的自然力量」轉化為「可應付的挑戰」了。饑荒、瘟疫和戰爭發生的次數及... ... Read more

    $14.25 USD

  • End Times Fascism

    And the Fight for the Living World

    A New York Times BestsellerA scathing investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of the Christian nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries, and populist survivalists who increasingly define the contemporary right—and a recipe for how to fight them.As the planet burns and shared reality melts, a new iteration of the far right is on the march. How can we understand this dangerous new development, and ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Blitzed

    Drugs in the Third Reich

    by Norman Ohler ...
    A New York Times bestseller, Norman Ohler's Blitzed is a "fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich” (Washington Post).The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. Yet as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping work of World War II nonfiction, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs: cocaine, opiates, and, most of all, methamphetamines ... Read more

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  • The Enlightenment

    The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680-1790

    A magisterial work of intellectual history that recasts the Enlightenment as a period not solely consumed with rationale and reason, but rather as a pursuit of practical means to achieve greater human happiness.One of the formative periods of European and world history, the Enlightenment is the fountainhead of modern secular Western values: religious tolerance, freedom of thought, speech and the ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • The Selfish Gene

    50th Anniversary Edition

    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
    Celebrating 50 years with a new anniversary edition, this critically acclaimed international bestseller has sold millions of copies and been translated into over 30 languages. Among the most influential and enduring science books of all time, The Selfish Gene is a classic in every sense of the word. Originally published in 1976, the book soon galvanized the biology community and fascinated a broad ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • Conscious

    A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind

    by Annaka Harris ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"If you’ve ever wondered how you have the capacity to wonder, some fascinating insights await you in these pages.” --Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of OriginalsAs concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation ... ... Read more

    Was $14.19 USD Now $10.69 USD

  • Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of North America, Second Edition

    Series Book 107 - Peterson Field Guides
    A new edition of the best-selling field guide with 25 all-new plates covering the birds of Hawaii.For decades, the Peterson Field Guide to Birds has been a popular and trusted bird watching guide for birders of all levels, thanks to its famous system of identification and unparalleled illustrations. Now that the American Birding Association has expanded its species Checklist to include Hawaii, the ... Read more

    Was $20.09 USD Now $13.99 USD

  • A Brief History of the Universe (And Our Place in It)

    "A sweeping tour of the laws of physics, the scope of the universe, and the place of life within it." —Sean Carroll, New York Times bestselling author of The Biggest Ideas in the UniverseAn elegant exploration of humanity’s continuous search to find the hidden truths of the universe and comprehend our place in the cosmos.We have always looked up at the night sky and wondered. Ever since the ... Read more

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