Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. From fields, feasts, and fairy rings to death caps, puffballs, and ambrosia beetles, this is an intoxicating journey into the life of an extraordinary organism, one that we...
Math and science
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Author:Whiteley, AliyaSummary: - Author:Jurmain, SuzanneSummary:
Tells the story of the doctors and researchers who worked to track down the cause of yellow fever and find a way to eliminate the disease.
- Author:Swanson, JenniferSummary:
Why does a football spiral? How do some athletes jump so high? The answer is science! The Secret Science of Sports helps kids better understand concepts of science, technology, engineering, and math through the sports they love to play...
- Author:Caudill, CraigSummary:
Learn how to navigate through any landscape - forests, deserts, even your own backyard - through observation of the world around you! Put away your map, look up from your phone, and let nature be your guide. Rediscover nature's hidden...
- Author:Wohlleben, PeterSummary:
The final book in the Mysteries of Nature trilogy by the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben Nature is full of surprises-deciduous trees affect the rotation of the Earth, cranes sabotage the...
- Author:Dawkins, RichardSummary:
The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought....
- Author:Higgins, Michael DenisSummary:
Michael Higgins broadens our understanding of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by bringing science, engineering, and technology together with ancient documentation and archaeological findings. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient...
- Author:Mearns, David L.Summary:
David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. This book chronicles his most intriguing finds. It describes the extraordinary techniques used, the detailed research and mid-ocean stamina and...
- Author:Virk, RizwanSummary:
The Simulation Hypothesis, by best-selling author, renowned MIT computer scientist and Silicon Valley video game designer Rizwan Virk, is the first serious book to explain one of the most daring and consequential theories of our time....
- Author:Johnson, Sarah StewartSummary:
'Sarah Stewart Johnson interweaves her own coming-of-age story as a planetary scientist with a vivid history of the exploration of Mars in this celebration of human curiosity, passion, and perseverance.' Alan Lightman, author...
- Author:Novella, Bob, Novella, Jay, Novella, StevenSummary:
This is a high-tech roadmap of the future, cracking open the work of futurists of the past by examining what they got right, what they got wrong, and how they came to those conclusions.
- Author:Novella, StevenSummary:
An all-encompassing guide to skeptical thinking in the popular "The Skeptics Guide to the Universe" podcast's dryly humorous, accessible style. It's intimidating to realize that we live in a world overflowing with...
- Author:Coughlan, SeanSummary:
SCIENCE: GENERAL ISSUES. Sleep has its own unexpected and rich story ranging across science, history, literature and philosophy. It's been a cultural battleground between those who see sleep as a gift from nature and those who have...
- Author:Heinrich, BerndSummary:
Although Gerd Heinrich, a devoted naturalist, specialized in wasps, Bernd Heinrich tried to distance himself from his "old-fashioned" father, becoming a hybrid: a modern, experimental biologist with a naturalist's...
- Author:Wilson, Edward O.Summary:
Wilson boldly addresses age-old questions (Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going?) while delving into the biological sources of morality, religion, and the creative arts.
- Author:Hippel, William vonSummary:
Bill von Hippel traces human development through three critical evolutionary inflection points to explain how events in our distant past shape our lives today. From the mundane, such as why we exaggerate, to the surprising, such as why...
- Author:Davenport, ChristianSummary:
The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontierThe Space Barons is the story of a group of...
- Author:Donald, AlisonSummary:
There is a competition to make the spacesuit for the first moon landing! Ellie, an ordinary woman, is asked to lead a team of talented seamstresses. No one believes they can win, but they are determined to try... This inspiring look at...
- Author:Jahren, HopeSummary:
"Hope Jahren is the voice that science has been waiting for." 'Nature "A superb account of the deadly struggle between humanity and what may prove the only life-bearing planet within ten light years, written in a...
- Author:Kuhn, Thomas S.Summary:
When it was first published in 1962, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was a landmark event in the history and philosophy of science. Fifty years later, it still has many lessons to teach. With The Structure of Scientific...
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