Other Sciences category: 9579 books
Bretz's Flood
The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
The land between Idaho and the Cascade Mountains is characterized by gullies, coulees, and deserts--in geologic terms, it is a wholly unique place on the earth. Legendary geologist J Harlen Bretz, starting in the 1920s, was the first to explore the area. Bretz, a former science teacher at Franklin...
A Feast of Science
Intriguing Morsels from the Science of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
An entertaining and digestible volume that demystifies science, from the author of 16 bestselling popular science books
Crave answers? A Feast of Science demystifies the chemistry of everyday life, serving up practical knowledge to both inform and entertain. Guaranteed to satiate your hunger...
Sojourners in a Strange Land
Jesuits and Their Scientific Missions in Late Imperial China
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
Though Jesuits assumed a variety of roles as missionaries in late imperial China, their most memorable guise was that of scientific expert, whose maps, clocks, astrolabes, and armillaries reportedly astonished the Chinese. But the icon of the missionary-scientist is itself a complex myth. Masterfully...
Eureka
Discovering Your Inner Scientist
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
When it comes to science, too often people say "I just don't have the brains for it"--and leave it at that. Why is science so intimidating, and why do people let themselves feel this way? What makes one person a scientist and another disinclined even to learn how to read graphs? The idea...
Shocked
Adventures in Bringing Back the Recently Dead
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
As a young medical student, Dr. David Casarett was inspired by the story of a two-year-old girl named Michelle Funk. Michelle fell into a creek and was underwater for over an hour. When she was found she wasn’t breathing, and her pupils were fixed and dilated. But after three hours of persistent...
by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
"A marvelous, organ-by-organ journey through the body eclectic…Irresistible [and] impressive." —John J. Ross, Wall Street Journal
The human body is the most fraught and fascinating, talked-about and taboo, unique yet universal fact of our lives. It is the inspiration for art,...
The Seeds of Life
From Aristotle to da Vinci, from Sharks' Teeth to Frogs' Pants, the Long and Strange Quest to Discover Where Babies Come From
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Why cracking the code of human conception took centuries of wild theories, misogynist blunders, and ludicrous mistakes
Throughout most of human history, babies were surprises. People knew the basics: men and women had sex, and sometimes babies followed. But beyond that the origins of life were...
by Albert Einstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010
A new edition of the most definitive collection of Albert Einstein's popular writings, gathered under the supervision of Einstein himself. The selections range from his earliest days as a theoretical physicist to his death in 1955; from such subjects as relativity, nuclear war or peace, and religion and science, to human rights, economics, and government.
The Prism and the Pendulum
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments in Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Is science beautiful? Yes, argues acclaimed philosopher and historian of science Robert P. Crease in this engaging exploration of history’s most beautiful experiments. The result is an engrossing journey through nearly 2,500 years of scientific innovation. Along the way, we encounter glimpses into...
by Alana Monet-Telfer
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
Universe and Solar System Series: The Life Cycle of Stars Having trouble on Physics? Need to find out information about the life cycles of stars and what causes their birth and death? This is an excellent book if you need, or want; to learn about the complete life cycle of stars including their characteristics...
by Alana Monet-Telfer
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2013
Universe and Solar System Series: Theories of the Universe
Having trouble on Physics? Need to find out information about the Big Bang theories, and how the Universe came to existence?. This is an excellent book if you need, or want; to learn about the Big Bang Theory, String Theory, Inflation...
離開太陽系：移民火星、超人類誕生到星際旅行, 探索物理學家眼中的未來世界
The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth
Language: Chinese
Release Date: December 21, 2018
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by Wilhelm Reich
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
The Bion Experiments, published in a limited German edition in 1938 and now available in English for the first time, represents a cornerstone in Reich's scientific development. The work documents a series of experiments conducted in Oslo in 1936-37 in which Reich applied the formula of tension?charge?discharge?relaxation,...