Other Sciences category: 9579 books
Isaac's Storm
A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2011
At the dawn of the twentieth century, a great confidence suffused America. Isaac Cline was one of the era's new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms. The idea that a hurricane could damage the city of Galveston, Texas, where...
The Map That Changed the World
William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell—clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world—making it...
Engine Airflow HP1537
A Practical Guide to Airflow Theory, Parts Testing, Flow Bench Testing and Analy zing Data to Increase Performance for Any Street or Racing Engine
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
This informative, fully illustrated handbook includes basic discussion on the science of engine airflow and relationships, how flowbenches work, testing individual engine components, how to analyze the data, calibration issues, intake and exhaust tuning, engine formulas, and putting it all together for maximum performance.
by Pottermore Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
This non-fiction short-form eBook features content which is adapted from the audiobook Harry Potter: A History of Magic – inspired by the British Library exhibition of the same name.
Potions have been made for thousands of years – associated with bubbling pots and mysterious ingredients,...
Personal Knowledge
Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
The publication of Personal Knowledge in 1958 shook the science world, as Michael Polanyi took aim at the long-standing ideals of rigid empiricism and rule-bound logic. Today, Personal Knowledge remains one of the most significant philosophy of science books of the twentieth century, bringing the...
The Weather Machine
A Journey Inside the Forecast
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour of the infrastructure behind the weather forecast, the people who built it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planet
The weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It’s a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones,...
Soonish
Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
**The instant New York Times bestseller!
A Wall Street Journal Best Science Book of the Year!
A Popular Science Best Science Book of the Year!
From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation...
by Charles Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, published on Thursday 24 November 1859, is a seminal work of scientific literature considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. Its full title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races...
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat
Quantum Physics And Reality
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences. Without it, we'd have no nuclear power or nuclear weapons, no TV, no computers, no science of molecular biology, no understanding...
by William H. Calvin
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2010
Passionately written yet thoroughly grounded in the latest climate science, "Global Fever" delivers both a stark warning and an ambitious blueprint for saving the future of the planet. Photos.
Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2010
The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small...
Undeniable
Evolution and the Science of Creation
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
"Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story...
Life on the Edge
The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
New York Times bestseller • Life on the Edge alters our understanding of our world's fundamental dynamics through the use of quantum mechanics.
Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the...
Is That a Fact?
Frauds, Quacks, and the Real Science of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
An entertaining and digestible volume that demystifies science
Eat this and live to 100. Don’t, and die. Today, hyperboles dominate the media, which makes parsing science from fiction an arduous task when deciding what to eat, what chemicals to avoid, and what’s best for the environment....