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  • North American Wildland Plants

    A Field Guide

    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

    $28.99 USD

  • Handbook for Science Public Information Officers

    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
    Whether sharing a spectacular shot from a deep-space probe, announcing a development in genetic engineering, or crafting an easy-to-reference list of cancer risk factors, science public information officers, or PIOs, serve as scientific liaisons, connecting academic, nonprofit, government, and other research organizations with the public. And as traditional media outlets cut back on their science ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Scientifica Historica

    How the world's great science books chart the history of knowledge

    by Brian Clegg ...
    Series series Liber Historica
    Scientifica Historica is an illustrated, accessible review of those books that marked the development of science from ancient civilizations to the new millennium.The book is divided into five eras and explores the leading scientific pioneers, discoveries and books within them:Ancient World – looks at the beginnings of language, plus the first ever scientific documents... ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Canon

    A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science

    The New York Times bestseller that makes scientific subjects both understandable and fun: “Every sentence sparkles with wit and charm.” —Richard DawkinsFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times science journalist and bestselling author of Woman, this is a playful, passionate guide to the science all around us (and inside us)—from physics to chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, and more ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Science Book

    From Darwin to Dark Energy, 250 Milestones in the History of Science

    Edited by Clifford A. Pickover ...
    Series series Union Square & Co. Milestones
    From astronomy to psychology, this comprehensive and fully illustrated volume presents the most groundbreaking milestones in the history of science.Science author Cliff Pickover continues his award–winning series—which includes The Math Book, The Physics Book, and The Medical Book—by gathering the most important thinkers and ideas in the history of science into one gorgeously illustrated volume ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Writing Science in Plain English

    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
    Scientific writing is often dry, wordy, and difficult to understand. But, as Anne E. Greene shows in Writing Science in Plain English,writers from all scientific disciplines can learn to produce clear, concise prose by mastering just a few simple principles.This short, focused guide presents a dozen such principles based on what readers need in order to understand complex information, including ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Climbing Mount Improbable

    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

    $13.99 USD

  • 100 Mysteries of Science Explained

    Series series Popular Science
    Answers on subjects from dark matter to disappearing bees, from the magazine that’s been enlightening and entertaining Americans for nearly 150 years.What happened to the Neanderthals? When is the next Ice Age due? Why do we hiccup? From end-of-the-world scenarios to what goes on within our own brains and bodies, the experts at Popular Science magazine uncover the secrets of the universe and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Total Skywatcher's Manual

    Explore the Sky: 298 Tips, Tricks, & Skills

    Star charts, step-by-step projects, photos, and more: “The Total Skywatcher’s Manual is a fun book, but more importantly, it’s a useful book.” —Sky & TelescopeWith fully illustrated star charts, gorgeous astrophotography, and step-by-step project instruction, this is the only guide you need to navigate the night (and day) sky. Learn about the phases of the moon, how to conduct your own deep-sky ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ask a Science Teacher

    250 Answers to Questions You've Always Had About How Everyday Stuff Really Works

    Fun and fascinating Q&As on topics from astronomy to zoology: “A treasure.” —Library JournalWe’ve all grown so used to living in a world filled with wonders that we sometimes forget to wonder about them: What creates the wind? Do fish sleep? Why do we blink? All too often, the explanations remain shrouded in mystery—or behind a haze of technical language. For kids of all ages—or those of us who ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cloud Collector's Handbook

    Keep your head in the clouds with this whimsical guide to the wonders of the sky from an award-winning science writer.In The Cloud Collector’s Handbook, cloud expert Gavin Pretor-Pinney catalogs a variety of clouds and gives readers points for spotting them and recording their finds. This fun and fact-filled book features gorgeous full-color photographs that showcase various types of clouds, from ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Book of Frogs

    A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World

    by Tim Halliday ...
    “A huge, beautiful compendium of 600 frogs from around the world, from the famed poison-arrow variety on up to the intriguingly named plaintive rain frog.” —WiredWith over 7,000 known species, frogs display a stunning array of forms and behaviors. A single gram of the toxin produced by the skin of the Golden Poison Frog can kill 100,000 people. Male Darwin’s Frogs carry their tadpoles in their ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Research Methods: Functional Skills - 3rd Edition

    Teaching research methods for 30 years provided the author with insights into effective ways to enthusiastically engage both students in the games that scientists play. Students rapidly learn relevant rules for planning and conducting research, writing clearly, concisely, and correctly, as well as critiquing refereed articles. This easy to read eBook covers a broad knowledge base and integrates ... Read more

    $48.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking Pseudoscience

    "[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

    $16.99 USD

  • A Manual of the Mammalia

    An Homage to Lawlor’s Handbook to the Orders and Families of Living Mammals

    “An outstanding contribution. . . . The glossary and illustrations are excellent and most helpful. This book will be the standard for years to come.” —Robert M. Timm, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, and past president, American Society of MammalogistsDouglas A. Kelt and James L. Patton provide a long-overdue update to Timothy E. Lawlor’s Handbook to the Orders ... Read more

    $43.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Periodic Table: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The periodic table of elements, first encountered by many of us at school, provides an arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties, and divided into periodic trends. In this Very Short Introduction Eric R. Scerri looks at the trends in properties of elements that led to the construction of the table, and shows how ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Q is for Quantum

    by John Gribbin ...
    A comprehensive encyclopedia of quantum physics.Here in one volume, the award-winning science writer and physicist John Gribbin has provided everything you need to know about the quantum world—the place where most of the greatest scientific advances of the last hundred years have been made.This exceptional A to Z reference begins with a thorough introduction setting out the current state of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trying Leviathan

    The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature

    In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, "Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me." Few readers today know just how much argument Ishmael is waiving aside. In fact, Melville's antihero here takes sides in one of the great controversies of the early nineteenth century--one that ultimately had to be resolved in ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching

    by Terry McGlynn ...
    Series series Chicago Guides to Academic Life
    Higher education is a strange beast. Teaching is a critical skill for scientists in academia, yet one that is barely touched upon in their professional training—despite being a substantial part of their career. This book is a practical guide for anyone teaching STEM-related academic disciplines at the college level, from graduate students teaching lab sections and newly appointed faculty to well ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Princeton Guide to Ecology

    The Princeton Guide to Ecology is a concise, authoritative one-volume reference to the field's major subjects and key concepts. Edited by eminent ecologist Simon Levin, with contributions from an international team of leading ecologists, the book contains more than ninety clear, accurate, and up-to-date articles on the most important topics within seven major areas: autecology, population ecology, ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction

    The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction

    by Jeff Prucher ...
    The first historical dictionary devoted to science fiction, Brave New Words:The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction shows exactly how science-fictional words and their associated concepts have developed over time, with full citations and bibliographic information. It's a window on a whole genre of literature through the words invented and passed along by the genre's most talented writers. In ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Thought-Forms

    (Full Original Illustrations)

    Thought-Forms by Annie Besant, C.W. Leadbeater, First Printed 1901"It is our earnest hope—as it is our belief—that this little book will serve as a striking moral lesson to every reader, making him realise the nature and power of his thoughts, acting as a stimulus to the noble, a curb on the base. With this belief and hope we send it on its way." Annie Besant ... Read more

    $2.89 USD

  • The Geek Atlas

    128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive

    The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. With this unique traveler's guide, you'll learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred or is happening now. Travel to Munich to see the world's largest science museum, watch Foucault's pendulum swinging in Paris, ponder a descendant of Newton's apple tree at ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Aquaponics: The Beginners Guide to Growing Vegetables and Raising Fish with Aquaponic Gardening

    Sustainable Living & Homestead Survival Series

    by Gaia Rodale ...
    Series series Sustainable Living & Homestead Survival Series
    Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Homesteader’s Calendar: Seasonal To-Dos for Sustainable Living & Homestead Survival ".Aquaponics, which pairs the sustainable plant growing practice of hydroponics and the sustainable fish farming practice of aquaculture, is a system tailor made for inquisitive homesteaders who are looking ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus