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  • 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

  • 42 Reasons to Hate the Universe

    (And One Reason Not To)

    If you've always suspected the universe was out to get you… you were right!Yes, the universe we live in is cosmically beautiful and mysterious and all that crap. But it's also a bit of an asshole. After all, remember that you are just a group of atoms structured in a specific way for barely long enough to try to understand this thing we call existence. Those atoms could just have easily been used ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Book of Unrelated Facts: Things I Happen to Know

    Ever wonder about things? Well, this is the book for you or for the curious person in your life. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Dictionary of Genetic Damage

    This dictionary is the first dictionary of genetic damage to be published. A Dictionary of Genetic Damage is provided for spelling reference, categorization reference, and information on the enormity of the genetic catastrophe. Note that A Dictionary of Genetic Damage also exists as an appendix to Genetic Catastrophe! Sneaking Doomsday? by the same author. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Field Guide to Radiation

    by Wayne Biddle ...
    A comprehensive and accessible guide to understanding how radiation affects our everyday livesNuclear energy, X-rays, radon, cell phones . . . radiation is part of the way we live on a daily basis, and yet the sources and repercussions of our exposure to it remain mysterious. Now Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Wayne Biddle offers a first-of-its-kind guide to understanding this fundamental ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Guide to Cyanobacteria

    Identification and Impact

    Blue-green algae (also known as cyanobacteria) and the toxins they can produce pose serious economic, environmental, and public health problems worldwide. Much of the scientific and public interest in these microorganisms arises from their tendency to undergo explosive population growth and form harmful blooms, which have inflicted damage in industries as diverse as health care, public utilities, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • A Guide to Writing in the Sciences

    Series series Heritage
    While teaching writing to undergraduate science students, Gilpin and Patchet-Golubev discovered that although many relatively sophisticated manuals for scientific writing exist, most are aimed at mainly professionals or specialists and are of little practical use to the majority of students. This introductory guide fills that large gap.Direct and friendly in tone the book provides clear and ... Read more

    $25.99 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

  • A New Approach to the Quantum Theory

    Think Physics, #7

    Series Book 7 - Think Physics
    Balungi explains deep ideas in physics in an easy-to-understand way. Think Physics is a series aimed to solving the big problems in physics. The book targets topics that researchers and students spend time wondering about, like the origin of gravity and the universe. It also goes into the theories that seem right but are wrong and shows why they are wrong a rarity in science books. Think Physics ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A PhD Is Not Enough!

    A Guide to Survival in Science

    Everything you ever need to know about making it as a scientist.Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find.In A Ph.D. Is Not Enough!, physicist Peter J. Feibelman lays out a rational path to a ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion

    The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein

    Edited by Stephen Hawking ...
    With commentary by the greatest physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, this anthology has garnered impressive reviews. PW has called it "a gem of a collection" while New Scientist magazine notes the "thrill of reading Einstein's own words." From the writings that revealed the famous Theory of Relativity, to other papers that shook the scientific world of the 20th century, A Stubbornly Persistent ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Stuck on Learning Math Sticker Book for Toddlers - Counting Book

    Counting is made more playful with this sticker book for toddlers. Nobody is allowed to get stuck on Mathematics. You must keep your kids moving up the ladder of learning with this activity book. Let’s all get creative and never surrender. You can get a copy of this book today. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Accidental Medical Discoveries

    How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World

    Many of the world’s most important and life-saving devices and techniques were often discovered purely by accident. Serendipity, timing, and luck played a part in the discovery of unintentional cures and breakthroughs:A plastic shard in an RAF pilot’s eye leads to the use of plastic for contact lenses.The inability to remove a titanium chamber from rabbit’s bone leads to dental implants.Viagra was ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Alien Plants (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 129)

    Series Book 129 - Collins New Naturalist Library
    The word ‘aliens’ can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been introduced by people to new territories. In the British Isles alien plants are common, conspicuous, pestiferous, beautiful, edible – and can be both useful and harmful.Over the last fifty years, the study of alien plants has progressed from an ... Read more

    $2.49 USD $0.99 USD

  • Amazing Arachnids

    A richly illustrated and up-close look at the secret lives of spiders and other arachnidsThe American Southwest is home to an extraordinary diversity of arachnids, from spitting spiders that squirt silk over their prey to scorpions that court one another with kissing and dancing. Amazing Arachnids presents these enigmatic creatures as you have never seen them before. Featuring a wealth of color ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space

    Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Black Holes, Dwarf Planets, Aliens, and More

    by Bob McDonald ...
    Beloved science commentator Bob McDonald takes us on a tour of our galaxy, unraveling the mysteries of the universe and helping us navigate our place among the stars.How big is our galaxy? Is there life on those distant planets? Are we really made of star dust? And where do stars even come from?In An Earthling’s Guide to Outer Space, we finally have the answers to all those questions and more. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • An Einstein Encyclopedia

    The complete guide to everything you ever wanted to know about EinsteinThis is the single most complete guide to Albert Einstein's life and work for students, researchers, and browsers alike. Written by three leading Einstein scholars who draw on their combined wealth of expertise gained during their work on the Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, this authoritative and accessible reference ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • An Introduction to the Study of Meteorites

    With a List of the Meteorites Represented in the Collection

    In the accompanying list, the topographical arrangement has been continued for those meteorites of which the circumstances of the fall are without satisfactory record. This mode of arrangement brings near together fragments which have been found in the same district at different times; in some cases they belong to the same meteoritic fall. As the dates of discovery of the masses and the dates of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Apocalypse 2012

    A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End

    “Updated to include dramatic new evidence from NASA and the National Academy of Sciences pointing to a knockout of the electrical power grid by solar systems expected to climax in 2012-2013.”Don’t look up! It won’t help. You can’t get out of the way, you can’t dig a hole deep enough to hide. The end is coming, and there’s nothing you can do about it.So why read this book? Because you can’t look ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Applied Mathematical and Physical Formulas

    The new and revised version of this comprehensive pocket reference guide is ideal for anyone who deals with physics, chemistry, mathematics, finance, and computer systems and needs to review or quickly refresh their memory of what they studied in school. It covers the fundamentals of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and analytical geometry, and statistics, and presents the application ... Read more

    $43.99 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

  • Arowana: The Complete Owner’s Guide for the Most Expensive Fish in the World - Arowana Fish Tank, Types, Care, Food, Habitat, Breeding, Mythology – Includes Silver, Platinum, Red, Jardini, Black, Golden, Green

    by Kyle Faber ...
    Everything you need to know about Arowana Fish and more.This book is guaranteed to answer any and all questions you may have about Arowanas and is a must have for anyone interested in keeping an Arowana as a pet.Arowana fish tank, care, habitat, feeding, breeding, diseases, aquariums, and the legends and myths of the Arowana are all included. This is a must have guide for all Arowana owners and ... Read more

    $4.97 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

  • Astroglossary

    by G. Cyr ...
    Are you seeking a reference book which contains critical astronomy-related terms? The Astroglossary provides a great resource on the world of astronomy for both students and the general public alike.Mr Cyr had a great love for life, people and our planet. He touched the lives of everyone he met, and he had sought to inspire us, as humans, to re-connect with each other.The world of science, and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD