Ocean of Life by Callum Roberts
10.41 USD
23.80 (56% off)
Category: Science
"Thrilling". (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall). "Authoritative and furious, urgent and persuasive". (Sunday Times). "Compelling...Roberts is that precious pearl: a practising scientist who not only knows his field inside out, but also understands how to write". (Guardian). Oceans are the most mysterious pla ...Show more
The Book of Why - The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl; Dana Mackenzie
6.74 USD
15.39 (56% off)
Category: Science
A pioneer of artificial intelligence shows how the study of causality revolutionized science and the world 'Correlation does not imply causation.' This mantra was invoked by scientists for decades in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one thing caused another, such as smoking and cancer and ...Show more
Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet we Made (Patterns of Life) by Gaia Vince
6.74 USD
15.39 (56% off)
Category: Science | Series: Patterns of Life Ser.
A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet. Designed by Patternity, the award-winning creative studio and pattern consultancy. Explore the impact of humans on the planet in this beautiful new edition of Gaia Vincent's powerful work. In recent dec ...Show more
A Life on Our Planet - My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough
12.25 USD
28.01 (56% off)
Category: Science
See the world. Then make it better. 'I am 93. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary. As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing the untouched natural world - but it was an illusion. The tragedy of our time has been happening all around us ...Show more
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
4.90 USD
15.39 (68% off)
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
This book was selected as a New York Times Non-Fiction Book of the Year. The New York Times Number one Bestseller BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. "Dramatic and precise...[A] thrilling and comprehensive account of what seems certain to be the most radical, controversial and, to borrow from the subtitle, in ...Show more
Atkins' Physical Chemistry by Peter Atkins; Julio de Paula; James Keeler
32.24 USD
58.95 (45% off)
Category: Science
Atkins' Physical Chemistry is widely acknowledged by students and lecturers around the globe to be the textbook of choice for studying physical chemistry. This International Edition has been carefully developed to provide the information, explanation, and guidance you need to master thesubject.Organized ...Show more
Structures:or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J. E. Gordon
7.96 USD
18.19 (56% off)
Category: Science | Series: Penguin Science Ser.
In "The New Science of Strong Materials" the author made plain the secrets of materials science. In this volume he explains the importance and properties of different structures.
A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
6.13 USD
13.99 (56% off)
Category: Science | Reading Level: very good
From the Big Bang to the theory of relativity, Stephen W. Hawking will challenge your imagination and expand your grasp of the cosmos. This is the classic revelatory science book of the last century. Here is a landmark book written for those of us who prefer words to equations. Told by an extraordinary ...Show more
Science of Meditation by Daniel Goleman; Richard J. Davidson
5.48 USD
13.99 (60% off)
Category: Science
Drawing on cutting-edge research, friends and Harvard collaborators Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson expertly reveal what we can learn from a one-of-a-kind data pool that includes world-class meditators. They share for the first time remarkable findings that show how meditation - without drugs or hig ...Show more
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
4.29 USD
13.99 (69% off)
Category: Science | Reading Level: good
In this mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Carlo Rovelli explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, elementary particles, gravity, and the nature of the mind.Everything you need to know about modern physics, the u ...Show more
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom
8.75 USD
13.99 (37% off)
Category: Science | Reading Level: near fine
The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains. If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in g ...Show more
Tectonic Plates Are Moving by Livermore Roy
17.19 USD
37.10 (53% off)
Category: Science
Plate tectonics is a revolutionary theory on a par with modern genetics. Yet, apart from the frequent use of cliches such as 'tectonic shift' by economists, journalists, and politicians, the science itself is rarely mentioned and poorly understood. This book explains modern plate tectonics in a non-tech ...Show more