Other Sciences category: 9579 books
Most Wanted Particle
The Inside Story of the Hunt for the Higgs, the Heart of the Future of Physics
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Now in paperback: the “vivid account of what the process of discovery was really like for an insider.”—Peter Higgs
Particle physics as we know it depends on the Higgs boson: It’s the missing link between the birth of our universe—as a sea of tiny, massless particles—and the tangible...
Stuff Matters
Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
**New York Times Bestseller • New York Times Notable Book 2014 • Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
“A thrilling account of the modern material world.” —Wall Street Journal
"Miodownik, a materials scientist, explains the history and science behind...
Genome
The Story of the Most Astonishing Scientific Adventure of Our Time—the Attempt to Map All the Genes in the Human Body
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
An “invaluable [and] highly readable” account of the quest to map our DNA, the blueprint for life—and what it means for our future ( The Philadelphia Inquirer).
Genome tells the story of the most ambitious scientific adventure of our time. By gradually isolating and identifying all the...
The Man Who Touched His Own Heart
True Tales of Science, Surgery, and Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
The secret history of our most vital organ--the human heart
The Man Who Touched His Own Hearttells the raucous, gory, mesmerizing story of the heart, from the first "explorers" who dug up cadavers and plumbed their hearts' chambers, through the first heart surgeries-which had to be...
by Charles Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from a common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He...
On the Origin of Species
Penguin Classics
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2009
This exciting anniversary edition has a new introduction and scholarly references by William Bynum, and the cover design is by Damien Hirst. It replaces our existing 1968 edition.
The Origin of Species is one of the most important and influential books of its time and remains one of the most...
by Charles Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from a common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He...
by Charles Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom is a book on evolution in plants by Charles Darwin, first published in 1876. In this book Darwin provides experimental evidence for a hypothesis stated in his famed book of 1859, Origin of Species, that "... in none [i.e. plant] [...]can...
by Charles Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin...
by Charles Darwin
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin...
by Carolyn Merchant
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2005
How and why have Americans living at particular times and places used and transformed their environment? How have political systems dealt with conflicts over resources and conservation? This is the only major reference work to explore all the major themes and debates of the burgeoning field of environmental...
This Land Is Your Land
The Story of Field Biology in America
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Field biology is enjoying a resurgence due to several factors, the most important being the realization that there is no ecology, no conservation, and no ecosystem restoration without an understanding of the basic relationships between species and their environments—an understanding gleaned only...
Citizen Scientist
Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2016: “Intelligent and impassioned, Citizen Scientist is essential reading for anyone interested in the natural world.”
Award-winning writer Mary Ellen Hannibal has long reported on scientists’ efforts to protect vanishing species, but it was only...
Weather: An Illustrated History
From Cloud Atlases to Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
“Beautifully illustrated . . . Think of this book like dining on tapas, boasting savory flavors, some unexpected, that constitute a satisfying whole.” —Washington Post
Andrew Revkin, **strategic adviser for environmental and science journalism at the National Geographic Society and...