Science & Technology
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The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and the Rise of the Silicon Valley Oligarchs
$19.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book
A shocking and assiduously reported biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial, and hugely influential power broker- Author: Chafkin, Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1984878557
- Language: English
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The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets, Spycraft and Gaia Theory
$32.00 Add to cart“Utterly fascinating–a beautifully braided account of the life of a maverick, prophetic genius.”–Robert MacFarlane
Based on in-depth interviews with James Lovelock and unprecedented access to his pe- Author: Watts, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1778402488
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind LP
$26.99 Add to cartNow a Netflix Film, Starring and Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor of 12 Years a Slave
William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land wi
- Author: Kamkwamba, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 442
- Publish Date: October 13 2009
- ISBN10: 0061884987
- Language: English
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Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist
$18.00 Add to cartThe uplifting story of a young Black scientist’s challenging journey to flourish outside the traditional confines of academia, inspired by her innate connection to nature’s most misunderstood animal–… [more below]
- Author: Graham, Jasmin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 059368527X
- Language: English
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Space Age Renaissance Man: How a Brilliant NASA Visionary Overcame Great Obstacles to Invent a Critical System for the Apollo Moon Missions… Then Ke
$27.99 Add to cartDr. Harold L. Finch – Great Man of Science/Man of Great Faith
“Harold’s unmatched story will inspire you to want to go out and live your own greatest dreams. As my friend, and someone who became a pers
- Author: Finch, Harold L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 556
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 9798890419217
- Language: English
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Radical by Nature: The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace
$22.95 Add to cartA major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian ag- Author: Costa, James T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0691233802
- Language: English
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Last Night in San Francisco: Tech’s Lost Promise and the Killing of Bob Lee
$19.95 Add to cartBad Blood meets Burn Book in this expos? about tech icon Bob Lee–and what his life and 2023 murder tell us about San Francisco in the Internet Age
FOR FANS OF GOING INFINITE AND SUPER PUMPED: Sex and- Author: Lucas, Scott Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1586423991
- Language: English
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Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What Is Human in a World of Machines
$22.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – “The conscience of the AI revolution” (Fortune) explains how we’ve arrived at an era of AI harms and oppression, and what we can do to avoid its pitfalls.
“AI is not coming, it’s- Author: Buolamwini, Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0593241843
- Language: English
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Make: Maverick Scientist: My Adventures as an Amateur Scientist
$29.99 Add to cartMaverick Scientist is the memoir of Forrest Mims, who forged a distinguished scientific career despite having no academic training in science. Named one of the “50 Best Brains in Science” by Discover … [more below]
- Author: Mims, Forrest M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 345
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1680458167
- Language: English
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Going Fast and Fixing Things: True Stories from the World’s Most Popular DIY Repair Expert and Car Aficionado
$30.00 Add to cartRich Benoit went from buying a left-for-dead Tesla to becoming a successful YouTube entrepreneur and launching The Electrified Garage, the nation’s first successful EV-only business devoted to repairi… [more below]
- Author: Benoit, Rich
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0306832216
- Language: English
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Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist
$28.00 Add to cartThe uplifting story of a young Black scientist’s challenging journey to flourish outside the traditional confines of academia, inspired by her innate connection to nature’s most misunderstood animal–… [more below]
- Author: Graham, Jasmin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0593685253
- Language: English
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Jane Goodall at 90: Celebrating an Astonishing Lifetime of Science, Advocacy, Humanitarianism, Hope, and Peace
$23.00 Add to cartA Loving Tribute from Jane Goodall’s Family and Friends to a Most Amazing, Iconic, and Indefatigable Woman-and Much More
In this wide-ranging collection of tributes and photographs from numerous time
- Author: Bekoff, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: March 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1628063920
- Language: English
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Elon Musk: American Oligarch
$24.95 Add to cartAn unvarnished, critical graphic biography of the tech innovator and presidential confidant by the author/illustrator of Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator and Billionaires: The Lives of the Rich … [more below]
- Author: Cunningham, Darryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1644215225
- Language: English
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Menhaden: A Biologist’s Thirty-Two Year Journey with the Fish and the Fishery
$41.99 Add to cartA Narrative of the U.S. Menhaden Fisheries: IndustryHistory, Fishing Operations, Product Journey, Fisheries Management, and Government Research Insights from the Beaufort Laboratory offers a well-deta
- Author: Smith, Joseph W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 690
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 9798822979635
- Language: English
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This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
$30.00 Add to cartThe inventor of the World Wide Web explores his vision’s promise–and how it can be redeemed for the future.
Perhaps the most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a differe- Author: Berners-Lee, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 0374612463
- Language: English
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The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto: A Fifteen-Year Quest to Unmask the Secret Genius Behind Crypto
$32.00 Add to cartA thrilling investigation into the mysterious identity of Bitcoin’s creator and a deep dive into crypto’s utopian origin story–from The New York Times bestselling author of The Billionaire’s Vinegar … [more below]
- Author: Wallace, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0593594029
- Language: English
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Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
$19.99 Read moreInspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of his daughter Maria Celeste, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has crafted a biography that dramatically recolors the
- Author: Sobel, Dava
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 04 2011
- ISBN10: 0802779654
- Language: English
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Willard Gibbs: The Whole Is Simpler Than Its Parts
$32.00 Add to cartMarginalian Editions presents a groundbreaking poet’s biography of the forgotten scientist who founded physical chemistry, shaping much of the 20th century–and an ingenious, expansive treatise on Ame
- Author: Rukeyser, Muriel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1961341158
- Language: English
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Collisions: A Physicist’s Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs
$31.99 Add to cartTo his admirers, Luis W. Alvarez was the most accomplished, inventive, and versatile experimental physicist of his generation. During World War II, he achieved major breakthroughs in radar, played a k
- Author: Nevala-Lee, Alec
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1324075104
- Language: English
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Her Space, Her Time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe
$22.95 Add to cartAn exciting new title in the vein of Hidden Figures, which tells the inspiring stories of long-overlooked women physicists and astronomers who discovered the fundamental rules of the universe and resh… [more below]
- Author: Ghose, Shohini
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 026255299X
- Language: English
