Science & Technology
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I Am a Part of Infinity: The Spiritual Journey of Albert Einstein
$30.00 Add to cartA “beautifully written” (David Fideler) spiritual biography of Albert Einstein that reveals for the first time the scientific and religious origins of his personal philosophy — “a must-read for anyon… [more below]
- Author: Fox, Kieran
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1541603575
- Language: English
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The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World
$19.99 Add to cart“Edward Dolnick’s smoothly written history of the scientific revolution tells the stories of the key players and events that transformed society.” — Charlotte Observer
From New York Times bestselling
- Author: Dolnick, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 07 2012
- ISBN10: 0061719528
- Language: English
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Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
$24.99 Add to cartOne of Esquire‘s 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist’s Best Books of 2022 * A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice * Nominated for The Next Big Idea Club * The Week Magazine B
- Author: Nevala-Lee, Alec
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0062947230
- Language: English
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The Snow Leopard: (Penguin Orange Collection)
$19.00 Add to cartPart of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback
Winner of- Series: Penguin Orange Collection
- Author: Matthiessen, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 014312952X
- Language: English
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Einstein in Time and Space: A Life in 99 Particles
$19.99 Add to cartWalter Isaacson’s Einstein meets Craig Brown’s 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret, in this engaging and innovative biography of the famous physicist told in ninety-nine dazzling vignettes.
Most of us wo- Author: Graydon, Samuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1982185112
- Language: English
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Alexander Von Humboldt: A Concise Biography
$24.95 Add to cartAn engaging account of the life and work of the legendary polymath Alexander von Humboldt
In this lucid biography, Andreas Daum offers a succinct and novel interpretation of the life and oeuvre of Ale- Author: Daum, Andreas W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0691247366
- Language: English
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The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk
$32.99 Add to cartAn admiring portrait of the pioneering entrepreneur from the former CNBC host and Forbes editor.
One of the most influential figures of our time, Elon Musk is the most talked about man in America who
- Author: Kneale, Dennis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0063381265
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist
$17.95 Add to cartA leading scientist describes his life, his gender transition, his scientific work, and his advocacy for gender equality in science.
Ben Barres was known for his groundbreaking scientific work and for
- Series: Mit Press
- Author: Barres, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 0262539543
- Language: English
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The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius
$32.00 Add to cartThe first biography–“a stunning achievement” (Kai Bird, American Prometheus)–of the dazzling and painful life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose
When he was six years old, Roger Penrose- Author: Barss, Patchen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1541603664
- Language: English
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Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist
$29.99 Add to cartBenjamin Franklin was one of the preeminent scientists of his time. Driven by curiosity, he conducted cutting-edge research on electricity, heat, ocean currents, weather patterns, chemical bonds, and
- Author: Munson, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0393882233
- Language: English
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No Domain: The John McAfee Tapes
$28.00 Read moreAn exhilarating and uncensored account of the maverick tech titan’s wild life, a breakneck journey from Silicon Valley to his sudden, mysterious death in a Barcelona prison.
“This is the only possible- Author: Eglinton, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1642939536
- Language: English
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The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick
$21.00 Read moreHere is the remarkable life story of Benoit Mandelbrot, the creator of fractal geometry, and his unparalleled contributions to science mathematics, the financial world, and the arts. Mandelbrot recoun
- Author: Mandelbrot, Benoit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 14 2014
- ISBN10: 030738991X
- Language: English
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Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey
$21.99 Add to cartFrom world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a poignant memoir about her spiritual epiphany and an appeal for why everyone can find a reas… [more below]
- Author: Goodall, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0446676136
- Language: English
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My Inventions and Other Writing and Lectures
$15.00 Read moreThis volume presents one of the richest and most comprehensive collections of writings by Nikola Tesla, a founding figure of the modern electrical power industry and long-time rival of Thomas Edison. … [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Tesla, Nikola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0486845753
- Language: English
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Prime Obsession: Berhhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics
$19.00 Add to cartThe definitive story of the Riemann Hypothesis, a fascinating and epic mathematical mystery that continues to challege the world.
In 1859, Bernhard Riemann, a little-known thirty-two year old mathemat- Author: Derbyshire, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 25 2004
- ISBN10: 0452285259
- Language: English
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Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles
$18.99 Add to cartThe rise and fall of William Mulholland, and the story of L.A.’s disastrous dam collapse: “A dramatic saga of ambition, politics, money and betrayal” (Los Angeles Daily News).
Rivers in the Desert fol- Author: Davis, Margaret Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: August 19 2014
- ISBN10: 149763878X
- Language: English
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The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution
$15.95 Read moreTwenty-one years passed between Charles Darwin’s epiphany that “natural selection” formed the basis of evolution and the scientist’s publication of On the Origin of Species. Why did Darwin delay, and … [more below]
- Series: Great Discoveries (Paperback) #0
- Author: Quammen, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 01 2007
- ISBN10: 039332995X
- Language: English
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Edmond Halley: The Many Discoveries of the Most Curious Astronomer Royal
$26.95 Add to cartEdmond Halley is known far and wide thanks largely to the comet bearing his name, the return of which he predicted in 1705. While that discovery would be enough to make the career of any scientist, Ha
- Author: Love, David K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1633888916
- Language: English
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A Heart Afire: Helen Brooke Taussig’s Battle Against Heart Defects, Unsafe Drugs, and Injustice in Medicine
$39.95 Read moreA deeply compelling biography of the pioneering children’s heart doctor Helen Taussig, who helped start heart surgery and became a global force against preventable suffering.
In A Heart Afire, Patrici- Author: Meisol, Patricia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048523
- Language: English
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Dancing Naked in the Mind Field
$16.95 Read moreHere is a multidimensional playland of ideas from the world’s most eccentric Nobel-Prize winning scientist. Kary Mullis is legendary for his invention of PCR, which redefined the world of DNA, genetic… [more below]
- Author: Mullis, Kary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 04 2000
- ISBN10: 0679774009
- Language: English
