Science & Technology
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The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution
$30.00 Add to cartA New Yorker and Economist Best Book of the Year
Two hundred years of modern science and culture told through one family history.
This momentous biography tells the story of the Huxleys: the Victo- Author: Bashford, Alison
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: November 16 2022
- ISBN10: 022672011X
- Language: English
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Galileo and the Magic Numbers
$23.33 Add to cartSixteenth century Italy produced a genius who marked the world with his studies and hypotheses about mathematical, physical and astronomical truths. His father, musician Vincenzio Galilei said, “Truth
- Author: Rosen, Sidney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1504068874
- Language: English
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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track
$21.99 Add to cartA Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a loving husband and father, an enthusiastic teacher, a surprisingly accomplished bongo player, and a genius of the highest caliber—Richard P. Feynman was all these … [more below]
- Author: Feynman, Richard P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0465023711
- Language: English
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Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA
$19.99 Add to cartIn 1962, Maurice Wilkins, Francis Crick, and James Watson received the Nobel Prize, but it was Rosalind Franklin’s data and photographs of DNA that led to their discovery.
Brenda Maddox tells a powerfu
- Author: Maddox, Brenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 30 2003
- ISBN10: 0060985089
- Language: English
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Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
$35.00 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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0062947222
- Language: English
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Ready for Launch: An Astronaut’s Lessons for Success on Earth
$17.99 Read moreUsing ten life-changing moments from his path to space, astronaut Scott Kelly shares his advice for mastering fear and failure and turning our daily struggles into rocket fuel for success–the perfect… [more below]
- Author: Kelly, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1524764329
- Language: English
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The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
$22.00 Add to cartPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST – Benjamin Franklin, perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this “thorough biography of … America’s first Renaissance man”… [more below]
- Author: Brands, H. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: March 12 2002
- ISBN10: 0385495404
- Language: English
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Before the Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond
$0.00 Read more“A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics.” —The Washington Post
A revolutionary new account of our universe’s creation–and a breathtaking exploration of the land
- Author: Mersini-Houghton, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 19, 2022
- ISBN10: 1328557111
- Language: English
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Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
$20.00 Add to cartIn 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts was introduced to the world — twenty-nine men and six women who would carry NASA through the most tumultuous years of the space shuttle program. A… [more below]
- Author: Mullane, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 06 2007
- ISBN10: 0743276833
- Language: English
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Tuva or Bust! Richard Feynman’s Last Journey
$22.99 Add to cartIn 1977, Feynman and his sidekick fellow drummer and geography enthusiast Ralph Leighton set out to make arrangements to visit Tuva, doing noble and hilarious battle with Soviet red tape, befriending
- Author: Leighton, Ralph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: June 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0393320693
- Language: English
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What Do You Care What Other People Think: Further Adventures of a Curious Character
$46.99 Add to cartOnly once in a great while does a scientist/adventurer like Richard Feynman pass by; even rarer is there a record in his own words, such as the record Feynman leaves here, of the wonders that abounded
- Author: Feynman, Richard Phillips
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0393026590
- Language: English
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The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World But Fueled the Rise of Hitler
$20.00 Add to cartA sweeping history of tragic genius, cutting-edge science, and the Haber-Bosch discovery that changed billions of lives–including your own.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, humanity was facing- Author: Hager, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 18 2009
- ISBN10: 0307351793
- Language: English
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Chasing Space: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances
$16.99 Add to cartIn this revelatory and moving memoir, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, persevera
- Author: Melvin, Leland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 22 2018
- ISBN10: 0062496735
- Language: English
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Tales from the Ant World
$17.95 Add to cartIn Tales from the Ant World, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson takes us on a thrilling myrmecological tour across continents and through time, inviting us into his decades-long scientifi… [more below]
- Author: Wilson, Edward O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1324091096
- Language: English
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Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet
$16.00 Read moreIf you loved Hidden Figures or The Rise of the Rocket Girls, you’ll love Claire Evans’ breakthrough book on the women who brought you the internet–written out of history, until now.
“This is a radica- Author: Evans, Claire L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0593329449
- Language: English
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Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology
$15.95 Read more“Worth a read for anyone who cares about making change happen.”–Barack Obama
A powerful new blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness the power of digital technology to help solve the- Author: McGuinness, Tara Dawson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 0691216649
- Language: English
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Learning to Think: A Memoir of Faith, Superstition, and the Courage to Ask Questions
$28.99 Add to cartTracy King was raised in a house of contradictions–her family was happy and creative, yet shadowed by debt, phobias, her father’s alcoholism, and the illusory promises of a born-again Christian churc… [more below]
- Author: King, Tracy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1631498738
- Language: English
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Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome
$19.99 Add to cartA Nobel Prize-winning biologist’s “engaging and witty” (Forbes) memoir tells the riveting story of his race to discover the inner workings of biology’s most important molecule
Everyone has heard of- Author: Ramakrishnan, Venki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1541604490
- Language: English
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Jane Goodall
$18.99 Add to cartPeterson shows clearly and convincingly how truly remarkable Goodall’s accomplishments were and how unlikely it is that anyone else could have duplicated them. This biography details how Goodall helpe… [more below]
- Author: Peterson, Dale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: April 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0547053568
- Language: English
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El Ni?o Que Dom? El Viento / The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
$14.95 Add to cartEl libro en el que se bas la pel cula de Netflix con el mismo nombre, protagonizada y dirigida por Chiwetel Ejiofor, esta es una apasionante memoria de supervivencia y perseverancia sobre el heroico … [more below]
- Author: Kamkwamba, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1644732645
- Language: Spanish
