Science & Technology
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True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color–From Azure to Zinc Pink
$32.00 Add to cartA kaleidoscopic journey through the secret history of hues–and the story of the obsessive genius behind the definitions of colors we use today, from the beloved author of Word by Word
begonia (n.): 3- Author: Stamper, Kory
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 1524733032
- Language: English
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The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
$32.00 Add to cartThe tumultuous life and radical science of a revolutionary thinker, and the history of an idea that changed the world
In the early nineteenth century, the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck propo- Author: Riskin, Jessica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 24 2026
- ISBN10: 0593852575
- Language: English
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The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution, and the Birth of America
$27.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of How We Got To Now, The Ghost Map and Farsighted, a new national bestseller: the “exhilarating”( Los Angeles Times) story of Joseph Priestley, “a founding father long for… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 29 2009
- ISBN10: 1594484015
- Language: English
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A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness
$34.00 Add to cartFrom Michael Pollan, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND, a dazzling and panoptic exploration of consciousness–what it is, who has it, and why–and a meditation on the… [more below]
- Author: Pollan, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217294534
- Language: English
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The Woman in the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Helped Fly the First Astronauts to the Moon
$12.99 Add to cartA stunning and intimate biography of Margaret Hamilton, the computer engineer who helped Apollo 11 and mankind get from the Earth to the moon.
First-hand accounts, exclusive interviews with the legend- Author: Maurer, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1250362660
- Language: English
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Mary Morland in the Time of Dinosaur Discovery
$19.99 Add to cartUnearth the extraordinary contributions Mary Morland made to 19th-century paleontology by pursuing her passion in spite of society’s expectations in this fascinating picture book biography with a ques… [more below]
- Author: Kurtz, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1665955546
- Language: English
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I Told You So!: Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right
$30.00 Add to cartAn energetic and impassioned work of popular science about scientists who have had to fight for their revolutionary ideas to be accepted–from Darwin to Pasteur to modern day Nobel Prize winners.
For- Author: Kaplan, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1250372275
- Language: English
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The Riddle of the Tongue-Stones: How Blessed Nicolas Steno Uncovered the Hidden History of the Earth
$24.95 Add to cartJourney into the exciting life of Nicolas Steno, the father of geology whose passion for truth led him to groundbreaking scientific discovery and a deep religious devotion. Interwoven into this biogra… [more below]
- Author: Wheelock, Dillon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: February 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1685781640
- Language: English
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Traversal
$36.00 Add to cartFrom the Marginalian creator and bestselling author Maria Popova, a bold exploration of what makes a meaningful life.
In Traversal, her startling and moving new book, Maria Popova traverses the border- Author: Popova, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0374616418
- Language: English
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Change Is in the Air: The Hidden Discoveries of Eunice Newton Foote, the First Climate Scientist
$18.99 Add to cart★ “A decidedly tardy tribute to a brilliant 19th-century scientist and suffragist…A nuanced portrait of a woman who was ahead of her times in more ways than one.” —Kirkus, starred review
This- Author: Donnelly, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1250828538
- Language: English
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Exposed: A Pfizer Scientist Battles Corruption, Lies, and Betrayal, and Becomes a Biohazard Whistleblower
$32.99 Add to cartA powerful memoir of a molecular biologist’s courageous fight against corporate retaliation after revealing dangerous biosafety failures in biotech labs.
When molecular biologist Becky McClain raised- Author: McClain, Becky
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1510785582
- Language: English
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Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science
$19.00 Add to cartFrom Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson, a living legend for his work unlocking the structure of DNA, comes this candid and entertaining memoir, filled with practical advice for those start… [more below]
- Author: Watson, James D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 04 2010
- ISBN10: 0375727140
- Language: English
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Another Bone-Swapping Event
$29.00 Add to cartBrad Fox takes us on a wild exploration of plants and people, imagination and matter, over an unexpected year-long waylay in the high jungle of northeastern Peru.
“Brad Fox has traveled to the center- Author: Fox, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1662603169
- Language: English
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How to Have a Thought: A Walk with Charles Darwin
$19.99 Add to cartTake a walk with Charles Darwin in this electrifying new picture book from Sibert Medalist Nicholas Day.
How do you work through a complicated idea, solve a tricky problem, or make a big discovery? Ch- Author: Day, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0823458504
- Language: English
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Black History Heroes: George Washington Carver: Pioneering Scientist: Brilliant in Mind and Spirit
$9.99 Add to cartBlack History Heroes: George Washington Carver shows the power of curiosity, kindness, and determination in a dynamic biography for kids.
George Washington Carver was born into slavery and is most well… [more below]
- Series: Black History Heroes #3
- Author: Pete, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: December 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1638192340
- Language: English
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Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
$22.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction – Winner of the 2024 Kirkus Nonfiction Prize – Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction – A New Y… [more below]
- Author: Higginbotham, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1982176628
- Language: English
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Science Takes a Trip
$19.95 Add to cart“An enthralling historical account.” – Kirkus Reviews
Recommended for library collections and social studies classrooms.” – School Library Journal
Journey into history with science and adventure! Step b
- Author: Rentetzi, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 9798890632456
- Language: English
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The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths
$21.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2024 National Book Foundation’s Science + Literature Award
A Washington Post top 10 best book of 2023 A Publishers Weekly best nonfiction book of 2023 “Hypnotic . . . Beautifully written- Author: Fox, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1662603258
- Language: English
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The Queen’s Conjuror: The Life and Magic of Dr. Dee
$14.99 Add to cartA spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth’s conjuror – the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (1527-1608) and a history of Renaissance science that could well be the next ‘Longitu
- Series: Science and Magic of Dr Dee
- Author: Woolley, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 14 2016
- ISBN10: 0006552021
- Language: English
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Understanding Physics
$14.99 Read morePart of the best-selling “Understanding” series that brings to life the wide world of physics. Rather than explaining details about how to do physics, this book focuses on explaining what different br… [more below]
- Series: Understanding
- Author: Stobbart, Darran
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1836052138
- Language: English
