Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.17
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In this thought-provoking follow-up to his acclaimed StarTalk book, uber astrophysicist Neil deGras…
Want to Read $ 14.99"I occasionally wonder if the entire Universe is nothing more than a snow-globe on the living room mantle of a space alien."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
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1. BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS
By: Janna Levin
3.74
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The full inside story of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO, one of the most ambitious fe… read more
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"An idea sparked in the 1960s, a thought experiment, an amusing haiku, is now a thing of metal and glass."-Janna Levin, BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS
"Joe’s scientific life is defined by these significant near misses… He was Shackleton many times, almost the first: almost the first to see the big bang, almost the first to patent the laser, almost t…"-Janna Levin, BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS
"Somewhere in the universe two black holes collide — as heavy as stars, as small as cities, literally black (the complete absence of light) holes (empty hollows). Tethered by gravity, in their final s…"-Janna Levin, BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS
"In the far future, which promises to be vastly longer than our past (like a googolplex of years to our future versus 13.8 billion years to our past), all of the stars in the universe will have run ou…"-Janna Levin, BLACK HOLE BLUES AND OTHER SONGS
2. A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
By: Richard Dawkins , Lawrence M. Krauss
3.94
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author and acclaimed physicist Lawrence Krauss offers a paradigm-shifting view of how e… read more
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"Forget Jesus. The stars died so you could be here today."-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
"أنا غير كفؤ للحديث عن اللاشيء، لأن رجال الدين والفلاسفة هم خبراء في لاشيء!"-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
"...nuestro universo desaparecerá tan abruptamente como, probablemente, empezó."-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
"We live at a very special time. . . the only time when we can observationally verify that we live at a very special time!"-Richard Dawkins, A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
3. The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy
By: Charles R. Morris
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"Makes a reader feel like a time traveler plopped down among men who were by turns vicious and visi… read more
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- history
4. The World of Poo (Discworld, #39.5)
By: Terry Pratchett , Bernard Pearson , Isobel Pearson
4.23
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A Discworld picture book. At six o'clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, Sam Vimes must g… read more
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5. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
By: Roger Penrose
3.82
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only comprehensive… read more
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6. The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
By: Brian Greene
4.09
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surroun… read more
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"...things are the way they are in our universe because if they weren't, we wouldn't be here to notice."-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
"...quantum mechanics—the physics of our world—requires that you hold such pedestrian complaints in abeyance."-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
"…The wonders of life and the universe are mere reflections of microscopic particles engaged in a pointless dance fully choreographed by the laws of physics."-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
"La cosmología tiene la capacidad de llamar nuestra atención a un nivel profundo y visceral, porque comprender cómo comenzó todo es, al menos para algunos, el punto en el que podemos encontrarnos más …"-Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
7. Cosmos
By: Carl Sagan
4.39
Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The story of fifteen billion years of cosmic evolution transforming matter and life into consciousn… read more
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"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"Civilization is a product of the cerebral cortex."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
"We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands."-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
8. The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles (Warlock Holmes #2)
By: G.S. Denning
3.66
Format: 256 pages,
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9. Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography
By: Christopher Hitchens
3.51
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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10. Meditations to Change Your Brain
By: Rick Hanson , Richard Mendius
4.36
Format: 232 pages, Audio CD
Seven Guided Practices to Rebuild Your Brain for Lasting Joy and Fulfillment The structure of your … read more
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11. American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
By: David Baron
5.00
Format: 172 pages, Hardcover
"A timely tale of science and suspense." --Publishers Weekly(starred review) In the scorching summe… read more
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12. Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
By: Wade Davis
3.33
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
A magnificent work of history, biography and adventure. If the quest for Mount Everest began as a g… read more
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13. The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
By: Michio Kaku
4.10
Format: 225 pages, Hardcover
When Newton discovered the law of gravity, he unified the rules governing the heavens and the Earth… read more
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14. Quantum Supremacy
By: Michio Kaku
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An exhilarating tour of humanity's next great technological achievement—quantum computing—which may… read more
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15. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
By: Andrew H. Knoll
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering… read more
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16. On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
By: Thomas Hertog
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Stephen Hawking’s closest collaborator offers the intellectual supersta… read more
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"We can compare spacetime to an open, conic cup. We move forward in time by following the cone upward to the top. We move through space by going around in circles. If we imagine going back in time, we…"-Thomas Hertog, On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
17. Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
By: Kenneth W. Harl
4.00
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A narrative history of how Attila, Genghis Khan and the so-called barbarians of the steppes shaped … read more
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"Attila, just like every other nomadic conqueror, appreciated the skills of the clever craftsmen and engineers of rival sedentary, bureaucratic empires."-Kenneth W. Harl, Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization
18. Cosmos: Possible Worlds
By: Ann Druyan
4.41
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This sequel to Carl Sagan's blockbuster continues the electrifying journey through space and time, … read more
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"The “pale blue dot"-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
"Oh mighty King, you, who are so powerful you can take hundreds of thousands of lives at your whim. Show me how powerful you really are-give back just one life you've taken." Asoka (pg 82)."-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
"Науката, подобно на любовта, е средство за достигане на тази трансцеденталност, на онова извисяващо преживяване - целостта да бъдеш напълно жив. научният подход към природата и моето разбиране за люб…"-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
"Science, like love, is a means to that transcendence, to that soaring experience of the oneness of being fully alive. The scientific approach to nature and my understanding of love are the same: Love…"-Ann Druyan, Cosmos: Possible Worlds
19. Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began
By: Guido Tonelli
3.81
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A breakout bestseller in Italy, now available for American readers for the first time, The Story o… read more
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"La aparición del pensamiento simbólico marca una de las etapas fundamentales de la evolución humana."-Guido Tonelli, Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began
"Durante millones de años, la humanidad ha tenido que lidiar cotidianamente con la dureza de la existencia."-Guido Tonelli, Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began
"La sensación de asombro frente a un cielo estrellado supone, todavía hoy, una emoción intensa, en la que se escucha el eco del antiguo estupor que marcó a las miles de generaciones que nos han preced…"-Guido Tonelli, Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began
20. Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.17
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In this thought-provoking follow-up to his acclaimed StarTalk book, uber astrophysicist Neil deGras… read more
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"I occasionally wonder if the entire Universe is nothing more than a snow-globe on the living room mantle of a space alien."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
21. Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
By: Bill McKibben
4.01
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he br… read more
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"The human game is a team sport."-Bill McKibben, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
"For two hundred years, human economic activity has largely consisted of digging up fossil fuels and setting them alight"-Bill McKibben, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
"Privilege lies in obliviousness. (White privilege, for instance, involves being able to reliably forget that race matters.)"-Bill McKibben, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
"Let's be, for a while, true optimists, and operate on the assumption that human beings are not grossly defective. Let's assume we're capable of acting together to do remarkable things."-Bill McKibben, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
22. Quantum Computing for Everyone
By: Chris Bernhardt
4.03
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
An accessible introduction to an exciting new area in computation, explaining such topics as qubits… read more
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23. Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines, and the Health of Nations
By: Simon Schama
3.65
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Da millenni gli esseri umani e i virus coesistono e, suo malgrado, l'umanità più di una volta si è … read more
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24. How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
By: Chris Wiggins
3.53
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping history of data and its technical, political, and ethical impact on our world. From … read more
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25. The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy
By: Moiya McTier
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this approachable and fascinating biography of the galaxy, an astrophysicist and folklorist deta… read more
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26. The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
By: Marissa Moss
4.13
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission As a female Jew… read more
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"Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty." (Lise Meitner)"-Marissa Moss, The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
27. Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the "Pill Mill Killer"
By: Philip Eil
4.15
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An obsessive true crime investigation of a bizarre and unlikely perpetrator, who’s serving the opio… read more
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28. Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet―And Our Mission to Protect It
By: Nicole Stott
3.93
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by insights gained in spaceflight, a NASA astronaut offers key lessons to empower Earthbou… read more
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29. The Shirker
By: Mark J. Schultis
4.33
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
Abandoning another man's conflict is a choice. Abandoning your own conflict is not. Recently di… read more
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30. From People Pleaser to Soul Pleaser: Six Steps to Being Who You are Meant to Be
By: Tracy Secombe
4.02
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
What if you could create a life that you love? Better yet, what if you could learn to do this by tu… read more
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