Fire and Ice: The Volcanoes of the Solar System
By: Natalie Starkey
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The volcano – among the most familiar and perhaps the most terrifying of all geological phenomena. …
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1. Chaos: Making a New Science
By: James Gleick
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A work of popular science in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, this 20th-anniversary… read more
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- nonfiction
- physics
- science
"IN THE MIND’S EYE, a fractal is a way of seeing infinity."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"Of all the possible pathways of disorder, nature favors just a few."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"Revolutions do not come piecemeal. One account of nature replaces another."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
"The only things that can ever be universal, in a sense, are scaling things."-James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science
2. Tunnel in the Sky
By: Robert A. Heinlein
3.95
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A classic novel from the mind of the storyteller who captures the imagination of readers from aroun… read more
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- space
3. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
By: Mary Roach
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh … read more
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- science
- astronomy
- nonfiction
- space
4. Bad Science
By: Ben Goldacre
3.94
Format: None pages, Paperback
Full of spleen, this is a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the world of Bad … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
5. The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher
By: Julian Baggini
3.87
Format: 400 pages,
The author presents 100 thought experiments which pose a problem in a vivid and concrete way, and i… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
6. Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses
By: John Dvorak
4.23
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
What do Virginia Woolf, the rotation of hurricanes, Babylonian kings and Einstein's General Theory … read more
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- science
- astronomy
- nonfiction
- space
7. The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
By: Paul Bogard
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left. A… read more
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- astronomy
- nonfiction
- science
8. Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension
By: None
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
- Cut pizzas in new and fairer ways! - Fit a 2p coin through an impossibly small hole! - Make a per… read more
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9. 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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- nonfiction
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
"...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
10. 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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- nonfiction
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
11. The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
By: Riley Black
3.95
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books! "This is top-drawer science writi… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"That's the goal of paleontology, after all - to start with the offerings of death and work back towards life."-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"It's an extension of how we often cope in the wake of our own personal traumas, remembering the wounds as we struggle to see the growth stimulated by terrible events. Resilience has no meaning withou…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
"In time, extinction comes for all species. Some leave descendants. Others do not. Beautiful as the image is, there is no tree of life. The shape of biodiversity is more like a chaotic blanket, indivi…"-Riley Black, The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
12. The Mars House
By: Natasha Pulley
4.02
Format: 469 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, a queer sci-fi novel about an Earth refugee a… read more
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- space
13. Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A startling new look at quantum theory, from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physi… read more
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- nonfiction
- physics
- science
"But structures are processes are not there so that organisms can survive and reproduce. It is the other way round: organisms survive and reproduce because these structures have happened to gradually …"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"Credo che uno dei grandi errori che fanno gli esseri umani quando tentano di capire qualcosa sia volere certezze. La ricerca della conoscenza non si nutre di certezze: si nutre di una radicale assenz…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
"In qualunque angolo dell'universo troviamo vertiginosi pozzi di strati di realtà. In questi strati siamo riusciti a riconoscere regolarità, sulle quali abbiamo raccolto informazione rilevante per noi…"-Carlo Rovelli, Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution
14. A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong
By: Becky Smethurst
4.38
Format: 279 pages, Hardcover
Black Holes are the universe’s strangest and most fascinating objects — Dr. Becky explains all, and… read more
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- nonfiction
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
15. White Holes
By: Carlo Rovelli
4.10
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief L… read more
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- nonfiction
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
16. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
17. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
By: Ed Yong
4.47
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A grand tour through the hidden realms of animal senses that will transform the way you perceive th… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"It's ironic that we associate taste with connoisseurship, subtlety, and fine discrimination when it is among the coarsest of senses."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"We are closer than ever to understanding what it is like to be another animal, but we have made it harder than ever for other animals to be."-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal can only tap into a small fraction of realities fullness. Each is enclos…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
"A striking pattern emerged on days with the most intense solar storms, grey whales were 4 times more likely to beach themselves. This correlation doesn't prove that whales have a compass but it stron…"-Ed Yong, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
18. Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
By: Sabine Hossenfelder
3.92
Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot t… read more
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- nonfiction
- physics
- science
"Sometimes the only scientific answer we can give is 'We don't know."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Today I think they don't teach the principle of least action in school because then everybody would go and study physics."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"There are no exact metaphors, not for quantum mechanics and not for anything else, because if they were exact, they wouldn't be metaphors."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
"Instead of thinking of ourselves as selecting possible futures, I suggest we remain curious about what's to come and strive to learn more about ourselves and the universe we inhabit."-Sabine Hossenfelder, Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
19. The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works
By: Helen Czerski
4.23
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
A scientist’s exploration of the "ocean engine"―the physics behind the ocean’s systems―and why it m… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
20. Jellyfish Age Backwards: Nature's Secrets to Longevity
By: Nicklas Brendborg
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A Sunday Times (UK) Best Book of the Year • This eye-opening book offers a "clear and captivating" … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
21. Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond
By: Robin George Andrews
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Volcanoes are capable of acts of pyrotechnical prowess verging on magic: they spout black magma mor… read more
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- geology
- nonfiction
- science
22. Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos
By: Lisa Kaltenegger
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in… read more
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- nonfiction
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
23. Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
By: Helen Czerski
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Storm in a Teacup is Helen Czerski’s lively, entertaining, and informed introduction to the world o… read more
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- physics
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"Nothing that is in equilibrium can be alive."-Helen Czerski, Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
24. The Brilliant Abyss
By: Helen Scales
4.04
Format: 288 pages, ebook
A journey into the alien depths of the sea, and into our possible future, from a marine biologist k… read more
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- science
"The oceans, it turns out, are full of bone-eating worms"-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
"Not so very long ago, the deep was a tremendous void containing myths, legends and endless unknowns."-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
"There are no compelling reasons for exploiting the deep, just industry and politics vying to push into that last frontier."-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
"The deep has no stars at night to remind us it is there, and no moon shining down. And yet, this hidden place reaches into our daily lives and makes vital things happen without our knowing. The deep,…"-Helen Scales, The Brilliant Abyss
25. Extinctions: How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves
By: Michael J. Benton
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A journey through the great mass extinction events that have shaped our Earth. This timely and orig… read more
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- geology
- nonfiction
- science
26. Fire and Ice: The Volcanoes of the Solar System
By: Natalie Starkey
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The volcano – among the most familiar and perhaps the most terrifying of all geological phenomena. … read more
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- geology
- nonfiction
- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
27. 100 Stars That Explain the Universe
By: Florian Freistetter
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Visit one hundred extraordinary stars that unveil the mysteries of the universe Our own Sun—a sour… read more
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- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
28. When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be
By: Martin Williams
3.66
Format: 222 pages, Hardcover
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States. Yet… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
29. The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars
By: Jo Marchant
4.09
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A Best Book of 2020 NPR A Best Book of 2020 The Economist A Top Ten Best Science Book of 2020 Smit… read more
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- astronomy
- space
- physics
- science
30. Mountains of Fire: The Menace, Meaning, and Magic of Volcanoes
By: Clive Oppenheimer
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Meeting with volcanoes around the world, a volcanologist interprets their messages for humankind. … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
31. Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong
By: Greg Brennecka
3.79
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A Short History of Nearly Everything meets Astrophysics for People in a Hurry in this humorous, … read more
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- nonfiction
- astronomy
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