The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
By: Govert Schilling
4.07
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter―and sho…
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1. Reality is Not What it Seems
By: Carlo Rovelli
3.17
Format: 120 pages,
From the best-selling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physicscomes a new book about the mind-bendi… read more
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2. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean
By: Susan Casey
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devil's Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, ship… read more
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3. 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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- history
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"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
4. 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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5. 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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- astronomy
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6. From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3)
By: Elizabeth Schaefer
3.93
Format: 573 pages, Hardcover
Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless S… read more
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7. A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
By: Henry Gee
4.05
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
In the beginning, Earth was an inhospitably alien place―in constant chemical flux, covered with chu… read more
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"For if life on Earth was forged in fire, it was hardened in ice."-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
"Therefore, do not despair. The Earth abides, and life is living yet."-Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy Chapters
8. 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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- history
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9. 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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- astronomy
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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
10. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
By: Zoë Schlanger
4.37
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more
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11. The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
By: Jaime Green
4.02
Format: 288 pages, ebook
A dazzling cultural and scientific exploration of alien life and the cosmos, examining how the poss… read more
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- nonfiction
- astronomy
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"We’re not alone because we’re not separate from the swirl of a galaxy’s arms or the way wind catches dust in a gyre. We’re no more an anomaly than an atom is."-Jaime Green, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
"…science fiction writers may have been the first people to realize the unknowability of where technology would lead us… Where it used to be possible to set stories millennia in the future—affording h…"-Jaime Green, The Possibility of Life: Science, Imagination, and Our Quest for Kinship in the Cosmos
12. The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
By: Peter Wohlleben
4.06
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The final book in The Mysteries of Nature trilogy by the New York Times bestselling author of The H… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"The more we acknowledge that even the smallest disturbance can lead to unpredictable changes, the stronger the arguments for protecting larger areas of the environment."-Peter Wohlleben, The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
"A whole generation of trees, including many that are deciduous, is standing by to form a solid foundation for the old-growth forest of the future, which means that bark beetles are more than just fun…"-Peter Wohlleben, The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things ― Stories from Science and Observation
13. The Little Book of Aliens
By: Adam Frank
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“With wit and brio, Frank separates current nonsense about aliens from the serious and fascinating … read more
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- science
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14. 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
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"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
15. Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
By: Avi Loeb
3.51
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
“The world's leading alien hunter” — New York Times Magazine From acclaimed Harvard astrophysicist… read more
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- astronomy
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16. Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own
By: Helen Thomson
3.99
Format: 256 pages, ebook
Our brains are far stranger than we think. We take for granted that we can remember, feel emotion, … read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"Our inability to understand our own minds is the price we pay for the ability to question it in the first place."-Helen Thomson, Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own
"Back in that first lesson with Clive, I was told by my professor that 'If the brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn't."-Helen Thomson, Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own
"Science prides itself on explaining the parts of our life that can be measured and tested. Objectivity is, rightly so, the backbone of science. But I’d argue that subjectivity is its flesh and blood.…"-Helen Thomson, Unthinkable: What the World's Most Extraordinary Brains Can Teach Us About Our Own
17. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
By: Paul Bloom
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
18. 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
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19. To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.33
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning StarTalk podcast, this enlightening illustrate… read more
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- nonfiction
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20. De Kosmische Komedie
By: Frank Westerman
3.45
Format: 281 pages, Paperback
De kosmische komedie is een filmische vertelling over reikhalzen naar een betere wereld – buiten de… read more
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21. I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
By: Sarah Kurchak
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
Sarah Kurchak is autistic. She hasn’t let that get in the way of pursuing her dream to become a wri… read more
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"The people who are trying to be on our side have reduced us to a mere calculation"-Sarah Kurchak, I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
"I am still, ten years later, very much a work in progress. But at least I know what I am working on now."-Sarah Kurchak, I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
"It's not like, as the term "masking" seems to evoke, there's a superficial layer of actions and appearances that I can remove and instantly improve my life. I don't have a mask I can remove; I have a…"-Sarah Kurchak, I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
22. Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality
By: Frank Wilczek
3.90
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“ Fundamentals might be the perfect book for the winter of this plague year. . . . Wilczek writes … read more
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"The universe is a strange place, and we're all in it together."-Frank Wilczek, Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality
"Each of our human bodies contains far more atoms than there are stars in the visible universe, and our brains contain about as many as neurons as there are stars in our galaxy. The universe within is…"-Frank Wilczek, Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality
23. The Book of Elsewhere
By: Keanu Reeves
3.42
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more
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24. 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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- astronomy
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25. Before The Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond
By: Laura Mersini-Houghton
4.06
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
"A riveting tour of the cosmos from one of the brightest minds in astrophysics." —The Washington Po… read more
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- astronomy
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26. Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses
By: David Scheel
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A behavioral ecologist's riveting account of his decades-long obsession with octopuses: his discove… read more
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- history
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27. Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
By: Seirian Sumner
3.91
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
“A book that draws us in to the strange beauty of what we so often run away from.” — Robin Ince, au… read more
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- science
28. The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter
By: Govert Schilling
4.07
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter―and sho… read more
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- history of science
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29. The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World
By: Suzie Sheehy
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An accelerator physicist's fascinating journey through the experiments that uncovered the nature of… read more
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- history
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30. Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation
By: Tim Birkhead
3.85
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey throug… read more
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- history
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31. Extraterrestrial Languages (Mit Press)
By: Daniel Oberhaus
3.60
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
If we send a message into space, will extraterrestrial beings receive it? Will they understand? … read more
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