Dispatches from Planet 3: Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond
By: Marcia Bartusiak
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning science writer presents a captivating collection of cosmological essays for the ar…
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1. A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
By: Adam Rutherford
4.03
Format: 419 pages, Hardcover
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to… read more
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- history
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- popular science
- audiobook
"We look to statistics for reassurance in these types of situations. Here is one: 100% of mass shootings have been enabled by access to guns. I can guarantee that even if there were a genotype shared …"-Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
"(...) prawo Godwina (tendencja do pojawiania się wzmianki o Hitlerze w przedłużających się dyskusjach w sieci) lub prawo nagłówków Betteridge'a (jeśli nagłówek zawiera pytanie, odpowiedź prawdopodobn…"-Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
2. The 33 Strategies of War
By: Robert Greene , Joost Elffers
4.22
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Strategies of war—and the subtle social game of everyday life—by the bestselling author of The 48 L… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Life has more meaning in the face of Death."-Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
"Events in life mean nothing if you do not reflect on them in a deep way, and ideas from books are pointless if they have no application to life as you live it."-Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
"12--Lose Battles, But Win The War: Grand Strategy Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it."-Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
"The key to staying unintimidated is to convince yourself that the person you're facing is a mere mortal, no different from you-- which is in fact the truth. See the person, not the myth. Imagine him …"-Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War
3. The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
3.94
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
When the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History reclassified Plu… read more
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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- astronomy
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- audiobook
4. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
By: Nick Bostrom
3.50
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intellig… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
5. Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
By: Alastair Reynolds
4.17
Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on… read more
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- space
- audiobook
6. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
By: Ed Yong
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Every animal, whether human, squid, or wasp, is home to millions of bacteria and other microbes. Ma… read more
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"I was struck by how different everything seemed with microbes in mind."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"The brutal contract of natural selection ensures that if one partner is unnecessary, it gets dumped."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"As palaeontologist Andrew Knoll once said, "Animals might be evolution's icing, but bacteria are really the cake."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
"There’s a popular saying among doctors: There’s no such thing as alternative medicine; if it works, it’s just called medicine."-Ed Yong, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
7. An Unnatural Vice (Sins of the Cities, #2)
By: K.J. Charles
4.50
Format: 290 pages,
In the sordid streets of Victorian London, unwanted desire flares between two bitter enemies brough… read more
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8. We Are All Stardust: Leading Scientists Talk About Their Work, Their Lives, and the Mysteries of Our Existence
By: Richard Dawkins , V.S. Ramachandran , Peter Singer , Raghavendra Gadagkar , Steven Weinberg , Jane Goodall , Jared Diamond , Stefan Klein , Martin J. Rees , Leonardo da Vinci , Alison Gopnik , J. Craig Venter , Nicholas A. Christakis , Sarah Blaffer Hrdy , Elizabeth Blackburn , Roald Hoffman , None , Vittorio Gallese , None , None
4.33
Format: 25 pages, Paperback
Nineteen brilliantly led conversations with a sterling roster of natural and social scientists, she… read more
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- science
- history
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
9. Speaks the Nightbird (Matthew Corbett, #1)
By: Robert McCammon
3.57
Format: 160 pages,
The Carolinas, 1699: The citizens of Fount Royal believe a witch has cursed their town with inexpli… read more
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10. Think of England (England World, #2)
By: K.J. Charles
4.22
Format: 239 pages, ebook
Lie back and think of England… England, 1904. Two years ago, Captain Archie Curtis lost his frie… read more
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"Did anyone wonder if someone hit his head for him?"-K.J. Charles, Think of England (England World, #2)
11. Redemption Ark
By: Alastair Reynolds
3.90
Format: 205 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Late in the twenty-sixth century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the In… read more
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- space
- audiobook
12. Napoleon's Hemorrhoids: ... and Other Small Events That Changed History
By: Phil Mason
3.86
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon's Hemorrhoi… read more
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13. The Egg and Other Stories
By: Andy Weir
3.00
Format: 112 pages, Audiobook
Collected for the first time anywhere, the nine tales in The Egg and Other Stories highlight Andy W… read more
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14. The Story of Human Language
By: None
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Audiobook
"I never met a person who is not interested in language," wrote the bestselling author and psycholo… read more
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15. My Inventions
By: Nikola Tesla
4.34
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
This important title is the autobiography of Nikola Tesla. Nikola Tesla appropriately titled his wo… read more
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16. Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos
By: Priyamvada Natarajan
4.08
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
For all curious readers, a lively introduction to radical ideas and discoveries that are transformi… read more
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17. Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15)
By: Jim Butcher
3.57
Format: 10 pages, Hardcover
Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, is about to have a very bad day.... Because as W… read more
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18. Light Falls: Space, Time, and an Obsession of Einstein
By: Brian Greene
3.83
Format: 373 pages, Audiobook
Best-selling author, superstar physicist, and cofounder of the World Science Festival Brian Greene … read more
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19. Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
By: David Reich
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human histo… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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20. The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)
By: Ann Leckie
3.65
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative s… read more
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- short stories
- space
- audiobook
21. 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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- popular science
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22. A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
By: Neil Bradbury
4.12
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant blend of science and crime, 'A TASTE FOR POISON' reveals how eleven notorious poisons a… read more
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"Sometimes what makes things toxic is exactly what allows them to be used for good."-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
"Rather than throw the white arsenic away, it was realised that money could be made by selling the substance as a poison to get rid of all kinds of vermin, including cockroaches, rats, stray animals -…"-Neil Bradbury, A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
23. Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.30
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
From the basics of physics to big questions about the nature of space and time, celebrated astrophy… read more
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"Had Herschel succeeded, the planet list would read: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and George."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry
"The cosmic perspective opens our minds to extraordinary ideas but does not leave them so open that our brains spill out, making us susceptible to believing anything we're told."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry
24. The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.16
Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio
Everything we now know about the universe-from the behavior of quarks to the birth of entire galaxi… read more
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25. The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight
By: Valter Longo
3.88
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
Can what you eat determine how long, and how well, you live? The clinically proven answer is yes, a… read more
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26. Black Holes, Tides, and Curved Spacetime: Understanding Gravity
By: Benjamin Schumacher
4.31
Format: None pages, Audiobook
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27. The Life and Death of Stars
By: Keivan G. Stassun
4.09
Format: None pages, Audio CD
From the website: Long ago, the magnificence of the star-filled sky and its clock-like motions ins… read more
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28. Dispatches from Planet 3: Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond
By: Marcia Bartusiak
4.08
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning science writer presents a captivating collection of cosmological essays for the ar… read more
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- history
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29. Black Holes Explained
By: Alex Filippenko
3.89
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Imagine a region in space where the force of gravity is so strong that nothing - not even light - c… read more
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30. The Science of Information: From Language to Black Holes
By: Benjamin Schumacher
4.30
Format: 362 pages, The Great Courses
The science of information is the most influential, yet perhaps least appreciated field in science … read more
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31. Moon Rush: The New Space Race
By: Leonard David
3.62
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Veteran space journalist digs into the science and technology--past, present, and future--central t… read more
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