At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds (Science Essentials)
By: Dan Hooper
4.14
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
A new look at the first few seconds after the Big Bang--and how research into these moments continu…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Without time, nothing happens. Without space, nothing is."-Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds (Science Essentials)
"Without time, nothing happens. Without space, nothing is."-Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds (Science Essentials)
"Unlike people from any other time in history, we know what we are looking at when we look up upon the night sky."-Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds (Science Essentials)
"Unlike people from any other time in history, we know what we are looking at when we look up upon the night sky."-Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds (Science Essentials)
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1. 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
2. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
By: Richard Dawkins
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
***30th Anniversary Edition*** Cover note: Each copy of the anniversary edition of The Blind Watchm… read more
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- popular science
- nonfiction
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3. The Mismeasure of Man
By: Stephen Jay Gould
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve. How smart are you? If that question do… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
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4. The Pentagon's Brain
By: Annie Jacobsen
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, from the author of t… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
5. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
By: Nate Silver
3.75
Format: None pages,
Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 elec… read more
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- nonfiction
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6. The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy
By: Carlo Rovelli
3.49
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
"Marvelous. . . . A wonderful book."--Humana.Mente "Rovelli is the dream author to conduct us on th… read more
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7. The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter
By: None
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe--from our bodies and the air we breathe to the p… read more
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8. 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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9. Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
By: Philipp Dettmer
4.59
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeously illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think ab… read more
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"Life hates nothing as much as wasting resources."-Philipp Dettmer, Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive
10. Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud
By: Ben McKenzie
None
Format: None pages, None
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR… read more
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11. 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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- history
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- popular science
- astronomy
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12. Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
By: Sean Carroll
4.07
Format: 347 pages, Hardcover
As you read these words, copies of you are being created. Sean Carroll, theoretical physicist a… read more
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"Don't play Quantum Russian Roulette."-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
"As far as quantum field theory is concerned, a human being or the center of a star isn’t all that different from empty space."-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
"The enigma at the heart of quantum reality can be summed up in a single motto: what we see when we look at the world seems to be fundamentally different from what actually is."-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
"If there were some nefarious conspiracy to make the world look quantum-mechanical, it had to have been set up hundreds of years ago, when the light left those stars. It's possible, but doesn't seem l…"-Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime
13. Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
By: Charan Ranganath
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, on… read more
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- nonfiction
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14. 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
- popular science
- astronomy
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- nature
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15. 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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- nonfiction
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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
16. Judas 62 (BOX 88, #2)
By: Charles Cumming
4.23
Format: 502 pages, Hardcover
The second book in Charles Cumming’s gripping new thriller series surrounding BOX 88 – a covert int… read more
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17. 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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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
18. How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy
By: Julian Baggini
3.69
Format: 398 pages, Hardcover
Julian Baggini's How the World Thinks is there to fill the Sapiens-size hole in your life' Observer… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- science
19. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
4.11
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on t… read more
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- history
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- astronomy
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"On the whole, I don't fear death. Instead, I fear a life where I could have accomplished more."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"If you travel beyond the cave door, you may just discover things that help solve your cave problems."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"We are more likely to be swayed by a single person who testifies with passion than by a bar chart containing data compiled from thousands of people."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
"While there, I came to resent labels of all kinds. What are they, if not intellectually lazy ways of asserting you know everything about a person you've never met?"-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
20. The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
By: Katie Mack
4.26
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look—in th… read more
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- history
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"It also means that cosmology doesn’t really have a well-defined concept of “now."-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
"We are a species poised between an awareness of our ultimate insignificance and an ability to reach far beyond our mundane lives, into the void, to solve the most fundamental mysteries of the cosmos."-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
"In the meantime, we'll continue on, making new pathc through the woods to see what we might find hiding there. Someday, deep in the unknown wilderness of the distant future, the Sun will expand, the …"-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
"You may have heard that "we are made of stardust" (or "star stuff" if you're Sagan), and this is absolutely true if we measure by mass. All the heavier elements in your body—oxygen, carbon, nitrogen,…"-Katie Mack, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
21. 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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- history
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- astronomy
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22. Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
By: Kate Crawford
3.99
Format: 288 pages, ebook
The hidden costs of artificial intelligence, from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality,… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
23. The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
By: Sean Carroll
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The most trusted explainer of the most mind-boggling concepts pulls back the veil of mystery that h… read more
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- nonfiction
- popular science
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24. Beyond Weird
By: Philip Ball
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
'This is the book I wish I could have written but am very glad I've read' Jim Al-Khalili ‘I thin… read more
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- history
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"Quantum theory had the strangest genesis,"-Philip Ball, Beyond Weird
"[C]lassical physics is just a special case of quantum physics."-Philip Ball, Beyond Weird
"Cabe decir que los genios tienen más posibilidades de incurrir en el error que la media."-Philip Ball, Beyond Weird
"Creer que el genio conlleva estar libre de error es malinterpretar la naturaleza de la creatividad y el entendimiento."-Philip Ball, Beyond Weird
25. The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
By: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
4.11
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos—and … read more
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- nonfiction
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"Everywhere we go, no matter how hard we try to avoid it, capitalism follows us."-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
"Science is supposedly about asking questions, except about scientists and how science is done."-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
"Access to a dark night sky—to see and be inspired by the universe as it really is—should be a human right, not a luxury for the chosen few."-Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
26. How to Die in Space
By: Paul M. Sutter
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
So you've fallen in love with space and now you want to see it for yourself, huh? You want to witne… read more
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27. 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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- nonfiction
- popular science
- astronomy
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28. Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe
By: Jorge Cham
4.03
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
Delightful, funny, and yet rigorous and intelligent: only Jorge and Daniel can reach this exquisite… read more
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29. The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the Eye
By: Matthew Bothwell
4.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A guide to the 99% of the Universe our eyes can’t see from a dazzling new voice in popular science … read more
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30. At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds (Science Essentials)
By: Dan Hooper
4.14
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
A new look at the first few seconds after the Big Bang--and how research into these moments continu… read more
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- nonfiction
- popular science
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"Without time, nothing happens. Without space, nothing is."-Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds (Science Essentials)
"Unlike people from any other time in history, we know what we are looking at when we look up upon the night sky."-Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds (Science Essentials)
"That is the thing about infinity: it takes things that are otherwise very unlikely and makes them all inevitable."-Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds (Science Essentials)
"Without time and space, nothing can change, and without change, it is hard to imagine any reality worth imagining."-Dan Hooper, At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe’s First Seconds (Science Essentials)
31. Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse #5)
By: Dennis E. Taylor
4.38
Format: 11 pages, Audiobook
The number one best-selling series that Audible listeners call “wonderfully entertaining”, “packed … read more
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