Cosmic Impact: Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets
By: Andrew May
3.90
Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition
As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with anasteroid or comet is the new kid …
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1. A Scanner Darkly
By: Philip K. Dick
4.02
Format: 219 pages, Paperback
Substance D is not known as Death for nothing. It is the most toxic drug ever to find its way on to… read more
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"We're all dreaming,"-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"I have seen myself backward."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"It's easy to win. Anybody can win."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"Okay, I'll come back again on Thursday."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
2. A Planet of Viruses
By: Carl Zimmer
4.06
Format: 109 pages, Hardcover
Viruses are the smallest living things known to science, yet they hold the entire planet in their s… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"For comparison, tap out a single grain of salt from a shaker. You could line up about ten skin cells along one side of it. You could line up about a hundred bacteria. Compared to viruses, however, ba…"-Carl Zimmer, A Planet of Viruses
3. Foundation and Empire (Foundation #2)
By: Isaac Asimov
3.82
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Led by its founding father, the great psychohistorian Hari Seldon, and taking advantage of its supe… read more
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4. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
By: Carlo Rovelli , Simon Carnell , Erica Segre
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Hardcover
Everything you need to know about the beauty of modern physics in less than 100 pages. In seven bri… read more
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- nonfiction
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5. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
4.29
Format: 459 pages, Paperback
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t un… read more
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- nonfiction
- science
"Gullibility kills."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Occasionally, I get a letter from someone who is in “contact"-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
"Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world."-Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
6. Brief Answers to the Big Questions
By: Stephen Hawking
4.28
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration… read more
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- science
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"I use the word “God"-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"This “Hawking temperature"-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"So some might imagine that I am an expert on time, although of course these days an expert is not necessarily a good thing to be."-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
"I think it is legitimate to take a broader view and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race."-Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions
7. 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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- science
- astronomy
- nonfiction
- space
8. The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
By: Namina Forna
4.00
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whet… read more
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"He's crying as he kills me"-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
"No matter my origins, there is worth in what I am."-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
"It's the ritual that gives legitimacy to the murder."-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
"Never forget: the same gift they praise you for now, they will kill you for later."-Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
9. 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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- nonfiction
- science
"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
10. How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
By: Randall Munroe
4.16
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildl… read more
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- science
"It turns out that if you accelerate at 1 G for several years, you can reach almost any destination in the universe. After a few years have passed [traveling at that rate], the effects of relativity r…"-Randall Munroe, How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
11. 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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- science
- astronomy
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- space
"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
12. 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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- science
- astronomy
- nonfiction
- space
"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)
13. Space: 10 Things You Should Know
By: Becky Smethurst
4.21
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
This book is for anyone who wants to easily understand the mind-blowing fundamentals of our extraor… read more
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- astronomy
- nonfiction
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14. Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe
By: Marcus Chown
4.04
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, … read more
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- astronomy
- nonfiction
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15. Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe
By: Brian Cox
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive na… read more
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16. Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe
By: Brian Clegg
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light,… read more
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17. Dark Matter and Dark Energy: The Hidden 95% of the Universe (Hot Science)
By: Brian Clegg
3.98
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial 5 per cent of everything. Th… read more
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18. A Pocket History of Human Evolution: How We Became Sapiens
By: Silvana Condemi
3.96
Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition
Why aren’t we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how “wise” Homo … read more
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19. Nuclear Fusion: The Race to Build a Mini-Sun on Earth
By: Sharon Ann Holgate
3.79
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
'Holgate guides us expertly and with a deft touch along the journey towards the holy grail of unlim… read more
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20. The Graphene Revolution: The Weird Science of the Ultra-thin
By: Brian Clegg
3.82
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In 2003, Russian physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov found a way to produce graphene – t… read more
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21. Cosmic Impact: Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets
By: Andrew May
3.90
Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition
As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with anasteroid or comet is the new kid … read more
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