By: Lawrence M. Krauss
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
Internationally renowned, award-winning theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author of…
Want to Read $ 9.99"For most people, the central questions of existence ultimately come down to transcendental ones: Why is there a universe at all? Why are we here? Whatever presumptions one might bring to the question "Why?," if we understand the "how" better, "why" will come into sharper focus."-Lawrence M. Krauss, The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here?
"When I am carrying an object such as a ruler, and moving fast compared to you, my ruler will be measured by you to be smaller than it is for me. I might measure it to be 10 cm, say: [Image] But to you, it might appear to be merely 6 cm: [Image] Surely, this is an illusion, you might say, because how could the same object have two different lengths? The atoms can’t be compressed together for you, but not for me. Once again, we return to the question of what is “real."-Lawrence M. Krauss, The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here?
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By: Richard Dawkins , Well-illustrated
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Charles Darwin, whose 1859 masterpiece "On the Origin of Species" shook society to its core, would … read more
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"The best scientists can do is fail to disprove things while pointing to how hard they tried"-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"Of course they don't function as gills, but five-week human embryos can be regarded as little pink fishes, with gills."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"Incidentally, I'm puzzled why, with so much oxygen about, thing didn't burst into flames all the time. Perhaps they did."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
"It is interesting to wonder whether taxonomists of the future may regret the way our generation messed around with genomes."-Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
By: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Format: 223 pages, Hardcover
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit … read more
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"….. Neptune, the outermost planet. No, it’s not Pluto. Get over it."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
"Bosons, by the way, are named for the Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
"Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
"I don't know about you, but the planet Saturn pops into my mind with every bite of a hamburger I take."-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sagan traces our exploration of space and suggests that our very… read more
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"Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little about it."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
"I remind myself that madmen really exist. Sometimes they achieve the highest levels of political power in modern industrial nations."-Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
By: Sean Carroll
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Already internationally acclaimed for his elegant, lucid writing on the most challenging notions in… read more
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"Life is short, and certainty never happens."-Sean Carroll, The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
"Intellectual fascination crosses many boundaries."-Sean Carroll, The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
"Life is not a substance, like water or rock; it’s a process, like fire or a wave crashing on the shore. It’s a process that begins, lasts for a while, and ultimately ends. Long or short, our moments …"-Sean Carroll, The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
"Where misunderstanding dwells, misuse will not be far behind. No theory in the history of science has been more misused and abused by cranks and charlatans—and misunderstood by people struggling in g…"-Sean Carroll, The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself
By: Christopher Hitchens
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
God Is Not Great makes the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the maj… read more
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"Actually, the “leap of faith"-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
"The essential principle of totalitarianism is to make laws that are impossible to obey."-Christopher Hitchens, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
By: Richard Dawkins
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colour… read more
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"We're going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones."-Richard Dawkins, Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
"Abraham was left in no doubt that the future lay with his seed, not his individuality. God knew his Darwinism."-Richard Dawkins, Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
"A brain that is good at simulating models in imagination is also, almost inevitably, in danger of self-delusion."-Richard Dawkins, Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
"We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born."-Richard Dawkins, Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder
By: George Musser
Format: None pages, Hardcover
What is space? It isn't a question that most of us normally ask. Space is the venue of physics; it'… read more
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By: Brian Cox , Jeffrey R. Forshaw
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In The Quantum Universe, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw approach the world of quantum mechanics in the … read more
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By: Richard Dawkins
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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By: Carl Sagan , Ann Druyan
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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"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
By: Carlo Rovelli
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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By: Lawrence M. Krauss
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
Internationally renowned, award-winning theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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"For most people, the central questions of existence ultimately come down to transcendental ones: Why is there a universe at all? Why are we here? Whatever presumptions one might bring to the question…"-Lawrence M. Krauss, The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here?
"When I am carrying an object such as a ruler, and moving fast compared to you, my ruler will be measured by you to be smaller than it is for me. I might measure it to be 10 cm, say: [Image] But to yo…"-Lawrence M. Krauss, The Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far: Why Are We Here?
By: Sam Harris
Format: 512 pages,
Sam Harris' first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion… read more
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By: Neil deGrasse Tyson , Donald Goldsmith
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
"An accessible and extremely well-written exploration of the deep waters of cosmology, astrophysics… read more
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By: Richard Dawkins , Lalla Ward
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
How did the replication bomb we call "life" begin and where in the world, or rather, in the univers… read more
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By: Nick Lane
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there's a black hole at th… read more
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By: Sam Harris
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
In response to The End of Faith, Sam Harris received thousands of letters from Christians excoriati… read more
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"There had been ample warning that a storm “of biblical proportions"-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"These data are unequivocal: we are building a civilization of ignorance."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"Faith is like a pickpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
"Faith is like a pockpocket who loans a person his own money on generous terms."-Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Michio Kaku
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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By: Garrett M. Graff
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times-bestselling author Garrett M. Graff comes the first comprehensive and eye-openi… read more
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By: Sean Carroll
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
By: Christopher Hitchens
Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition
At the dawn of the new atheist movement, the thinkers who became known as “the four horsemen,” the … read more
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"The great cultural project... may very well be to rescue what we have of the art and aesthetic of religion while discarding the supernatural."-Christopher Hitchens, The Four Horsemen: The Conversation That Sparked an Atheist Revolution
By: Carlo Rovelli
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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By: Thomas Hertog
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Stephen Hawking’s closest collaborator offers the intellectual supersta… read more
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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
By: Carlo Rovelli
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explo… read more
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"Our fear of death seems to me to be an error of evolution."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"We understand the world in its becoming, not in its being."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Children grow up and discover that the world is not as it seemed from within the four walls of their homes. Humankind as a whole does the same."-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
"Before Newton, time for humanity was the way of counting how things changed. Before him, no one had thought it possible that a time independent of things could exist. Don't take your intuitions and i…"-Carlo Rovelli, The Order of Time
By: Richard Dawkins
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science wri… read more
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"These beliefs contradict each other, so they can’t be all right"-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
"If I’d been born in ancient Greece, I’d worship Zeus and Aphrodite"-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
"But failure to disprove something is not a good reason to believe it."-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
"There are so many different faiths. How do you know the holy book you have been brought up with is the true one? And if all the others are wrong, what makes you think your holy book isn't wrong too?"-Richard Dawkins, Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
By: Sabine Hossenfelder
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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"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
By: Lisa Kaltenegger
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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By: Annaka Harris
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "If you’ve ever wondered how you have the capacity to wonder, some fas… read more
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By: Sean Carroll
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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By: Jeremie Harris
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An entertaining and accessible dive into the riveting world described by quantum mechanics, from ph… read more
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