A series of anecdotes shouldn't by rights add up to an autobiography, but that's just one of the many pieces …
Theories for Everything highlights the rich, compelling stories behind science's greatest discoveries and the minds and methods that made them …
How Things Work uses familiar objects to introduce basic physics concepts, demonstrating the excitement and relevance to professionals in a …
From the sheep, dog, and cockerel that were sent aloft in Montgolfier's balloon to test the air over Paris, to …
All humans, but no other species, have the capacity to create and understand language. It provides structure to our thoughts, …
In this second edition of Steve Fuller's original work Philosophy, Rhetoric, and the End of Knowledge: A New Beginning for …
Conservation Science and Advocacy for a Planet in Peril: Speaking Truth to Power helps equip scientists working on environmental and …
Planetary atmospheres are complex and evolving entities, as mankind is rapidly coming to realise whilst attempting to understand, forecast and …
"Freeman Dyson's latest book does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist's thoughts on science and technology …
First published in 1986, this is the story of the analysis of starlight by astronomical spectroscopy. Beginning with Joseph Fraunhofer's …
A quantitative introduction to the Solar System and planetary systems science for advanced undergraduate students, this engaging textbook explains the …
Offering an engaging and complete story of the hunt for new worlds, this volume fully details the detection and exploration …
Fully updated and expanded, this new edition presents a cutting-edge summary of planetary rings, including results from Cassinis Saturn System, …
Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the …
This book conveys the thrill of observing strange and surprising features of the Universe, and the satisfaction gained by understanding …
In CONFRONTATIONS, the second volume of a trilogy, Dr. Jacques Vallee personally investigates forty astonishing UFO cases from around the …
This book presents the first broad look at the rapidly emerging field of data-intensive science, with the goal of influencing …
Basic Books, 2016. — 206 p. — ISBN-10: 0465055958. — ISBN-13: 978-0465055951There is one thing about gambling that everyone knows: …
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is an anthology of well-respected scientific writings, arranged and introduced by Richard Dawkins …
In this highly individual, and truly novel, approach to theoretical reasoning in physics, the author has provided a course that …
The periodic table is one of the most potent icons in science. It lies at the core of chemistry and …
Niels Bohr, who pioneered the quantum theory of the atom, had a broad conception of his obligations as a physicist. …
The first edition of this revolutionary look at the scientific discoveries that changed our perception of the world, by the …
Here for the first time, in rich, human, political, and scientific detail, is the complete story of how the bomb …
In 1974 India exploded an atomic device. In May 1998 the new right-wing BJP Government set off several more, encountering …
Most of us are unaware of how much we depend on quantum mechanics on a day-to-day basis. Using illustrations and …
Magnetic fields permeate our vast universe, urging electrically charged particles on their courses, powering solar and stellar flares, and focusing …
This textbook on practical data analytics unites fundamental principles, algorithms, and data. Algorithms are the keystone of data analytics and …
