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The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded
A New York Times Bestseller Selected as a 2017 ALA/YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens: Nonfiction Award winning authors Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis present a historically accurate graphic novel...
Elixir: A Story of Perfume, Science and the Search for the Secret of
A FINANCIAL TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR A STRONG WORDS TOP 50 BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Dizzying and fragrant . . . truly a captivating achievement!' Aimee Nezhukumatathil 'If...
The Right Stuff
What is it, I wondered, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan, or Saturn rocket, and wait...
Time Albert Einstein: The Enduring Legacy of a Modern Genius
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TIME invites readers to explore the life and times of one of history's greatest minds, the genius selected by TIME as the Most Infl uential Person of the 20th Century....
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting' Oliver Burkeman 'A remarkable book about a remarkable theorem' Will Storr 'Witty, lively and best of...
Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight
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Now in paperback, an "unforgettably good book [told] with compassion and sympathy" (Simon Winchester, New York Times ) about an eccentric aviator and the thrilling early days of flight. From...
Waiting for the Monsoon
By the New York Times 's legendary war correspondent, written while battling terminal brain cancer: a life-affirming memoir of high adventure, deep wisdom, and finding true happiness amid the unlikeliest...
Science in the Snakepit: Tales of the often eccentric people who have
People have always been fascinated by snakes, but only during the last few decades have researchers begun to reveal the secret lives of these most mysterious of animals. Rick Shine...
Noble Conspirator: Florence S. Mahoney and the Rise of the National
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The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory
Based on over eighty hours of interviews with Lovelock and unprecedented access to his personal papers and scientific archive, Jonathan Watts has written a definitive and revelatory biography of a...
Snakes Without Borders: A collection of amazing stories from one of
My name is Rick, and I m a snake-a-holic. This book is a collection of amazing stories from one of the world s leading herpetologists, Rick Shine, who has spent...
Brunel
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the outstanding entrepreneurial Victorian engineer. He helped construct the Thames Tunnel, build the Great Western Railway and its terminus, Paddington Station, but his boldest endeavours were...
The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of our Solar
NOW IN PAPERBACK A "captivating, behind-the-scenes account" of NASA's historic OSIRIS-REx mission to return an asteroid sample and unlock the mystery of formation on life on earth braided with the...
Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
An intimate portrait of Stephen Hawking -- the man, the friend, and the physicist An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert...
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting . . . I finished it not only better informed about a captivating branch of mathematics,...
Concussion (Movie Tie-in Edition)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * Dr. Bennet Omalu discovered something he could not ignore. The NFL tried to silence him. His courage would change...
Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine
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The riveting story of one of the greatest scientific accomplishments of the twentieth century, from the coauthor of the #1 "New York Times" bestseller "Apollo 13." With rivalries, reversals, and...
Newton: The Making of Genius
A unique and accessible account of Newton's popular and scientific reputation. Isaac Newton is now universally celebrated as a genius of science, renowned for his innovatory work on gravity and...
Einstein: The Life of a Genius
Albert Einstein is synonymous with genius. From his remarkable theory of relativity and the famous equation E=mc2 to his concept of a unified field theory, no one has contributed as...
The Quotable Darwin
A treasure trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from the legendary naturalist Here is Charles Darwin in his own words the naturalist, traveler, scientific thinker, and controversial author of On...
Collisions: A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the
Nobel Prize-winning experimental physicist Luis W. Alvarez (1911-1988) began his storied career developing the atomic bomb and went on to conduct groundbreaking work on the building of the ancient Egyptian...
The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary
Rosemary Woodruff Leary has been known only as the wife of Timothy Leary, the Harvard professor-turned-psychedelic high priest, whose jailbreak captivated the counterculture and whose life on the run with...
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the
The bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns with a "compelling" ( The Washington Post ) account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues...
The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius
A Guardian Best Science Book of the Year The first biography - 'a stunning achievement' (Kai Bird, American Prometheus) - of the dazzling and painful life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist...
The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life of Rosemary Woodruff Leary
Rosemary Woodruff Leary has been known only as the wife of Timothy Leary, the Harvard professor-turned-psychedelic high priest, whose jailbreak captivated the counterculture and whose life on the run with...
The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory
Based on over eighty hours of interviews with Lovelock and unprecedented access to his personal papers and scientific archive, Jonathan Watts has written a definitive and revelatory biography of a...
Disturbing The Universe
Spanning the years from World War II, when he was a civilian statistician in the operations research section of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command, through his studies with Hans...
The Maverick's Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream
A fascinating biography of the drugmaker Albert Barnes, whose pioneering collection of modern art was meant to transform America's soul From prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling...
Maverick Genius: The Pioneering Odyssey of Freeman Dyson
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Scientist. Innovator. Rebel. For decades, Freeman Dyson has been regarded as one of the world's most important thinkers. The Atlantic wrote, "In the range of his genius, Freeman Dyson is...
When Breath Becomes Air: Pulitzer Prize Finalist
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of insurmountable odds...
Dr. Calhoun's Mousery: The Strange Tale of a Celebrated Scientist, a
"Brilliant. . . . An absorbing read and a potent lesson in moral behavior-both of rodents and of humans."-Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Poison Squad * "A fascinating...
Nobel Life: Conversations with 24 Nobel Laureates on their Life
Few people have changed the world like the Nobel Prize winners. Their breakthrough discoveries have revolutionised medicine, chemistry, physics and economics. Nobel Life consists of original interviews with twenty-four Nobel...
The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla and Other Works
Who was Nikola Tesla? Find out in this comprehensive volume that includes Tesla's autobiography and scientific writings, as well as other works that examine his life and career in detail....
Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists
There may never be another era of science like the first half of the twentieth century, when a peerless cast of physicists-Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Max Planck, Wolfgang Pauli, Niels...
The Coalwood Way: A Memoir
In this "irresistible" memoir "as compelling and rousing as a NASA liftoff" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rocket Boys takes us deeper into the...
Einstein: The Man and his Mind
"This visual - and artistically beautiful - format differentiates Einstein: The Man And His Mind from all previous books about him" - Amazon reader review "Gary Berger and Michael DiRuggerio's...
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Finding Our Way in a Chaotic World
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2025: the profound and life-affirming memoir about finding our way in a chaotic world 'A sumptuous, surprising, dark delight' Carmen Maria Machado 'Fast-moving,...
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins and the fight for women in science
'Outstanding' Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry The remarkable untold story of how a group of sixteen determined women used the power of the collective and the tools...
Brief Lives 3 - Newton
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is said to have made his greatest contributions to original thought in science in 1665-6 while at his parents' home in Lincolnshire escaping the Great Plague...
Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher: A Monkey's Head, the Pope's
The "delightfully macabre" ( The New York Times ) true tale of a brilliant and eccentric surgeon... and his quest to transplant the human soul. In the early days of...
I Am a Part of Infinity: The Spiritual Journey of Albert Einstein
A spiritual biography of Albert Einstein that reveals for the first time the scientific and religious origins of his ethical philosophy Nearly everyone is familiar with Einstein's scientific accomplishments-but few...
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
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A New York Times Bestseller In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon...
Elixir: A Story of Perfume, Science and the Search for the Secret of
A FINANCIAL TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR A STRONG WORDS TOP 50 BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Dizzying and fragrant . . . truly a captivating achievement!' Aimee Nezhukumatathil 'If...
Emerson, the Stoics, and Me: Timeless Wisdom for Living an Authentic
"This is a beautiful book, full of ideas that could help restore America's genius for freedom and promise." -Thomas Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul...
The Maverick's Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream
A fascinating biography of the drugmaker Albert Barnes, whose pioneering collection of modern art was meant to transform America's soul From prominent critic and biographer Blake Gopnik comes a compelling...
The Big Hop: The First Non-stop Flight Across the Atlantic and Into
The powerful true story of the first flight across the Atlantic - and of the ordinary heroes who risked their lives to race in pursuit of progress 'David Rooney is...
Cry Out Loud: Living With Mental Illness: An Autobiography
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It seemed that I'd been having episodes, particularly of severe depression, since I was only just a wee girl, but I wasn't diagnosed until my mid-twenties. I didn't know what...
Brunel: The Man Who Built the World
In his lifetime, Isambard Kingdom Brunel towered over his profession. Today, he remains the most famous engineer in history, the epitome of the volcanic creative forces which brought about the...