Science! In many ways, we live in a thrilling era of scientific discovery. Some scientists are making breakthroughs in gene-editing and recycling orbital rockets. Others are perilously close to discovering life on other planets. Others have created…
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Spark Notes has boiled down the history of literary movements to a collection of one line quips. The problem with literature is that there’s so much of it. Books go back a long time (like at least ten or fifteen years, I’m thinking), and if you’re a student taking an English class, you’re supposed to be familiar with…
An astonishing window into the inner world of plants, and the cutting-edge science in plant intelligence. Decades of research document plants’ impressive abilities: they communicate with one another, manipulate other species, and move in sophisticated ways. Lesser known, however, is the new evidence that plants may actually be sentient. Although plants may not have brains, their microscopic commerce exposes a system not unlike the neuronal networks running through our own bodies. They can learn and remember, possessing an intelligence that allows them to behave in adaptive, flexible, anticipatory, and goal-directed ways. A leading figure in the philosophy of plant signaling and behavior, Paco Calvo offers an entirely new perspective on plant biology. In Planta Sapiens, he shows for the first time how wecan use tools developed in animal cognition studies in a quest to deeply understand plant intelligence. He illuminates how plants inspire technological advancements: from robotics and AI to tackling the ecological crisis. Most importantly, he demonstrates that plants are neither objects nor resources; they are agents in themselves, and for themselves. | Author: Paco Calvo | Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company | Publication Date: Mar 14, 2023 | Number of Pages: 304 pages | Language: English | Binding: Hardcover | ISBN-10: 0393881083 | ISBN-13: 9780393881080
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Learning science history through a literature-rich curriculum is the perfect compromise for a history-loving mom and a science-loving student.
Learn about everything from supernovas to wasp civilizations in these absorbing nonfiction reads.
John Atkinson is a cartoonist from Canada, who creates the series "Wrong Hands". From an early age, John had a love for drawing, which he eventually pursued by studying fine arts at university. It was not until he began doodling with his young children that he discovered his passion for cartooning.
For those always learning, these books dive into quantum theory, the way the heart works, the days of the dinosaurs, and more!
Unveil the transformative power of non-fiction: explore the best books that chronicle history, science, philosophy, and human achievement.
For those always learning, these books dive into quantum theory, the way the heart works, the days of the dinosaurs, and more!
Homeschooling high school doesn’t mean your student has to have a one size fits all education. Your student still has freedom to explore interests and pursue passions. Last spring, a movie pricked Elijah’s interest in Jules Verne, and he told me he’d like for his first English credit to be a science fiction literature class. …
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These are the best popular science books of the last few years, from books covering forensics and whales to mental illness and the cosmos.
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TRANSHUMANISM: A Grimoire of Alchemical Agendas - Nanotechnology vs. The Human Race... By Dr. Joseph Farrell & Dr. Scott de Hart The ultimate question is no longer "who am I" ? or "why am I here" - these questions were answered in the earliest civilizations by philosophers and priests. Today we live in an age of such rapid advances in technology and science that the ultimate question must be rephrased: 'what shall we become' ? This book investigates what may become of human civilization - who is setting the agenda for a trans-humanistic society, and why ?? !! The modern Victor Frankenstein holds a high political office, carries diplomatic immunity, and is most likely funded by the largest corporations worldwide. His method is ancient alchemy. His fraternities are well known and their secrets are well kept, but his goal of times past and present is the same; he dares to become as god, genetically manipulating the seeds of the earth, the beasts on the fields, and to claim legal ownership over humanity by re-creating it in his own image. This is no fairy tale, science fiction, or conspiracy theory … it simply is! This is where man literally is fused with machine - the robots vs. the humans times are here.... and once the 'singularity' is achieved mankind will cease to exist as we have known it for centuries... it will be fused w/ A. I. and become a completely different being. Transhumanism: A Grimoire of Alchemical Agendas lifts the veil from the macabre transhumanistic monster being assembled and exposes the hidden history and agenda that has set humanity on a collision course for the Apocalypse. Feral House Books - 2011 Release - 285 Page Paperback - No Illustrations - NEW BOOK in Perfect Condition - PRICE: $29.00 - Price Includes Shipping
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An informed and entertaining guide to what science can and cannot tell us." --The Wall Street Journal "Stimulating . . . encourage[s] readers to push past well-trod assumptions [...] and have fun doing so." --Science Magazine From renowned physicist and creator of the YouTube series "Science without the Gobbledygook," a book that takes a no-nonsense approach to life's biggest questions, and wrestles with what physics really says about the human condition Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a computer simulation. On the other hand, the idea that the universe itself is conscious is difficult to rule out entirely. According to Sabine Hossenfelder, it is not a coincidence that quantum entanglement and vacuum energy have become the go-to explanations of alternative healers, or that people believe their deceased grandmother is still alive because of quantum mechanics. Science and religion have the same roots, and they still tackle some of the same questions: Where do we come from? Where do we go to? How much can we know? The area of science that is closest to answering these questions is physics. Over the last century, physicists have learned a lot about which spiritual ideas are still compatible with the laws of nature. Not always, though, have they stayed on the scientific side of the debate. In this lively, thought-provoking book, Hossenfelder takes on the biggest questions in physics: Does the past still exist? Do particles think? Was the universe made for us? Has physics ruled out free will? Will we ever have a theory of everything? She lays out how far physicists are on the way to answering these questions, where the current limits are, and what questions might well remain unanswerable forever. Her book offers a no-nonsense yet entertaining take on some of the toughest riddles in existence, and will give the reader a solid grasp on what we know--and what we don't know. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781984879455 Media Type: Hardcover Publisher: Viking Publication Date: 08-09-2022 Pages: 272 Product Dimensions: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10dAbout the Author Sabine Hossenfelder is presently a research fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany, and has published more than eighty research articles about the foundations of physics, including quantum gravity, physics beyond the standard model, dark matter, and quantum foundations. She has written about physics for a broad audience for fifteen years and is the creator of the popular YouTube channel "Science without the Gobbledygook." Her writing has been published in New Scientist, Scientific American, The New York Times, and The Guardian (London). Her first book, Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray, appeared in 2018.
John Atkinson is a cartoonist from Canada, who creates the series "Wrong Hands". From an early age, John had a love for drawing, which he eventually pursued by studying fine arts at university. It was not until he began doodling with his young children that he discovered his passion for cartooning.
In chapter 4, “Why Recreate the Woolly Mammoth?” author Britt Wray explores the social consequences of bringing an iconic species back from extinction.
Although there were some earlier glimmers, Science Fiction (SF) began with the development of modern science in the industrial and scientific revolutions of the early 1800s. Many scholars credit Marty Shelley’s Frankenstein in 1818 to be the first true SF novel.
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Whether you are giving gifts to others or to yourself this holiday season, this list of the best popular science books of 2017 in the physical sciences is a great place to start reading and gifting
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Are plants intelligent? Can they solve problems, communicate, and navigate their surroundings? Or are they passive, incapable of independent action or social behavior? Philosophers and scientists have pondered these questions since ancient Greece, most often concluding that plants are unthinking and inert: they are too silent, too sedentary -- just too different from us. Yet discoveries over the past fifty years have challenged these ideas, shedding new light on the extraordinary capabilities and complex interior lives of plants. In Brilliant Green, Stefano Mancuso, a leading scientist and founder of the field of plant neurobiology, presents a new paradigm in our understanding of the vegetal world. Combining a historical perspective with the latest in plant science, Mancuso argues that, due to cultural prejudices and human arrogance, we continue to underestimate plants. In fact, they process information, sleep, remember, and signal to one another -- showing that, far from passive machines, plants are intelligent and aware. Through a survey of plant capabilities from sight and touch to communication, Mancuso challenges our notion of intelligence, presenting a vision of plant life that is more sophisticated than most imagine. Plants have much to teach us, from network building to innovations in robotics and man-made materials -- but only if we understand more about how they live. Part botany lesson, part manifesto, Brilliant Green is an engaging and passionate examination of the inner workings of the plant kingdom. Financial support for the translation of this book has been provided by SEPS: Segretariato Europeo Per Le Pubblicazioni Scientifiche. | Author: Stefano Mancuso|Alessandra Viola, Joan Benham | Publisher: Island Press | Publication Date: Oct 16, 2018 | Number of Pages: 192 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback/Science | ISBN-10: 1610917316 | ISBN-13: 9781610917315
The Biological Mind rejects the idea of the brain as the lone organ that makes us who we are. Our body and environment also factor in, Alan Jasanoff says.
What science has gotten so shamefully wrong about women, and the fight, by both female and male scientists, to rewrite what we thought we knew For hundreds of years it was common sense: women were the inferior sex. Their bodies were weaker, their minds feebler, their role subservient. No less a scientist than Charles Darwin asserted that women were at a lower stage of evolution, and for decades, scientists—most of them male, of course—claimed to find evidence to support this. Whether looking at intelligence or emotion, cognition or behavior, science has continued to tell us that men and women are fundamentally different. Biologists claim that women are better suited to raising families or are, more gently, uniquely empathetic. Men, on the other hand, continue to be described as excelling at tasks that require logic, spatial reasoning, and motor skills. But a huge wave of research is now revealing an alternative version of what we thought we knew. The new woman revealed by this scientific data is as strong, strategic, and smart as anyone else. In Inferior, acclaimed science writer Angela Saini weaves together a fascinating—and sorely necessary—new science of women. As Saini takes readers on a journey to uncover science’s failure to understand women, she finds that we’re still living with the legacy of an establishment that’s just beginning to recover from centuries of entrenched exclusion and prejudice. Sexist assumptions are stubbornly persistent: even in recent years, researchers have insisted that women are choosy and monogamous while men are naturally promiscuous, or that the way men’s and women’s brains are wired confirms long-discredited gender stereotypes. As Saini reveals, however, groundbreaking research is finally rediscovering women’s bodies and minds. Inferior investigates the gender wars in biology, psychology, and anthropology, and delves into cutting-edge scientific studies to uncover a fascinating new portrait of women’s brains, bodies, and role in human evolution. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9780807010037 Media Type: Paperback(Reprint) Publisher: Beacon Press Publication Date: 03-06-2018 Pages: 224 Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)About the Author Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist whose print and broadcast work has appeared on the BBC and in the Guardian, New Scientist, Wired, the Economist, and Science. A former Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, she won the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Kavli Science Journalism gold award in 2015. Saini has a master’s in engineering from Oxford University, and she is the author of Geek Nation: How Indian Science Is Taking Over the World.Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction CHAPTER 1 Woman’s Inferiority to Man CHAPTER 2 Females Get Sicker but Males Die Quicker CHAPTER 3 A Difference at Birth CHAPTER 4 The Missing Five Ounces of the Female Brain CHAPTER 5 Women’s Work CHAPTER 6 Choosy, Not Chaste CHAPTER 7 Why Men Dominate CHAPTER 8 The Old Women Who Wouldn’t Die Afterword Acknowledgments References Index
I’ve chosen 17 of the best science books for nonfiction fans that are some of the best reads of all time. Hope you enjoy!
Designer Daniel Gray writes in to tell us about his new publishing venture, Vulture Books, which is bringing out lovely, high-quality versions of all your favorite non-fiction works that exist only in fiction. Can you identify where all these books are from?
Whether you are giving gifts to others or to yourself this holiday season, this list of the best popular science books of 2018 about astronomy, physics and mathematics is a great place to start reading and gifting
