Viking, 2022.
Hardcover. Vaclav Smil is my favorite author.--Bill Gates"The renowned energy scientist ... aims to [recenter] materials rather than electronic flows of data as the bedrock of modern life -- largely through examining what he calls the four pillars of modern civilization: cement, steel, plastics and ammonia." --David Marchese.....
MIT Press, 2023.
Hardcover. From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity--and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation, the prolific author--a favorite of Bill.....
Yale University Press, 2020.
Paperback. This sweeping, multidisciplinary exploration of the major epidemics since the Black Death reveals the impact of diseases ranging from bubonic plague to Ebola on both medical and social history and examines the contemporary question of our preparedness against the next generation of diseases.
Penguin Books, 2017.
Paperback. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People), little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy A New York Times Book Review Notable Book Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian, Nature, and NPR's.....
Chantilly, VA: The Great Courses / The Teaching Company, 2006.
DVD set of 4 discs in 2 boxes + paperback guidebook. Professor Robert Solomon was Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Business and Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught for over 30 years. In this series.....
Experiment, 2020.
Paperback. Before mammals, there were dinosaurs. And before dinosaurs, there were cephalopods. Publisher's Note: Monarchs of the Sea was previously published in hardcover as Squid Empire.Cephalopods, Earth's first truly substantial animals, are still among us: Their fascinating family tree features squid, octopuses, nautiluses, and more. The inventors of swimming.....
Ten Speed Press, 1996.
Paperback. From the author of GROWING GOURMET AND MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS comes the only identification guide exclusively devoted to the world's psilocybin-containing mushrooms. Detailed descriptions and color photographs for over 100 species are provided, as well as an exploration of their long-standing (and often religious) use by.....
Countryman Press, 2021.
Hardcover. Foraging for mushrooms is a meditative and rewarding escape. Even if readers aren't ready to head out into the woods, this enchanting visual guide is a welcome introduction to 25 easily identifiable species, organized by location and use. Author Jess Starwood has led hundreds of foraging.....
Spring Valley, NY: Mercury Press, 1992.
Second Printing. Paperback. Translated by William Lindeman. Translation of Goethe's Weltanschauung. Originally published by Verlag der Rudolf Steiner in 1963. Includes prefaces to the original 1897 and 1918 editions and an epilogue to the 1918 edition. 5-1/4 x 8", stiff printed wrappers, 278pp, notes.....
Spring Valley, NY: Mercury Press, 1988.
First Printing Thus. Paperback. Translated by William Lindeman. Translation of Goethe's Naturwissenschaftliche Schriften, Einleitungen (Vol. I in teh Bibliogaphic Survey). Originally published as introductions to Goethe's Natural-Scientific works in Kurschner's Deutsche National-literatur, edited by Rudolf Steiner, with introductions, footnotes, and annotations in four volumes.....
Riverhead Books, 2015.
Paperback. An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world--and deep connection with humanity.Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As we learn more about the secrets of bird life.....
Ecco Press, 2021.
Paperback. Los Angeles Times Bestseller
IndieBound Bestseller
One of USA Today's "5 Books Not to Miss"
One of Forbes' "Best Summer Reads
One of the LA Times' "21 New and Classic Books to Keep You in Touch with the Natural World"
Part H Is for Hawk, part.....
Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Hardcover. An enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we--and the planet we inhabit--could not survive without them.
Insects comprise roughly half of the animal kingdom. They live everywhere--deep inside caves, 18,000 feet high in the Himalayas, inside computers, in.....
Houghton Mifflin, 2021.
Hardcover. An Instant New York Times Best-seller!Based on their #1 kids podcast, Wow in the World, hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz take readers on a hilarious, fact-filled, and highly illustrated journey through the human body--covering everything from our toes to our tongues to our brains and.....
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Hardcover. Children around the world know that to tell how old a tree is, you count its rings. Few people, however, know that research into tree rings has also made amazing contributions to our understanding of Earth's climate history and its influences on human civilization.....
W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.
Hardcover. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world's largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by revealing his correspondence with people.....
National Geographic Society, 2021.
Hardcover. In this thought-provoking follow-up to his acclaimed StarTalk book, uber astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tackles the world's most important philosophical questions about the universe with wit, wisdom, and cutting-edge science.For science geeks, space and physics nerds, and all who want to understand their place in.....
Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1987.
Paperback. First Paperback Printing. California Natural History Guide No. 50. Drawings by Pamela Vesterby.
A survey of plants and animals that have survived and thrived in uncultivated urban spaces in California. An average of 20% of U.S. urban spaces is uncommitted and potentially.....
Flatiron Books, 2022.
Hardcover. "The MOST IMPORTANT BOOK I imagine I'll ever read."--Mary Roach
FROM AN AWARD-WINNING SCIENCE JOURNALIST comes an urgent investigation of environmental migration--the most underreported, seismic consequence of our climate crisis that will force us to change where--and how--we live.
"An IMPORTANT and PROVOCATIVE start to a......
Scribner Book Company, 2018.
Paperback. "Why We Sleep is an important and fascinating book...Walker taught me a lot about this basic activity that every person on Earth needs. I suspect his book will do the same for you." --Bill GatesA New York Times bestseller and international sensation, this "stimulating and.....
Tim Duggan Books, 2020.
Paperback. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The Uninhabitable Earth hits you like a comet, with an overflow of insanely lyrical prose about our pending Armageddon."--Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon With a new afterword It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your.....
W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
Hardcover. In the past two decades, our understanding of the navigational and physiological feats that enable birds to cross immense oceans, fly above the highest mountains, or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch has exploded. What we've learned of these key.....
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Hardcover. The untold story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, his own most singular patient [An] engrossing biographical memoir. This is Sacks at full blast: on endless ward rounds, observing his post-encephalitic patients . . . exulting over horseshoe crabs and chunks of Iceland spar. --Barbara Kiser.....
Penguin Press, 2021.
Hardcover. One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical worldIn Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science. With clarity.....
W. W. Norton & Company, 2022.
Paperback. From the decipherment of hieroglyphics in 1822 to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon a hundred years later, the uncovering of Egypt's ancient past took place in an atmosphere of grand adventure and international rivalry.
In A World.....
