Mathematics & Science

By squeezing seven centuries and five continents between two covers, the book tracks the transition from one world order to the next-from the Iberian, British, American, and Chinese-explaining how the quest for a profitable form of energy led to the...

Despite a facade of brilliant technological advances, American science has led humanity to the brink of interrelated disasters. In The Tragedy of American Science, historian of science Clifford D. Conner describes the dual processes by which this history...

If the stories they tell about themselves are to be believed, all of the tech giants-Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon-were built from the ground up through hard work, a few good ideas, and the entrepreneurial daring to seize an opportunity...

Did the Covid virus jump naturally from an animal species to humans, or did it escape from a laboratory experiment? In this essay, science writer Nicholas Wade explores the two scenarios and argues that, on present evidence, lab escape is the more likely...

We are now witnessing the build-out of society's first foundationally new infrastructure in nearly a century: the Cloud. It is an ecosystem of information-digital hardware, at the heart of which resides massive warehouse-scale datacenters unlike anything...

We have always known that reading aloud is an important way to bond with your baby and develop language skills.Now neuroscience research is showing us the long-term benefit that reading aloud has for children-all the way into adulthood. Author Rekha S...

How much do you really know about how the human body works, and how it reacts to food, exercise, nutrition, and the environment? While most of us have read about at least one fad diet, we're left wondering about the greater biochemistry, psychology,...

There was once a set of ideas called the theory of evolution, conceived by clever people and confirmed by countless scientists. Then people discovered the electron microscope. This made it possible to make the molecules within the cell visible, and...

Throughout the Roman Empire Cities held public speeches and lectures, had libraries, and teachers and professors in the sciences and the humanities, some subsidized by the state. There even existed something equivalent to universities, and medical and...

This book gives new perspective on just whom activists must target to slow global warming-that is, target those who are warming the globe deliberately and hugely, instead of just semi-accidentally and in small degree, like the rest of us. The book...

Age range 14+One of the hardest questions that mathematics teachers have to answer is 'Why?' Schoolroom sums are crucial in learning the awesome power of mathematics, but they are often a world away from how the knowledge is applied and where it came...

Here is the essential guide to astronomy, an authoritative reference book and timeline that traces how, over many centuries, great minds have figured out where we and our planet fit in the great expanse of the Universe. Since time immemorial people have...

One of the hardest questions that mathematics teachers have to answer is "Why?" Schoolroom sums are crucial in learning the awesome power of mathematics, but they are often a world away from how the knowledge is applied and where it came from. Inside...

A fascinating and authoritative look at how geometry changed the world of art forever.Geometry & Art follows the artists of the Renaissance, whose search for perspective and visual depth led them to the study of geometry. Influencing the work of...

Here is the essential guide to physics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the foundations upon which all scientific knowledge rests.Without physics, everything else - from astronomy to zoology - would be a meaningless conjecture...

Here is the essential guide to biology, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines how we have uncovered the secrets of life-the most complex process in the Universe.From the workings of molecules to the way entire oceans or continents of...

These are dark and darkening times, challenging us to look deeper to grasp the roots and dynamics of the looming civilizational crisis. Chronic illness of the planet calls for radically new thinking if there is to be any hope of renewal. When We Are...

Practice radical mycology and learn mushroom loreDiscover the glorious world of mushrooms, lichens, and micro fungi, as described by Peter McCoy, one of today's foremost experts in the field. Covering the essential information and skills for...

From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhood - and what we can do about it.Even before COVID-19, digital technologies had become deeply...

The "lively" (Kirkus Reviews), provocative, much-talked-about book that challenges the mandate for all students to master a full menu of mathematics, from the bestselling authorWhen Andrew Hacker published an op-ed in the New York Times questioning the...

Comps in this space have been trending up, The Psilocybin Mushroom Bible (2016) had its best year ever in 2018 and averages 200 copies per week on NPD Mushrooms are becoming less stigmatized. In spring 2019, Denver residents will be able to vote on...

This book, written with the support ofAmerica's oldest fishing tackle business, offers beginners a chance to learn the fundamentals of the great sport of fly fishing quickly and easily.The Orvis Guide to Beginning Fly Fishing can be the start of a...

Heirloom Fruits of America features 100 full-color illustrations selected from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection, an archive of 7,584 paintings, lithographs, and line drawings created from 1886 to 1942 by about...

Seeing Science offers an insightful and reader-friendly collection of essays and pictures about photography's role in visualizing science and building human knowledge-from micro to macro levels and everything in between.Photography and science have long...

The Tai Chi Concepts and Experiments book clarifies and makes accessible critical aspects of the art that only a small number of high-level practitioners currently understand and manifest.Numerous step-by-step experiments are provided for readers to...

A Celebration of Beautiful ButterfliesMore than 700 species of butterflies live in North America, and all are worthy of our admiration. Butterflies are perhaps the most beautiful and easily recognizable insects in the world. They hold our attention like...

Beginner Instructions, Professional Results!Gemstones are naturally beautiful, but you can make them glisten and shine. This beginner's guide covers all the techniques you need to know: tumbling, cutting, face polishing and more. By following the...

Told as a thriller,Free the Animalsis a classic work of radical popular storytelling. A classic in the mold of Edward Abbey'sThe Monkey Wrench Gang.First published by Noble Press in 1992, then reprinted and revised by Lantern in 2005 and 2012, this...

An astonishing collection of stories of extraterrestrial abduction, time travel, and extraterrestrial sex."Brad Steiger's book does an excellent-indeed, essential-job of setting the scene and providing a foundation of the facts as they were known at the...

Impressivestories of women using geospatial technology to create sustainable solutions for problems the world faces.The third volume in theWomen and GIS seriesshows how 31diversewomen in various STEAM fieldsdiscovered their passion, broke down barriers,...

Learn how to get better answers in map analysis when you use spatial measurements and statistics.Spatial measurements and statistics give you a powerful way to analyze geospatial data, but you don't need to understand complex mathematical theories to...

The Fifth Kingdom is a basic text in mycology. It surveys the world of mycology through classification, physiology and genetics, and discusses applications of mycology in the modern world, from brewing and baking to health and disease.This new edition...

Will computers come to dominate man? Will advanced technology, robots and artificial intelligence enhance or destroy our future ... and thereby changing us forever!?! Learn about the history, the menace and opportunities of technology-as well as possible...

Fact or fiction? Real or impossible? Movement through time explored, examined and explained!Albert Einstein's theory of relativity postulates, and scientists have proven, that the faster you travel, the slower time moves. Clocks on airplanes, satellites...

Eschewing the usual mathematical explanations for physics phenomena, this approachable reference explains complicated scientific concepts in plain English that everyone can understand. Completely updated to tackle the big issues such as gravity,...

This book is written for patients and members of the public who want to understand more about the approaches, methods and language used by health-services researchers. Patient and public involvement (PPI) in research is now a requirement of most major...

Implanting the human body with human/animal organs or implantable devices not only changes what you are but also changes who you are. If you were in need of an organ transplant, would you prefer organs from other humans or non-human animals, or...

Has society ceded its self-governance to technogovernance?The Prison House of the Circuit presents a history of digital media using circuits and circuitry to understand how power operates in the contemporary era. Through the conceptual vocabulary of the...

An unparalleled how-to guide to citizen-sensing practices that monitor air pollutionModern environments are awash with pollutants churning through the air, from toxic gases and intensifying carbon to carcinogenic particles and novel viruses. The effects...

Walleye, the holy grail of game fish: on catching them, understanding their biology and history, and ensuring their survivalAmong the more than 34,000 species of fish, few have the walleye's following-among anglers and diners, states conferring official...

Rethinking our relationship with Earth in a time of environmental emergencyThe world is changing. Progress no longer has a future but any earlier sense of Earth as "providential" seems of merely historical interest. The apparent absence of Earthly...

How afforestation reveals the often-concealed politics between humans and plantsIn Plant Life, Rosetta S. Elkin explores the procedures of afforestation, the large-scale planting of trees in otherwise treeless environments, including grasslands,...

A groundbreaking reflection on the process by which one arrives at an ethological theoryHow do humans study the complex worlds of animals without imposing their own societal and scientific gaze upon them? The biologist Amotz Zahavi stakes the...

How computer animation technologies became vital visualization tools in the life sciencesWho would have thought that computer animation technologies developed in the second half of the twentieth century would become essential visualization tools in...

A groundbreaking look at Gaia theory's intersections with neocybernetic systems theory Often seen as an outlier in science, Gaia has run a long and varied course since its formulation in the 1970s by atmospheric chemist James Lovelock and microbiologist...

A radical proposal for how a tiny organism can transform our understanding of human relationsServing as both a guide and companion publication to the conceptual art project of the same name, The Lichen Museum explores how the physiological...

Presents thirty novel terms that do not yet exist in English to envision ways of responding to the environmental challenges of our generation As the scale and gravity of climate change becomes undeniable, a cultural revolution must ultimately match...

Veer Ecology is a groundbreaking guide for the twenty-first century, with theeditors asking thirty brilliant thinkers to each propose one verb that stressesthe forceful potential of inquiry, weather, biomes, apprehensions, and desiresto swerve...