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Free Will

Sam Harris, bestselling author of THE END OF FAITH takes on one of today's liveliest issues: whether or not we actually have free will.

What If? 2 - Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! An NPR Best Book of 2022 "The questions throughout What If? 2 are equal parts brilliant, gross, and...

Gödel, Escher, Bach. - An Eternal Golden Braid

This groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize-winning book sets the standard for interdisciplinary writing, exploring the patterns and symbols in th...

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's big...

Behave - The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

The New York Times bestseller "It's no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read." -David P. Bar...

Moonwalking with Einstein - The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory An instant bestseller t...

The Brain That Changes Itself - Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD 'A remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain' Oliver Sacks 'Utterly won...

Thing Explainer

It's good to know what the parts of a thing are called, but it's much more interesting to know what they do. Richard Feynman once said th...

Structure of Scientific Revolutions - 50th-Anniversary Edition

This new edition of Kuhn's essential work includes an insightful introduction by Hacking, which clarifies terms popularized by Kuhn. Newl...

Growth - From Microorganisms to Megacities

A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth ...

The Moral Landscape - How Science Can Determine Human Values

Bestselling author Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith--that a moral system cannot be based on science.

Scale - The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies

"This is science writing as wonder and as inspiration." -The Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal From one of the most influential sci...

Thing Explainer - Complicated Stuff in Simple Words

Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here t...

The Demon-Haunted World - Science as a Candle in the Dark

A prescient warning of a future we now inhabit, where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American p...

How To - Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "How To will make you laugh as you learn…With How To, you can't help but appreciate the glorious ...

How to Create a Mind - The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

A bold exploration of the human brain's potential by the internationally bestselling author of The Singularity is Near

Hidden Figures - The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

The #1 New York Times bestseller The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some...

Spillover - Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

In 2020, the novel coronavirus gripped the world in a global pandemic and led to the death of hundreds of thousands. The source of the pr...

Animal Liberation - The Definitive Classic of the Animal Movement (Updated)

"A most important book that will change the way many of us look at animals--and, ultimately, at ourselves." -- Chicago Tribune Since its ...

Other Minds - The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness in Other Minds Although mammals and birds a...

The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla blazed the path that electrical development followed for many years to come. This record of Teslas pioneering work gathers m...

Algorithms to Live By - The Computer Science of Human Decisions

An exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate th...

Staying with the Trouble - Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Experimental Futures

In the midst of spiraling ecological devastation, multispecies feminist theorist Donna J. Haraway offers provocative new ways to reconfig...

Lean Six Sigma For Dummies

Become a process improvement star with Lean Six Sigma! Thinking Lean? Not in terms of weight loss, but operational efficiency? Then you c...

Molecular and Cell Biology For Dummies

Your insider guide to the stuff of life 3.8 billion years old and counting, there's more than a little to know about the fundamentals of ...

Determined - Life Without Free Will

Free will is the foundation of western society, dictating our notions of fairness and justice, punishment and reward, and our very identi...

What If?2 - Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, and the Sunday Times bestseller What If?, even more hilarious and informative answers to...

The Secret of Life - Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick's 1953 revelation about the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtual...

The Technological Singularity

The idea of technological singularity, and what it would mean if ordinary human intelligence were enhanced or overtaken by artificial int...

Beyond the Self - Conversations between Buddhism and Neuroscience

Converging and diverging views on the mind, the self, consciousness, the unconscious, free will, perception, meditation, and other topics...

The Invention of Nature - Alexander von Humboldt's New World

The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose id...

Darwin's Doubt

The Evidence That Darwin Could Not Explain Charles Darwin knew there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did n...

Artificial Unintelligence - How Computers Misunderstand the World

A guide to understanding the inner workings and outer limits of technology and why we should never assume that computers always get it ri...

The Science of our Changing Planet - From Global Warming to Sustainable Development

Let's learn about climate change, how humans affect the planet, and sustainable development! Humans have had a great impact on the planet...

Size - How It Explains the World

'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill Gates The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening expl...

Anaximander - And the Nature of Science

A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Anaximander is a delight and so is this book' -- James McConnachie, Sunday Times Now widely available in English ...

Horizons - A Global History of Science

A radical retelling of the history of science that challenges the Eurocentric narrative. We are told that modern science was invented in ...

Writing Scientific English - A Workbook

Success in science depends nowadays on effective communication in English. This workbook is specifically designed to give under- and post...

How to Clone a Mammoth - The Science of De-Extinction

Could extinct species, like mammoths and passenger pigeons, be brought back to life? In How to Clone a Mammoth, Beth Shapiro, an evolutio...

Emergency Preparedness - A Sustainable #Food #WATER #Energy Future

Die Beiträge in diesem Buch bewerten aktuelle Herausforderungen der Wasserversorgung und unterstreichen die Notwendigkeit für mehr Effizi...

The Systems View of Life - A Unifying Vision

Taking a broad sweep through history and across scientific disciplines, this volume integrates the ideas, models, and theories underlying...

The Glass Cage - How Our Computers Are Changing Us

In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable compu...

The Joy of Science

"In The Joy of Science, Jim Al-Khalili presents eight lessons that serve as a guide to thinking and living life a little more scientifica...

Why Trust Science?

Are doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of...

World Words - Recommended Pronunciations

Report of the Cruise of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear - Vol. III

Report of the Cruise of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear - Vol. III is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Ha...

High Level Synthesis of Datapaths

A modern mikroelektronikai tervezéshez elengedhetetlenek az automatizált tervezőeszközök. A legnagyobb kihívást a jó minőségű, magas szin...

Energy Conscious Heating

In 2007 the EU's leaders decided to combat climate change and increase the EU's energy security while strengthening its competitiveness. ...

Studies in simulation

Selected Papers from the Alma Mater Series 1-8.

A history of western technology

A history of the sciences

The Legal Disabilities of Natural Children Justified Biologically and Historically

The Legal Disabilities of Natural Children Justified Biologically and Historically is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original ...

The Natural History of Birds

The Natural History of Birds is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1791. Hansebooks is editor of the literatur...

Dyspepsia and How to Cure It - Description of the Digestive Organs and of the Different Kinds of Food

Dyspepsia and How to Cure It - Description of the Digestive Organs and of the Different Kinds of Food is an unchanged, high-quality repri...

Differential and Integral Calculus

Differential and Integral Calculus is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1886. Hansebooks is editor of the lit...

Our Summer Migrants - An Account of the Migratory Birds Which Pass the Summer in the British Islands

Our Summer Migrants - An Account of the Migratory Birds Which Pass the Summer in the British Islands is an unchanged, high-quality reprin...

Pulmonary Consumption - Its Etiology, Pathology and Treatment

Pulmonary Consumption - Its Etiology, Pathology and Treatment is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1887. Hans...

Handbook of Dairy Husbandry

Handbook of Dairy Husbandry is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1860. Hansebooks is editor of the literature...

ABC of Gothic Architecture - Third Edition

ABC of Gothic Architecture - Third Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1882. Hansebooks is editor of...