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James Gleick's groundbreaking bestseller introduces to a whole new audience the story of one of the most significant waves of scientific knowledge in our time. By focusing on the key figures whose genius converged to chart an innovative direction for science, Gleick makes the story of chaos...

The search to find medicines is as old as disease, which is to say as old as the human race. Through serendipity - by chewing, brewing, and snorting - some Neolithic souls discovered opium, alcohol, snakeroot, juniper, frankincense, and other helpful substances. Ötzi the Iceman, the 5,000-year-old hunter frozen in the Italian Alps, was found to have whipworms in his intestines and Bronze Age medicine, a worm-killing birch fungus, knotted to his leggings.

Edwin Grosvenor writes of Bell's other extraordinary inventions: the first transmission of sound over light waves, metal detector, first practical phonograph, and early airplanes, including the first to fly in Canada. He also examines Bell's humanitarian efforts, including support for women's suffrage, civil rights, and speeches about what he warned would be a "greenhouse effect" of pollution causing global warming.

By calling everything into doubt, Descartes laid the foundations of modern philosophy. With the celebrated words "I think therefore I am," his compelling argument swept aside ancient and medieval traditions. He deduced that human beings consist of minds and bodies; that these are totally distinct "substances"; that God exists and that He ensures we can trust the evidence of our senses.

An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking. During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was...

Ignition! is the inside story of the Cold War era search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. A favorite of Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, listeners will want to tune into this "really good book on rocket[s]," available for the first time in audio. Ignition!...

In the most authoritative book ever written about Apollo, David Whitehouse reveals the true drama behind the mission, telling the story in the words of those who took part - based around exclusive interviews with the key players. This enthralling book takes us from the early rocket pioneers to the shock America received from the Soviets' launch of the first satellite, Sputnik; from the race to put the first person into space, through President Kennedy's enthusiasm and later doubts, to the astronauts' intense competition to leave the first footprint.

Exploring more than 80 of the world's most scientific theories and big ideas across the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, geology, and maths, this book offers a fascinating look at the history of science. Discover how Galileo worked out his scientific theories of motion and...

How well do you know the ground beneath your feet? A primer for every Earth resident, by Harvard’s acclaimed geologist. “A sublime chronicle of our planet."" –Booklist, STARRED review Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering...

In this remarkably clear and companionable audiobook, leading complex systems scientist Melanie Mitchell provides an intimate tour of the sciences of complexity, a broad set of efforts that seek to explain how large-scale complex, organized, and adaptive behavior can emerge from simple interactions among myriad individuals.

避けられない老いの運命と永遠の命を渇望する人類の探求が激突する、生命科学と医学史が織りなす壮大な知のドラマ。静かな夜のリラックスタイムや知的な散歩のひとときに、人間の有限性について深く思索を巡らせる...

This instant New York Times bestseller proves humanity thrives in a crisis and that our innate kindness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in our long-term success as a species. If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient...

The solar system most of us grew up with included nine planets, with Mercury closest to the sun and Pluto at the outer edge. Then, in 2005, astronomer Mike Brown made the discovery of a lifetime: a tenth planet, Eris, slightly bigger than Pluto. But instead of its resulting in one more planet...

在二战战火的极致紧迫下，一场与时间赛跑的绝密军备竞赛彻底重塑了人类科技与权力的边界。当纳粹德国的核物理突破引发全球恐慌，顶尖科学家与无数普通人被卷入这场关乎国家存亡的浩大工程。无论你是渴望在通勤途中...

تتبع رحلة العلم والتاريخ لترويض الزمن، من مراقبة الظلال القديمة إلى دقات الساعات الذرية التي تحكم عالمنا المعاصر. استمع أثناء تنقلك اليومي أو في لحظات استرخائك...

Ontdek de fascinerende geschiedenis van de wetenschappelijke revolutie, waarin pioniers oude wereldbeelden omverwierpen. Waar blind vertrouwen in theologische autoriteit ooit de absolute norm was, ontketenden nieuwe meetinstrumenten, wereldreizen en de drukpers een onstuitbare storm van...

当完美的隐形凶手抹去所有痕迹，一滴干涸的血迹与一枚肉眼难辨的微量物证，便成了在犯罪现场替死者发声的最后武器。无论是清晨通勤的地铁上，还是渴望沉浸式智力推理的深夜，这段冷静克制却充满悬念的硬核科普之旅...

从直观的亲子相貌特征到主宰生命的分子密码，这是一场跨越千年的科学探索与遗传学突围。无论你是渴望解答自身血脉渊源的求知者，还是热衷于在通勤途中充实大脑的科普爱好者，这段波澜壮阔的生命史诗都将为你重塑对...

Ervaar de zenuwslopende historische race tegen de klok om de eerste atoombom te bouwen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Terwijl je onderweg bent, word je direct meegesleept in een wereld vol politieke intriges en briljante wetenschappelijke doorbraken. Deze meeslepende non-fictie onthult hoe...

Duik in een historische biografie van de rebelse wetenschapper die vocht tegen dogma's tijdens donkere wereldoorlogen. Perfect voor een inspirerende luistersessie tijdens het dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer, waarbij grootse theorieën en intieme persoonlijke drama's naadloos samensmelten. Ervaar de...