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**#1 New York Times bestseller “Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”ーBill Gates "Monumental... an authoritative and distur……続きを見る

What’s the goal in life? Why are we here? What are we supposed to achieve and how? Do the goverments keep secrets from the people? Why? Is there life in other planet? We are humans there are things ……続きを見る

The Making of a Scientist is Calvin Fuller’s story of his youth, education, and scientific career in the greatest research laboratory of the postwar era. When, after his death, his sons discovered t……続きを見る

This volume contains new editions of two books. R. Pearson's Pasteur, Plagiarist, Imposter, originally published in 1942, serves as the introduction. It details some of the reasons for the rancorous……続きを見る

Feather and Brush traces the history of bird art in Australia – from the simple engravings illustrating accounts of the earliest European voyages of discovery to the diversity of artwork available t……続きを見る

“A colorful page-turner.” ーWalter Isaacson, New York Times Book Review “As important a book on space as has ever been written.” ーHomer Hickam, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rocket Boys T……続きを見る

Monumental classic by the founder of modern chemistry, essential for undergraduate students. First explicit statement of law of conservation of matter in chemical change; first modern list of chemic……続きを見る

This book tells the comprehensive history of cosmography from the 15th Century Age of Discovery onward. During this time, cosmographyーa science that combined geography and astronomy to inform us ab……続きを見る

‘I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.’ It was with these words, written in the 1630s, that Pierre de Fermat intrigued and infuriate……続きを見る

'This book offers an excellent explanation of the scientific method and its use, through case studies from astronomy, physics, and philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-division unde……続きを見る

The Theory of Relativity is based on previously known scientific studies plus insights penned by Albert Einstein. He was one of the most advanced scientific minds of his day, and he made many contri……続きを見る

The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial lifeーand even invented real automated machines The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant ca……続きを見る

Exploring the developments that have occurred in the practice of oral history since digital audio and video became viable, this book explores various groundbreaking projects in the history of digita……続きを見る

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the landmark book Freakonomics comes this curated collection from the most readable economics blog in the universe. It’s the perfect solution for the millio……続きを見る

Explore the beauty and awe of the heavens through the rich celestial prints and star atlases offered in this third edition book. The author traces the development of celestial cartography from ancie……続きを見る

An exploration of polyphony and the perspective it offers on our own polyphonic brains. Polyphonyーthe interweaving of simultaneous soundsーis a crucial aspect of music that has deep implications fo……続きを見る

Practical, scientific, philosophical, and artistic problems have caused men to investigate mathematics. But there is one other motive which is as strong as any of these ー the search for beauty. Mat……続きを見る

In this "provocative" book (New York Times), a contrarian physicist argues that her field's modern obsession with beauty has given us wonderful math but bad science. Whether pondering black holes or……続きを見る

The breathtakingly rapid pace of change in computing makes it easy to overlook the pioneers who began it all. The Universal Computer: The Road from Leibniz to Turing explores the fascinating lives, ……続きを見る

What did we know about birds a thousand years ago, and how has our understanding developed? ‘A History of Ornithology’ offers a complete history of birdwatching in Britain, a classic for every natur……続きを見る

The Top 10 Sunday Times Bestseller NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Oscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NAS……続きを見る

The Definitive Introduction To The Relationship Between Religion And Science ∗ In The Beginning: Why Did the Big Bang Occur? ∗ Quantum Physics: A Challenge to Our Assumptions About Reality? ∗ Darwin……続きを見る

'The best single-volume study of the Enlightenment that we have' Literary Review The Enlightenment is one of the formative periods of Western history, yet more than 300 years after it began, it rema……続きを見る

Insurance Economics brings together the economic analysis of decision making under risk, risk management and demand for insurance among individuals and corporations, objectives pursued and managemen……続きを見る

"[A] page-turner…The Telephone Gambit is solid history, and Seth Shulman makes it as much fun to read as an Agatha Christie whodunit." ーJohn Steele Gordon, Wall Street Journal Throughout his career……続きを見る

How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history’s mighty empires In 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty collapsed. Many historian……続きを見る

From Aristotle's Physics to quantum teleportation, learn about the scientific pursuit of instantaneous connections in this insightful examination of our world. For millennia, scientists have puzzled……続きを見る

A groundbreaking history of fengshui’s roles in public life and law during China’s last imperial dynasty Today the term fengshui, which literally means “wind and water,” is recognized around the wor……続きを見る

"A brilliant, witty, and altogether satisfying book." ー New York Times Book Review The classic work on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind In Th……続きを見る

From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuityーand its attendant breakthroughs and busts. Included in BILL GATES's 2023 Holiday Reading List
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