mimi10v3Broad scientific orientation and speculative questions: geology beneath the feet, expert forecasts about what might change everything, and playful quantitative thought experiments.
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The Age of Wonder
About the bookRichard Holmes traces the intellectual and emotional currents of the late eighteenth century, a period when the boundaries of the known universe were radically expanded. Focusing on the…
7/10Nature : ScienceThe Story of Western Science
About the bookSusan Wise Bauer traces the development of Western science from ancient Greek inquiries through twenty-century breakthroughs in biology, physics, and cosmology. Rather than presenting a…
6/10Nature : ScienceEarth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 13th Edition
About the bookThis comprehensive textbook provides a non-technical survey of physical geology, designed to make complex scientific principles accessible to general readers and students. The text emph…
6/10Nature : ScienceThis Will Change Everything
About the bookThis volume gathers the perspectives of 125 leading scientists, philosophers, and public intellectuals on the scientific developments they anticipate will most profoundly reshape human…
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| A Short History of Nearly Everything | Bill Bryson | 2003 | — | Read | → |
| Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 13th Edition | Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Scott Linneman | 2019 | 6 | Read | → |
| The Age of Wonder | Richard Holmes | 2008 | 8 | Read | → |
| The Story of Western Science | Susan Wise Bauer | 2015 | 7 | Read | → |
| This Will Change Everything | ed. Brockman | 2010 | 6 | Read | → |
| What If? 2 | Randall Munroe | 2022 | — | Browsed | → |