Genre search:Science & Nature

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

by Randall Munroe
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
science, non-fiction, comedy and humor, comics, mathematics, physics, engineering, chemistry
Collection
Paper Books
Series
What if? (1)
Status
Available
Call number
500

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond
Ebook, 2017
Tags
Kindle, non-fiction, history, science, anthropology, sociology, epidemiology, biology, ecology, economics, geography — 8 more, politics, linguistics, archaeology, government, genetics, farming, agriculture, medicine
Collection
Kindle
Series
Civilizations Rise and Fall (1)
Status
Available
Call number
303.4

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

by Michael Pollan
Ebook, 2001
Tags
non-fiction, farming, science, biology, botany, food, history, Kindle, agriculture, ecology, plants — 9 more, earth science, fruit, vegetables, flowers, genetics, anthropology, medicine, food science, food history
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
306.45

On the Origin of Species

by Charles Darwin
Ebook, 2014
Tags
non-fiction, science, biology, Kindle, anthropology, genetics, history, atheism, botany, zoology, animals — 4 more, plants, modern literature, creation, medicine
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
576.82

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

by Sam Kean
Ebook, 2010
Tags
non-fiction, science, chemistry, history, Kindle, physics
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
546.8

The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code

by Sam Kean
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
genetics, medicine, history, non-fiction, science, biology
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
572.8

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

by Matt Ridley
Ebook, 2013
Tags
non-fiction, science, biology, genetics, Kindle, medicine
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
599.935

Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World

by Mark Miodownik
Ebook, 2014
Tags
non-fiction, science, chemistry, Kindle, engineering, physics
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
620.11

Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities

by Amy Stewart
Ebook, 2009
Tags
non-fiction, science, history, biology, plants, Kindle, botany, gardening, homesteading, medicine, DIY
Collection
Kindle
Series
Wicked Things (1)
Status
Available
Call number
581.65

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc

by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
Ebook, 2011
Tags
non-fiction, history, science, chemistry, Kindle
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
546.8

The Drunken Botanist

by Amy Stewart
Ebook, 2013
Tags
non-fiction, science, history, biology, plants, food, Kindle, botany, alcohol, wine, beer — 9 more, cocktails, beverages, cookbook, food history, mixology, spices, agriculture, farming, food science
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
581.632

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
food, philosophy, non-fiction, agriculture, ecology, farming, sociology, history, food history, anthropology, science — 10 more, earth science, ethics, vegetables, politics, government, biology, food science, meat, compassion, vegetarian
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
394.12

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
food, philosophy, non-fiction, vegetables, agriculture, ecology, farming, ethics, politics, government, sociology — 4 more, biology, science, food science, vegetarian
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
613.2

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

by Steven Johnson
Ebook, 2006
Tags
non-fiction, history, England, medieval history, epidemiology, Kindle, science, medicine, biology, Europe
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
614.5140942109034

What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses: Updated and Expanded Edition

by Daniel Chamovitz
Ebook, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, science, biology, botany, gardening, plants, Kindle, DIY
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
571.2

Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe

by Theodore Gray
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
non-fiction, science, chemistry, reference, physics
Collection
Paper Books
Series
Elements (Theodore Gray)
Status
Available
Call number
546.8

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

by Malcolm Gladwell
Ebook, 2007
Tags
non-fiction, psychology, sociology, science, business, self-help, economics, Kindle, leadership, creativity, statistics — 3 more, mathematics, education, decision making
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
153.44

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

by Margot Lee Shetterly
Ebook, 2018
Tags
Kindle, non-fiction, history, juvenile, American history, racism, mathematics, astronomy, biography, womens studies, compassion
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
510.92520973

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

by Margot Lee Shetterly
Ebook, 2016
Tags
non-fiction, biography, mathematics, racism, American history, history, Kindle, astronomy, engineering, Cold War, computers — 2 more, womens studies, compassion
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
510.92520973

Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World

by Matt Parker
Ebook, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, computers, engineering, history, comedy and humor, mathematics, science, statistics, Kindle
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
510

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Ebook, 2010
Tags
non-fiction, business, economics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, money, Kindle, statistics, logic, sociology — 1 more, decision making
Collection
Kindle
Series
Incerto (2)
Status
Available
Call number
003.54

What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

by Robert L. Wolke
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
non-fiction, food, food science, science, chemistry
Collection
Paper Books
Series
What Einstein...
Status
Available
Call number
641.5

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

by Harold McGee
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
food, science, food science, non-fiction, reference, chemistry
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
641.5

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

by John M. Barry
Paperback, 2005
Tags
history, medicine, epidemiology, modern history, non-fiction, WWI, biology, science
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
614.51809041

NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

by Steve Silberman
Ebook, 2015
Tags
non-fiction, psychology, medicine, autism, Kindle, disability, neurodiversity, psychiatry, biology, science
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
616.85882

The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom

by Simon Winchester
Ebook, 2009
Tags
non-fiction, biography, China, science, history, Kindle, Asia
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
509.2

The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats

by Daniel Stone
Ebook, 2018
Tags
Kindle, non-fiction, biography, food, food history, anthropology, farming, botany, plants, science, agriculture — 3 more, American food, biology, history
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
580.92

The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

by J. Kenji López-Alt
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
food, science, cookbook, food science, non-fiction, chemistry
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
664.07

The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance

by Laurie Garrett
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
medicine, epidemiology, non-fiction, science, biology
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
614.49

Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains

by Helen Thomson
Ebook, 2018
Tags
Kindle, non-fiction, psychology, science, biology, medicine, psychiatry, disability
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
612.82

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

by Bessel van der Kolk MD
Ebook, 2014
Tags
non-fiction, psychology, science, medicine, Kindle, abuse, relationships, anxiety, psychiatry, biology, self-help — 4 more, compassion, domestic violence, womens studies, trauma
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
616.8521206

Salt: A World History

by Mark Kurlansky
Paperback, 2003
Tags
non-fiction, history, food history, food, spices, anthropology, economics, geology, science, sociology, earth science — 1 more, marine
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
553.63209

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)

by Barbara Oakley
Paperback, 2014
Tags
mathematics, science, non-fiction, careers, education
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
501.9

The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine

by Jennifer Gunter
Ebook, 2019
Tags
non-fiction, biology, science, medicine, Kindle, womens studies
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
618.1

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat

by Oliver Sacks
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
psychiatry, medicine, non-fiction, autism, neurodiversity, science, psychology, disability, anthropology, biology
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
616.8

Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence

by Stefano Mancuso
Ebook, 2015
Tags
non-fiction, science, biology, botany, Kindle, plants
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
581.4

The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness

by Meghan O'Rourke
Ebook, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, autobiography, biography, science, biology, medicine, disability, womens studies, compassion, Kindle, genetics — 1 more, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
616.044

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, Third Edition

by Robert M. Sapolsky
Paperback, 2004
Tags
medicine, non-fiction, psychology, self-help, anxiety, biology, science
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
616.0019

How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion

by David McRaney
Ebook, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, psychology, debate, logic, science, sociology, Kindle
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
153.4

SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance

by Steven D. Levitt
Ebook, 2009
Tags
non-fiction, economics, psychology, Kindle, business, statistics, sociology, prostitution, mathematics, decision making
Collection
Kindle
Series
Freakonomics (2)
Status
Available
Call number
330

How Insects Work: An Illustrated Guide to the Wonders of Form and Function from Antennae to Wings

by Marianne Taylor
Ebook, 2020
Tags
non-fiction, insects, biology, science, Kindle
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
595.7

Come as you are : the surprising new science that will transform your sex life

by Emily Nagoski
Paperback, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, psychology, science, medicine, biology, womens studies, sexuality, self-help
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
306.7082

Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions

by Temple Grandin
Ebook, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, autism, neurodiversity, psychology, science, disability, medicine, education, Kindle, parenting, relationships
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
152.14

The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism

by Jennifer Gunter
Ebook, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, medicine, science, womens studies, biology, Kindle
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
618.175

Move: How the New Science of Body Movement Can Set Your Mind Free

by Caroline Williams
Ebook, 2022
Tags
non-fiction, science, exercise, sports, psychology, medicine, biology, self-help, Kindle
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
612.044

Salt, fat, acid, heat : the four elements of good cooking

by Samin Nosrat
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
non-fiction, food, cookbook, science, food science, chemistry
Collections
Paper Books, Currently reading
Status
Available
Call number
641.5

The Science of Good Cooking

by Cook's Illustrated
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
food, food science, cookbook, science, non-fiction, chemistry
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
641.3

How we decide

by Jonah Lehrer
Paperback, 2009
Tags
psychology, non-fiction, business, economics, science, sociology, decision making
Collection
Paper Books
Status
Available
Call number
153.83

Proof: The Science of Booze

by Adam Rogers
Ebook, 2014
Tags
non-fiction, science, food, alcohol, Kindle, food science, beverages, beer, wine, chemistry
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
663.1

The Chemistry Book: From Gunpowder to Graphene, 250 Milestones in the History of Chemistry

by Derek B. Lowe
Ebook, 2016
Tags
non-fiction, history, science, chemistry, Kindle
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
540.9
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