Genre search:Science & Nature

A Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson
Paperback, 2003
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non-fiction, hisory, science, history of science, physics
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509

Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins
Book, 2004
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non-fiction, biology, evolution, genetics
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Call number
576.5

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari
Paperback, 2018
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non-fiction, read in 2020
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909

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

by Jared Diamond Ph.D.
Paperback, 2017
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non-fiction, anthropology, history, civilization, read in 2021
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Civilizations Rise and Fall (1)
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303.4

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

by Mary Roach
Book, 2003
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non-fiction, death, humor, read in 2012
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611

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)

by Richard P. Feynman
Paperback, 1997
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non-fiction, physics, memoir, Nobel, read in 2014
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Feynman Memoirs
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530.0924

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

by Matthew Walker
Paperback, 2018
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non-fiction, sleep, read in 2023
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612.8

How the Mind Works

by Steven Pinker
CD audiobook, 1997
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non-fiction, psychology, evolution
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153

Thinking, fast and slow

by Daniel Kahneman
Paper Book, 2011
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non-fiction, psychology, decision making, behavioral economics, Nobel, read in 2013, read in 2014
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153.4/2

A Brief History of Time

by Stephen Hawking
Paperback, 1988
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non-fiction, physics, cosmology
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523.1

Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

by Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback, 1989
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non-fiction, biology, evolution, essays
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560.9

Chaos: Making a New Science

by James Gleick
Book, 1987
Tags
non-fiction, complexity, science, chaos, chaos theory, physics, mathematics
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Call number
003

Black holes and baby universes and other essays

by Stephen Hawking
Paper Book, 1993
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non-fiction, physics, essays, cosmoloy
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530.1

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

by Daniel J. Levitin
Paperback, 2006
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non-fiction, music, neuroscience, psychology
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Available
Call number
781.11

Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher

by Richard P. Feynman
Paperback, 1994
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non-fiction, physics, essays, Nobel, read in 2014
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530

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid

by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Paperback, 1979
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non-fiction, artificial intelligence, mathematics, philosophy, cognitive science
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510.1

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

by Oliver Sacks
Paperback, 2007
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non-fiction, music, neuroscience, read in 2015
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781.11

Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin

by Stephen Jay Gould
Hardcover, 1996
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non-fiction, biology, evolution, essays
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576.8

Last chance to see

by Douglas Adams
Paper Book, 1990
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non-fiction, Douglas Adams, ecology
Series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (X)
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Available
Call number
591.529

The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History

by Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback, 1980
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non-fiction, biology, evolution, essays
Series
Reflections in Natural History (2)
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Available
Call number
575.0162

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2018] Hans Rosling

by Hans Rosling
Hardcover, 2018
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non-fiction, read in 2024
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302.12

QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

by Richard P. Feynman
Paperback, 1985
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non-fiction, physics, essays, Nobel
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Call number
539.756

The River of Consciousness

by Oliver Sacks
Paperback, 2018
Tags
non-fiction, neuroscience, history of science, essays, read in 2022
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612.8

Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History

by Stephen Jay Gould
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
non-fiction, biology, evolution, essays
Series
Reflections in Natural History (8)
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Available
Call number
508

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

by Malcolm Gladwell
Paperback, 2005
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non-fiction, psychology, cognitive psychology, rapid cognition, decision making, marketing, read in 2010
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153.44

What Do You Care What Other People Think? (Further Adventures of a Curious Character)

by Richard P. Feynman
Paperback, 2001
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non-fiction, physics, memoir, Nobel, read in 2014
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Series
Feynman Memoirs
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530.092

Isaac Newton

by James Gleick
Paperback, 2003
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non-fiction, history, biography, Newton, Gleick, physics, history of science, read in 2024
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530.092

Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History

by Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback, 1994
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non-fiction, evolution, natural history, paleontology, biology, essays, read in 2021
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Series
Reflections in Natural History (3)
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Call number
575

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Book, 2007
Tags
non-fiction, philosophy, psychology, randomness, economics, read in 2013
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Series
Incerto (2)
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Call number
003.54

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

by Nicholas Carr
Paperback, 2010
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non-fiction, media, internet, technology, neuroscience, psychology, read in 2014
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612.80285

Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality (Science Masters)

by Jared M Diamond
Paperback, 1998
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non-fiction, anthropology, biology, evolution, read in 2021
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301

Precipice

by Toby Ord
Paperback, 2021
Tags
non-fiction, read in 2023
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Call number
303.49

Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track

by Richard P. Feynman
Paperback, 2005
Tags
non-fiction, physics, letters, Nobel, biography, read in 2014
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530.092

An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales

by Oliver Sacks
Paperback, 1996
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non-fiction, neuroscience, read in 2022
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616.8

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

by John Medina
Hardcover, 2009
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non-fiction, psychology, learning, memory, neuroscience, brain, cognitive psychology, read in 2011
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612.82

The Ascent of Man

by Jacob Bronowski
Paperback, 1974
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non-fiction, history, anthropology, history of science
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501

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

by Yuval Noah Harari
Paperback, 2019
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non-fiction, read in 2024
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909.83

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales

by Oliver Sacks
Paperback, 1998
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non-fiction, neuroscience, read in 2020
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616.8

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

by Dan Ariely
Paperback, 2009
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non-fiction, behavioral economics, psychology, cognitive psychology, decision making, marketing, economics, read in 2010
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153.83

The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)

by Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback, 1996
Tags
non-fiction, biology, evolution, essays, intelligence
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Call number
150

Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Gilbert
Paperback, 2007
Tags
non-fiction, psychology, happiness, read in 2021
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Call number
158

The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human

by V. S. Ramachandran
Paperback, 2012
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non-fiction, neuroscience, read in 2021
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616.8

Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind

by V. S. Ramachandran
Paperback, 1999
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non-fiction, neuroscience, read in 2021
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612.82

On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins
Book, 2004
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non-fiction, AI, brain, intelligence, neuroscience
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Call number
612.82

How We Decide

by Jonah Lehrer
Paperback, 2009
Tags
non-fiction
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Available
Call number
153.83

Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time

by Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback, 1987
Tags
non-fiction, biology, evolution, essays
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Call number
551.70109

Faster

by James Gleick
Cassette Audiobook , 1999
Tags
non-fiction, time, read in 2024
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Call number
529.7

Oaxaca Journal

by Oliver Sacks
Paperback, 2012
Tags
non-fiction, nature, history, travel, botany, read in 2022
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Call number
587.097274

Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life

by Stephen Jay Gould
Paperback, 1999
Tags
non-fiction, biology, evolution, essays, religion, read in 2014
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Call number
500

What We Owe the Future

by William MacAskill
Hardcover, 2022
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non-fiction, futurism, ethics, read in 2023
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Call number
171.8
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