Fungipedia A Brief Compendium of Mushroom Lore

An illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, from John Cage and Terrence McKenna to mushroom sex and fairy rings. Fungipedia presents a delightful A-Z treasury of mushroom...

Our Native Bees North America's Endangered Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them

Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America's native bees — an endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies — is just...

Close Encounters with Humankind A Paleoanthropologist Investigates Our Evolving Species

What can fossilized teeth tell us about our ancient life expectancy? What can big data on fossils reveal about farming's problematic role in human evolution? How can simple...

The Doomsday Calculation How An Equation That Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe

In the eighteenth century, the British minister and mathematician Thomas Bayes devised a theorem that allowed him to assign probabilities to events that had never happened before....

The Left Brain Speaks and the Right Brain Laughs

Using understandable metaphors and easy to follow language, Stephens gives readers of any scientific level an introduction to neuroscience and shows them how things like...

Dark Winter How the Sun Is Causing a 30-Year Cold Spell

Climate change has been a perplexing problem for years. Casey's research into the Sun's activity, which began almost a decade ago, resulted in discovery of a solar cycle that is...

Calm Clarity How to Use Science to Rewire Your Brain for Greater Wisdom, Fulfillment, and Joy

We often don't realize how much control we have over our thoughts, feelings, and actions. On some days, the most minor irritation can upset us, but, on others, we are in our best...

Assembling the Dinosaur

Although dinosaur fossils were first found in England, a series of dramatic discoveries during the late 1800s turned North America into a world center for vertebrate paleontology....

Relativity of Einstein

In Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, Einstein describes the theories that made him famous, illuminating his case with numerous examples and a smattering of math...

The Easy Way to Control Alcohol

LISTEN TO THIS BOOK AND BECOME A HAPPY NON-DRINKER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. Feeling reliant on alcohol can be a difficult thing to come to terms with and even trickier to...

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