Collection: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Science Genre – Books in the science nonfiction genre are about the systematic organizing of knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. The books in this genre study the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experimentation (i.e. science experiments). They are books about how things work and react together and against each other in chemical and physical ways.
Technology Genre –Books in the technology nonfiction genre are about scientific knowledge and practical purposes used to control and adapt to one’s natural environment. The books in this genre refer to and explain the tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, and methods used to solve (or improve) a problem, achieve a goal or perform a specific function. They are about the things we can create that help to make our lives easier and more efficient in some way.
Engineering Genre-Books in the Engineering genre are means by which we take our scientific knowledge of the world and use it to invent, design, and build technologies to solve problems in our lives. Engineering includes civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and chemical engineering.
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Theoretical Global Seismology
Vendor:Princeton University PressRegular price $104.95 USDRegular priceSale price $104.95 USD -
Waves and Grains: Reflections on Light and Learning
Vendor:Princeton University PressRegular price $85.00 USDRegular priceSale price $85.00 USD -
Random Walks in Biology: New and Expanded Edition
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Seeing in the Dark: How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe
Vendor:Simon & SchusterRegular price $26.99 USDRegular priceSale price $26.99 USD -
Q Is for Quantum: An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics
Vendor:Touchstone BooksRegular price $51.95 USDRegular priceSale price $51.95 USD -
Visions of Technology: A Century of Vital Debate about Machines Systems and the Human World
Vendor:Simon & SchusterRegular price $26.99 USDRegular priceSale price $26.99 USD -
The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World
Vendor:Free PressRegular price $19.99 USDRegular priceSale price $19.99 USD -
The Universe Below: Discovering the Secrets of the Deep Sea
Vendor:Touchstone BooksRegular price $29.95 USDRegular priceSale price $29.95 USD -
The Time Before History
Vendor:Touchstone BooksRegular price $25.95 USDRegular priceSale price $25.95 USD -
The Lives to Come
Vendor:Free PressRegular price $27.95 USDRegular priceSale price $27.95 USD -
Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution
Vendor:Touchstone BooksRegular price $28.95 USDRegular priceSale price $28.95 USD -
Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Revised
Vendor:Simon & SchusterRegular price $27.95 USDRegular priceSale price $27.95 USD -
Time Detectives: How Archaeologist Use Technology to Recapture the Past
Vendor:Touchstone BooksRegular price $22.95 USDRegular priceSale price $22.95 USD -
Linus Pauling in His Own Words: Selections from His Writings, Speeches, and Interviews
Vendor:Touchstone BooksRegular price $23.95 USDRegular priceSale price $23.95 USD -
Measure for Measure: A Musical History of Science
Vendor:Touchstone BooksRegular price $24.95 USDRegular priceSale price $24.95 USD -
Movies and Money
Vendor:VintageRegular price $19.00 USDRegular priceSale price $19.00 USD -
Artificial Life: A Report from the Frontier Where Computers Meet Biology
Vendor:VintageRegular price $23.00 USDRegular priceSale price $23.00 USD -
In the Palaces of Memory
Vendor:VintageRegular price $21.00 USDRegular priceSale price $21.00 USD -
The Great Rift: Literacy, Numeracy, and the Religion-Science Divide
Vendor:Harvard University PressRegular price $45.00 USDRegular priceSale price $45.00 USD -
Life Through Time and Space
Vendor:Harvard University PressRegular price $42.00 USDRegular priceSale price $42.00 USD