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Ada Twist, Scientist 2023 Wall Calendar
Spend 2023 with budding scientist Ada Twist and her STEM-focused friends Iggy Peck and Rosie Revere with this 12-month calendar featuring colorful images from the Netflix series Ada Twist, Scientist.Ada…
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Big Bang
A half century ago, a shocking Washington Post headline claimed that the world began in five cataclysmic minutes rather than having existed for all time; a skeptical scientist dubbed the…
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Big Bang
We’ve all heard of the Big Bang, and yet few of us truly know what it is.Renowned for making difficult ideas much less difficult than they might first appear, Simon…
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Different Engines
An exploration of how science fiction has driven progress Since its emergence in the seventeenth century, science fiction has been a sustained, coherent and subversive check on the promises…
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Eureka!
An ebook from Hachette UK. Full description to follow. Since 1956, New Scientist has established a world-beating reputation for exploring and uncovering the latest developments and discoveries in science and…
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Eureka!
Introduced by Jim Al-KhaliliCould you surf down an erupting volcano?Why do zebras have stripes?Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci?Are there any green mammals?Why do pineapples have…
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Eureka!
Introduced by Jim Al-KhaliliCould you surf down an erupting volcano?Why do zebras have stripes?Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci?Are there any green mammals?Why do pineapples have…
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Good Growing
Over the past decade, organic products have become the fastest growing sector of agriculture, with an annual increase of at least 20 percent. This book explains why organic production and…
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Prairie Dog Empire
This book by the renowned naturalist and writer Paul A. Johnsgard tells the complex biological and environmental story of the western Great Plains under the black-tailed prairie dog’s reign—and then…
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Scientific American’s Ask the Experts
Why is the night sky dark? How do dolphins sleep without drowning? Why do hangovers occur? Will time travel ever be a reality? What makes a knuckleball appear to flutter?…