Browsing: Science

Bestsellers

Patient H.M.

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This New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of the Year explores the life of famed lobotomy patient Henry Molaison — and the controversial work of the doctors and researchers who studied him. “Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King… Mesmerizing” (Kirkus Reviews starred review).

20th Century

Hidden Figures

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The #1 New York Times bestseller that inspired the feature film: Immerse yourself in the lives and work of the extraordinary Black women whose mathematical advances made space missions possible. This “tender account of genuine transcendence and camaraderie” (The New York Times) is top-rated on BookBub.

Biology

I Contain Multitudes

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A New York Times bestseller that’s “beautiful, smart, and sometimes shocking” (Wired): Grounded in compelling research, this brilliant book examines microbes — and shows how they’re crucial to life on Earth. “Masterful… Shifts our personal cosmology and compels us to look anew at the world” (The Guardian).

Astronomy

Spaceman

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With nearly 1,300 five-star Goodreads ratings: In this “engaging and uplifting” memoir (Publishers Weekly), former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino recounts how he beat the odds to achieve his dreams of traveling to space. “Read this book and be inspired to reach for the impossible” (Brian Greene).

Animals

The Perfect Horse

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This New York Times bestseller tells the incredible true story of the American servicemen and German spies who rescued the purebred horses stolen by Hitler’s forces. An “unlikely, poignant” tale (Kirkus Reviews) with over 1,300 five-star Goodreads ratings.

Astronomy

Black Holes & Time Warps

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A “superb” national bestseller (Carl Sagan) with more than 3,500 five-star ratings on Goodreads: From black holes to wormholes, our universe is filled with bizarre and mind-bending mysteries! “Deeply satisfying… [An] engrossing blend of theory, history, and anecdote” (The Wall Street Journal).