Science + Psychology
GALAXY: MAPPING THE COSMOS
Written by Geach, James
Each night, we are able to gaze up at the night sky and look at the thousands of stars that stretch to the end of our individual horizons. But the stars we see are only those that make up our own Milky Way galaxy--but one of hundreds of billions in the whole of the universe, each separated by inconceivably huge tracts of empty space.
WANDERING MIND: WHAT THE BRAIN DOES WHEN YOU'RE NOT LOOKING
Written by Corballis, Michael C
If we've done our job well--and, let's be honest, if we're lucky--you'll read to the end of this description. Most likely, however, you won't. Somewhere in the middle of the next paragraph, your mind will wander off. Minds wander. That's just how it is. That may be bad news for me, but is it bad news for people in general?
BLACK HOLE: HOW AN IDEA ABANDONED BY NEWTONIANS, HATED BY EINSTEIN AND GAMBLED ON BY HAWKING CAME TO BE LOVED
Written by Bartusiak, Marcia
The contentious history of the idea of the black hole--the most fascinating and bizarre celestial object in the heavens For more than half a century, physicists and astronomers engaged in heated dispute over the possibility of black holes in the universe. The weirdly alien notion of a space-time abyss from which nothing escapes--not even light--seemed to confound all logic.
PAX TECHNICA: HOW THE INTERNET OF THINGS MAY SET US FREE OR LOCK US UP
Written by Howard, Philip N
A foremost digital expert looks at the most powerful political tool ever created--the internet of things. Will it be like the internet of surveillance and censorship we have now, or will it be something better? Should we fear or welcome the internet's evolution?
LITTLE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Written by Bynum, William
A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power.
EIGHT YEARS TO THE MOON: THE APOLLO 11 MISSION
Written by Atkinson, Nancy
A Behind-the-Scenes Look At NASA's incredible Journey to the Moon
LOSING EARTH: A RECENT HISTORY
Written by Rich, Nathaniel
By 1979, we knew nearly everything we understand today about climate change--including how to stop it. Over the next decade, a handful of scientists, politicians, and strategists, led by two unlikely heroes, risked their careers in a desperate, escalating campaign to convince the world to act before it was too late. Losing Earth is their story, and ours.
WHEN EINSTEIN WALKED WITH G?DEL: EXCURSIONS TO THE EDGE OF THOUGHT
Written by Holt, Jim
From Jim Holt, the New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes an entertaining and accessible guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries in When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought. Does time exist? What is infinity?
ROCKET BILLIONAIRES: ELON MUSK, JEFF BEZOS, AND THE NEW SPACE RACE
Written by Fernholz, Tim
Featured on NPR and PBS's SciTech Now, and in Fast Company, Forbes, and the Wall Street Journal The inside story of the new race to conquer space For the outsize personalities staking their fortunes on spaceships, the new race to explore space could be a dead end, a lucrative opportunity--or the key
TROUBLE WITH GRAVITY: SOLVING THE MYSTERY BENEATH OUR FEET
Written by Panek, Richard
"A thoughtful meditation on the mythic, cultural, philosophical and, yes, scientific implications of what happens when a wet potato or a crystal vase slips from your hand."--Billy Collins A mind-bending exploration of gravity, the universe's greatest mystery. What is gravity? Nobody knows--and just about nobody knows that nobody knows.
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