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  • On Time

    A History of Western Timekeeping

    by Kenneth Mondschein ...
    An approachable, accessible history of timekeeping and the impact of the increasing precision and accuracy of time on humanity.Western culture has been obsessed with regulating society by the precise, accurate measurement of time since the Middle Ages. In On Time, Ken Mondschein explores the paired development of concepts and technologies of timekeeping with human thought. Without clocks, he ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

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  • To Explain the World

    The Discovery of Modern Science

    by Steven Weinberg ...
    The Nobel Prize–winner shares "a masterful journey through humankind's scientific coming-of-age" from the Greeks to modern times (Brian Greene).In this rich, irreverent, and compelling history, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Steven Weinberg takes us across centuries of human striving to unravel the mysteries of the world. This sweeping saga ranges from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad and Oxford ... Read more

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  • Coming of Age in the Milky Way

    by Timothy Ferris ...
    An eloquent and accessible journey through our evolving notions of the cosmos from "the best science writer of his generation" ( Washington Post).From the second-century celestial models of Ptolemy to modern-day research institutes and quantum theory, our perception of the universe—and out place in it—has changed drastically. This classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beyond Measure

    The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants

    by James Vincent ...
    **Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science & TechnologyNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and The Economist"Quietly thrilling.…The story of humans measuring things is no less than the story of civilization." —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times Book ReviewA vibrant account of how measurement has invisibly shaped our world, from ancient civilizations to the modern day.* ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Mapping the Heavens

    The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos

    by Priyamvada Natarajan ...
    A theoretical astrophysicist explores the ideas that transformed our knowledge of the universe over the past century.The cosmos, once understood as a stagnant place, filled with the ordinary, is now a universe that is expanding at an accelerating pace, propelled by dark energy and structured by dark matter. Priyamvada Natarajan, our guide to these ideas, is someone at the forefront of the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Seven Measures of the World

    by Piero Martin ...
    The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical worldFrom the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, personal relationships, and the supernatural. We measure the world to know our past, comprehend the present, and plan the future.Renowned physicist Piero ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Human Cosmos

    Civilization and the Stars

    by Jo Marchant ...
    A Best Book of 2020 NPRA Best Book of 2020 The EconomistA Top Ten Best Science Book of 2020 SmithsonianA Best Science & Technology Book of 2020 Library JournalA Must-Read Book to Escape the Chaos of 2020 NewsweekStarred review BooklistStarred review Publishers WeeklyAn historically unprecedented disconnect between humanity and the heavens has opened. Jo Marchant... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • About Time

    Cosmology and Culture at the Twilight of the Big Bang

    by Adam Frank ...
    The Big Bang is all but dead, and we do not yet know what will replace it. Our universe’s “beginning” is at an end. What does this have to do with us here on Earth? Our lives are about to be dramatically shaken again—as altered as they were with the invention of the clock, the steam engine, the railroad, the radio and the Internet.In The End of the Beginning, Adam Frank explains how the texture of ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • The Spinning Magnet

    The Force that Created the Modern World and Could Destroy It

    by Alanna Mitchell ...
    **Shortlisted for the 2018 Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book AwardsShortlisted for the 2018 Lane Anderson AwardOur future might be a world without electronics or protection from lethal solar radiation**The magnetic North Pole will eventually trade places with the South Pole. Satellite evidence suggests to some scientists that the move has already begun, but most still think it won't ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Trouble With Gravity

    Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feet

    by Richard Panek ...
    What is gravity? Nobody knows—and just about nobody knows that nobody knows. How something so pervasive can also be so mysterious, and how that mystery can be so wholly unrecognized outside the field of physics, is one of the greatest conundrums in modern science. But as award-winning author Richard Panek shows in this groundbreaking, mind-bending book, gravity is a cold case that's beginning to ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Brief History of Timekeeping

    The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks

    by Chad Orzel ...
    2022 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS WINNER — HISTORY: GENERAL". . . inherently interesting, unique, and highly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and academic library Physics of Time & Scientific Measurement history collections, and supplemental curriculum studies lists.” —Midwest Book Review"A wonderful look into understanding and recording time, Orzel’s latest ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • The Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Lawrence M. Principe ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed such fervent investigations of the natural world that the period has been called the 'Scientific Revolution.' New ideas and discoveries not only redefined what human beings believed, knew, and could do, but also forced them to redefine themselves with respect to the strange new worlds revealed by ships and scalpels, telescopes and microscopes, ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD