Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement and interest outside the scientific community as within it. His theories have helped change the whole nature of the study of social biology, and have forced thousands to rethink their beliefs about life.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world’s largest online followings with his fascinating, widely accessible insights into science and our universe. Now, Tyson invites us to go behind the scenes of his public fame by unveiling his candid correspondence with people across the globe who have sought him out in search of answers. In this hand-picked collection of 100 letters, Tyson draws upon cosmic perspectives to address a vast array of questions about science, faith, philosophy, life, and of course, Pluto.

How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you will look at what went into making our planet - from the big bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth.

Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon's Hemorrhoids is a potpourri for serious historians and casual history buffs. In one of Phil Mason's many revelations, you'll learn that Communist jets were two minutes away from opening fire on American planes during the Cuban missile crisis, when they had to turn back as they were running out of fuel. You'll discover that before the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's painful hemorrhoids prevented him from mounting his horse to survey the battlefield.

Chemistry and Our Universe: How It All Works is your in-depth introduction to this vital field, taught through 60 engaging half-hour lectures that are suitable for any background or none at all. Covering a year’s worth of introductory general chemistry at the college level, plus intriguing topics that are rarely discussed in the classroom, this amazingly comprehensive course requires nothing more advanced than high-school math. Your guide is Professor Ron B. Davis, Jr., a research chemist and award-winning teacher at Georgetown University.

Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton, this book covers it all - from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes, wormholes, and time travel.

From launchpad explosions to a pernicious cricket infestation to the demanding management style of Musk himself, the rise of SpaceX was beset with challenges and far from inevitable. Find out how the startup beat the odds and flew high enough to outpace their rivals... and where they're going next.

How do today's most successful tech companies - Amazon, Google, Facebook, Netflix, Tesla - design, develop, and deploy the products that have earned the love of literally billions of people around the world? Perhaps surprisingly, they do it very differently from the vast majority of tech companies. In Inspired, technology product management thought leader Marty Cagan provides listeners with a master class in how to structure and staff a vibrant and successful product organization and how to discover and deliver technology products that your customers will love.

In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation. She conjures up early operating theaters - no place for the squeamish - and surgeons, working before anesthesia, who were lauded for their speed and brute strength. They were baffled by the persistent infections that kept mortality rates stubbornly high. A young, melancholy Quaker surgeon named Joseph Lister would solve the deadly riddle and change the course of history.

In this illuminating audiobook, Tyson and coauthor James Trefil, a renowned physicist and science popularizer, take on the big questions that humanity has been posing for millennia - How did life begin? What is our place in the universe? Are we alone? - and provide answers based on the most current data, observations, and theories.

Are we living in a simulation? Today, some scientists think we might. If this is the case, how is the simulation structured, and to what end? What is the purpose, and what is the end goal? And even more nagging: Who created it? These questions cannot be answered with physical science only; we need to enter the vast realm of metaphysics and also involve ourselves in quantum and sub-quantum physics. Did God create this potential simulation? Were there more than one God working in unison? Then, who is YHVH in the Bible? Are there more simulations in the Milky Way Galaxy? Last but not least, is...

This book is based on more than a decade of intense research but is at the same time a philosophical work. When we take a spiritual path, we start out with an urge to do so. After that, we need to gain KNOWLEDGE (Gnosis in Greek), and we start researching what is out there. Still, picking up on Spirit around us is every truth-seeker’s goal, whether they are aware of it. It’s the journey toward self-rediscovery: who we really are, where we came from, what we’re doing here, and where we’re heading. That’s the whole purpose with truth-seeking in the Third Dimension. Life is so much ...

All of us live in our own, personal Multiverse. Your Multiverse is quite different from your neighbor’s, but there are also a lot of similarities. I know that this is something that is quite difficult for many people to understand, especially for those who think we all live in only one universe. However, I think it’s because no one has cared to explain this simple concept in simple terms. I have noticed that many writers and researchers want to add a lot of quantum physics and advanced metaphysics into their writing, and then the whole purpose for explaining it to the reader is lost—...

This is the second book in the series "Orion." The Orion Series is based on more than a decade of intense research, but is at the same time a philosophical work. When we take a spiritual path, we start out with an urge to do so. After that, we need to gain KNOWLEDGE (Gnosis in Greek), and we start researching what is out there. Still, picking up on Spirit around us is every truth-seeker’s goal, whether they are aware of it. It’s the journey toward self-rediscovery, i.e., the search for who we really are, where we came from, what we’re doing here, and where we’re heading. That’s ...

The Universe is nothing like what we think it is. Many people today already understand that we, the human soul group, are stuck inside the Matrix, controlled and manipulated by an external force that is not from this Earth. Some call this force the Anunnaki, but I call them the Khan Kings or the Overlords. What most people do not know is how our universe is structured. Where does this external force originate? Exactly how and where were they born? Why do they need to keep us in a tight grip, reincarnate us, and give us all amnesia? In this book, I provide evidence of that the universe we ...