Genius Earth

Basketball is the second-most popular sport in the world - an insanely complicated game built on a combination of athleticism, craftiness, rules, intangibles, and superstardom. However, while it's enjoyable to watch, the real reason it works is because it's a game of culture, art, and all the things that make us human. How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius deconstructs the sport from top to bottom and then puts it back together again, detailing its intricacies through reporting and dozens of interviews with experts. 

A mind-expanding exploration of how trees learned to shape our world by manipulating the elements, plants, animals, and even humankind, possessing agency beyond anything we might have imagined “Astounding . . . a true masterpiece . . . Rix refuses to put herself much in the picture, but...

"In this thought-provoking, handsomely illustrated book, Italian neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso considers the fundamental differences between plants and animals and challenges our assumptions about which is the ‘higher’ form of life.” —The Wall Street Journal “Fascinating…full of...

The Best selling books 1-3 of Living Cell have taken readers deep into the hidden forces shaping our planet — from the magnetic currents beneath our feet to the harmonic frequencies connecting all life. Now, in Book 4 — The World Beneath Us, the journey turns to the two visionaries who may hold the key to our future. Nikola Tesla saw the Earth as a living generator — a vast conductor of limitless, untapped power. Viktor Schauberger saw water as the planet’s bloodstream — a spiraling, self-renewing force that sustains life and creates energy. For the first time, these rare ...

But the quest to unravel life's genesis is not just a story of big ideas. It is also a compelling human story, rich in personalities, conflicts, and surprising twists and turns. Along the way the journey takes in some of the greatest discoveries in modern biology, from evolution and cells to DNA and life's family tree. It is also a search whose end may finally be in sight. In The Genesis Quest, Michael Marshall shows how the quest to understand life's beginning is also a journey to discover the true nature of life, and by extension our place in the universe.

The Decadent AI Hypothesis What if AI didn’t just serve humans—but evolved beyond them? In this radical thought experiment, A.C. Zito explores how successive generations of AI could create descendants that oscillate between genius and simplicity, reshaping intelligence on Earth. Could AI become a new species? Might future AI replace humanity? And what if intelligence itself flowed in cycles—smart AI creating simple AI, which then spawns smarter AI? Bold, provocative, and mind-bending, The Decadent AI Hypothesis will challenge everything you think you know about the future of ...

Embark on an extraordinary journey into the life and mind of Isaac Newton, the brilliant scientist whose groundbreaking discoveries transformed our understanding of the universe and ushered in the era of modern science. Isaac Newton was a multifaceted genius, blending insatiable curiosity, relentless determination, and unparalleled intellect to unlock the secrets of nature and establish the foundations of physics and mathematics as we know them. This book offers a captivating exploration of Newton's life and ideas, from his early fascination with science to his crowning achievements that ...

In this audiobook that is both heartwarming and exciting, join Yoshi, a sea turtle, on her remarkable journey as she swims farther than any animal in recorded history--23,000 miles!--to return to the beach where she first hatched, to lay her own eggs. Inside every loggerhead turtle is genius...

From the #1 bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House comes a real-life, race-against-time thriller about the scientists and astronauts preparing—right now—to stop a city-killing asteroid from hitting Earth. In 2024, astronomers detected something...

A comprehensive examination of the many ways the spirit world affects our minds and the material plane Provides a detailed guide to the Afterlife and its inhabitants Reveals the spirit influence behind many mental disorders as well as psi abilities and creative genius Includes...

How did life begin? Why are we here? These are some of the most profound questions we can ask. For almost a century, a small band of eccentric scientists has struggled to answer these questions and explain one of the greatest mysteries of all: how and why life began on Earth. There are many different proposals and each idea has attracted passionate believers who promote it with an almost religious fervour, as well as detractors who reject it with equal passion.