מדע וטכנולוגיה

מדע, טכנולוגיה, הנדסה ומתמטיקה מתעוררים לחיים דרך סיפורים על מוחות מבריקים, תגליות מהפכניות והדפוסים הנסתרים שמעצבים את עולמנו. ספרים אלה הופכים מושגים מורכבים לסיפורים מרתקים, בין אם הם חוקרים את האלגנטיות של מספרים ראשוניים, את הפיזיקה שמאחורי חומרים יומיומיים או את האתגרים האתיים של העידן הדיגיטלי שלנו.

מדע וטכנולוגיה תקצירי ספרים

Infinite Powers

מאת Steven H. Strogatz • 2019

GPS, planets, CT scans: one trick solves them all. Break the impossible into infinite tiny parts.

4.29

7,000+

🔢 History Of Calculus 📐 Popular Mathematics 🧠 Mathematical Thinking

Infinite Powers

GPS, planets, CT scans: one trick solves them all. Break the impossible into infinite tiny parts.

מאת Steven H. Strogatz 2019 389 עמודים

4.29

7,000+ דירוגים

🔢 History Of Calculus 📐 Popular Mathematics 🧠 Mathematical Thinking

The Joy of X

מאת Steven H. Strogatz • 2012

Numbers, shapes, and change: the tour of math that makes the universe legible.

4.05

8,000+

The Joy of X

Numbers, shapes, and change: the tour of math that makes the universe legible.

מאת Steven H. Strogatz 2012 316 עמודים

4.05

8,000+ דירוגים

Six Easy Pieces

מאת Richard P. Feynman • 1994

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

4.21

31,000+

🧱 Foundational Physics ⚛️ Atomic Theory 🍎 Classical Physics

Six Easy Pieces

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

מאת Richard P. Feynman 1994 138 עמודים

4.21

31,000+ דירוגים

🧱 Foundational Physics ⚛️ Atomic Theory 🍎 Classical Physics

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

מאת Richard P. Feynman • 1964

A comb's spark to a star's light: the one logic Feynman used to rebuild physics.

4.61

8,000+

🧲 Electromagnetism ⚛️ Modern Physics 🏛️ Classical Physics

The Feynman Lectures on Physics

A comb's spark to a star's light: the one logic Feynman used to rebuild physics.

מאת Richard P. Feynman 1964 1552 עמודים

4.61

8,000+ דירוגים

🧲 Electromagnetism ⚛️ Modern Physics 🏛️ Classical Physics

How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog

מאת Chad Orzel • 2009

Quantum physics is baffling. The best way to understand it: talk it over with a dog.

3.91

3,000+

⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 📚 Popular Physics 🧠 Copenhagen Interpretation

How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog

Quantum physics is baffling. The best way to understand it: talk it over with a dog.

מאת Chad Orzel 2009 296 עמודים

3.91

3,000+ דירוגים

⚛️ Quantum Mechanics 📚 Popular Physics 🧠 Copenhagen Interpretation

Topology

מאת James R. Munkres • 1974

A donut and a coffee cup are the same shape. The rigorous text that proves it.

4.30

1,000+

🔢 Topological Spaces 📏 Metric Spaces 🔗 Compactness

Topology

A donut and a coffee cup are the same shape. The rigorous text that proves it.

מאת James R. Munkres 1974 537 עמודים

4.30

1,000+ דירוגים

🔢 Topological Spaces 📏 Metric Spaces 🔗 Compactness

Physics and Philosophy

מאת Werner Heisenberg • 1958

Observation doesn't just reveal reality at the quantum scale: it helps decide what becomes real.

4.03

3,000+

🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⚛️ Quantum Foundations 🏛️ Greek Natural Philosophy

Physics and Philosophy

Observation doesn't just reveal reality at the quantum scale: it helps decide what becomes real.

מאת Werner Heisenberg 1958 176 עמודים

4.03

3,000+ דירוגים

🧠 Philosophy Of Science ⚛️ Quantum Foundations 🏛️ Greek Natural Philosophy

Love Triangle

מאת Matt Parker • 2024

Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.

3.93

1,000+

Love Triangle

Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.

מאת Matt Parker 2024 352 עמודים

3.93

1,000+ דירוגים

The Fourth Dimension

מאת Rudy Rucker • 1984

The fourth dimension decoded: from Flatland to wormholes, where geometry bends mind and cosmos.

4.14

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🧊 Higher Dimensions 🔮 Fourth Dimension ⏳ Spacetime Geometry

The Fourth Dimension

The fourth dimension decoded: from Flatland to wormholes, where geometry bends mind and cosmos.

מאת Rudy Rucker 1984 228 עמודים

4.14

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🧊 Higher Dimensions 🔮 Fourth Dimension ⏳ Spacetime Geometry

Success through Failure

מאת Henry Petroski • 2006

Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.

3.60

201

🧱 Engineering Failures 💡 Learning From Failure 📐 Design Theory

Success through Failure

Every triumph contains the seed of its collapse; the art of design is spotting it early.

מאת Henry Petroski 2006 256 עמודים

3.60

201 דירוגים

🧱 Engineering Failures 💡 Learning From Failure 📐 Design Theory

Organic Chemistry

מאת Jonathan Clayden • 2000

Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.

4.29

1,000+

⚛️ Molecular Structure 🧪 Chemical Synthesis 🔄 Reaction Mechanisms

Organic Chemistry

Organic chemistry, taught through the logic of electrons rather than the catalog of compounds.

מאת Jonathan Clayden 2000 1536 עמודים

4.29

1,000+ דירוגים

⚛️ Molecular Structure 🧪 Chemical Synthesis 🔄 Reaction Mechanisms

Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

מאת Petroski • 1996

Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.

3.75

351

🛠️ Engineering Design 🏛️ History Of Technology 💥 Failure Analysis

Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing

Paper clips, fax machines, bridges: what their shortcomings reveal about the logic of engineering.

מאת Petroski 1996 256 עמודים

3.75

351 דירוגים

🛠️ Engineering Design 🏛️ History Of Technology 💥 Failure Analysis

Fermat's Enigma

מאת Simon Singh • 1998

150 years, countless geniuses, one unproven hunch about primes, and a million dollars waiting.

4.3

33,000+

🔢 Prime Numbers 📜 History Of Mathematics ❓ Unsolved Problems

Fermat's Enigma

150 years, countless geniuses, one unproven hunch about primes, and a million dollars waiting.

מאת Simon Singh 1998 315 עמודים

4.3

33,000+ דירוגים

🔢 Prime Numbers 📜 History Of Mathematics ❓ Unsolved Problems

Antimatter

מאת Frank Close • 2009

Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.

4.04

1,000+

🧲 Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science 💥 Matter And Energy

Antimatter

Half the universe should be antimatter. That it vanished is physics' most persistent mystery.

מאת Frank Close 2009 176 עמודים

4.04

1,000+ דירוגים

🧲 Particle Physics 📜 History Of Science 💥 Matter And Energy

Letters to a Young Mathematician

מאת Ian Stewart • 2006

Proof is story, pure and applied one: a mathematician's letters on the creative life of numbers.

3.86

1,000+

🧩 Mathematical Proof 🎓 Math Education 💡 Mathematical Creativity

Letters to a Young Mathematician

Proof is story, pure and applied one: a mathematician's letters on the creative life of numbers.

מאת Ian Stewart 2006 224 עמודים

3.86

1,000+ דירוגים

🧩 Mathematical Proof 🎓 Math Education 💡 Mathematical Creativity

Gravitation and Cosmology

מאת Steven Weinberg • 1972

A textbook that doesn't ask you to imagine curved spacetime; it proves you can't avoid it.

4.50

177

🌀 General Relativity 🌌 Cosmology 📐 Spacetime Geometry

Gravitation and Cosmology

A textbook that doesn't ask you to imagine curved spacetime; it proves you can't avoid it.

מאת Steven Weinberg 1972 688 עמודים

4.50

177 דירוגים

🌀 General Relativity 🌌 Cosmology 📐 Spacetime Geometry

Statistics for Dummies

מאת Deborah J. Rumsey • 2003

The numbers behind the headline, the margin of error they hid, and how to spot the difference.

3.66

500+

📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🔍 Bias Detection

Statistics for Dummies

The numbers behind the headline, the margin of error they hid, and how to spot the difference.

מאת Deborah J. Rumsey 2003 384 עמודים

3.66

500+ דירוגים

📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🔍 Bias Detection

The Grapes of Math

מאת Alex Bellos • 2014

Seashells, cities, and stock crashes obey the same hidden math. A guided tour of the patterns.

4.09

500+

The Grapes of Math

Seashells, cities, and stock crashes obey the same hidden math. A guided tour of the patterns.

מאת Alex Bellos 2014 322 עמודים

4.09

500+ דירוגים

Concrete Planet

מאת Robert Courland • 2011

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

3.89

218

🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science

Concrete Planet

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

מאת Robert Courland 2011 400 עמודים

3.89

218 דירוגים

🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science

Feyman's Tips on Physics

מאת Richard P. Feynman • 2005

Four lost Feynman lectures: the math instincts and gyroscopic thinking his famous course left out.

4.24

495

🏗️ Classical Mechanics ✏️ Physics Problem Solving ➡️ Vector Calculus

Feyman's Tips on Physics

Four lost Feynman lectures: the math instincts and gyroscopic thinking his famous course left out.

מאת Richard P. Feynman 2005 182 עמודים

4.24

495 דירוגים

🏗️ Classical Mechanics ✏️ Physics Problem Solving ➡️ Vector Calculus

The Joy of Abstraction

מאת Eugenia Cheng • 2022

What if math’s deepest lesson is that context always beats content? A category theorist explains.

3.84

190

🔢 Category Theory 🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Popular Mathematics

The Joy of Abstraction

What if math’s deepest lesson is that context always beats content? A category theorist explains.

מאת Eugenia Cheng 2022 424 עמודים

3.84

190 דירוגים

🔢 Category Theory 🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Popular Mathematics

How to Study for a Mathematics Degree

מאת Lara Alcock • 2012

School math was calculation. University math is proof. How to bridge the gap without drowning.

4.09

221

🧮 Proof-Based Mathematics 🎓 Math Undergraduates ✍️ Mathematical Writing

How to Study for a Mathematics Degree

School math was calculation. University math is proof. How to bridge the gap without drowning.

מאת Lara Alcock 2012 256 עמודים

4.09

221 דירוגים

🧮 Proof-Based Mathematics 🎓 Math Undergraduates ✍️ Mathematical Writing

Symmetry

מאת Marcus du Sautoy • 2007

Symmetry is not just pretty. It solves equations, builds viruses, and corrects your text messages.

3.82

500+

Symmetry

Symmetry is not just pretty. It solves equations, builds viruses, and corrects your text messages.

מאת Marcus du Sautoy 2007 384 עמודים

3.82

500+ דירוגים

The Universe and the Teacup

מאת K.C. Cole • 1998

Your gut is wrong about fairness, risk, and scale. Mathematics proves it, elegantly.

3.78

500+

The Universe and the Teacup

Your gut is wrong about fairness, risk, and scale. Mathematics proves it, elegantly.

מאת K.C. Cole 1998 214 עמודים

3.78

500+ דירוגים

Make

מאת Charles Platt • 2008

From Ohm's Law to Arduino: learn electronics by building, breaking, and fixing circuits.

4.27

1,000+

⚡ Electronic Fundamentals 🔌 Circuit Building 🛠️ Hobbyist Electronics

Make

From Ohm's Law to Arduino: learn electronics by building, breaking, and fixing circuits.

מאת Charles Platt 2008 349 עמודים

4.27

1,000+ דירוגים

⚡ Electronic Fundamentals 🔌 Circuit Building 🛠️ Hobbyist Electronics

Quantum Mechanics

מאת Leonard Susskind • 2014

The physics degree you never got: quantum states as vectors, and the math that replaces intuition.

4.33

2,000+

🧪 Quantum Mechanics 📐 Mathematical Physics ⚛️ Theoretical Physics

Quantum Mechanics

The physics degree you never got: quantum states as vectors, and the math that replaces intuition.

מאת Leonard Susskind 2014 364 עמודים

4.33

2,000+ דירוגים

🧪 Quantum Mechanics 📐 Mathematical Physics ⚛️ Theoretical Physics

Alex's Adventures in Numberland

מאת Alex Bellos • 2010

How counting became civilization's greatest invention, and the puzzling patterns it revealed.

4.12

5,000+

Alex's Adventures in Numberland

How counting became civilization's greatest invention, and the puzzling patterns it revealed.

מאת Alex Bellos 2010 448 עמודים

4.12

5,000+ דירוגים

The Girl With a Mind for Math

מאת Julia Finley Mosca • 2018

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

4.41

500+

🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers

The Girl With a Mind for Math

Segregation said she couldn't. The Navy said two months. She designed a ship in 18 hours.

מאת Julia Finley Mosca 2018 40 עמודים

4.41

500+ דירוגים

🔍 Hidden Figures 👩‍🔬 Women In Stem 🚀 Women Pioneers

Small Things Considered

מאת Henry Petroski • 2003

Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.

3.40

334

📐 Everyday Design 🔧 Engineering Philosophy ⚖️ Design Constraints

Small Things Considered

Why nothing works perfectly: the constraints hiding inside every object you use.

מאת Henry Petroski 2003 304 עמודים

3.40

334 דירוגים

📐 Everyday Design 🔧 Engineering Philosophy ⚖️ Design Constraints

The Idea Factory

מאת Pepper White • 1991

MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.

3.85

255

🎓 Grad School 🏛️ Elite Universities 🎭 Imposter Syndrome

The Idea Factory

MIT: where a valedictorian learns to celebrate a B and survive the pressure without losing himself.

מאת Pepper White 1991 328 עמודים

3.85

255 דירוגים

🎓 Grad School 🏛️ Elite Universities 🎭 Imposter Syndrome

The Essential Engineer

מאת Henry Petroski • 2010

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

3.37

270

🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment

The Essential Engineer

Science explains; engineering creates. When we confuse the two, our biggest problems get harder.

מאת Henry Petroski 2010 288 עמודים

3.37

270 דירוגים

🧠 Engineering Philosophy 🛡️ Engineering Ethics ⚖️ Risk Assessment

Arithmetic

מאת Paul Lockhart • 2017

Arithmetic is a craft, not a grind. The elegant patterns hiding in every counting system.

3.92

236

🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📜 History Of Math 🔢 Number Representation

Arithmetic

Arithmetic is a craft, not a grind. The elegant patterns hiding in every counting system.

מאת Paul Lockhart 2017 224 עמודים

3.92

236 דירוגים

🧠 Mathematical Thinking 📜 History Of Math 🔢 Number Representation

The Calculus of Friendship

מאת Steven H. Strogatz • 2009

They traded calculus problems by mail for thirty years. The equations said what they couldn't.

3.87

404

🖋️ Epistolary Friendship 📊 Mathematical Memoir 🔢 Mathematics Of Life

The Calculus of Friendship

They traded calculus problems by mail for thirty years. The equations said what they couldn't.

מאת Steven H. Strogatz 2009 184 עמודים

3.87

404 דירוגים

🖋️ Epistolary Friendship 📊 Mathematical Memoir 🔢 Mathematics Of Life

The Numbers Game

מאת Michael Blastland • 2008

Most numbers in the news mislead you; a few mental habits reveal the real story.

3.65

344

📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🤨 Media Skepticism

The Numbers Game

Most numbers in the news mislead you; a few mental habits reveal the real story.

מאת Michael Blastland 2008 224 עמודים

3.65

344 דירוגים

📊 Statistical Literacy 📈 Data Interpretation 🤨 Media Skepticism

The Perfectionists

מאת Simon Winchester • 2018

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

4.15

6,000+

🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory

The Perfectionists

From cylinders to microchips: the hidden pursuit of perfect smoothness that built the modern world.

מאת Simon Winchester 2018 416 עמודים

4.15

6,000+ דירוגים

🔧 History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🔍 Microhistory

What's the Use?

מאת Ian Stewart • 2021

Kidney matches, secure websites, movie animation: the invisible math that built the modern world.

3.54

175

📐 Applied Mathematics 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🔍 Hidden Mathematics

What's the Use?

Kidney matches, secure websites, movie animation: the invisible math that built the modern world.

מאת Ian Stewart 2021 336 עמודים

3.54

175 דירוגים

📐 Applied Mathematics 📊 Mathematical Modeling 🔍 Hidden Mathematics

Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths

מאת Eugenia Cheng • 2023

Math is not about right answers but about asking why. A manifesto for the curious.

3.52

500+

📐 Philosophy Of Math 🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Math Pedagogy

Is Maths Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths

Math is not about right answers but about asking why. A manifesto for the curious.

מאת Eugenia Cheng 2023 328 עמודים

3.52

500+ דירוגים

📐 Philosophy Of Math 🧮 Mathematical Thinking 📚 Math Pedagogy

Confident Data Skills

מאת Kirill Eremenko • 2018

From messy data to clean insights to persuasive presentations: the process that lands the promotion.

4.12

211

📊 Data Science 📖 Data Literacy 🤖 Machine Learning Basics

Confident Data Skills

From messy data to clean insights to persuasive presentations: the process that lands the promotion.

מאת Kirill Eremenko 2018 272 עמודים

4.12

211 דירוגים

📊 Data Science 📖 Data Literacy 🤖 Machine Learning Basics

How Technology Works

מאת D.K. Publishing • 2019

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

4.33

166

🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics

How Technology Works

A visual tour of the physics inside your phone, your microwave, and the power grid.

מאת D.K. Publishing 2019 256 עמודים

4.33

166 דירוגים

🔍 Visual Encyclopedias ⚙️ How Things Work ⚡ Applied Physics

The Tech Coup

מאת Marietje Schaake • 2024

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

3.78

468

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

The Tech Coup

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

מאת Marietje Schaake 2024 336 עמודים

3.78

468 דירוגים

🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Prime Obsession

מאת John Derbyshire • 2003

A conjecture from 1859 ties prime numbers to quantum energy levels. The proof is still missing.

4.15

3,000+

🔢 Number Theory ❓ Unsolved Problems 📜 History Of Mathematics

Prime Obsession

A conjecture from 1859 ties prime numbers to quantum energy levels. The proof is still missing.

מאת John Derbyshire 2003 422 עמודים

4.15

3,000+ דירוגים

🔢 Number Theory ❓ Unsolved Problems 📜 History Of Mathematics

The Year in Tech 2022

מאת Harvard Business Review • 2021

Brain sensors at work. Doctor-prescribed apps. The tech trends reshaping business.

3.56

176

📊 Tech Strategy 🔮 Emerging Technology ⚖️ Ai Ethics

The Year in Tech 2022

Brain sensors at work. Doctor-prescribed apps. The tech trends reshaping business.

מאת Harvard Business Review 2021 176 עמודים

3.56

176 דירוגים

📊 Tech Strategy 🔮 Emerging Technology ⚖️ Ai Ethics

Number

מאת Tobias Dantzig • 1930

The story of number, from zero to infinity, is a series of crises that redefined reality.

4.09

500+

🏛️ History Of Mathematics 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 🧠 Numerical Cognition

Number

The story of number, from zero to infinity, is a series of crises that redefined reality.

מאת Tobias Dantzig 1930 416 עמודים

4.09

500+ דירוגים

🏛️ History Of Mathematics 🤔 Philosophy Of Math 🧠 Numerical Cognition

Godel's Proof

מאת Ernest Nagel • 1958

Arithmetic cannot prove its own consistency. The man who proved that was twenty-five.

4.19

5,000+

🧮 Mathematical Logic 🏛️ Foundations Of Mathematics 🧩 Incompleteness

Godel's Proof

Arithmetic cannot prove its own consistency. The man who proved that was twenty-five.

מאת Ernest Nagel 1958 160 עמודים

4.19

5,000+ דירוגים

🧮 Mathematical Logic 🏛️ Foundations Of Mathematics 🧩 Incompleteness

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