Natural sciences, general
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Lab Girl : A Memoir
Jahren, HopeKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2016NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Geobiologist Hope Jahren has spent her life studying trees, flowers, seeds, and soil. Lab Girl is her revelatory t...
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs : A New History of a Lost World
Brusatte, SteveHarperCollins 2018"THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY," hails Scientific American: A thrilling new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists. "A masterpiece of science wr...
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Less is More : How Degrowth Will Save the World
Hickel, JasonRandom House 2020'A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH, economist and author of Doughnut Economics A...
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The Age of Wood : Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization
Ennos, RolandScribner 2020A "smart and surprising" (Booklist) "expansive history" (Publishers Weekly) detailing the role that wood and trees have played in our global ecosystem—including human evolution and...
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The Lost Family : How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are
Copeland, LibbyABRAMS, Inc. 2020"A fascinating exploration of the mysteries ignited by DNA genealogy testing—from the intensely personal and concrete to the existential and unsolvable." —Tana French, New York Tim...
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Letters from an Astrophysicist
Tyson, Neil deGrasseW. W. Norton & Company 2019New York Times Bestseller A luminous companion to the phenomenal bestseller Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has attracted one of the world'...
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Waking Up : A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Harris, SamSimon & Schuster 2014For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's new book is a guide to meditation as a rational spiritual practice informed by neuroscience and p...
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Altered Traits : Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body
Goleman, Daniel; Davidson, Richard J.Penguin Publishing Group 2017Two New York Times–bestselling authors unveil new research showing what meditation can really do for the brain. In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone fr...
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Sapiens : THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
Harari, Yuval NoahRandom House 2014'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack Obama What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One...
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The End of Gender : Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
Soh, DebraThreshold Editions 2020International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this research-based, scientific examination of the many facets of gender ident...
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Mama's Last Hug : Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
de Waal, FransW. W. Norton & Company 2019A New York Times Bestseller and winner of the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "Game-changing." —Sy Montgomery, New York Times Book Review Mama's Last Hug is a f...
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Who We Are and How We Got Here : Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
Reich, DavidKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2018A groundbreaking book about how ancient DNA has profoundly changed our understanding of human history. Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of g...
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The God Delusion
Dawkins, RichardHarperCollins 2011A preeminent scientist—and the world's most prominent atheist—asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades...
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Thing Explainer : Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
Munroe, RandallHoughton Mifflin Harcourt 2015Have you ever tried to learn more about some incredible thing, only to be frustrated by incomprehensible jargon? Randall Munroe is here to help. In Thing Explainer, he uses line dr...
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On Fire : The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
Klein, NaomiSimon & Schuster 2019#1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything, makes the case for a Green New Deal—explaining how bol...
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No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Thunberg, GretaPenguin Books Ltd 2019In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement. No One is Too Small to Make a Difference collects Greta Thunberg's history-making speeches, fr...
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Unthinkable : An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains
Thomson, HelenHarperCollins 2018An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Month Indiebound Bestseller Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson unlocks the biggest mysteries of the human brain by examining nine extr...
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Hacking Darwin : Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
Metzl, JamieSourcebooks 2019"A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril." — Siddhartha Mukherjee MD, New York Tim...
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Bioluminescence : Nature and Science at Work
Zimmer, MarcLerner Publishing Group 2015What do giant squids, mantis shrimp, and fireflies have in common? These animals, along with a wide range of creatures, are able to give off light; this is called bioluminescence....
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Einstein's Monsters : The Life and Times of Black Holes
Impey, ChrisW. W. Norton & Company 2018"[A] skillfully told history of the quest to find black holes." —Manjit Kumar, Financial Times Black holes are the best-known and least-understood objects in the universe. In Einst...