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What an Owl Knows : The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Ackerman, JenniferPenguin Publishing Group 2023An instant New York Times bestseller! A New York Times Notable Book of 2023Named a Best Book of 2023 by Publishers Weekly From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a...
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe
Cham, Jorge; Whiteson, DanielPenguin Publishing Group 2021"Delightful, funny, and yet rigorous and intelligent: only Jorge and Daniel can reach this exquisite balance." —Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Helgolan...
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Our Biggest Experiment : An Epic History of the Climate Crisis
Bell, AliceCatapult 2021Traversing science, politics, and technology, Our Biggest Experiment shines a spotlight on the little-known scientists who sounded the alarm to reveal the history behind the defini...
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Dopamine Nation : Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Lembke, AnnaPenguin Publishing Group 2021INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER “Brilliant . . . riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick,as heard on Fresh Air This boo...
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Unsettled : What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters
Koonin, Steven E.BenBella Books 2021"Unsettled is a remarkable book—probably the best book on climate change for the intelligent layperson—that achieves the feat of conveying complex information clearly and in depth....
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Under a White Sky : The Nature of the Future
Kolbert, ElizabethCrown 2021NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction returns to humanity’s transformative impact on the environment, now asking: After doing so much dama...
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Deep Time Reckoning : How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now
Ialenti, VincentMIT Press 2020A guide to long-term thinking: how to envision the far future of Earth. We live on a planet careening toward environmental collapse that will be largely brought about by our own ac...
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The End of Everything : (Astrophysically Speaking)
Mack, KatieScribner 2020A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY * THE WASHINGTON POST * THE ECONOMIST * NEW SCIENTIST * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * THE GUARDIAN From one of the m...
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Ingredients : The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us
Zaidan, GeorgePenguin Publishing Group 2020"In Ingredients: The Strange Chemistry of What We Put in Us and on Us, George Zaidan delivers an enthusiastic introduction to nutritional epidemiology... Using simple illustrations...
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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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How to Survive a Plague : The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
France, DavidKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2016One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Decade A definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, here is the incredible story of the gra...
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The Nine Elements of a Sustainable Campus
Thomashow, MitchellMIT Press 2014A former college president offers a framework for sustainability on campus, describing initiatives that range from renewable energy to a revamped curriculum to sustainable investme...
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Invisible Nature : Healing the Destructive Divide Between People and the Environment
Worthy, KennethPrometheus 2013A revolutionary new understanding of the precarious modern human-nature relationship and a pathto a healthier, more sustainable world.Amidst all the wondrous luxuries of the modern...
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Between Man and Beast : An Unlikely Explorer and the African Adventure the Victorian World by Storm
Reel, MonteKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013In 1856, Paul Du Chaillu ventured into the African jungle in search of a mythic beast, the gorilla. After wild encounters with vicious cannibals, deadly snakes, and tribal kings, D...
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National Geographic Tales of the Weird : Unbelievable True Stories
Braun, DavidDisney Book Group 2012When a farmer in Spain captured a two-headed snake in 2002, scientists wanted to study it. When National Geographic Daily News published a story about the discovery, people wanted...
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The Value of Science : Essential Writings of Henri Poincare
Poincare, HenriRandom House Publishing Group 2012More than any other writer of the twentieth century, Henri Poincaré brought the elegant, but often complicated, ideas about science and mathematics to the general reader. A genius...
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Entanglement : A Tales of Everyday Magic Novel
Braden, Gregg; Lauber, LynnHay House 2012Entanglement, the new novel based on the teachings of New York Times best-selling author Gregg Braden, explores the exciting world of quantum physics through the experiences of twi...
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The Willpower Instinct : How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It
McGonigal, KellyPenguin Publishing Group 2011Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower," The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the science of sel...
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Isaac's Storm : A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Larson, ErikKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The riveting true story of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, still the deadliest natural disaster in American history—from the acclaimed author of The De...
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The Voyage of the Beagle
Darwin, CharlesDisney Book Group 2006Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection has been debated and disparaged over time, but there is no dispute that he is responsible for some of the most remarkable...