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Wonder Drug : The Secret History of Thalidomide in America and Its Hidden Victims
Vanderbes, JenniferRandom House Publishing Group 2023“A shocking saga of pharmaceutical malpractice . . . Wonder Drug is both a first-rate medical thriller and the searing account of a forgotten American tragedy.”—Patrick Radden Keef...
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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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Your Brain on Art : How the Arts Transform Us
Magsamen, Susan; Ross, IvyRandom House Publishing Group 2023NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the ar...
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What If? 2 : Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Munroe, RandallPenguin Publishing Group 2022AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! An NPR Best Book of 2022"The questions throughout What If? 2 are equal parts brilliant, gross, and wonderfully absurd and the answers are thor...
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Below Zero
Hazelwood, AliPenguin Publishing Group 2022From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new steamy, STEMinist novella… It will take the frosty terrain of the Arctic to show these rival scientis...
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Stuck with You
Hazelwood, AliPenguin Publishing Group 2022From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new steamy, STEMinist novella… Nothing like a little rivalry between scientists to take love to the next l...
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Under One Roof
Hazelwood, AliPenguin Publishing Group 2022A USA Today Bestseller! From the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new steamy, STEMinist novella… A scientist should never cohabitate with her annoyi...
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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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Below the Edge of Darkness : A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea
Widder, EdithRandom House Publishing Group 2021A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean to understand bioluminescence—the language of light that helps life communicate in the darkness—and what it tells us...
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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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Hidden Valley Road : Inside the Mind of an American Family
Kolker, RobertKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2020#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY • The heartrending story of a midcentury American family...
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Until the End of Time : Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
Greene, BrianKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2020Instant New York Times Best-seller From the world-renowned physicist and best-selling author of The Elegant Universe comes a captivating exploration of deep time and humanity's s...
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Edison
Morris, EdmundRandom House Publishing Group 2019NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history. N...
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Call Sign Chaos : Learning to Lead
Mattis, Jim; West, BingRandom House Publishing Group 2019#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A clear-eyed account of learning how to lead in a chaotic world, by General Jim Mattis—the former Secretary of Defense and one of the most formidable...