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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record

Errol Fuller · Princeton University Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A photograph of an extinct animal evokes a greater feeling of loss than any painting ever could. Often black and white or tinted sepia, these remarkable images have been taken mainly in zoos or wildlife parks, and in some cases depict the last known individual of the species. Lost Animals...
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McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code 2014 Handbook, 28E

Frederic Hartwell · McGraw-Hill Professional; 28 edition
Format: Hardcover

The Definitive Guide to the 2014 NEC Completely revised and expanded to reflect changes in the 2014 NEC, McGraw-Hill's National Electrical Code® 2014 Handbook, 28th Edition presents the trusted advice and analysis you need to accurately interpret 2014 NEC rules. In-depth coverage...
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Reactions: An Illustrated Exploration of Elements, Molecules, and Change in the Universe

Theodore W Gray · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited third installment in Theodore Gray's iconic "Elements" trilogy. The first two titles, Elements and Molecules, have sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide. With Reactions bestselling author Theodore Gray continues the journey through our molecular and chemical...
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Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love and the Perfect Meal

Ava Chin · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In this touching and informative memoir about foraging for food in New York City, Ava Chin finds sustenance...and so much more.Urban foraging is the new frontier of foraging for foods, and it's all about eating better, healthier, and more sustainably, no matter where you live. Time...
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Fizz: How Soda Shook Up the World

Tristan Donovan · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

This social, cultural, and culinary history charts soda's remarkable, world-changing journey from awe-inspiring natural mystery to ubiquity. Off-the-wall and offbeat stories abound, including how quack medicine peddlers spawned some of the world's biggest brands, how fizzy pop cashed...
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The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far: Why Are We Here?

Lawrence M Krauss · Atria Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Internationally renowned, award-winning theoretical physicist, New York Times bestselling author of A Universe from Nothing, and passionate advocate for reason, Lawrence Krauss tells the dramatic story of the discovery of the hidden world of reality - a grand poetic vision of nature - and how we find...
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Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability and the Pace of Life, in Organisms, Cities, Economies and Companies

GEOFFREY WEST · PENGUIN BOOKS
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent systems and networks. The term "complexity" can be misleading, however, because what makes West's discoveries so beautiful is that...
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The Physics of Everyday Things: The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day

JAMES KAKALIOS · Crown
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Physics professor, bestselling author, and dynamic storyteller James Kakalios reveals the mind-bending science behind the seemingly basic things that keep our daily lives running, from our smart phones and digital "clouds" to x-ray machines and hybrid vehicles. Most of us are clueless...
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Superstorm: Nine Days Inside Hurricane Sandy

Kathryn Miles · Dutton
Format: Hardcover

The first complete moment-by-moment account of the largest Atlantic storm system ever recorded—a hurricane like no otherThe sky was lit by a full moon on October 29, 2012, but nobody on the eastern seaboard of the United States could see it. Everything had been consumed by cloud. The storms...
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Evolution: The Whole Story

Steve Parker · Firefly Books, ©2015.
Pages: 576
Format: Print book

Evolution: The Whole Story provides an in-depth and up-to-the- minute account of evolution, one of the ultimate keystone theories in modern science. Ten esteemed experts thoroughly survey how each of Earth's major groups of living things diversified and evolved through time and using...
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The Stress Gene : The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity and How to Break the Cycle

Daniel P Keating · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Why are we the way we are? Why do some of us find it impossible to calm a hair-trigger temper or to shake chronic anxiety? The debate has always been divided between nature and nurture, but as psychology professor Daniel Keating demonstrates in Born Anxious, new science points to a third...
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The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age

Gino SegreÌ€ · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 351
Format: Print book

Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope by his peers, he was regarded as infallible in his instincts and research. His discoveries changed our world; they led to weapons of mass destruction...
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Head Strong: The Bulletproof Plan to Activate Untapped Brain Energy to Work Smarter and Think Faster-in Just Two Weeks

Dave Asprey · Harperwave
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

From the creator of Bulletproof Coffee and author of the bestselling The Bulletproof Diet comes a revolutionary plan to upgrade your brainpower - in two weeks or less.For the last decade, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Asprey has worked with world-renowned doctors and scientists to uncover...
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Gender Medicine: The Groundbreaking New Science of Gender- and Sex-Based Diagnosis and Treatment

Marek Glezerman M.D. · Overlook Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

The groundbreaking call for reform, challenging the dangerous assumption that male and female patients can be effectively treated in the same wayOver millions of years, male and female bodies developed crucial physiological differences to improve the chances for human survival. These differences...
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