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The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
Gino Segre? · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 351
Format: Print book
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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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Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New York
Ted Steinberg · Simon & Schuster; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award for US History A “fascinating, encyclopedic history…of greater New York City through an ecological lens” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)—the sweeping story of one of the most man-made spots on earth.Gotham Unbound recounts the four-century... |
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Galapagos : Discovery on Darwin's Island
David W. Steadman · Smithsonian Institution Press; 1 edition
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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209 pages of high quality text, maps & photographs as fitting a Smithsonian product. There are also several excellent paintings of wildlife. |
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Secret Warriors: The Spies, Scientists and Code Breakers of World War I
Taylor Downing · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A startling and vivid account of World War I that uncovers how wartime code-breaking, aeronautics, and scientific research that laid the foundation for much of the innovations of the twentieth century. World War I is often viewed as a war fought by armies of millions living and fighting... |
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Among Chimpanzees: Field Notes from the Race to Save Our Endangered Relatives
Nancy J. Merrick · Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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Foreword by Jane GoodallA former student and colleague of Jane Goodall shares stories of chimps and their heroes, and takes readers on a journey to save mans closest relative. Unbeknownst to much of the public, chimps are in trouble censuses show them to be extinct in four African countries... |
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The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us
Diane Ackerman · W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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As Diane Ackerman writes in her brilliant new book, The Human Age, "our relationship with nature has changed ... radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable." Ackerman... |
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Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything
Randi Hutter Epstein · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A guided tour through the strange science of hormones and the age-old quest to control them.Metabolism, behavior, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty, and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity,... |
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Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes
Svante PaÌ?aÌ?bo · Basic Books
Pages: 275
Format: Hardcover
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What can we learn from the genomes of our closest evolutionary relatives?Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Pääbo's mission to answer this question, and recounts his ultimately successful efforts to genetically define what makes us different from our Neanderthal... |
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We Rise: The Earth Guardians Guide to Building a Movement that Restores the Planet
XIUHTEZCATL MARTINEZ · Rodale Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Challenge the status quo, change the face of activism, and confront climate change head on with the ultimate blueprint for taking action.Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is a 16-year-old climate activist, hip-hop artist, and powerful new voice on the front lines of a global youth-led movement. He and his group... |
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