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What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life

Ian Stewart · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

Almost all of us have sat in a math class, wondering when we'd ever need to know how to find the roots of a polynomial or graph imaginary numbers. And in one sense, we were right: if we needed to, we'd use a computer. But as Ian Stewart argues in What's the Use?, math isn't...
 
 
15-Minute STEM Book 2: More quick, creative science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities for 5-11-year-olds

Emily Hunt · Crown House Publishing Ltd
Format: Paperback

Emily Hunt's 15-Minute STEM Book 2: More quick, creative science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities for 5-11-year-olds offers a stimulating selection of easy-to-resource STEM activities designed to engage and inspire young learners. Like most teachers and parents, you probably...
 
 
Rocks & Minerals

Chris Pellant · ‎DK; Reissue edition
Format: Paperback

Learn how to identify more than 500 rocks and minerals of the world through stunning photographs, detailed characteristics, and quick, accessible text.Inside the pages of this comprehensive book about rocks and minerals, you'll discover: * A clear visual key distinguishing different...
 
 
Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World

Daniel Sherrell · ‎Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

Warmth is a new kind of book about climate change: not what it is or how we solve it, but how it feels to imagine a future--and a family--under its weight. In a fiercely personal account written from inside the climate movement, Sherrell lays bare how the crisis is transforming our relationships...
 
 
Losing Eden: Our Fundamental Need for the Natural World --and Its Ability to Heal Body and Soul

Lucy Jones · Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

"Fascinating. The connection between mental health and the natural world turns out to be strong and deep - which is good news in that it offers those feeling soul-sick the possibility that falling in love with the world around them might be remarkably helpful." - Bill McKibben...
 
 
The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet

Arthur Turrell · ‎Scribner
Format: Hardcover

The most important energy-making process in the universe takes place inside stars. The ability to duplicate that process in a lab, once thought out of reach, may now be closer than we think. Today, all across the world teams of scientists are being assembled by the world's boldest entrepreneurs,...
 
 
The Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Grower's Guide to Ecological Market Gardening

Jesse Frost · Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback

Principles and farm-tested practices for no-till market gardening--for healthier, more productive soil! From the host of the popular The No-Till Market Garden Podcast -- heard around the world with over 850k downloads! Discovering how to meet the soil's needs is the key task for every...
 
 
Valuing Clean Air: The EPA and the Economics of Environmental Protection

Charles Halvorson · ‎Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover

The passage of the Clean Air Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970 marked a sweeping transformation in American politics. In a few short years, the environmental movement pushed Republican and Democratic elected officials to articulate a right to clean...
 
 
Manifestation Magic: 21 Rituals, Spells, and Amulets for Abundance, Prosperity, and Wealth

Elhoim Leafar · Weiser Books
Format: Paperback

Elhoim Leafar, author of The Magical Art of Crafting Charm Bags, offers a clear, basic treatise on the magic of prosperity and manifesting positive abundance. No prior magical experience is required, although the material is also suitable for adepts. The book is divided into two sections:...
 
 
Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection

Sam Apple · Liveright
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat -- and what it means for how we should.The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg -- a cousin of the famous finance Warburgs -- was widely regarded in his day as one of the most important biochemists of the twentieth...