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Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
Alan Stern · Picador
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The up close, inside story of the greatest space exploration project of our time, New Horizons' mission to Pluto, as shared with David Grinspoon by mission leader Alan Stern and other key players.On July 14, 2015, something amazing happened. More than 3 billion miles from Earth, a small... |
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Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy
Tim Harford · Riverhead Books
Pages: 321
Format: Hardcover
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 by BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND AMAZONA lively history seen through the fifty inventions that shaped it most profoundly, by the bestselling author of The Undercover Economist and Messy. Who thought up paper money? What was the secret element... |
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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
JOHN CARREYROU · Knopf
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from their charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.In 2014,... |
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All New Kitchen Ideas that Work
Heather J. Paper · Taunton Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Kitchen remodels continue to be one of the most common residential remodeling projects (second only to bathrooms) . All New Kitchen Ideas that Work features over 350 ideas covering a range of kitchen styles and sizes plus top-notch design advice. Completely updated to include over 350 photos... |
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Jennifer A. Doudna · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 281
Format: Hardcover
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A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril. Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use.... |
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The Body Builders: Inside the Science of the Engineered Human
Adam Piore · Ecco
Pages: 376
Format: Hardcover
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Fareed Zakaria GPS Book of the WeekWeaving together vivid storytelling and groundbreaking science, The Body Builders explores the current revolution in human augmentation, which is helping us to triumph over the limitations and constraints we have long accepted as an inevitable part of being... |
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Are We Screwed?: How a New Generation is Fighting to Survive Climate Change
Geoff Dembicki · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 305
Format: Hardcover
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A declaration of resistance, and a roadmap for radical change, from the generation that will be most screwed by climate change.The Millennial generation could be first to experience the doomsday impacts of climate change. It's also the last generation able to do something about them.... |
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