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Virus: An Illustrated Guide to 101 Incredible Microbes
Marilyn Roossinck · Princeton Univ Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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This stunningly illustrated book provides a rare window into the amazing, varied, and often beautiful world of viruses. Contrary to popular belief, not all viruses are bad for you. In fact, several are beneficial to their hosts, and many are crucial to the health of our planet. Virus... |
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Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System
Robert P. Kirshner · Princeton University Press; 1ST edition
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Soon astronomers expect to find alien Earths by the dozens in orbit around distant suns. Before the decade is out, telltale signs that they harbor life may be found. If they are, the ramifications for all areas of human thought and endeavor--from religion and philosophy to art and biology--will... |
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Einstein's Masterwork: 1915 and the General Theory of Relativity
John Gribbin · Pegasus Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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One of the world's most celebrated science writers reveals the origins of Einstein's General Theory -- and provides a greater understanding of who Einstein was at the time of this pivotal achievement. In 1915, Albert Einstein presented his masterwork to the Prussian Academy of Sciences... |
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I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals
Liam Drew · Bloomsbury SIGMA
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A list of the attributes that define a mammal is a ragbag of things--fur, live birth, three bones in the middle ear, a brain whose two halves are robustly joined together . . . But this curious collection of features contains the roots of all the biology that makes humans what we are: monkeys... |
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The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar: Living with a Tawny Owl
Martin Windrow · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The story of an odd couple-a British military historian and the Tawny Owl with whom he lived for fifteen yearsMartin Windrow was a war historian with little experience with pets when he adopted an owl the size of a corncob. Adorable but with knife-sharp talons, Mumble became Windrow's... |
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You may also like : taste in an age of endless choice
Tom Vanderbilt · Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book
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Why do we get so embarrassed when a colleague wears the same shirt? Why do we eat the same thing for breakfast every day, but seek out novelty at lunch and dinner? How has streaming changed the way Netflix makes recommendations? Why do people think the music of their youth is the best?... |
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Do One Green Thing: Saving the Earth Through Simple, Everyday Choices
Mindy Pennybacker · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Print book
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If you can only read and reference one green thing, make it this book an easily comprehensible, clearly presnted source for green living. Everything you need to know is right here at your fingertips. Unlike a lot of other overwhelming green guides on the market, this is green decision... |
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Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
Thor Hanson · Basic Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They date back more than 100 million years. Yet their story has never been fully told.In Feathers, biologist Thor Hanson details a sweeping natural history, as feathers have been used to fly, protect, attract, and adorn... |
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The Weather Detective: Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs
PETER WOHLLEBEN · Dutton
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather.
The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather.
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Shepherd: A Memoir
Richard Gilbert · Michigan State University Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Upon moving to Appalachian Ohio with their two small children, Richard Gilbert and his wife are thrilled to learn there still are places in America that haven’t been homogenized. But their excitement over the region’s beauty and quirky character turns to culture shock as they... |
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