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Unnatural Selection: How We Are Changing Life, Gene by Gene
Dr. Emily Monosson PhD · Island Press
Format: Hardcover
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Gonorrhea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. In Unnatural Selection, Emily Monosson shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans... |
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She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity
Carl Zimmer · Dutton
Pages: 672
Format: Hardcover
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Award-winning, celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in this sweeping, resonating overview of a force that shaped human society--a force set to shape our future even more radically.She Has Her Mother's Laugh... |
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Einstein: His Space and Times
Steven Gimbel · Yale University Press
Pages: 191
Format: Print book
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The commonly held view of Albert Einstein is of an eccentric genius for whom the pursuit of science was everything. But in actuality, the brilliant innovator whose Theory of Relativity forever reshaped our understanding of time was a man of his times, always politically engaged and driven... |
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The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination
Richard Mabey · W.W. Norton & Company
Pages: 374
Format: Print book
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"Highly entertaining ... Without being sentimental about it, Mr. Mabey gets us to look at life from the plants' point of view. His science is sound, he's witty, and his language is engaging." -- Constance Casey, New York TimesThe Cabaret of Plants is a masterful, globe-trotting... |
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The Attacking Ocean: The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels
Brian Fagan · Bloomsbury Press
Format: Hardcover
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The past fifteen thousand years--the entire span of human civilization--have witnessed dramatic sea level changes, which began with rapid global warming at the end of the Ice Age, when sea levels were more than 700 feet below modern levels. Over the next eleven millennia, the oceans climbed... |
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Backyard Wildlife
Todd Telander · Falcon Pr Pub Co
Pages: 195
Format: Book
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Falcon Pocket Guide: Backyard Wildlife is a field guide to the most common and sought-after species you can find in your very own backyard. Anatomically correct illustrations and detailed descriptions about each animal's prominent physical attributes and natural habitat make it easy to identify... |
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The Telescope in the Ice: Inventing a New Astronomy at the South Pole
Mark Bowen · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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The IceCube Observatory has been called the "weirdest" of the seven wonders of modern astronomy by Scientific American. In The Telescope in the Ice, Mark Bowen tells the amazing story of the people who built the instrument and the science involved.Located near the U. S. Amundsen-Scott... |
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Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever
Bill Gifford · Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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From acclaimed journalist Bill Gifford comes a roaring journey into the world of anti-aging science in search of answers to a universal obsession: what can be done about getting old?SPRING CHICKEN:Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying)SPRING CHICKEN is a full-throttle, high-energy ride through... |
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
STEPHEN HAWKING · Bantam
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant and page-turning posthumous work.Why are we here? Will we survive? Will technology save us? How can we thrive?Stephen... |
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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Mark Miodownik · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller An eye-opening adventure deep inside the everyday materials that surround us, packed with surprising stories and fascinating science Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic stretchy? Why does a paper clip bend? Why does any material look and behave the way it does?... |
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The Monkey's Voyage: How Improbable Journeys Shaped the History of Life
Alan de Queiroz · Perseus Books Group
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
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Throughout the world, closely related species are found on landmasses separated by wide stretches of ocean. What explains these far-flung distributions? Why are such species found where they are across the Earth? Since the discovery of plate tectonics, scientists have conjectured that plants... |
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The One-Minute Workout: Science Shows a Way to Get Fit That's Smarter, Faster, Shorter
Christopher Shulgan · Avery Pub Group
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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Finally, the solution to the #1 reason we don't exercise: time. Everyone has one minute. A decade ago, Martin Gibala was a young researcher in the field of exercise physiology - with little time to exercise. That critical point in his career launched a passion for high-intensity interval... |
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