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Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
Mark Miodownik · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, but always interesting: the New York Times best-selling author of Stuff Matters show us the secret lives of liquids: the shadow counterpart of our solid "stuff."We all know that without water we couldn't survive,... |
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Europe: A Natural History
Tim Flannery · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From internationally bestselling author and celebrated scientist Tim Flannery, a history of Europe unlike any before: an ecological account of the land itself and the forces shaping life on it. In Europe: A Natural History, world-renowned scientist, explorer, and conservationist Tim Flannery... |
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Adam Higginbotham · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster - and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of the twentieth century's greatest disasters.Early in the morning... |
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Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth
Michael S. Engel · Sterling
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating look at the world's most numerous inhabitants, illustrated with stunning images from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection. To date, we have discovered and described or named around 1.1 million insect species, and thousands of new species are added... |
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Beetles: The Natural History and Diversity of Coleoptera
Stephen Marshall · Firefly Books
Pages: 784
Format: Hardcover
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An accessible but comprehensive overview of beetles, illustrated with 4,500 photographs. Among Stephen Marshall's many other natural history titles are Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity and Flies: The Natural History and Diversity of Diptera, two of the most respected books... |
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Evolutions: Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World
Oren Solomon Harman · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant lyrical exploration of how modern science illuminates what it means to be human, from the award-winning author of The Price of AltruismWe don't think anymore, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing... |
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Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline
Darrell Bricker · Crown
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher make the provocative argument that the global population will soon decline - and that immigration will be the key to prospering in this new social, political, and economic landscape For half a century, statisticians,... |
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The Cosmic View of Albert Einstein: Writings on Art, Science, and Peace
Albert Einstein · Sterling Ethos; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Where does humanity fit in the cosmos? Albert Einstein, one of history's towering scientific geniuses, explores this fascinating subject in a unique anthology―featuring some of his most inspirational writings, including rare materials from the Einstein archives―illustrated... |
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How to Read the Solar System: A Guide to the Stars and Planets
Paul Abel · Pegasus Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A fresh and essential guide to understanding and interpreting the wonders of our solar system, from two intrepid young astronomers who are the hosts of the popular BBC television series, "The Sky at Night."What exactly is the solar system? We've all learned the basics at school... |
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Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture, 2nd Edition
Ross Conrad · Chelsea Green Publishing; Revised and updated second edition edition
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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Todays beekeepers face unprecedented challenges a fact that is now front-page news with the spread of colony collapse disorder Newly introduced pests like varroa and tracheal mites have made chemical treatment of hives standard practice but pest resistance is building which in turn creates... |
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Beyond: Our Future in Space
Chris Impey · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space -- and then reminds us that we're already there.Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle... |
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