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The Book of the Moon: A Guide to Our Closest Neighbor
Maggie Aderin-Pocock · Abrams Image Pages: 240 Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever wondered if there are seasons on the moon or if space tourism will ever become commonplace? So has Dr. Maggie Aderin-Pocock. In fact, she earned her nickname "Lunatic" because of her deep fascination for all things lunar. In her lucidly written, comprehensive guide... |
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Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
Jamie Metzl · Sourcebooks Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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After 3.8 billion years humankind is about to start evolving by new rules...From leading geopolitical expert and technology futurist Jamie Metzl comes a groundbreaking exploration of the many ways genetic-engineering is shaking the core foundations of our lives -- sex, war, love, and death.... |
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Dragonflies and Damselflies: A Natural History
Dennis Paulson · Princeton University Press Pages: 224 Format: Hardcover
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A lavishly illustrated introduction to the world's dragonflies and damselfliesDragonflies and damselflies are often called birdwatchers' insects. Large, brightly colored, active in the daytime, and displaying complex and interesting behaviors, they have existed since the days of the dinosaurs,... |
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A Season on the Wind: Inside the World of Spring Migration
Kenn Kaufman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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A close look at one season in one key site that reveals the amazing science and magic of spring bird migration, and the perils of human encroachment. Every spring, billions of birds sweep north, driven by ancient instincts to return to their breeding grounds. This vast parade often goes... |
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The Last Elephants
Don Pinnock · Smithsonian Books Pages: 448 Format: Paperback
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Amazing photographs of elephants accompany narratives from researchers, scientists, and conservationists celebrating elephants and calling for their preservationAfrican savanna elephants--among the most magnificent and beloved of our fellow mammals--are an extraordinary, social, and intelligent... |
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The Book of Humans: 4 Billion Years, 20,000 Genes, and the New Story of How We Became Us
Adam Rutherford · The Experiment Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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The author of A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived investigates what it means to be human - and the ways we are (and aren't) unique among animals We like to think of ourselves as exceptional beings, but are we really more special than other animals? In this original and entertaining... |
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Who's Afraid of AI?: Fear and Promise in the Age of Thinking Machines
Thomas Ramge · The Experiment Pages: 112 Format: Paperback
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A penetrating guide to artificial intelligence: what it is, how it works, and the ways it will define our lives - for better and worse Computer programs can recognize human faces more reliably than humans. They beat us at board games, they bluff better than the best poker players in the world,... |
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