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The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast
Andrew Blum · Ecco
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author of Tubes, a lively and surprising tour through the global network that predicts our weather, the people behind it, and what it reveals about our climate and our planetThe weather is the foundation of our daily lives. It's a staple of small talk, the app on our smartphones,... |
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Fire in the Sky: Cosmic Collisions, Killer Asteroids, and the Race to Defend Earth
Gordon L. Dillow · Scribner
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Combining history, pop science, and in-depth reporting, a fascinating account of asteroids that hit Earth long ago, and those streaming toward us now, as well as how we are preparing against asteroid-caused catastrophe.One of these days, warns Gordon Dillow, the Earth will be hit by a comet... |
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The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of the Voyager Golden Record
Jonathan Scott · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story behind the mission, music, and message of NASA's Voyager Golden Record--humanity's message to the stars.In 1977, a team led by the great Carl Sagan was put together to create a record that would travel to the stars on the back of NASA's Voyager probe. They... |
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Arches Enemy
Scott Graham
Format: Paperback
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"Archaeologist Chuck Bender's contract for preservation work in Utah's Arches National Park is disrupted by a sudden death that turns out to be only the first of several. Where will it all end?" - KIRKUS "Masterfully plotted in confident prose, Arches Enemy is not only... |
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Slime: How Algae Created Us, Plague Us, and Just Might Save Us
Ruth Kassinger · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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"No organisms are more important to life as we know it than algae. In Slime, Ruth Kassinger gives this under-appreciated group its due." - Elizabeth Kolbert Say "algae" and most people think of pond scum. What they don't know is that without algae, none of us would... |
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One Giant Leap: The Untold Story of How We Flew to the Moon
Charles Fishman · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times bestselling author of The Wal-Mart Effect, Charles Fishman reveals the untold true story of the men and women charged with taking the United States to the Moon.President John F. Kennedy astonished the world on May 25, 1961, when he announced to Congress that the United... |
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The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
Thomas D. Seeley · Princeton University Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world's managed bee coloniesHumans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades have biologists begun to investigate how these industrious insects live in the wild. The Lives of Bees is Thomas... |
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Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of
Robert M. Hazen · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An enchanting biography of the most resonant -- and most necessary -- chemical element on Earth.Carbon is everywhere: in the paper of this book and the blood of our bodies. It's with us from beginning to end, present in our baby clothes and coffin alike. We live on a carbon planet,... |
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Supernavigators: The Astounding New Science of How Animals Find Their Way
David Barrie · The Experiment
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A globetrotting voyage of discovery celebrating the navigational gifts of animals; from whales and lobsters to birds and beetles - and many more! In Supernavigators, award-winning author David Barrie takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge science of animal navigation, where scientists are unraveling... |
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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.In... |
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