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The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy
Blaine T. Bettinger · Family Tree Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most-cutting edge tool available to genealogists. This plain-English guide, newly revised and expanded, is a one-stop resource on genetic genealogy for family historians. Inside, you'll learn what DNA tests are available, with... |
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The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
Timothy C. Winegard · Dutton
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity's fate Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice... |
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Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have
Tatiana Schlossberg · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From former New York Times Science writer Tatiana Schlossberg comes Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have, a fascinating and unexpectedly entertaining look at the way climate change and environmental pollution are intimately involved in our everyday... |
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The Story of Technology: How We Got Here and What the Future Holds
Daniel M. Gerstein · Prometheus Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A leading technology expert examines ways to manage the rapid proliferation of technology and come to grips with its pervasive influence.Technology--always a key driver of historical change--is transforming society as never before and at a far more rapid pace. This book takes the reader... |
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
Margalit Fox · Ecco; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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In the tradition of Simon Winchester and Dava Sobel, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code tells one of the most intriguing stories in the history of language, masterfully blending history, linguistics, and cryptology with an elegantly wrought narrative. When... |
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Sawbones: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine
JUSTIN MCELROY · Weldon Owen
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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A compelling, often hilarious and occasionally horrifying exploration of how modern medicine came to be! Wondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility? Ever considered... |
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On the Future: Prospects for Humanity
MARTIN REES · Princeton University Press
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
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A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin ReesHumanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next century. Various prospects... |
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Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
Adrienne Mayor · Princeton University Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life -- and even invented real automated machinesThe first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by MIT Robotics Lab, but by Hephaestus,... |
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The Atom: A Visual Tour
Jack Challoner · The MIT Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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An accessible and engaging guide to the atom, the smallest, most fundamental constituent of matter.Until now, popular science has relegated the atom to a supporting role in defining the different chemical elements of the periodic table. In this book, Jack Challoner places the atom at center... |
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