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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Roll Back Global Warming
Paul Hawken · Penguin Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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The 100 most substantive solutions to reverse global warming, based on meticulous research by leading scientists and policymakers around the worldIn the face of widespread fear and apathy, an international coalition of researchers, professionals, and scientists have come together to offer... |
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Weird Dinosaurs: The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew
John Pickrell · Columbia University Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
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From the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He reveals the dwarf... |
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The Glass Universe
Dava Sobel · Viking
Pages: 324
Format: Print book
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New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People) , little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomy"A joy to read." - The Wall Street JournalNamed one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian,... |
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The Physics of Everyday Things: The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day
JAMES KAKALIOS · Crown
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Physics professor, bestselling author, and dynamic storyteller James Kakalios reveals the mind-bending science behind the seemingly basic things that keep our daily lives running, from our smart phones and digital "clouds" to x-ray machines and hybrid vehicles. Most of us are clueless... |
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Brilliance and Fire: A Biography of Diamonds
Rachelle Bergstein · Harper
Pages: 375
Format: Print book
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From the author of Women from the Ankle Down comes a lively cultural biography of diamonds, which explores our society's obsession with the world's most brilliant gemstone and the real-world characters who make them shine."A diamond is forever." Who among us doesn't recognize... |
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How I Changed My Mind About Evolution: Evangelicals Reflect on Faith and Science
Kathryn Applegate · IVP Academic
Pages: 196
Format: Print book
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Perhaps no topic appears as potentially threatening to evangelicals as evolution. The very idea seems to exclude God from the creation the book of Genesis celebrates. Yet many evangelicals have come to accept the conclusions of science while still holding to a vigorous belief in God and the Bible.... |
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Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were
Philip Lymbery · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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A tour of some of the world's most iconic and endangered species, and what we can do to save them.Most of us are aware that many animals are threatened by extinction--the plight of creatures such as polar bears, tigers, and whales has been well publicized. While this is typically attributed... |
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From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds
Daniel C Dennett · Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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One of America's foremost philosophers offers a major new account of the origins of the conscious mind.How did we come to have minds?For centuries, this question has intrigued psychologists, physicists, poets, and philosophers, who have wondered how the human mind developed its unrivaled... |
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The Wonder of Birds: What They Tell Us About Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future
Jim Robbins · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A fascinating investigation into the miraculous world of birds and the powerful - and surprising - ways they enrich our lives and sustain the planetOur relationship to birds is different from our relationship to any other wild creatures. They are found virtually everywhere and we love to watch... |
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The Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science
Marcus du Sautoy · Viking
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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"Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting." - Bill Bryson A captivating journey to the outer reaches of human knowledgeEver since the dawn of civilization we have been driven by a desire to know - to understand the physical world... |
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The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Michael Finkel · Knopf
Pages: 203
Format: Hardcover
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Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality - not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his own. A New York... |
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Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
David R Montgomery · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A MacArthur Fellow's impassioned call to make agriculture sustainable by ditching the plow, covering the soil, and diversifying crop rotations.The problem of agriculture is as old as civilization. Throughout history, great societies that abused their land withered into poverty or disappeared... |
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Man of the Hour: James B. Conant, Warrior Scientist
Jennet Conant · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable life of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B. Conant - a savvy architect of the nuclear age and the Cold War - told by his granddaughter, New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant.James Bryant Conant was a towering figure. He was at the center... |
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