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American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
Victoria Johnson · Liveright
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of Hamilton's -- and Burr's -- personal physician, whose dream to build America's first botanical garden inspired the young Republic. When Dr. David Hosack tilled the country's first botanical garden in the Manhattan soil more than two hundred years ago, he didn't just... |
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No One at the Wheel: Driverless Cars and the Road of the Future
Samuel I. Schwartz · PublicAffairs
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The country's leading transport expert describes how the driverless vehicle revolution will transform highways, cities, workplaces and laws not just here, but across the globe. Our time at the wheel is done. Driving will become illegal, as human drivers will be demonstrably more dangerous... |
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Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence
Paul M. Sutter · Prometheus Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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An astrophysicist presents an in-depth yet accessible tour of the universe for lay readers, while conveying the excitement of astronomy.How is a galaxy billions of lightyears away connected to us? Is our home nothing more than a tiny speck of blue in an ocean of night? In this exciting... |
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Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting Out the Recycling System
Beth Porter · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 218
Format: Hardcover
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Ecosystems require balance to survive, and when that balance is compromised, disaster can fall onto the system as a whole. A healthy ecosystem, like an economic system, calls for competing forces to ultimately work cooperatively in some ways to keep the larger system afloat. There are finite... |
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How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls: Animal Movement and the Robots of the Future
David Hu · Princeton University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Discovering the secrets of animal movement and what they can teach usInsects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them? In How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls, David Hu takes... |
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