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Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
SAM KEAN · Little, Brown and Company Pages: 384 Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating science and history of the air we breatheIt's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell.In Caesar's Last Breath, New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean takes us on a journey through the periodic table,... |
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National Geographic Compact Atlas of the World, Second Edition
National Geographic · National Geographic Pages: 256 Format: Paperback
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Beautiful, accurate, and up-to-the-minute, this completely updated mini atlas puts the entire world in the palm of your hand in an amazingly accessible format.National Geographic's maps and atlases are critically acclaimed and world-renowned for their accuracy, originality, authoritative... |
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Why?: What Makes Us Curious
Mario Livio · Simon & Schuster Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics - curiosity - as he explores our innate desire to know why.Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone conversation - where they can know only one side... |
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Together, Closer: The Art and Science of Intimacy in Friendship, Love, and Family
Giovanni Frazzetto · Penguin Books Pages: 208 Format: Paperback
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For readers of Oliver Sacks and Stephen Grosz, a wondrous, deeply felt book that explores intimacy through the stories of eight relationships, from the author of Joy, Guilt, Anger, Love The bonds we are capable of feeling toward other people - how we know and belong to one another - provide... |
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The Human Body in Minutes
Tom Jackson · Quercus Pages: 415 Format: Paperback
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This concise, illuminating guide takes us on a comprehensive tour of our bodies, explaining how they work and why they work that way, from the basic unit of the cell, through the tissues and organs that make up the body's systems, to how these systems work together to form a complete... |
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Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine
William Rosen · Viking Pages: 368 Format: Library Binding
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For fans of Microbe Hunters: The epic history of how antibiotics were born, saving millions of lives and creating a vast new industry known as Big Pharma.As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set bones, deliver babies, and offer palliative... |
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Chemistry Workbook For Dummies
Chris Hren · For Dummies Pages: 312 Format: Paperback
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Take the confusion out of chemistry with hundreds of practice problems Chemistry Workbook For Dummies is your ultimate companion for introductory chemistry at the high school or college level. Packed with hundreds of practice problems, this workbook gives you the practice you need to internalize... |
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Darwin's First Theory: Exploring Darwin's Quest for a Theory of Earth
RL Wesson · Pegasus Books Pages: 384 Format: Print book
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An acclaimed geologist leads the reader on an adventure through the landscape that absorbed and inspired Charles Darwin.Everybody knows -- or thinks they know -- Charles Darwin, the father of evolution and the man who altered the way we view our place in the world. But what most people... |
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