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All Through the Night: One woman’s fight to protect our planet's nature and environment from the effects of light pollution

Dani Robertson - HarperNorth
Format: book

Why darkness is so important – to plants, to animals, and to ourselves – and why we must protect it all costs. Darkness is the first thing we know in our human existence. Safe and warm inside the bubble of the womb, we are comfortable in that embracing dark. But as soon as we are bought...
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A Darwinian Survival Guide: Hope for the Twenty-First Century

Daniel R. Brooks - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover

How humanity brought about the climate crisis by departing from its evolutionary trajectory 15,000 years ago - and how we can use evolutionary principles to save ourselves from the worst outcomes.. Despite efforts to sustain civilization, humanity faces existential threats from overpopulation,...
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The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment (Management on the Cutting Edge)

Eric Siegel - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover

In his bestselling first book, Eric Siegel explained how machine learning works. Now, in The AI Playbook, he shows how to capitalize on it. "Eric Siegel delivers a robust primer on machine learning, the key mechanism in AI. A forward-looking, practical book and a must-read for anyone...
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The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities

Peter S Alagona - ?University of California Press; First edition
Format: Hardcover

With wildlife thriving in cities, we have the opportunity to create vibrant urban ecosystems that serve both people and animals.The Accidental Ecosystem tells the story of how cities across the United States went from having little wildlife to filling, dramatically and unexpectedly, with...
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Robots and the People Who Love Them: Holding on to Our Humanity in an Age of Social Robots

Eve Herold - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The latest developments in robotics and artificial intelligence and a preview of the coming decades, based on research and interviews with the world's foremost experts. . If there's one universal trait among humans, it's our social nature. The craving to connect is universal,...
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How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite

Dr. Chris Balakrishnan - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

In the vein of acclaimed popular-science bestsellers such as Atlas Obscura, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry, The Way Things Work, What If?, and Undeniable, the co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring readers a collection of wacky, yet fascinating STEM topics.....
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Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love

James Hamilton-Paterson - Apollo
Format: book

We are, of course, the stuck monkey, paralysed by our modern lifestyles and consumer habits: our constant stream of online shopping deliveries, our compulsive dependence on digital devices, our obsession with our pets. These addictions, as small and harmless as they may seem, are quietly...
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Eclipse: Our Sky's Most Dazzling Phenomenon

Kelsey Oseid - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

Discover the ancient myths and fascinating science of the world's most striking celestial phenomena - eclipses - in this educational, beautifully illustrated guide by the acclaimed author of What We See in the Stars.. Awe-inspiring, majestic, and always a little otherworldly, eclipses...
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