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The Vaccine: Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic
Joe Miller - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Nobody thought it was possible. In mid-January 2020, Ugur Sahin told zlem Treci, his wife and decades-long research partner, that a vaccine against what would soon be known as COVID-19 could be developed and safely injected into the arms of millions before the end of the year. His confidence... |
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The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World
Sarah Stewart Johnson - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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A young planetary scientist intimately details the search for life on Mars, tracing our centuries-old obsession with this seemingly desolate planet. Mars was once similar to Earth, but today there are no rivers, no lakes, no oceans. Coated in red dust, the terrain is bewilderingly empty.... |
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Are Numbers Real?: The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
Brian Clegg - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book
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Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would your life be like without them?Numbers began as simple representations of everyday things, but mathematics rapidly took on a life of its own,... |
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Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs
Michael T Osterholm - Little
Format: Print book
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A world-leading epidemiologist shares his stories from the front lines of our war on infectious diseases and explains how to prepare for epidemics that can challenge world order.Every new development--from exploding human and animal populations to trade and travel--intensifies our susceptibility... |
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The Mission: A True Story
David W Brown
Format: Hardcover
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A masterful, genre-defying narrative of the most ambitious science project ever conceived: NASA's deep-space mission to Europa - the Jovian moon where might swim the first known alien life in our solar system - powered by a motley team of obsessives and eccentrics.When scientists discovered... |
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Early Detection: How America Can Win the War on Cancer
Bruce Ratner - OR Books
Format: Hardcover
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In an accessible yet fastidiously researched intervention Early Detection sets out the urgent necessity of fundamentally re-directing the US's approach to cancer treatment if President Biden's recently announced prioritization of the issue is to be successful.Catching cancer early... |
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Too Much of a Good Thing: How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us
Lee Goldman - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Print book
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Dean of Columbia University's medical school explains why our bodies are out of sync with today's environment and how we can correct this to save our health.Over the past 200 years, human life-expectancy has approximately doubled. Yet we face soaring worldwide rates of obesity, diabetes,... |
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Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
Robin DiAngelo - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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In White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo explained how racism is a system into which all white people are socialized and challenged the belief that racism is a simple matter of good people versus bad. DiAngelo also made a provocative claim: white progressives cause the most daily harm to people... |
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Muscle: The Gripping Story of Strength and Movement
Roy A. Meals MD - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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An entertaining illustrated deep dive into muscle, from the discovery of human anatomy to the latest science of strength training.Muscle tissue powers every heartbeat, blink, jog, jump, and goosebump. It is the force behind the most critical bodily functions, including digestion and childbirth,... |
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The Lost Family: How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are
Libby Copeland - Blackstone Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply reported look at the rise of home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on individual livesYou swab your cheek or spit into a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Weeks later you get a report that might tell you where your ancestors came from or if you carry certain... |
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