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Science in 100 Key Breakthroughs
Paul Parsons - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback
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An illustrated survey of the 100 key discoveries of science across several millennia. In 100 bite-size sections, Science in 100 Key Breakthroughs encapsulates the history of Western science, from astronomy and physics to geology, biology and psychology -- and everything in between. Starting... |
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The Telomere Effect: The New Science of Living Younger
Elizabeth H Blackburn - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book
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The New York Times bestselling book coauthored by the Nobel Prize winner who discovered telomerase and telomeres' role in the aging process and the health psychologist who has done original research into how specific lifestyle and psychological habits can protect telomeres, slowing disease... |
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Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
Sara Dykman - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover
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Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman decided to do something no one had ever done before - pedal along with monarch butterflies over the entire length of their 10,201-mile migratory journey. She did it alone, on a hand-built bicycle, through three countries. In Bicycling... |
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Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures at the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex, and Death
Jenny Kleeman - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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A timely investigation into the forces that are driving innovation in the four core areas of human experience: birth, food, sex, and death.In Sex Robots & Vegan Meat, award-winning journalist and documentary-maker Jenny Kleeman takes us on a journey into the world of the people who are changing... |
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Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
Anil Seth - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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An unprecedented tour of consciousness thanks to new experimental evidence, much of which comes from Anil Seth's own lab. His radical argument is that we do not perceive the world as it objectively is, but rather that we are prediction machines, constantly inventing our world and correcting... |
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Galileo: And the Science Deniers
Mario Livio - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A fresh interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really need this story now, because we're living through the next chapter... |
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The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds
Christopher E. Mason - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover
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IInevitably, life on Earth will come to an end, whether by climate disaster, cataclysmic war, or the death of the sun in a few billion years. To avoid extinction, we will have to find a new home planet, perhaps even a new solar system, to inhabit. In this provocative and fascinating book,... |
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