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Near-Earth Objects: Finding Them Before They Find Us
Donald K Yeomans - Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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An insiders look at the science of near-Earth comets and asteroidsOf all the natural disasters that could befall us, only an Earth impact by a large comet or asteroid has the potential to end civilization in a single blow. Yet these near-Earth objects also offer tantalizing clues to our solar... |
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Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes
Nathan H. Lents - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections that make us human We humans like to think of ourselves as highly evolved creatures. But if we are supposedly evolution's greatest creation, why do we have such bad knees? Why do we catch head colds so often - two hundred... |
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FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition
Jeremy Griffith - WTM Publishing and Communications
Format: Paperback
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FREEDOM has its own very informative website: visit www.humancondition.com The fastest growing realization everywhere is that humanity cant go on the way it is going. Indeed, the great fear is were entering endgame where we appear to have lost the race between self-destruction and self-discovery... |
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Active Hope
Joanna Macy - New World Library; Revised edition
Format: Paperback
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The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Climate change, political polarization, economic upheaval, and mass extinction together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that... |
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Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity
David Bodanis - Crown; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In his bestselling E=mc2, David Bodanis led us, with astonishing ease, through the world’s most famous equation. Now, in Electric Universe, he illuminates the wondrous yet invisible force that permeates our universe—and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets.For... |
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I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals
Liam Drew - Bloomsbury SIGMA
Format: Hardcover
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A list of the attributes that define a mammal is a ragbag of things--fur, live birth, three bones in the middle ear, a brain whose two halves are robustly joined together . . . But this curious collection of features contains the roots of all the biology that makes humans what we are: monkeys... |
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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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Easy Algebra Step-by-Step (Easy Step-by-Step Series)
Sandra Luna McCune - McGraw-Hill; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Take it step-by-step for algebra success! The quickest route to learning a subject is through a solid grounding in the basics. So what you won’t find in Easy Algebra Step-by-Step is a lot of endless drills. Instead, you get a clear explanation that breaks down complex concepts into... |
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