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The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
Jonathan Eig · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition |
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The fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century.We know it simply as "the pill," yet its genesis was anything but simple. Jonathan Eig's masterful narrative revolves around four principal characters: the fiery feminist Margaret... |
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On Immunity: An Inoculation
Eula Biss · Graywolf Press |
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Why do we fear vaccines? A provocative examination by Eula Biss, the author of Notes from No Man’s Land, winner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardUpon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear—fear of the government, the medical establishment,... |
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The Glass Cage: Automation and Us
Nicholas Carr · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition |
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At once a celebration of technology and a warning about its misuse, The Glass Cage will change the way you think about the tools you use every day. In The Glass Cage, best-selling author Nicholas Carr digs behind the headlines about factory robots and self-driving cars, wearable computers... |
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The Meaning of Human Existence
Edward O. Wilson · Liveright; 1 edition |
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National Book Award Finalist. How did humanity originate and why does a species like ours exist on this planet? Do we have a special place, even a destiny in the universe? Where are we going, and perhaps, the most difficult question of all, "Why?" In The Meaning of Human Existence,... |
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The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
Yochi Dreazen · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
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The fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century.We know it simply as "the pill," yet its genesis was anything but simple. Jonathan Eig's masterful narrative revolves around four principal characters: the fiery feminist Margaret... |
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