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Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance

ELISE VERNON PEARLSTINE - ?Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
A fascinating exploration of the natural history of scent and human perceptions of fragrance from the viewpoint of plant and pollinator Plants have long harnessed the chemical characteristics of aromatic compounds to shape the world around them. Frankincense resin from the genus Boswellia...
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Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less

Alex Epstein - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels draws on the latest data and new insights to challenge everything you thought you knew about the future of energyFor over a decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts...
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Female Innovators Who Changed Our World: How Women Shaped STEM (Trailblazing Women)

GREEN EMMA - Pen and Sword History
Format: Hardcover
We are not all born with equal opportunities. Yet there have been countless of women who have overcome a range of barriers such as prejudice, illness, and personal tragedy to advance our understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) . They used their knowledge...
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Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal About Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds

Brian Butterworth - Basic Books; New edition
Format: Hardcover

An entertaining investigation?of the numerical abilities of animals and our own appetite for arithmetic 
 
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Radically Human: How New Technology Is Transforming Business and Shaping Our Future

Paul Daugherty - ?Harvard Business Review Press
Format: Hardcover
Technology advances are making tech more . . . human. This changes everything you thought you knew about innovation and strategy.In their groundbreaking book, Human Machine, Accenture technology leaders Paul R. Daugherty and H. James Wilson showed how leading organizations use the power...
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The Greatest Polar Expedition of All Time: The Arctic Mission to the Epicenter of Climate Change

Markus Rex - ?Greystone Books
Format: Hardcover
"Show-stopping ... This is required reading for anyone interested in seeing science in action." - Publisher's Weekly STARRED Review * "An illuminating portrait of a part of the planet that almost no one ever sees." - James Raffan, author of Ice Walker"With...
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