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From One Cell: A Journey into Life's Origins and the Future of Medicine
Ben Stanger - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Inside the quest to unlock the mysteries of development -- and find the key to transforming our future.Each of us began life as a single cell. From this humble origin, we embarked on a risky journey fraught with opportunities for disaster. Yet, amazingly, we reached our destination intact,... |
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Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty
Ian Stewart - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictableWe would like to believe we can know things for certain. We want to be able to figure out who will win an election, if the stock market will crash, or if a suspect definitely committed a crime. But the odds... |
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
David Wallace-Wells - Tim Duggan Books
Format: Hardcover
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It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible. In California, wildfires now rage year-round, destroying thousands of homes. Across the US, "500-year"... |
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Neuroscience For Dummies
Frank Amthor - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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A fascinating look at what's rattling around in your skullNeuroscience For Dummies introduces you to the mind-boggling study of the human brain. It tracks to the content of a typical introductory neuroscience class at the college level -- and it's perfect for anyone curious about... |
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Principles of Computer-Aided Design (Principles Of Science)
"Salem Press
Format: Hardcover
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers to enhance the design process for a wide variety of products and applications. It is used in the automotive, shipbuilding, and aerospace industries as well as in industrial and architectural design. CAD is also used... |
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Gehlen: Spy of the Century
E. H Cookridge - Random House; [1st American ed.] edition
Format: Hardcover
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Account of the most controversial spy within the Nazi system. Includes much on his massive post-War failures in Eastern Europe. Reinhard Gehlen First served as Hitler's chief intelligence officer against the Soviet Union. His Second boss, in the same capacity, was the CIA. A true account... |
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A Sleuth of Bears
Seth Lynch - Gareth Stevens Pub
Format: Library Binding
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While a sleuth of bears is usually only a mother and her cubs, these groups are very important to how bear cubs are raised. Although they're usually solitary creatures, bears still need their sleuth. A mother bear will feed and raise her cubs, careful to keep them safe from any danger,... |
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Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time
Ben Ehrenreich - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Robert Macfarlane or Elizabeth Rush, National Magazine Award winner and The Nation columnist Ben Ehrenreich layers climate science, mythologies, nature writing, and personal experiences into a stunning reckoning of our current moment and our all-too-human urge to grapple with... |
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