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The Genome Odyssey: Medical Mysteries and the Incredible Quest to Solve Them
Euan Angus Ashley
Format: Hardcover
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Since the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, the price of genome sequencing has dropped at a staggering rate. It's as if the price of a Ferrari went from $350,000 to a mere forty cents. Through breakthroughs made by Dr. Ashley's team at Stanford and other dedicated groups... |
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The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything
Adam Rutherford - W. W. Norton & Company; Abridged edition
Format: Hardcover
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The complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it (minus the boring parts) .Despite our clever linguistic abilities, humans are spectacularly ill-equipped to comprehend what's happening in the universe. Our senses and intuition routinely mislead us. The Complete Guide... |
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Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins
Lee Berger - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover
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A true-life scientific adventure story, this thrilling book takes the reader deep into South African caves to discover fossil remains that compel a monumental reframing of the human family tree.. In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small... |
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In the Eye of the Wild
Nastassja Martin - New York Review Books
Format: Paperback
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In the Eye of the Wild begins with a terrifying account of the anthropologist Nastassja Martin's nearly fatal run-in with a Kamchatka bear while conducting research in Siberia. As an anthropologist, Martin has made a name for the fullness of her engagement with the peoples she studies.... |
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Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future of Humanity
Chris Impey - The MIT Press
Format: Hardcover
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The science of finding habitable planets beyond our solar system and the prospects for establishing human civilization away from our ever-less-habitable planetary home.. Planet Earth, it turns out, may not be the best of all possible worlds - and lately humanity has been carelessly depleting... |
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The Seven Measures of the World
Piero Martin - Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world "Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as they are." - Kirkus Reviews From the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven... |
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Against Civility: The Hidden Racism in Our Obsession with Civility
Alex Zamalin - Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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The idea and practice of civility has always been wielded to silence dissent, repress political participation, and justify violence upon people of color. Although many progressives today are told that we need to be more polite and thoughtful, less rancorous and angry, when we talk about... |
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Sloths (Amazing Animals)
Valerie Bodden - Creative Education
Format: January 1
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Meet the sloth! Learn about how this slow mammal grows algae on its fur. Elementary-aged readers will discover that some sloths sleep the day away. Full color images and clear explanations highlight the habitat, diet, and lifestyle of these cute creatures. A Brazilian folktale explains... |
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