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Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public

Steven Druker - Clear River Press; 1 edition
Format: Book

This book uncovers the biggest scientific fraud of our age. It tells the fascinating and frequently astounding story of how the massive enterprise to restructure the genetic core of the world's food supply came into being, how it advanced by consistently violating the protocols of science,...
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Genesis: The Story of How Everything Began

Guido Tonelli
Format: Hardcover

Curiosity and wonderment about the origins of the universe are at the heart of our experience of the world. From Hesiod's Chaos as found in his poem about the origins of the Greek gods, Theogony, to today's mind-bending theories of the multiverse, we have been consumed by the relentless...
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The Mission: A True Story

David W Brown
Format: Hardcover

A masterful, genre-defying narrative of the most ambitious science project ever conceived: NASA's deep-space mission to Europa - the Jovian moon where might swim the first known alien life in our solar system - powered by a motley team of obsessives and eccentrics.When scientists discovered...
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Cracking the AP Biology Exam 2018, Premium Edition

PRINCETON REVIEW. - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback

PREMIUM PRACTICE FOR A PERFECT 5! Equip yourself to ace the AP Biology Exam with this Premium version of The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide. In addition to all the great material in our classic Cracking the AP Biology Exam guide - thorough content reviews, targeted test...
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The End of Everything:

Katie Mack - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From one of the most dynamic rising stars in astrophysics, an accessible and eye-opening look - in the bestselling tradition of Sean Carroll and Carlo Rovelli - at the five different ways the universe could end, and the mind-blowing lessons each scenario reveals about the most important...
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Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light

Bob Berman - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

How much do you know about the radiation all around you?Your electronic devices swarm with it; the sun bathes you in it. It's zooming at you from cell towers, microwave ovens, CT scans, mammogram machines, nuclear power plants, deep space, even the walls of your basement. You cannot see,...
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Helgoland: Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution

Carlo Rovelli - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

One of the world's most renowned theoretical physicists, Carlo Rovelli has entranced millions of readers with his singular perspective on the cosmos. In Helgoland, he examines the enduring enigma of quantum theory. The quantum world Rovelli describes is as beautiful as it is unnerving.Helgoland...
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The Sweet Spot: How to Find Your Groove at Home and Work

Christine Carter Phd - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

Learn how to achieve more by doing less! Live in that zone you've glimpsed but can't seem to hold on to - the sweet spot where you have the greatest strength, but also the greatest ease. Not long ago, Christine Carter, a happiness expert at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science...
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Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible

Jerry A. Coyne - Viking
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author explains why any attempt to make religion compatible with science is doomed to fail In his provocative new book, evolutionary biologist Jerry A. Coyne lays out in clear, dispassionate detail why the toolkit of science, based on reason and empirical...
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MCAT Organic Chemistry Review: Online Book

Kaplan Test Prep - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback

Kaplan has been the world leader in the MCAT prep industry for 40 years. Our decades of test expertise and experience are available with MCAT Organic Chemistry Review. This book features thorough subject review, more questions than any competitor, star ratings to focus your study on the most...
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