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The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease

Meredith Wadman - Viking
Format: Print book

The epic and controversial story of the development of the first widely used normal human cell-line and, through it, some of the world s most important vaccines In June 1962, a young biologist at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia, Leonard Hayflick, using tissue extracted from an aborted...
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Statistics Essentials For Dummies

Deborah J. Rumsey - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Statistics Essentials For Dummies (9781119590309) was previously published as Statistics Essentials For Dummies (9780470618394) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product....
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Cosmos Possible Worlds

Ann Druyan - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

This all-new and long-awaited sequel to Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan's international bestseller Cosmos takes readers to worlds only now emerging with the advent of new technologies.Druyan takes readers on an extraordinary journey through the vast and unexplored realms of Earth and space,...
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When Truth Is All You Have: A Memoir of Faith, Justice, and Freedom for the Wrongly Convicted

Jim McCloskey - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

"Jim McCloskey and Centurion are pioneers in the struggle to expose the tragedy of innocent people wrongly convicted and sent to prison in America...No one has illuminated this problem more thoughtfully and persistently." --Bryan Stevenson, author of Just MercyBy the founder of the first...
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Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11

James Donovan - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

"This is the best book on Apollo that I have read. Extensively researched and meticulously accurate, it successfully traces not only the technical highlights of the program but also the contributions of the extraordinary people who made it possible." --Mike Collins, Command module...
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Gray's Anatomy

Henry Gray - Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Format: Print book

Written in the 1850s by a young doctor, Henry Gray, Gray's Anatomy was the most comprehensive and accessible anatomy of its time. This beautifully produced slipcased volume contains the historic text of the second edition and all of Henry Vandyke Carter's masterly drawings. It is essential...
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Organic Chemistry I For Dummies

Arthur Winter - For Dummies; 2 edition
Format: Print book

The easy way to take the confusion out of organic chemistry Organic chemistry has a long-standing reputation as a difficult course. Organic Chemistry I For Dummies takes a simple approach to the topic, allowing you to grasp concepts at your own pace. This fun, easy-to-understand guide...
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The Physics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

DK - DK PUB

Explore the laws and theories of physics in this accessible introduction to the forces that shape our universe, our planet, and our everyday lives. Using a bold, graphics-led approach, The Physics Book sets out more than 80 of the key concepts and discoveries that have defined the subject...
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The Loneliest Polar Bear: A True Story of Survival and Peril on the Edge of a Warming World

Kale Williams - Crown
Format: Hardcover

The heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful story of an abandoned polar bear cub named Nora and the humans working tirelessly to save her and her species, whose uncertain future in the accelerating climate crisis is closely tied to our ownSix days after giving birth, a polar bear named Aurora...
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