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Void: The Strange Physics of Nothing
James Owen Weatherall - Yale University Press
Format: Print book
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The rising star author of The Physics of Wall Street explores why "nothing" may hold the key to the next era of theoretical physics James Owen Weatherall's previous book, The Physics of Wall Street, was a New York Times best-seller and named one of Physics Today's five... |
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Slow Loris vs. Koala (Versus!)
KAITLYN DULING - Black Rabbit Books
Format: Paperback
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Climb into the ring, and see if the big-eyed slow loris can stand up to the fuzzy koala. At first glance, it doesn't seem like much of a match-up. But each animal has some amazing features and adaptations. Readers will soon learn that there's a lot more to discuss than just size.... |
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Galileo: And the Science Deniers
Mario Livio - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A fresh interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really need this story now, because we're living through the next chapter... |
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Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration
Reuben Jonathan Miller - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of twenty million people who live with a felony record. Reuben Miller, a chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago and is now a sociologist studying mass incarceration, spent years alongside... |
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The Inheritance: A Family on the Front Lines of the Battle Against Alzheimer's Disease
Niki Kapsambelis - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An inspiring race against time: The courageous, hopeful story of the one family who may hold the key to finding a cure for Alzheimer's disease.Every sixty-nine seconds, someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Of the top ten killers, it is the only disease for which there is no cure... |
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Biology: An Illustrated History of Life Science
Tom Jackson - Shelter Harbor Press
Format: Hardcover
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Here is the essential guide to biology, an authoritative reference book and fold out timeline that examines how we have uncovered the secrets of lifethe most complex process in the Universe.From the workings of molecules to the way entire oceans or continents of lifeforms interact, biology... |
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Sheri Fink - Crown; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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One of the New York Times's Best Ten Books of the YearWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWinner of the 2014 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Ridenhour Book Prize, the 2014 American Medical... |
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