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On The Origin of Evolution: Tracing 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea' from Aristotle to DNA
John Gribbin - Prometheus
Format: Hardcover
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The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. The idea of evolution had been around, in various guises, since the time of Ancient Greece. And nor did theorizing about evolution stop with what Daniel Dennett called... |
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Endurance: My Year in Space and Our Journey to Mars
Scott Kelly - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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A stunning memoir from the astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station--a candid account of his remarkable voyage, of the journeys off the planet that preceded it, and of his colorful formative years.The veteran of four space flights and the American... |
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Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery - ?Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover
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National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and New York Times bestseller Sy Montgomery turns her journalistic curiosity to the wonder and wisdom of our long-lived cohabitants - turtles - and through their stories of hope and rescue, reveals to us astonishing new perspectives... |
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The War on Science: Who's Waging It, Why It Matters, What We Can Do About It
Shawn Lawrence Otto - Milkweed Editions
Format: Print book
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"Wherever the people are well informed," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "they can be trusted with their own government." But what happens when they are not? In every issue of modern society--from climate change to vaccinations, transportation to technology, health care to defense--we... |
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Veterinary Science: A Very Short Introduction
James Yeates - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
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Every year billions of animals, from housecats to racehorses to pythons, are treated by veterinarians. The use of veterinary science to treat the health of animals has a long history; for the past five centuries it has developed as our understanding of animals' fundamental biology,... |
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Human Anatomy: A Very Short Introduction
Leslie Klenerman - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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A vast subject that includes a strange vocabulary and an apparent mass of facts, human anatomy can at first appear confusing and off-putting. But the basic construction of the human body - the skeleton, the organs of the chest and abdomen, the nervous system, the head and neck with its sensory... |
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Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty
Mandy Matney - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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The highly anticipated inside look at the collapse of the Murdaugh dynasty by the celebrated investigative journalist and creator of the #1 hit Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy Matney.Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major media outlet in America, local South... |
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