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Following the Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting
Thomas D Seeley - Princeton University Press
Format: Print book
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Following the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today. Thomas Seeley, a world authority on honey bees, vividly describes the history and science behind... |
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Starborn: How the Stars Made Us (and Who We Would Be Without Them)
Roberto Trotta - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping inquiry into how the night sky has shaped human history . For as long as humans have lived, we have lived beneath the stars. But under the glow of today's artificial lighting, we have lost the intimacy our ancestors once shared with the cosmos. . In Starborn, cosmologist... |
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
STEVEN PINKER - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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The follow-up to Pinker's groundbreaking The Better Angels of Our Nature presents the big picture of human progress: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason... |
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Calculus For Dummies
Mark Ryan - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book
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Calculus For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293491) was previously published as Calculus For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118791295) . 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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Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Kathryn Harkup - Bloomsbury SIGMA
Format: Hardcover
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The year 1818 saw the publication of one of the most influential science-fiction stories of all time. Frankenstein: Or, Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley had a huge impact on gothic horror and science fiction genres. The name Frankenstein has become part of our everyday language, often... |
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Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
DAVID CHRISTIAN - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A captivating history of the universe -- from before the dawn of time through the far reaches of the distant future.Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from... |
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Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
Emily Ladau - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback
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People with disabilities are the world's largest minority, an estimated 15 percent of the global population. But many of us - disabled and nondisabled alike - don't know how to act, what to say, or how to be an ally to the disability community. Demystifying Disability is a friendly... |
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Surviving: How Animals Adapt to Their Environments
Alessandro Minelli - Firefly Books
Format: Hardcover
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A kaleidoscope of magnificent photographs details the astonishing diversity of evolutionary adaptation among animales and plants. Several million species inhabit the earth, survivors of more than three billion years of evolution. The plants and animals that have avoided extinction have... |
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