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  • How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi

    Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite

    by Dr. Chris Balakrishnan, Matt Wasowski ...
    In the vein of acclaimed popular-science bestsellers such as Atlas Obscura, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry, The Way Things Work, What If?, and Undeniable, the co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring readers a collection of wacky, yet fascinating STEM topics.**For 20 years, Nerd Nite has delivered to live audiences around the world, the most interesting, fun, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi

    Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite

    by Dr. Chris Balakrishnan, Matt Wasowski ...
    Narrated by Dr. Chris Balakrishnan, Matt Wasowski, Isabel Pask, Maggie Thompson, Shahjehan Khan, Torian Brackett ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 28 min

    **This program features multicast narration.In the vein of acclaimed popular-science bestsellers such as Atlas Obscura, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry, The Way Things Work, What If?, and Undeniable*,* the co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring listeners a collection of wacky, yet fascinating STEM topics.**For 20 years, Nerd Nite has delivered to live audiences ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Ever wonder why onions make you cry? Or why lizards do pushups? Or why leaves change color in the fall?Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Acclaimed science writer and broadcaster Jay Ingram wonders the same things. After a long career of asking important questions (Does time speed up as we age? How much Neanderthal is in me? Why do some animals throw their feces?), he’s here to put our scientific ... Read more

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  • Weird-o-pedia

    The Ultimate Book of Surprising Strange and Incredibly Bizarre Facts About (Supposedly) Ordinary Things

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    Check out the weird and wonderful facts in this massive encyclopedia of alphabetized oddities:HUMANS ARE THE ONLY ANIMALS THAT ENJOY SPICY FOOD (there’s a reason no one sells Tabasco-flavored cat food).NAPPING CAN SAVE YOU FROM A HEART ATTACK (assuming you are not operating heavy machinery at the time).PSYCHOLOGISTS CAN ASSESS YOUR PERSONALITY FROM HOW YOU DIP FRIES IN KETCHUP (nice fries, ... Read more

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    The hilarious New York Times bestselling phenomenon and the perfect funny gift!The Darwin Awards are more than just a brand. They're a pop culture phenomenon. With six books and a website that draws in more than a million unique visitors every month, the Darwin Awards rivals The Onion and The Simpsons as one of the biggest humor franchises in the world.Fully illustrated and featuring all-new tales ... Read more

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    **The instant New York Times bestseller!A Wall Street Journal Best Science Book of the Year!A Popular Science Best Science Book of the Year!From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technologies -- from how to fling a ship into deep space on the cheap to 3D organ printing**What will ... Read more

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    The Science of What We'll Eat, Where We'll Live, and Who We'll Be

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    A fascinating look at the cutting-edge science and technologies that are on the cusp of changing everything from where we’ll live, how we’ll look, and who we’ll be, by the popular science broadcaster and bestselling author Jay Ingram.Where will we live? How will we get around? What will we look like? These are just some of the questions bestselling author and popular science broadcaster Jay Ingram ... Read more

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  • Discover's 20 Things You Didn't Know About Everything

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    by Discover Magazine, Dean Christopher ...
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  • The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2020

    by Michio Kaku, Jaime Green ...
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  • The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011

    Edited by Mary Roach, Tim Folger ...
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    The bestselling author of Stiff and Packing for Mars presents fascinating essays about our world by Jonathan Lethem, Jaron Lanier, Malcom Gladwell and others."America's funniest science writer." — Washington PostGood science writing, as Mary Roach explains in her introduction, is a cure for ignorance and fallacy. But great sci... ... Read more

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