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The Song of the Cell

An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times</... ... Read more

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Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times</...
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Origin Story

The Trials of Charles Darwin

by Howard Markel ...

**An Economist Best Book of the Year“Wildly entertaining and thoughtful.” —Kate Tuttle, Boston GlobeA lively account of how Darwin’s work on natural selection transformed science and society, and an investigation into the mysterious illness that plagued its author.**By early morning of June 30, 1860, a large crowd began to congregate in front of Oxford University’s brand-new Museum of Natural ... Read more

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**An Economist Best Book of the Year“Wildly entertaining and thoughtful.” —Kate Tuttle, Boston GlobeA lively account of how Darwin’s work on natural selection transformed science and society, and an investigation into the mysterious illness that plagued its author.**By early morning of June 30, 1860, a large crowd began to congregate in front of Oxford University’s brand-new Museum of Natural
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The AGI Chronicles

The Inside Story of the Race to Create an Artificial Superintelligence

by Kevin Roose ...

"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon MuskThis is the story of the twenty-first century’s Manhattan Project: the race to create artificial general intelligence.For the last decade, a handful of AI companies have been racing to build the most powerful ... Read more

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"Exciting and brilliantly reported . . . Roose makes the technology understandable while also conveying the historic nature of a new world being born." —Walter Isaacson, author of Elon MuskThis is the story of the twenty-first century’s Manhattan Project: the race to create artificial general intelligence.For the last decade, a handful of AI companies have been racing to build the most powerful
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Humankind

A Hopeful History

by Rutger Bregman ...

Translated by Erica Moore, Elizabeth Manton ...

This instant New York Times bestseller proves humanity thrives in a crisis and that our innate kindness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in our long-term success as a species.If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It's a notion that drives ... Read more

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This instant New York Times bestseller proves humanity thrives in a crisis and that our innate kindness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in our long-term success as a species.If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It's a notion that drives
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The Demon-Haunted World

Science as a Candle in the Dark

by Carl Sagan ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the renowned astronomer and author of Cosmos comes a “powerful [and] stirring defense of informed rationality” (The Washington Post Book World) in a world where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace.LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER • “Glorious . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the renowned astronomer and author of Cosmos comes a “powerful [and] stirring defense of informed rationality” (The Washington Post Book World) in a world where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace.LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER • “Glorious . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to
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Every Tool's a Hammer

Life Is What You Make It

by Adam Savage ...

**In this New York Times bestselling “imperative how-to for creativity” (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage—**star of Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters—shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality.Every Tool*’*s a Hammer is a chronicle of my life as a maker. It’s an exploration of making, but it’s also a permission slip of ... Read more

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**In this New York Times bestselling “imperative how-to for creativity” (Nick Offerman), Adam Savage—**star of Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters—shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully making your idea a reality.Every Tool*’*s a Hammer is a chronicle of my life as a maker. It’s an exploration of making, but it’s also a permission slip of
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers

How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets

by Graham Farmelo ...

**An award-winning science writer shows how math helps us solve the universe’s mysteries.“If you like reading about math without having to do math, this is a stellar book.” —Forbes**One of the great insights of science is that the universe has an underlying order. The supreme goal of physicists is to understand this order through laws that describe the behavior of the most basic particles and the ... Read more

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**An award-winning science writer shows how math helps us solve the universe’s mysteries.“If you like reading about math without having to do math, this is a stellar book.” —Forbes**One of the great insights of science is that the universe has an underlying order. The supreme goal of physicists is to understand this order through laws that describe the behavior of the most basic particles and the
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An All-Consuming History of Energy

by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz ...

The radical, paradigm-shifting international bestseller that destroys our delusions about energy consumption and will change the way we talk about climate change.We have long been taught that humanity’s relationship with energy is one of progress, with wood superseded by coal, coal by oil, oil by nuclear—until at some future point everything will be replaced by “green” energy. But the long-held ... Read more

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The radical, paradigm-shifting international bestseller that destroys our delusions about energy consumption and will change the way we talk about climate change.We have long been taught that humanity’s relationship with energy is one of progress, with wood superseded by coal, coal by oil, oil by nuclear—until at some future point everything will be replaced by “green” energy. But the long-held
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The Fabric of the Cosmos

Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

by Brian Greene ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes “an astonishing ride” through the universe (The New York Times) that makes us look at reality in a completely different way.Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From one of the world’s leading physicists and author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Elegant Universe, comes “an astonishing ride” through the universe (The New York Times) that makes us look at reality in a completely different way.Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time
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The Crash Detectives

Investigating the World's Most Mysterious Air Disasters

by Christine Negroni ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Negroni is a talented aviation journalist who clearly understands the critically important part the human factor plays in aviation safety.”** —Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, pilot of US Airways 1549, the Miracle on the HudsonA fascinating exploration of how humans and machines fail—leading to air disasters from Amelia Earhart to MH370—and how the lessons learned ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Negroni is a talented aviation journalist who clearly understands the critically important part the human factor plays in aviation safety.”** —Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, pilot of US Airways 1549, the Miracle on the HudsonA fascinating exploration of how humans and machines fail—leading to air disasters from Amelia Earhart to MH370—and how the lessons learned
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When the Ice Is Gone

What a Greenland Ice Core Reveals About Earth's Tumultuous History and Perilous Future

by Paul Bierman ...

**Paul Bierman’s realization that Greenland’s ice sheet melted when Earth was no warmer than today sounds an alarm for our planet."A remarkable scientific detective story." —Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Here Comes the SunA New Yorker Best Book of the Year**In 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world’s first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared ... Read more

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**Paul Bierman’s realization that Greenland’s ice sheet melted when Earth was no warmer than today sounds an alarm for our planet."A remarkable scientific detective story." —Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Here Comes the SunA New Yorker Best Book of the Year**In 2018, lumps of frozen soil, collected from the bottom of the world’s first deep ice core and lost for decades, reappeared
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The Idea of the Brain

The Past and Future of Neuroscience

by Matthew Cobb ...

An "elegant", "engrossing" (Carol Tavris, Wall Street Journal) examination of what we think we know about the brain and why -- despite technological advances -- the workings of our most essential organ remain a mystery."I cannot recommend this book strongly enough."--Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmFor thousands of years, thinkers and scientists have tried to understand what the brain does. Yet, ... Read more

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An "elegant", "engrossing" (Carol Tavris, Wall Street Journal) examination of what we think we know about the brain and why -- despite technological advances -- the workings of our most essential organ remain a mystery."I cannot recommend this book strongly enough."--Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmFor thousands of years, thinkers and scientists have tried to understand what the brain does. Yet,
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The Icepick Surgeon

Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science

by Sam Kean ...

**From a New York Times bestselling author comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets."A fascinating book [that] deserves a wide audience." —Publishers Weekly, starred review**Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn ... Read more

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**From a New York Times bestselling author comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets."A fascinating book [that] deserves a wide audience." —Publishers Weekly, starred review**Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn
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Infinitesimal

How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World

by Amir Alexander ...

Pulsing with drama and excitement, Infinitesimal celebrates the spirit of discovery, innovation, and intellectual achievement-and it will forever change the way you look at a simple line.On August 10, 1632, five men in flowing black robes convened in a somber Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a deceptively simple proposition: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and infinitely tiny parts ... Read more

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Pulsing with drama and excitement, Infinitesimal celebrates the spirit of discovery, innovation, and intellectual achievement-and it will forever change the way you look at a simple line.On August 10, 1632, five men in flowing black robes convened in a somber Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a deceptively simple proposition: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and infinitely tiny parts
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A Brief History of Earth

Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

by Andrew H. Knoll ...

Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP)“A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED reviewHow well do you know the ground beneath your feet?Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean, ... Read more

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Harvard’s acclaimed geologist “charts Earth’s history in accessible style” (AP)“A sublime chronicle of our planet." –Booklist, STARRED reviewHow well do you know the ground beneath your feet?Odds are, where you’re standing was once cooking under a roiling sea of lava, crushed by a towering sheet of ice, rocked by a nearby meteor strike, or perhaps choked by poison gases, drowned beneath ocean,
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Numbers Don't Lie

71 Stories to Help Us Understand the Modern World

by Vaclav Smil ...

**"Vaclav Smil is my favorite author… Numbers Don't Lie takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning."—Bill Gates, GatesNotesFrom the author of How the World Really Works, an essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world—exploring a wide range of topics ... Read more

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**"Vaclav Smil is my favorite author… Numbers Don't Lie takes everything that makes his writing great and boils it down into an easy-to-read format. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning."—Bill Gates, GatesNotesFrom the author of How the World Really Works, an essential guide to understanding how numbers reveal the true state of our world—exploring a wide range of topics
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The Eureka Machine

Why AI Is the Key to Unlocking a New Era of Scientific Discoveries

by Richard Socher ...

An AI expert reveals the transformative potential of artificial intelligence to usher in a new era of scientific discovery.**“Compelling . . . Quite useful in pondering the big questions about our shared frontier.” —**ForbesA National BestsellerResearchers are publishing more papers than ever before, but human expertise has grown narrower and the rate of scientific progress is slowing.AI will ... Read more

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An AI expert reveals the transformative potential of artificial intelligence to usher in a new era of scientific discovery.**“Compelling . . . Quite useful in pondering the big questions about our shared frontier.” —**ForbesA National BestsellerResearchers are publishing more papers than ever before, but human expertise has grown narrower and the rate of scientific progress is slowing.AI will
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The Edge of Space-Time

Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie

by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos“With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status as one of the most accomplished and important science writers of our time” —Ed Yong, author of An Immense World**In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and ... Read more

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos“With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status as one of the most accomplished and important science writers of our time” —Ed Yong, author of An Immense World**In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and
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Survivors

The Animals and Plants that Time has Left Behind (Text Only)

by Richard Fortey ...

This ebook edition does not include illustrations.An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe, in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures which have survived from earlier times and whose stories speak to us of seminal events in the history of life.The history of life on Earth is far older – and far odder – than many of us realise. In ‘Survivors’, acclaimed ... Read more

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This ebook edition does not include illustrations.An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe, in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures which have survived from earlier times and whose stories speak to us of seminal events in the history of life.The history of life on Earth is far older – and far odder – than many of us realise. In ‘Survivors’, acclaimed
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Woman

An Intimate Geography

by Natalie Angier ...

National Book Award finalistA New York Times notable book“One knows early on one is reading a classic—a text so necessary and abundant and true that all efforts of its kind, for decades before and after it, will be measured by it.”—Thomas Lynch, Los Angeles TimesAfter fifteen years in print, Woman remains an essential guide to everything from organs to orgasms and hormones to hysterectomies. With ... Read more

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National Book Award finalistA New York Times notable book“One knows early on one is reading a classic—a text so necessary and abundant and true that all efforts of its kind, for decades before and after it, will be measured by it.”—Thomas Lynch, Los Angeles TimesAfter fifteen years in print, Woman remains an essential guide to everything from organs to orgasms and hormones to hysterectomies. With
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Flat Earth Philosophy

by Eric Dubay ...

Flat Earth Philosophy explores and exposes the gamut of pseudo-scientific sophistry and logical fallacies employed in defense of the modern heliocentric spinning globe Earth model. Using philosophical frameworks such as the Zetetic Method, Occam's Razor, and Formal Logic, it is shown that the stationary geocentric flat Earth model purported by ancient cultures and confirmed by our common sense and ... Read more

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Flat Earth Philosophy explores and exposes the gamut of pseudo-scientific sophistry and logical fallacies employed in defense of the modern heliocentric spinning globe Earth model. Using philosophical frameworks such as the Zetetic Method, Occam's Razor, and Formal Logic, it is shown that the stationary geocentric flat Earth model purported by ancient cultures and confirmed by our common sense and
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Staying with the Trouble

Making Kin in the Chthulucene

by Donna J. Haraway ...

Series series Experimental Futures
In the midst of spiraling ecological devastation, multispecies feminist theorist Donna J. Haraway offers provocative new ways to reconfigure our relations to the earth and all its inhabitants. She eschews referring to our current epoch as the Anthropocene, preferring to conceptualize it as what she calls the Chthulucene, as it more aptly and fully describes our epoch as one in which the human and ... Read more

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In the midst of spiraling ecological devastation, multispecies feminist theorist Donna J. Haraway offers provocative new ways to reconfigure our relations to the earth and all its inhabitants. She eschews referring to our current epoch as the Anthropocene, preferring to conceptualize it as what she calls the Chthulucene, as it more aptly and fully describes our epoch as one in which the human and
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Quantum Reality

Beyond the New Physics

by Nick Herbert ...

This clearly explained layman's introduction to quantum physics is an accessible excursion into metaphysics and the meaning of reality. Herbert exposes the quantum world and the scientific and philosophical controversy about its interpretation. ... Read more

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This clearly explained layman's introduction to quantum physics is an accessible excursion into metaphysics and the meaning of reality. Herbert exposes the quantum world and the scientific and philosophical controversy about its interpretation.
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The Princeton Guide to Ecology

Edited by Michel Loreau, Brian Walker, Simon A. Levin, Stephen R. Carpenter, H. Charles J. Godfray, Ann P. Kinzig, David S. Wilcove, Jonathan B. Losos ...

The Princeton Guide to Ecology is a concise, authoritative one-volume reference to the field's major subjects and key concepts. Edited by eminent ecologist Simon Levin, with contributions from an international team of leading ecologists, the book contains more than ninety clear, accurate, and up-to-date articles on the most important topics within seven major areas: autecology, population ecology, ... Read more

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The Princeton Guide to Ecology is a concise, authoritative one-volume reference to the field's major subjects and key concepts. Edited by eminent ecologist Simon Levin, with contributions from an international team of leading ecologists, the book contains more than ninety clear, accurate, and up-to-date articles on the most important topics within seven major areas: autecology, population ecology,
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