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    The Man Who Organized Nature
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    The Man Who Organized Nature

    A new biography of Carl Linnaeus, offering a vivid portrait of Linnaeus's life and work.Carl Linnaeus (17071778), known as the father of modern biological taxonomy, formalised and popularised the system of binomial nomenclature used to classify plants...
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    Millions, Billions, Zillions
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    Millions, Billions, Zillions

    An essential guide to recognizing bogus numbers and misleading dataNumbers are often intimidating, confusing, and even deliberately deceptive-especially when they are really big. The media loves to report on millions, billions, and trillions, but...
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    History of Modern Psychology
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    History of Modern Psychology

    Jung's lectures on the history of psychology-in English for the first timeBetween 1933 and 1941, C. G. Jung delivered a series of public lectures at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. Intended for a general audience, these...
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    The Einsteinian Revolution
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    The Einsteinian Revolution

    How the Einsteinian revolution can be understood as the result of a long-term evolution of science.The revolution that emerged from Albert Einstein's work in the early twentieth century transformed our understanding of space, time, motion, gravity,...
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    Strange Glow
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    Strange Glow

    More than ever before, radiation is a part of our modern daily lives. We own radiation-emitting phones, regularly get diagnostic x-rays, such as mammograms, and submit to full-body security scans at airports. We worry and debate about the proliferation...
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    Natural Magic
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    Natural Magic

    A captivating portrait of the poet and the scientist who shared an enchanted view of nature.Emily Dickinson and Charles Darwin were born at a time when the science of studying the natural world was known as natural philosophy, a pastime for poets,...
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    Leonardo's Foot

    A Selection of the Scientific American, History, and BOMC2 Book Clubs "An in-depth look at the anatomy and history of feet reveals their often overlooked importance in human evolution, medicine and art." -Science News "Stylish, informative, entertaining,...
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    Einstein in Oxford
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    Einstein in Oxford

    Albert Einstein visited Oxford in 1931, to receive an honorary degree and to lecture on relativity and the Universe. While lecturing, he naturally chalked equations and diagrams on several blackboards. One of these is today the most popular object in...
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    Do Plants Know Math?
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    Do Plants Know Math?

    A breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over them.Charles Darwin was driven to distraction by plant spirals, growing so exasperated that he once begged a friend to explain the mystery 'if you wish to...
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    The Handy Quantum Physics Answer Book
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    The Handy Quantum Physics Answer Book

    Quantum physics helps explain many mysteries of the universe. It underpins everything, but it need not be quantum difficult with this informative, accessible, easy-to-follow guide to the fundamentals and concepts of quantum physics and our quantum...
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    The Network of Life
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    The Network of Life

    Why evolution is like a network, not a family tree-and why it matters for understanding the health of all living thingsIn The Network of Life, David Mindell explains why the conventional narrative of evolution needs to evolve. Ever since Darwin,...
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    The Beauty of Falling
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    The Beauty of Falling

    A world-renowned physicist seeks gravity's true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her life.Claudia de Rham has been playing with gravity her entire life. As a diver, experimenting with her body's buoyancy in the Indian Ocean. As a pilot,...
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    Slouch
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    Slouch

    The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America - from eugenics and posture pageants to today's promoters of 'paleo posture.'In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that...
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    Birthing Romans
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    Birthing Romans

    How Romans coped with the anxieties and risks of childbirthAcross the vast expanse of the Roman Empire, anxieties about childbirth tied individuals to one another, to the highest levels of imperial politics, even to the movements of the stars. Birthing...
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    Origami Polyhedra for Beginners
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    Origami Polyhedra for Beginners

    Ingenious geometric models from Japan's leading designer of polyhedral origami!Origami Polyhedra for Beginners puts a new spin on the ancient art of paper folding, opening the door to a world filled with beautiful geometric shapes. In this book,...
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    Biological Motion
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    Biological Motion

    A captivating exploration of the changing definitions of life in biologyBiological Motion studies the foundational relationship between motion and life. To answer the question, "What is Life?," prize-winning historian of science Janina Wellmann engages...
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    Silicon Triangle
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    Silicon Triangle

    The United States, Taiwan, and China are bound within a "silicon triangle." Semiconductors link our geopolitics, our ongoing economic prosperity, and our technological competitiveness. This book draws on the deliberations of a multidisciplinary Hoover...
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    The Science of Superwomen
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    The Science of Superwomen

    Celebrate the rise of superwomen and discover the science behind the abilities of Wonder Woman, Scarlet Witch,Black Widow, Catwoman, and more!Superhero fiction has been with us for almost a century;high-octane tales crammed with concepts and contrasting...
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    The Wolf Is at the Door
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    The Wolf Is at the Door

    "Captivating and brilliantly written." -Amy Porterfield, New York Times Bestselling Author"Can't-put-it-down storytelling." -Mari Smith, Social Media Thought Leader"A must-have." -Dr. Ivan Misner, BNI Founder and New York Times...
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    The Game of Contradictions
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    The Game of Contradictions

    What is the nature of the 'laws' that Marx and Engels sought to formulate for the development of capitalism? How to understand and judge Engels's attempt to formulate a general philosophy and worldview? These are the questions highlighted in this...
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    Empirical Ecocriticism
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    Empirical Ecocriticism

    A groundbreaking book that combines the environmental humanities and social sciences to study the impact of environmental stories There is a growing consensus that environmental narratives can help catalyze the social change necessary to address today's...
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    Dinosaur Behavior
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    Dinosaur Behavior

    A stunningly illustrated guide to these extraordinary creatures from a world-renowned paleontologist. Paleobiology has advanced from a speculative subject to a cutting-edge science. Today, researchers are applying the latest forensic technologies to the...
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    Mind-Blowing Kusudama Origami
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    Mind-Blowing Kusudama Origami

    Discover the intricate world of modular Kusudama paper folding!Kusudama are elaborate geodesic spheres assembled from many small folded pieces of paper. They were originally used to hold incense in Japanese Buddhist temples. Modern Kusudama consist of...
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    Lemuria
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    Lemuria

    IsLemuria a real place or the fever dream ofcrackpots, mystics, conspiracy theorists, and Bigfoot hunters?Below the waters where the Pacific and Indian Oceans lies alost continent. One of hopes and dreams that housed a race of beings thatarrived from...
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    The Price of Collapse
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    The Price of Collapse

    How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history's mighty empiresIn 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty collapsed. Many historians attribute its demise to the Manchu invasion of China,...
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    Rivals
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    Rivals

    Why is the scientific community so unified?In the last 350-odd years, the international 'scientific community' has come to be the bastion of consensus and concerted action, especially in the face of two global crises: disastrous climate...
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    The Science of The Mandalorian
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    The Science of The Mandalorian

    Take a trip beyond this Earth to explore the myths of The Mandalorian and uncover the anatomy of the newest space western in the Star Wars Universe.Star Wars dominates the film world. The combined box office revenue of the Star Wars movies equates to...
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    The Science of Agatha Christie
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    The Science of Agatha Christie

    Uncover the theories behind Dame Agatha Christie's most thrilling mysteries: Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, The A.B.C. Murders, and so much more!Gothic media moguls Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence, authors of The Science of Stephen...
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    The Science of Golf
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    The Science of Golf

    InThe Science of Golf, seasoned sports broadcaster Will Haskett examines the science behind the beloved sport of golf. The author covers topics like the swing, the body, the mind, the equipment, the agronomy of the course, analytics, and much more...
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    Chasing Plants
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    Chasing Plants

    In his hair-raising adventures across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, Chris Thorogood treads a death-defying path over cliffs, up erupting volcanoes, through typhoons, and out into the very heart of the world's vast, green wilderness. Along...
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    Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy
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    Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy

    A hands-on introduction to machine learning and its applications to the physical sciences.As the size and complexity of data continue to grow exponentially across the physical sciences, machine learning is helping scientists to sift through and analyse...
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    Theology and the Scientific Imagination
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    Theology and the Scientific Imagination

    Theology and the Scientific Imagination is a pioneering work of intellectual history that transformed our understanding of the relationship between Christian theology and the development of science. Distinguished scholar Amos Funkenstein explores the...
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    My Name Is Univers
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    My Name Is Univers

    My Name is Universe is a book of interviews with internationally renowned personalities through which some of the layers of knowledge included in the Periodic Table are revealed, recreated by Eugenia Balcells in the mural Homage to the Elements. Who...
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    At the Edge of Mysteries
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    At the Edge of Mysteries

    THE JOURNEY OF THE PIONEERS OF IMMUNOLOGY FROM SMALLPOX TO COVID-19In December 2019 a new virus emerged, one that caused a global pandemic. Millions were infected. In the recesses of their fragile bodies a battle raged: between the immune system and the...
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    On Digital Advocacy
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    On Digital Advocacy

    Whether you hike, bike, camp, climb, hunt, ride, paddle, paint, garden-whatever way you get out and enjoy nature, you leave an impact on the outdoors every time you step out your front door. Every step your boots take down dusty trails, every bolt your...
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    Things to do with Plants
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    Things to do with Plants

    A guide to the ways in which plants enhance our daily lives, from the essential functions of making our planet habitable, through meeting basic needs, such as food and clothing, to inspiring our creativity. Explores the way in which plants are used and...
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    Taking On Big Pharma
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    Taking On Big Pharma

    The battle between Big Pharma and scientific integrityLarger-than-life, creative, and fiercely ambitious, Dr. Charlie Bennetthas a long history of revealing dangerous side effects of bestselling medicines. In 2006, his meta-analysis of existing data...
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    The First Fossil Hunters
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    The First Fossil Hunters

    The fascinating story of how the fossils of dinosaurs, mammoths, and other extinct animals influenced some of the most spectacular creatures of classical mythologyGriffins, Centaurs, Cyclopes, and Giants - these fabulous creatures of classical mythology...
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    Dragons' Teeth and Thunderstones
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    Dragons' Teeth and Thunderstones

    For at least half a million years, people have been doing some very strange things with fossils. Long before a few 17th-century minds started to decipher their true, organic nature, fossils had been eaten, dropped in goblets of wine, buried with the...
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    Making Sense in Common
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    Making Sense in Common

    A leading philosopher seeks to recover "common sense" as a meeting place to reconcile science and philosophyWith her previous books on Alfred North Whitehead, Isabelle Stengers not only secured a reputation as one of the premier philosophers of our times...
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    Mind-Blowing Paper Puzzles Kit
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    Mind-Blowing Paper Puzzles Kit

    Channel your inner M.C. Escher with these brain teaser puzzles! These easily assembled 3D models are each composed of several identical pieces that cleverly fit together to make a large geometric form.The cardstock pieces in this kit are all...
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    Mind-Blowing Modular Origami
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    Mind-Blowing Modular Origami

    Complex, stunning, and exceedingly popular, modular origami has taken the origami world by storm. Using basic geometry concepts and simple paper folding techniques, folders can turn multiple flat pieces of paper into a dynamic three...
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    The Twittering Machine
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    The Twittering Machine

    In surrealist artist Paul Klee's The Twittering Machine, the bird-song of a diabolical machine acts as bait to lure humankind into a pit of damnation. Leading political writer and broadcast Richard Seymour argues that this is a chilling metaphor...
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    The World Itself
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    The World Itself

    There is a wonderfully weird but real world out there, and we are a part of it. It is time for physics to take life seriously.Can we ever truly comprehend the universe before we fully understand consciousness and the wonders, and limits, of the mind? Ulf...
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    Notes on Complexity
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    Notes on Complexity

    2024 Nautilus Book Award Winner * The Marginalian Favorite Books of 2023An electrifying introduction to complexity theory, the science of how complex systems behave, that explains the interconnectedness of all things and that Deepak Chopra says, "will...
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    Robot, Take the Wheel
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    Robot, Take the Wheel

    From famed automotive journalist Jason Torchinsky comes a witty insider's guide to self-driving cars, the automated future, and the road ahead.Self-driving cars sound fantastical and futuristic and yet they'll soon be on every street in America. Whether...
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    Places of the Heart

    Library of Science Book Club selection Discover magazine "What to Read" selection "A really great book." -IRA FLATOW, Science Friday "One of the finest science writers I've ever read." -Los Angeles Times "Ellard has a knack for distilling obscure...
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    The Machines of Evolution and the Scope of Meaning
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    The Machines of Evolution and the Scope of Meaning

    A groundbreaking account of the origin and place of meaning in the earthly biosphereWhat is meaning? How does it arise? Where is it found in the world? In recent years, philosophers and scientists have answered these questions in different ways. Some see...
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