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Traced: Human Dna's Big Surprise - Hardcover

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by Nathaniel T. Jeanson (Author) Number of Pages: 251 Dimensions: 1.4 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN Publication Date: March 10, 2022

Butterflies of the Northeast: Identify Butterflies with Ease

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Report copyright infringementby Jaret C. Daniels (Author)Your Quick Guide to Identifying Butterflies in the Northeast At the park, in the garden, or on a walk, keep this tabbed booklet close at hand. Based on Jaret C. Daniels' best-selling butterfly field guides, Butterflies of the Northeast features only species seen in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is organized by color for quick and ea...

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by DK (Author)Planisphere and Starfinder is your personal guide to exploring the night sky. It takes the mystery out of astronomy and introduces basic stargazing techniques, helping you to find and recognize objects easily.Starting close to home in the Solar System, it shows you how to observe the Moon, planets, comets, and asteroids, as well as how to make the most of events like eclipses and meteor showers. Then, you'll head for the stars with a guide to the constellations. In this book, yo...

Dogology: The Weird and Wonderful Science of Dogs - Hardcover

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by Stefan Gates (Author)Dogology explores the bizarre and very funny world of canine science. Vital questions answered include: - Why do dogs fart (but cats don't)? - Do dogs feel guilt, love, happiness or jealousy? - What does it mean when a dog wags its tail more to the right or the left? - Why do dogs poo with their bodies aligned north-to-south? - Do dogs dream? If so, what about? - How do dogs smell epilepsy, cancer and human sadness? - How many hairs are there on your dog? - What does y...

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family - Paperback

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by Robert Kolker (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - ONE OF GQ's TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY - The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. "Reads like a medical detective journey and sheds light on a topic so many of us face: mental illness." --Oprah Winfrey Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be ...

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Report copyright infringementby William J. Fritz (Author), Robert C. Thomas (Author)With more than 10,000 geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mud pots, as well as cubic mile upon cubic mile of once-incendiary rhyolite, the landscape of Yellowstone Country vividly displays its fiery past and present. The region within Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho contains 1/5 of the world's geysers, including the most famous of them all, and is the setting of some of Earth's most destructive volcanic eruptions...

The Complete Human Body: The Definitive Visual Guide

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Report copyright infringementby Alice Roberts (Author)The definitive guide to the development, form, function, and disorders of the human body. The most detailed popular reference book on human anatomy available, this beautiful exploration of the human body is now in its third edition, revised with the latest medical knowledge. Although used by students and healthcare professionals, it is accessible enough for anyone to dip into and enjoy.Â Guided by Professor Alice Roberts, renowned academic...

The Origin of Species and the Voyage of the 'Beagle': Introduction by Richard Dawkins

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Darwin (Author), Richard Dawkins (Introduction by)Easily the most influential book published in the nineteenth century, Darwin's The Origin of Species is also that most unusual phenomenon, an altogether readable discussion of a scientific subject. On its appearance in 1859 it was immediately recognized by enthusiasts and detractors alike as a work of the greatest importance: its revolutionary theory of evolution by means of natural selection provoked a ...

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography

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Report copyright infringementby Simon Singh (Author)In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce s...

Feynman's Tips on Physics: Reflections, Advice, Insights, Practice

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Report copyright infringementby Richard P. Feynman (Author), Michael A. Gottlieb (Author), Ralph Leighton (Foreword by)Feynman's Tips on Physics is a delightful collection of Richard P. Feynman's insights and an essential companion to his legendary Feynman Lectures on Physics With characteristic flair, insight, and humor, Feynman discusses topics physics students often struggle with and offers valuable tips on addressing them. Included here are three lectures on problem-solving and a lecture...

A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen Hawking (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Published more than two decades ago to great critical acclaim and commercial success, A Brief History of Time has become a landmark volume in science writing. Stephen Hawking, one of the great minds of our time, explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin--and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending--or are there boundaries? Are there other di...

American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

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Report copyright infringementby Douglas Brinkley (Author)Now in paperback, an award-winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon."We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that ...

Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature - Paperback

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by Janine M. Benyus (Author)Repackaged with a new afterword, this "valuable and entertaining" (New York Times Book Review) book explores how scientists are adapting nature's best ideas to solve tough 21st century problems. Biomimicry is rapidly transforming life on earth. Biomimics study nature's most successful ideas over the past 3.5 million years, and adapt them for human use. The results are revolutionizing how materials are invented and how we compute, heal ourselves, repair the environm...

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Report copyright infringementby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (Author), Charles Lock Eastlake (Translator)By closely following Goethe's explanations of the color phenomena, the reader may become so divorced from the wavelength theory--Goethe never even mentions it--that he may begin to think about color theory relatively unhampered by prejudice, ancient or modern.By the time Goethe's Theory of Colours appeared in 1810, the wavelength theory of light and color had been firmly established. To Goet...

Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

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Report copyright infringementby Brian Christian (Author), Tom Griffiths (Author) An exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of the new and familiar is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not. Computers, like us, confr...

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by DK (Author), Smithsonian Institution (Contribution by)The clearest and sharpest recognition guide to over 500 invertebrate, vertebrate, and plant fossils from around the world. This comprehensive pocket guide is the perfect introduction to finding, identifying, and collecting fossils. It features more than 500 species of plant and animal fossils, from trilobites and megafauna to dinosaurs and ancient trees. This handbook cuts through the complicated identification process with expertly wr...

Decoding the World: A Roadmap for Our Times - Paperback

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by Po Bronson (Author), Arvind Gupta (Author)Find out where our world is headed with this dazzling first-hand account of inventing the future from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Should I Do With My Life? and the founder of science accelerator IndieBio.Decoding the World is a buddy adventure about the quest to live meaningfully in a world with such uncertainty. It starts with Po Bronson coming to IndieBio. Arvind Gupta created IndieBio as a laboratory for early biotech startu...

Habitats: Discover Earth's Precious Wild Places - Hardcover

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by DK (Author), Chris Packham (Foreword by)Celebrates and explains the astonishing range of habitats on Earth and the intricate balance of their animal and plant communities This book is a beautiful visual reference to the world's natural habitats and the plants and animals that live there. It explores global habitat types, including desert, Arctic tundra, and tropical forest - and distinctive regional habitats, such as the windswept puna grasslands of the Andes or the dripping, fern-clad rai...

Fluid Mechanics: A Very Short Introduction

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Lauga (Author)bVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b Fluid mechanics is an important branch of physics concerned with the way in which fluids, such as liquids and gases, behave when in motion and at rest. A quintessential interdisciplinary field of science, it interacts with many other scientific disciplines, from chemistry and biology to mathematics and engineering. This Very Short Introduction presents the field of fluid mechanics by ...

Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction: Build a Secret Agent Arsenal: Volume 2

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Report copyright infringementby John Austin (Author)If you're a budding spy, what better way to conceal your clandestine activities than to miniaturize your secret agent arsenal? MiniWeapons of Mass Destruction 2 provides fully illustrated step-by-step instructions for building 30 different spy weapons and surveillance tools, including: * Paper Dart Watch * Pen Blowgun* Rubber Band Derringer * Mint Tin Catapult* Pushpin Dart * Cotton Swab .38 Special* Toothpaste Periscope * Paper Throwing Sta...

Smithsonian Handbook of Interesting Insects

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Report copyright infringementby Gavin Broad (Author), Blanca Huertas (Author), Ashley Kirk-Spriggs (Author)A stunning entomology field guide featuring 126 exquisite full-color photographs and concise, informative descriptions for bug identification, suitable for insect lovers of all ages. This colorful insect field guide presents striking photographic profiles of insects, each one specially selected from the 34 million specimens found in one of the oldest and most important entomology collect...

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Report copyright infringementby Stephen Hawking (Author)Stephen Hawking's phenomenal, multimillion-copy bestseller, A Brief History of Time, introduced the ideas of this brilliant theoretical physicist to readers all over the world. Now, in a major publishing event, Hawking returns with a lavishly illustrated sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the years since the release of his acclaimed first book. The Universe in a Nutshell - Quantum mechanic...

Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, Second Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Lawrence M. Page (Author), Brooks M. Burr (Author)There are nearly 1,000 species of freshwater fishes in North America alone, and identifying them can sometimes be a daunting task. In fact, in just the twenty years since publication of the first edition of the Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes, the number of species has risen by almost 150, including 19 marine invaders and 16 newly established nonnative species. This second edition incorporates all of t...

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

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Report copyright infringementby Brian Greene (Author)Now with a new preface (not in any other edition) that will review the enormous public reception of the relatively obscure string theory--made possible by this book and an increased number of adherents amongst physicists--The Elegant Universe "sets a standard that will be hard to beat" (New York Times Book Review). Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away the layers of mystery surrounding string theory to reveal...

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by Elizabeth Lawson (Author)A fascinating guide to the natural and cultural significance of mosses and lichens. Moss and Lichen is a celebration of the extraordinary biology, beauty, and resilience of two unassuming organisms. Endowed with unique abilities to thrive in extreme habitats, mosses and lichens defy easy categorization. Mosses, which are integral to the plant kingdom, and lichens, which are a kingdom unto themselves, colonize a variety of landscapes from rainforests to deserts to ...

Kew - The Magic of Mushrooms: Fungi in Folklore, Superstition and Traditional Medicine - Hardcover

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by Sandra Lawrence (Author)Explore the wonderful world of some of the most incredible natural forms on our planet - fungi. At the centre of countless superstitions, folkloric tales and magical beliefs, as well as appearing in recipes and medicines both traditional and modern, mushrooms have incredible powers. Featuring images of over 100 fascinating species, sourced from the archives at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Magic of Mushrooms shows that from saving lives to expanding the mind,...

Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2: The Pillars of Civilization - Paperback

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by Yuval Noah Harari (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLERThis second volume of Sapiens: A Graphic History, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's #1 New York Times bestseller, focuses on the Agricultural Revolution--when humans fell into a trap we've yet to escape: working harder and harder with diminishing returns.What if humanity's major woes--war, plague, famine and inequality--originated 12,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens converted from nomads to settlers, in pursuit of the fant...

5,000 Awesome Facts (about Animals!) - Hardcover

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by National Geographic (Author)Did you know that a grizzly bear's bite is strong enough to crush a bowling ball? Or that a breed of dog yodels instead of barking? How about that wombat poop is cube-shaped? Bursting with fascinating, fun-tastic facts, this treasure trove of all things animals leaves no habitat unexplored or unusual animal ability unmentioned! Ever wonder how smart a chicken is? Why a tiny island is home to thousands of venomous snakes? What sound a rhino makes when it's happy...

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas D. Seeley (Author)How honeybees make collective decisions--and what we can learn from this amazing democratic process Honeybees make decisions collectively--and democratically. Every year, faced with the life-or-death problem of choosing and traveling to a new home, honeybees stake everything on a process that includes collective fact-finding, vigorous debate, and consensus building. In fact, as world-renowned animal behaviorist Thomas Seeley reveals, th...

The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth - Paperback

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by Stephen Harrod Buhner (Author)This could be the most important book you will read this year. Around the office at Chelsea Green it is referred to as the "pharmaceutical Silent Spring." Well-known author, teacher, lecturer, and herbalist Stephen Harrod Buhner has produced a book that is certain to generate controversy. It consists of three parts: A critique of technological medicine, and especially the dangers to the environment posed by pharmaceuticals and other synthetic substances that...

Sapiens. de Animales a Dioses / Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Paperback

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by Yuval Noah Harari (Author)El libro de no ficción del AÑOUn best seller internacional con más de un millón de ejemplares vendidos.Lúcido e iluminador: la historia de la humanidad en un solo volumen.Este es el fascinante relato de nuestra extraordinaria historia: de simios sin importancia a amos del mundo. Cómo logró nuestra especie imponerse en la lucha por la existencia? Por qué nuestros ancestros recolectores se unieron para crear ciudades y reinos? Cómo llegamos a creer en dioses, en n...

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

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Report copyright infringementby Carl Sagan (Author), Ann Druyan (Author)"Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagan's books."--The Washington Post Book World (front page review) In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time. Future generation...