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Nature and Science December 2021 |
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| Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive by Philipp DettmerWhat it is: an accessible and lavishly illustrated journey through the human immune system.
About the author: Philipp Dettmer is the founder of the German animation studio Kurzgesagt, which creates popular educational science videos that can be seen on their YouTube channel, "In A Nutshell." |
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| Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate... by Thor HansonWhat it's about: While humans struggle to mount a response to climate change, plants and animals are busily adapting to a new reality, whether by migrating or modifying their behaviors.
The big idea: "Understanding biological responses to climate change can help us find our place within it."
About the author: Biologist Thor Hanson is the author of Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees and The Triumph of Seeds. |
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On Animals
by Susan Orlean
Examining animal-human relationships through stories she has written over the course of her career, the author celebrates the cross-species connections that grace our collective existence
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| Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life (available on ebook and audiobook) by Jess PhoenixIntroducing: volcanologist and geologist Jess Phoenix, whose passion for science and sense of adventure have taken her to some of the most dangerous places on Earth.
About the author: Phoenix is also the cofounder of Blueprint Earth, an organization dedicated to supporting underrepresented groups in STEM.
For fans of: Jill Heinerth's Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver. |
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The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred (ebook)
by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Meet: theoretical physicist Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, who researches the origins of spacetime and is one of fewer than 100 Black women to earn a PhD in physics.
What sets it apart: Dr. Prescod-Weinstein presents an accessible introduction to cosmology alongside an examination of the social context of science, with particular emphasis on race and gender.
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| The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds by Caroline Van HemertWhat it's about: wildlife biologist Caroline Van Hemert's six-month, 4,000-mile trek across the Alaskan wilderness with her husband, a journey undertaken without motorized transport.
Why you might like it: Van Hemert interweaves vivid descriptions of the natural world with her memories of growing up in Alaska, her anxieties about her career, and her reflections on life and love.
Word of the day: Zugunruhe, a German word referring to the migratory restlessness of birds. |
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| The Sediments of Time: My Lifelong Search for the Past (audiobook) by Meave Leakey with Samira LeakyWhat it is: an engaging, science-focused memoir by Meave Leakey (née Epps) and her daughter Samira, members of the famed Leakey family of paleoanthropologists.
Reviewers say: "This inspirational autobiography stands among the finest scientist memoirs" (New York Times).
Further reading: Kermit Pattison's Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind; Sang-Hae Lee's Close Encounters with Humankind. |
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