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Science and Mathematics eNewsletter March 2015 |
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Fascinating, entertaining, and perfect for Discovery Channel enthusiasts, Ten Million Aliens will open your eyes to the real marvels of the planet we live on. |
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Four fields
by Tim Dee
Meditations on four fields in England, Zambia, Montana, and Ukraine provide insight into their role in human history as well as how nature has responded to human manipulation
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Sapiens : a brief history of humankind
by Yuval N. Harari
A narrative history of humanity's creation and evolution explores how biology and history have defined understandings of what it means to be human, detailing the role of modern cognition in shaping the ecosystem, civilizations and more. 50,000 first printing.
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To explain the world : the discovery of modern science
by Steven Weinberg
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist presents a masterful commentary on the history of science that examines historic clashes and collaborations between science and the competing realms of religion, technology, poetry, mathematics and philosophy, from the Ancient Greece to the world of today,. 25,000 first printing.
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H is for hawk
by Helen Macdonald
An award-winning best-seller from the UK recounts how the author, an experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father, endeavored to train for the first time a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.
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Nature anatomy : The Curious Parts & Pieces of the Natural Worldby Julia RothmanSuitable for anyone who appreciates and wants to explore the curiosities and beauty of the natural world, this title offers a look at all kinds of subjects, including mineral formation, the inside of a volcano, what makes sunsets, monarch butterfly migration, the parts of a bird, the anatomy of a jellyfish, and more.
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The interstellar age : inside the forty-year Voyager mission
by Jim Bell
An award-winning Cornell astronomer traces the story of the men and women behind the Voyager spacecraft mission to share insight into their motivations, describe the human artifacts the first spacecraft contains and discuss the mission's potential. By the author of Postcards From Mars.
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