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Nature and Science April 2020
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The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars
by Dava Sobel
Beginning in the 1880s, the Harvard College Observatory hired women as "computers," paying them a fraction of what their male counterparts earned to analyze astronomical data and perform complex calculations. The result of their efforts? The Henry Draper Star Catalog, a compendium of spectroscopic classifications for some 225,300 stars. With its focus on the unsung heroines of science, this engaging collective biography by the author of Longitude may appeal to fans of Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures and Nathalia Holt's Rise of the Rocket Girls.
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Calculating the cosmos : how mathematics unveils the universe
by Ian Stewart
Using mathematical modeling to explain the cosmos, a prize-winning scientist presents an exciting guide to the cosmos, from the solar system to the galaxy and the entire universe, describing the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began and how it¡s all going to end. 20,000 first printing.
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Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren
In this moving, lyrical account that "transcends both memoir and science writing" (Kirkus Reviews), paleobiologist Hope Jahren vividly portrays her life as a scientist, beginning with her childhood in rural Minnesota, where she became fascinated by the natural world, and continuing through her student days and subsequent field work. In addition to offering glimpses into the daily life of a research scientist, Lab Girl also documents some personal challenges, such as living with bipolar disorder, while celebrating professional milestones, such as building three laboratories from scratch and a decades-long collaboration with her lab partner, Bill, who's, um, quite a character.
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Black hole blues : and other songs from outer space
by Janna Levin
Recounts the fifty-year search for gravitational waves, explaining how the waves are created in the collision of black holes and why they can never be detected by telescope, and profiles four scientists currently engaged in the quest
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Hallucinations
by Oliver W Sacks
A provocative investigation into the types, physiological sources and cultural resonances of hallucinations traces everything from the disorientations of sleep and intoxication to the manifestations of injury and illness, drawing on a wealth of clinical examples to explore hallucination categories and how they reflect folklore and brain structure. (medical).
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The information : a history, a theory, a flood
by James Gleick
The best-selling author of Chaos analyzes how information has become a defining quality of the modern era, tracing the evolutions of pivotal information technologies while profiling key contributors from Charles Babbage and Ada Byron to Samuel Morse and Claude Shannon
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The sound of a wild snail eating
by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Bedridden with a neurological disorder, the author recounts the effect on her life of a gift of a snail in a potted plant and shares the lessons learned from her new companion about the meaning of her life and the life of the small creature
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