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Nature and Science December 2018
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
by Stephen Hawking
The world-famous cosmologist and #1 best-selling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe’s biggest questions in a posthumous work
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Knock on Wood: Luck, Chance, and the Meaning of Everything
by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal
In Knock on Wood, Rosenthal, with great humour and irreverence, divines the world of luck, fate and chance, putting his considerable scientific acumen to the test in deducing whether luck is real or the mere stuff of superstition.
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The Order of Time
by Carlo Rovelli
Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"? Do we exist in time or does time exist in us? In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli invites us to consider questions about the nature of time that continue to puzzle physicists and philosophers alike.
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Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
by Robert Plomin
A top behavioral geneticist makes the case that DNA inherited from our parents at the moment of conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses.
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Life on Earth: The Greatest Story Ever Told
by David Attenborough
Now, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the book's first publication, David Attenborough has revisited Life on Earth, completely updating and adding to the original text, taking account of modern scientific discoveries from around the globe. He has chosen beautiful, completely new photography, helping to illustrate the book in a much greater way than was possible forty years ago. This special anniversary edition provides a fitting tribute to an enduring wildlife classic, destined to enthral the generation who saw it when first published and bring it alive for a whole new generation.
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American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
by Nate Blakeslee
Not every wolf gets an obituary in The New York Times. But O-Six, leader of the Lamar Canyon Pack in Yellowstone National Park, was no ordinary wolf. In this thoroughly researched and vividly written account, Texas Monthly writer Nate Blakeslee chronicles O-Six's life, interviewing the park rangers who monitored her progress, the environmental activists who made her a social media star, and the man who killed her. Interested in the controversial topic of reintroducing wolves to U.S. federal lands? Check out Brenda Peterson's Wolf Nation.
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