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Nature and Science October 2020
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The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers
by Emily Levesque
This is an free downloadable eBook on CMRLS.Freading.com.
What it's about: an astronomer recounts her career in science while contemplating the past, present, and future of her field.
Don't miss: visits to Hawaii's Mauna Kea Observatories, Chile's Paranal Observatory, and the airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
Did you know? Professional astronomers spend relatively little time looking through giant telescopes (and a lot of time on laptops).
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The world according to physics
by Jim Al-Khalili
What's in it: "A quantum physicist, ""New York Times"" best-selling author, and BBC host examines what physics reveals about the world. Illustrations."
Why you might like it: This book frames the nature and importance of modern physics in an accessible, compelling, succinct way, showing lay readers that physics is crucial to our modern understanding of the world-and indeed the world as we currently know and experience it.
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Trees in Trouble: Wildfires, Infestations, and Climate Change
by Daniel Mathews
Starring: the pine forests of the western United States, pushed to the brink by beetle infestations, diseases, and wildfires -- all of which are exacerbated by the greatest threat of all: climate change.
Try these next: Michael Kodas' Megafire, which traces the rise of large-scale, high-intensity wildfires; Lauren Oakes' In Search of the Canary Tree, which uses a single species to examine the myriad threats to North America's forests.
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Focus on: The Lighter Side of Science
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| Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals about Death by Caitlin Doughty; illustrated by Dianne RuzThe premise: a mortician answers children's questions about death in an engaging and matter-of-fact style.
About the author: Funeral director Caitlin Doughty is the creator of the web series "Ask a Mortician" and the author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and From Here to Eternity.
So...will your cat eat your eyeballs? Not immediately. (Not when there are tastier tidbits like eyelids.) |
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Soonish : ten emerging technologies that'll improve and/or ruin everything
by Kelly Weinersmith
What's in it: The creators of the popular Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal webcomic present an illustrated investigation into the technologies of the near future, from deep-space travel to 3D organ printing, to offer insight into how they will work and what is needed to advance their readiness.
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Science...for her!
by Megan Amram
An irreverent "textbook" for women by a Parks and Recreation writer parodies popular women's magazines, spoofing perky self-improvement tips with advice on everything from glamorous ways to die to choosing a religion for one's body type. 100,000 first printing. Illustrations. Tour
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Zombie CSU : The Forensics of the Living Dead
by Jonathan Maberry
What it's about: Employs hard science and solid police work-- not to mention jaw-dropping humor-- to provide the only guide you need to make it through zombie attacks-- alive!
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Spring chicken : stay young forever (or die trying)
by Bill Gifford
What's in it: From acclaimed journalist Bill Gifford comes a roaring journey into the world of anti-aging science in search of answers to a universal obsession: what can be done about getting old? SPRING CHICKEN is a full-throttle, high-energy ride through the latest research, popular mythology, and ancient wisdom on mankind's oldest obsession: How can we live longer? And better? In his funny, self-deprecating voice, veteran reporter Bill Gifford takes readers on afascinating journey through the science of aging, from the obvious signs like wrinkles and baldness right down into the innermost workings of cells.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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