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Nature and Science December 2019
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10 women who changed science and the world
by Catherine Whitlock
Celebrates the lives and hard-earned accomplishments of ten women from around the world, including two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie, physicist Chien-Shiung Wu and Virginia Apgar, MD, who forever changed our thinking in astronomy, physics, chemistry, medicine and biology.
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Happy brain : where happiness comes from, and why
by Dean Burnett
A neuroscientist uses cutting edge theories on the science of emotion and interviews with people presumed to be “happy” to investigate where happiness comes from, why humans need it so much and what it has to do with the human brain.
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| Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes that Stick by Wendy WoodWhat it's about: Drawing on current research, a psychology professor examines the science behind habit formation and offers pointers on how we can use this information to improve our own lives.
The takeaway: Conscious decision-making is overrated; most of what we do (positive or negative) is the result of unconscious habitual behaviors that can be changed and reinforced through repetition.
Who it's for: everyone interested in making a big change (especially anyone who's ever been criticized for "lacking willpower"). |
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| The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve BrusatteWhat it is: A captivating look at what current research says about the rise, reign, and (so-called) extinction of dinosaurs.
Did you know? If the dinosaurs discussed here seem different than the ones you remember from childhood, that's because they are: paleontologists discover, on average, one new species a week(!).
About the author: American paleontologist Steve Brusatte served as the scientific consultant for the 2013 film Walking With Dinosaurs. |
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Walking with dinosaurs : the evidence
by David M. Martill
Provides information about different dinosaur species, offering evidence from archeologists' discoveries and how the pieces of evidence were assembled to develop theories about the way dinosaurs may have appeared and behaved
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Dinosaurs didn't die out when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. Get ready to unthink what you thought you knew and journey into the deep, dark depths of the Jurassic. The discovery of the first feathered dinosaur in China in 1996 sent shockwaves through the world of palaeontology. Were the feathers part of a complex mating ritual? A stepping-stone in the evolution of flight? And just how closely related is T. Rex to a chicken? In Flying Dinosaurs award-winning journalist John Pickrell reveals how dinosaurs developed flight and became the birds in our backyards. He delves into the latest discoveries in China, the US, Europe and Australia and goes beyond the science to uncover a thriving black market in fossils, infighting between ego-driven dinosaur hunters, and the controversial plan to use a chicken to bring dinosaurs back from the dead.
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Giants of the Lost world : dinosaurs and other extinct monsters of South America
by Donald R Prothero
Taking readers to South America, a specialist in physics, planetary sciences, astronomy, earth sciences and vertebrate paleontology uncovers the real science and history behind the discovery of the largest animalùa huge sauropod dinosaur Argentinosaurusùalong with other giant creatures that evolved and died out in this incredible land.
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The Amazing World of Dinosaurs : An Illustrated Journey Through the Mesozoic Era by James KuetherThe Amazing World of Dinosaurs is a guided tour of the Age of Reptiles that includes everything from familiar favorites, such as Tyrannosaurus and Stegosaurus, to wild new finds like Dracoraptor, Cryolophosaurus and Medusaceratops. James Kuether's breathtaking, incredibly lifelike paleoart conveys the excitement, majesty and power of these fascinating animals while incorporating the latest in dinosaur science.
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