November 2019 list by Dan Berube
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Imagined Life
by James Trefil
It is now known that we live in a galaxy with more planets than stars. The Milky Way alone encompasses 30 trillion potential home planets. Scientists Trefil and Summers bring readers on a marvelous experimental voyage through the possibilities of life--unlike anything we have experienced so far--that could exist on planets outside our own solar system.
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Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
by Nir Eyal
Drawing on groundbreaking research and exclusive interviews, the author of the best-selling Hooked shows us how we can be indistractable through a four-step model that helps us understand the processes of distractions and how we can finally get them under control.
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The Math Book
by DK
This latest entry in the Big Ideas Simply Explained looks at the most important mathematical ideas, theorems and inventions, utilizing an approach that uses creative typography, colorful graphics and accessible language to make these concepts easier to understand.
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Proof!: How the World Became Geometrical
by Amir Alexander
In this eye-opening narrative, an award-winning historian tells the monumental story of the geometrics that were carved into our world, the beliefs they supported and the ways they shape our lives to this day.
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Science the Sh-t Out of Life: Nerdy Solutions to Life's Little Problems
by Colin Stuart
While geeks’ obsessive desire for data makes them constant curators of useless information, it also drives them to great lengths to find the solutions to everyday problems. Science the Sh*t Out of Life reveals the geeky secrets to living smarter, offering scientifically sourced advice for dealing with everything life throws at you.
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Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
by Mike Isaac
The award-winning New York Times technology correspondent chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of Uber against a backdrop of mobile-era changes throughout Silicon Valley, covering such subjects as its union battles, toxic culture and aggressive marketing tactics.
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Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
by Caitlin Doughty
The creator of the “Ask a Mortician” web series and best-selling author of From Here to Eternity provides comprehensive, science based answers to common questions about death, dead bodies and decomposition.
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