January 2018 list by L. Berube
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The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force That Explains Everything
by Marcus Chown
Award-winning writer Marcus Chown takes us on an unforgettable journey from the recognition of the "force" of gravity in 1666 to the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015. And, as we stand on the brink of a seismic revolution in our worldview, he brings us up to speed on the greatest challenge ever to confront physics.
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Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
by Richard Lloyd Parry
The award-winning correspondent and author of In the Time of Madness presents an account of the events and fallout of the 2011 tsunami in Japan that explores reports of ghosts and hauntings in a community tormented by devastating secrets.
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Sleepwalking to Armageddon: The Threat of Nuclear Annihilation
by Helen Caldicott
With the world’s attention focused on climate change and terrorism, we are in danger of taking our eyes off the nuclear threat. But rising tensions between Russia and NATO, proxy wars erupting in Syria and Ukraine, a nuclear-armed Pakistan, and stockpiles of aging weapons unsecured around the globe make a nuclear attack or a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility arguably the biggest threat facing humanity.
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The Planet Factory : Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth
by Elizabeth Tasker
Twenty years ago, the search for planets--and life--outside the solar system was a job restricted to science fiction writers. It is now one of the most rapidly growing fields in astronomy, with thousands of these "exoplanets" discovered so far. The detection of these worlds has only been possible in the last decade, with the number of discoveries increasing enormously over the last year following the findings of the Kepler Space Telescope.
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Soonish: Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
by Kelly Weinersmith
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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