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The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession
by Amy Stewart
Profiling 50 extraordinary people whose lives have been transformed by their obsessive passion for trees, this lively compendium, along with side trips to investigate more about trees, reveals what drives one to collect something as enormous, majestic and deeply rooted as a tree.
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| The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life's Deepest Secrets by Thomas R. CechNobel Prize-winning biochemist Thomas R. Cech explains RNA, covering its amazing properties, exciting early developments, modern day advances (CRISPR, mRNA vaccines), and possible future uses in this "lively and entertaining" (Wall Street Journal) debut. For fans of: Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Song of the Cell; Katalin Kariko's Breaking Through. |
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The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with Al
by Ray Kurzweil
In this entirely new book Kurzweil takes a fresh perspective on advances in the singularity - assessing many of his predictions and examining the novel advancements to a revolution in knowledge and an expansion of human potential.
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Lucid Dying: The New Science Revolutionizing How We Understand Life and Death
by Sam Parnia
An internationally renowned expert in resuscitation and a New York Times best-selling author draws on data derived from multiple groundbreaking studies and gripping stories to reveal the truth of how death isn't the end we all thought and how we can harness this newfound wisdom to lead deeper, more intentional lives.
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| The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Hidden History of Math's Unsung Trailblazers by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy RevellIn this engaging, accessible narrative that spans six continents and begins with a 20,000-year-old bone, a math historian and a science journalist shine a light on important people who've often been ignored or forgotten in the history of mathematics. Further reading: The Art of More by Michael Brooks; The Man from the Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya. |
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10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People
by David S. Yeager
An acclaimed developmental psychologist provides a guide for adults on how to best foster relationships with young people between the ages of 10 and 25 by creating a mentor relationship based on highly effective and easy-to-learn practices.
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| Adventures in Volcanoland: What Volcanoes Tell Us About the World and Ourselves by Tamsin MatherTaking readers to volcanoes in Pompeii, Nicaragua, Hawaii, and more, Oxford scientist Tamsin Mather reflects on her own life as she ponders intriguing questions in each chapter, such as: Whey do volcanoes erupt in different ways? What messages do volcanic gases carry from the deep? Further reading: Clive Oppenheimer's Mountains of Fire; Robin George Andrews' Super Volcanoes; Jess Phoenix's Ms. Adventure. |
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| Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita MurgiaIn her compelling and unsettling first book, a veteran tech journalist describes what she learned traveling the world and speaking with a wide range of people about the effects, good and bad, of artificial intelligence on everyday people's lives. Further reading: Unmasking AI by Joy Buolamwini; The Algorithm by Hilke Schellmann; Feeding the Machine by James Muldoon, Mark Graham, and Callum Cant (out in August). |
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Wild Wisdom: Primal Skills to Survive in Nature
by Donny Dust
Survive anything nature throws your way with these survival tips and wilderness philosophy. A US Marine Corps veteran and owner of a premier survival and wilderness self-reliance school, Donny Dust amassed two decades worth of primitive-living skills everywhere from the jungles of Asia to the mountains of North America.
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