Science + Psychology
BELOVED BEASTS: FIGHTING FOR LIFE IN AN AGE OF EXTINCTION
Written by Nijhuis, Michelle
In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born.
USEFUL DELUSIONS: THE POWER AND PARADOX OF THE SELF-DECEIVING BRAIN
Written by Mesler, Bill
Everyone agrees that lies and self-deception can do terrible harm to our lives, to our communities, and to the planet. But in Useful Delusions, host of Hidden Brain Shankar Vedantam argues that, paradoxically, deceiving ourselves and others can also play a vital role in human success and well-being.
WHAT IS LIFE?: FIVE GREAT IDEAS IN BIOLOGY
Written by Nurse, Paul
The renowned biologist Paul Nurse has spent his career revealing how living cells work. In What Is Life?, he takes up the challenge of describing what it means to be alive in a way that every reader can understand.
DOCTORS BLACKWELL: HOW TWO PIONEERING SISTERS BROUGHT MEDICINE TO WOMEN AND WOMEN TO MEDICINE
Written by Nimura, Janice P
Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for a mission beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world at first recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity ultimately won her the acceptance of the male medical establishment. In 1849, she became the first woman in America to receive an M.D.
COMING PLAGUE: NEWLY EMERGING DISEASES IN A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE
Written by Garrett, Laurie
A New York Times bestseller The definitive account of the infectious diseases threatening humanity by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Laurie Garrett Prodigiously researched . . . A frightening vision of the future and a deeply unsettling one.
STRATA: WILLIAM SMITH'S GEOLOGICAL MAPS
Lavishly illustrated with full-color geological maps, tables of strata, geological cross-sections, photographs, and fossil illustrations from the archives of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, the Geological Society, the London Natural History Museum, and others, Strata provides the first complete presentation of the revolutionary work of nineteenth-century geologist William S
SELECTED BY EXTRATERRESTRIALS: MY LIFE IN THE TOP SECRET WORLD OF UFOS, THINK-TANKS AND NORDIC SECRETARIES
Bill Tompkins was embedded in the world of secrecy as a teenager, when the Navy took his personal ship models out of a Hollywood department store because they showed the classified locations of the radars and gun emplacements.
BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2020
A collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America in 2019, guest edited by New York Times best-selling author and ground-breaking physicist Dr. Michio Kaku. Dr.
EXTRATERRESTRIAL: THE FIRST SIGN OF INTELLIGENT LIFE BEYOND EARTH
Written by Loeb, Avi
"Provocative and thrilling ...
WHAT WOULD NATURE DO?: A GUIDE FOR OUR UNCERTAIN TIMES
Written by Defries, Ruth
Not long ago, the future seemed predictable. Now, certainty about the course of civilization has given way to fear and doubt. Raging fires, ravaging storms, political upheavals, financial collapse, and deadly pandemics lie ahead--or are already here.
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