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| When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance by Riley BlackScience writer Riley Black stuns with a panoramic natural history that acquaints readers with the interactive nature of life among Earth’s plants, animals, and habitats through the eons. Black’s accessible writing “illuminat[es] natural history into sparkling descriptions of what the Earth was like millions of years ago” (Publishers Weekly). Read-alike: A Brief History of Earth by Andrew H. Knoll. |
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| Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart by Nicholas CarrJournalist Nicholas Carr argues convincingly that social media has taken over our society and brains so rapidly that we haven’t been able to formulate a response, much less calculate the damage it’s wreaking. Carr points to research citing epidemic levels of stress, anxiety, and depression among users, especially teenagers. |
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| Raising Hare by Chloe DaltonDebut memoirist Chloe Dalton, a political consultant, spent much of the COVID-19 pandemic raising a baby hare she rescued near her country home. This fascinating, endearing, and rarely domesticated creature became Dalton’s companion for a time, awakening her senses to the natural world around her. For more moving encounters with wildlife, try Alfie & Me by Carl Safina. |
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Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Sleep : Find Relief from Insomnia, Sleep Apnea and Other Sleep Disorders
by Timothy I. Margenthaler
In this book, Mayo Clinic sleep specialists discuss why so many people today are struggling to get the sleep they desperately need. They also review several sleep disorders, including the most common culprits to a good night's sleep, insomnia and sleep apnea. The most important message in the book, however, is that with the right approach, most sleep problems can be successfully treated, and prevented.
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Mindmasters : The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior
by Sandra C. Matz
In Mindmasters, Columbia Business School professor Sandra Matz offers a fascinating insider perspective on the art and data-driven science of psychological targeting. By relating her own personal story of growing up in a small village-where few aspects of life remain truly private-to her groundbreaking research in computational psychology, Matz reveals how Big Data offers insights into the most intimate aspects of our psyche and how these insights empower external influence over the choices we make.
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The Language of Mathematics : The Stories Behind the Symbols
by Raul Rojas
The Language of Mathematics is a wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated collection of short, colorful histories of the most commonly used symbols in mathematics, providing readers with an engaging introduction to the origins, evolution, and conceptual meaning of each one. In dozens of lively and informative entries, Raul Rojas shows how today's mathematics stands on the shoulders of giants, mathematicians from around the world who developed mathematical notation through centuries of collective effort.
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These Strange New Minds : How AI Learned to Talk and What It Means
by Christopher Summerfield
An insider look at the Large Language Models (LLMs) that are revolutionizing our relationship to technology, exploring their surprising history, what they can and should do for us today, and where they will go in the future--from an AI pioneer and neuroscientist. In this accessible, up-to-date, and authoritative examination of the world's most radical technology, neuroscientist and AI researcher Christopher Summerfield explores what it really takes to build a brain from scratch.
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| Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe by Carl ZimmerScience writer Carl Zimmer puts airborne pathogens under the microscope, taking readers on a tour spanning from the 14th century to COVID-19 that exposes how much we have yet to learn about communicable diseases in the Earth’s atmosphere. |
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Carrollton Public Library 1700 Keller Springs Road, Carrollton Texas 75006 4220 North Josey Lane, Carrollton Texas 75010
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