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Nature and Science
June 2025

Recent Releases
Who owns the moon? : and other conundrums of exploring and using space
by Cynthia Levinson

A primer on what to know for a future in space includes facts, stories and new ways of thinking about the challenges of space, such as how to handle space debris and coping with the growth of space tourism.
The sexual evolution : how 500 million years of sex, gender, and mating shape modern relationships
by Nathan H. Lents

An evolutionary biologist argues that sexual diversity is a long-standing biological phenomenon, not a modern invention, drawing on a wide range of animal examples to illustrate how nature embraces various sexual behaviors, ultimately suggesting that embracing this diversity can enhance our understanding of human sexuality and counteract societal bigotry.
Carbon : the book of life
by Paul Hawken

An exploration of carbon's vital role in sustaining life, revealing its profound connections to nature, humanity and the planet's history, while offering a hopeful perspective on embracing its potential to shape a sustainable future.
The cure for women : Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the challenge to Victorian medicine that changed women's lives forever
by Lydia Reeder

"How Victorian male doctors used false science to argue that women were unfit for anything but motherhood-and the brilliant doctor who defied them After Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school, more women demanded a chance to study medicine. Barred entrance to universities like Harvard, women built their own first-rate medical schools and hospitals. Their success spurred a chilling backlash from elite, white male physicians who were obsessed with eugenics and the propagation of the white race. Distorting Darwin's evolution theory, these haughty physicians proclaimed in bestselling books that women should never be allowed to attend college or enter a profession because their menstrual cycles made them perpetually sick. Motherhood was their constitution and duty. Into the midst of this turmoil marched tiny, dynamic Mary Putnam Jacobi, daughter of New York publisher George Palmer Putnam and the first woman to be accepted into the world-renowned Sorbonne medical school in Paris. As one of the best-educated doctors in the world, she returned to New York for the fight of her life. Aided by other prominent women physicians and suffragists, Jacobi conducted the first-ever data-backed, scientific research on women's reproductivebiology. The results of her studies shook the foundations of medical science and higher education. Full of larger than life characters and cinematically written, The Cure for Women documents the birth of a sexist science still haunting us today as the fight for control of women's bodies and lives continues"
The decline and fall of the human empire : why our species is on the edge of extinction
by Henry Gee

Examines the rapid decline in population growth alongside environmental degradation, resource scarcity, and emerging threats, arguing that extinction may be an inevitable outcome of our species' short and dramatic history.
Eavesdropping on Animals: What We Can Learn from Wildlife Conversations
by George Bumann

George Bumann, an observant Yellowstone wildlife ecologist and artist, encourages us to listen in on the lively chatter among animals that we might usually tune out. With enthusiastic guidance that can apply to backyards as well as national parks and runs from birds to insects to coyotes, Bumann reminds us that a big part of nature appreciation is paying attention. Try this next: Meet the Neighbors by Brandon Keim.
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