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New Nature and Science November 2019
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My penguin year : life among the emperors
by Lyndsay McCrae
The award-winning photographer behind the Dynasties series documents his extended observance of a colony of emperor penguins in Antarctica and the species’ effort to survive and procreate in one of the planet’s harshest environments. 50,000 first printing. TV tie-in.
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The brain health book : using the power of neuroscience to improve your life
by John J Randolph
A Dartmouth clinical neuropsychologist and brain consultant draws on lessons from multiple disciplines to outline comprehensive, science-based and affordable lifestyle strategies for promoting cognitive functioning and brain health through exercise, social activities, nutrition and positive self-care.
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Sam : One Robot, a Dozen Engineers, and the Race to Revolutionize the Way We Build
by Jonathan Waldman
A true story of innovation, centered on a scrappy team of engineers-far from the Silicon Valley limelight-and their quest to achieve a surprisingly difficult technological feat: building a robot that can lay bricks.In the tradition of Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine, SAM unfolds as an engineering drama, full of trials and setbacks, heated showdowns between meticulous scientists and brash bricklayers (and their even more opinionated union), and hard-earned milestone achievements.
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