Nature and Science
February 2022
Recent Releases
Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond
by Robin George Andrews

What it's about: A science journalist with a doctorate in volcanology explains volcanic processes while taking readers on a vividly descriptive tour of notable eruptions on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system.

You might also like: Natalie Starkey's Fire and Ice: The Volcanoes of the Solar System.

Also available in eAudiobook on Hoopla
Atlas of the Invisible: Maps & Graphics That Will Change How You See the World
by James Cheshire

What it is: A thought-provoking and engaging atlas offering "an ode to the unseen, to a world of information that cannot be conveyed through text or numbers alone."

What's inside: Colorful, eye-opening maps and infographics that chart everything from airplane turbulence and melting glaciers to happiness levels and use of bike share programs.
A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the...
by Rob Dunn

The big idea: Despite our ongoing attempts to exert total control over the environment, we humans -- an unexceptional species -- are no match for the laws of nature.

Reviewers say: This "excellent primer" on ecology "sketches an arresting vision of this relentless natural world" (New York Times).

 
Underwater Wild: My Octopus Teacher's Extraordinary World
by Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck

Welcome to: The Great African Sea Forest, a vast kelp forest located off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, whose depths filmmaker Craig Foster and diver Ross Frylink spent years exploring and documenting.

Don't miss: The many gorgeous photographs of this mysterious underwater world.
The Last Winter: The Scientists, Adventurers, Journeymen, and Mavericks Trying to Save...
by Porter Fox

Contains: An immersive blend of travel writing, history, and climate science, and sobering reflections on the end of winter as we know it. 

Featuring: A sprawling cast of "scientists, ranchers, adventurers, vagabonds, time travelers, hunters, and guides" who live and work in the coldest and most inhospitable places on Earth.
The Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything: Adventures in Math and Science
by Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry

What it's about: A geneticist and a mathematician explain everyday things, both big (what is time?) and small (do our dogs really love us?).

About the authors: Adam Rutherford (A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived) and Hannah Fry (Hello World) are the cohosts of the BBC Radio show The Curious Cases of Rutherford & Fry.

 
The Everybody Ensemble: Donkeys, Essays, and Other Pandemoniums
by Amy Leach

What it is: An exuberant, wide-ranging miscellany of essays, poems, and other short pieces by Whiting Award-winning writer Amy Leach.

For fans of: Aimee Nezhukumatathil's World of Wonders, Annie Dillard's Teaching a Stone to Talk.

 
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