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Nature and Science June 2020
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Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental...
by Lydia Denworth
What it is: a cross-disciplinary survey of the science of social bonds -- and a powerful argument for friendship as the standard by which all relationships should be measured.
What it does: examines a growing body of research that suggests friendship is a biological necessity for humans and animals.
Want a taste? "Friendship...is a matter of life and death. It is carried in our DNA, in how we're wired. Social bonds have the power to shape the trajectories of our lives."
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Stephen Hawking : His Science in a Nutshell
by F. Freistetter
A popular Austrian science blogger and astronomer, in this very concise, readable book, makes Hawking’s complex theoretical accomplishments understandable. Conveying the importance of his research in terms that nonspecialists can follow.
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The Book of Science and Antiquities
by Thomas Keneally
Obsessively researching prehistoric remains believed to represent a link between Africa and ancient Australia, an award-winning documentary filmmaker uncovers the complex world of a peaceful, 40,000-year-old tribal human. By the award-winning author of Schindler’s List.
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The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
by Bert Hölldobler
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Ants present a lavishly detailed account of the extraordinary lives of social insects that draws on more than two decades of research and offers insight into how bees, termites, and other insect societies thrive in systems of altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and labor division.
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| Bugged: The Insects Who Rule the World and the People Obsessed with Them by David MacNealStarring: insects, the overlooked, underappreciated 75 percent of the animal kingdom that for over 400 million years has been profoundly shaping life on Earth.
Did you know? Insects outnumber humans 1.4 billion to one, pollinate 80 percent of the plants that feed us, and recycle our organic waste.
Further reading: Scott Richard Shaw's Planet of the Bugs. |
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The Curious World of Bugs: The Bugman's Guide to the Mysterious and Remarkable Lives of Things That Crawl
by Daniel Marlos
The creator of WhatsThatBug.com offers an illustrated guide to the most strange, mysterious, cute, beautiful and disturbing bugs the world has to offer, in a book with vintage-style drawings. Beautifully illustrated with vintage drawings reminiscent of old biology guides, this compendium of creepy crawlies offers a glimpse into the magical world of bugs that bite, infest, fascinate, repulse and inform us all.
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| Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson; translated by Lucy Moffatt; illustrated by Tuva Sverdrup-ThygesonWhat it is: an entomologist's engaging, ultimately hopeful meditation on the importance of insects, enhanced with delicate pencil illustrations.
So why DO we need them? Without them, the planet would die (and, with it, us.)
Food for thought: "We have a moral duty to take the best possible care of our planet's myriad creatures, including those that do not engage in visible value creation..." |
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