June 2024 list by Dan Berube
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The Allure of the Multiverse
by Paul Halpern
Drawing on centuries of disputation and deep vision from luminaries like Nietzsche, Einstein and the creators of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a physicist reveals the multiplicity of multiverses that scientists have imagined to make sense of our reality.
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The Asteroid Hunter
by Dante S. Lauretta
The Principal Investigator of NASA's historic OSIRIS-Rex Asteroid Sample Return Mission offers a behind-the-scenes account of his team's daring quest to retrieve an asteroid sample—one that held the potential to not only unlock the secrets of life's origins but also to avert an unprecedented disaster.
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Astrophysics
by Cynthia Phillips
Discover the undiscovered with this jargon-free introduction to astrophysics. Astronomy is the study of what you see in the sky. Physics is the study of how things work. Astrophysics is the study of how things in the sky work, from large objects to tiny particles. Astrophysics For Dummies breaks it all down for you, making this difficult but fascinating topic accessible to anyone.
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Beautiful Rocks and How to Find Them: A Modern Rockhound's Guide
by Alison Jean Cole
This informative guidebook by professional lapidary artist and outdoor recreation guide Alison Jean Cole shows you that beautiful rocks can be found anywhere. You'll be expertly guided through the practice of rockhounding (looking for rocks) while learning how to be gentle on the earth.
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Discovering the Prehistoric World
by Marianne Taylor
This guide explores the diversity of life on Earth in the time before humans came to dominate the planet. Learn how species rose, fell, and evolved as they adapted to a changing climate and the varied ecosystems that arose. Discover the five mass extinction events and how life rose again despite the challenges.
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H Is for Hope: Climate Change From A to Z
by Elizabeth Kolbert
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction, this collection of 26 essays—one for each letter of the alphabet—is an illustrated journey through the history of climate change and the uncertainties of our future.
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The Light Eaters
by Zoèe Schlanger
A book exploring the emerging science on plant intelligence, uncovering plants' complex and unimaginable capabilities and calling into question what we consider to be conscious agents in the natural world.
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Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense
by Saul Perlmutter
Based on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, and presented by a physicist, a psychologist and a philosopher, this introduction to the tools and frameworks scientists have developed to understand the world and make decisions will help readers think critically and solve problems.
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Waves in an Impossible Sea
by Matt Strassler
Blending together daily experience and fundamental physics, a theoretical physicist tells an astonishing story of elementary particles, human experience and empty space, which he considers a strange, empty, sea, showing us how all things, familiar and unfamiliar, emerge from what seems like nothing at all.
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