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Mountains of Fire by Oppenheimer, CliveVolcanologist and filmmaker Clive Oppenheimer offers here a seemingly impossible tour, showing readers places difficult to access, even before one considers climbing a volcano. This geographic range is matched by the diversity of subjects that Oppenheimer examines to reveal how entangled volcanic activity is with our climate and environment, as well as our economy, politics, culture, and beliefs. With each measurement and conversation, Oppenheimer shows the importance of listening to experts, communities, and the Earth
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Slippery beast by Shell, Ellen RuppelA fascinating account of a deeply mysterious creature--the eel--mixing true crime, natural history, travel, and big business. What is it about eels? Depending on who you ask, they are a pest, a fascination, a threat, a pot of gold. What they are not is predictable. Eels emerged some 200 million years ago, weathered mass extinctions and continental shifts, and were once among the world's most abundant freshwater fish. But since the 1970s, their numbers have plummeted. Because eels--as unagi--are another thing: delicious!
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One of the world's preeminent experts on parasites reveals their astonishing, disgusting, weird, and fascinating behaviors and how they provide insight into humanity's most difficult problems. Whether we're learning to adapt to adverse conditions, accept our own limitations, or process new information in a frightening landscape-we can be sure a parasite did it first. Because sometimes, the answers to life's biggest questions can be found by looking at the little things.
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How life works by Ball, PhilipPhilip Ball explores the new biology, revealing life to be a far richer, more ingenious affair than we had guessed. Ball explains that there is no unique place to look for an answer to this question: life is a system of many levels-genes, proteins, cells, tissues, and body modules such as the immune system and the nervous system-each with its own rules and principles. How Life Works is a sweeping journey into this new frontier of the life sciences, a realm that will reshape our understanding of life as we know it.
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The biggest ideas in the universe
by Carroll, Sean.
A theoretical physicist—and a genius for making complex notions entertaining—shows how physics offers deep insights into the workings of the universe, in this inspiring introduction to a way of seeing that will resonate across cultural and generation boundaries for many years to come.
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| Devil in the Stack: A Code Odyssey by Andrew SmithJournalist Andrew Smith’s interrogation of algorithmic code, the people who create it, and the implications for society arrives at some sobering conclusions, namely that modern coding involves a level of abstraction that can alienate tech companies from the real-life consequences of their code. Fascinated? Try these next: Bitwise by David Auerbach; Thinking Machines by Luke Dormehl. |
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| Take Care of Them Like My Own: Faith, Fortitude, and a Surgeon’s Fight... by Ala Stanford, M.D.Physician Ala Stanford shares her inspiring story of overcoming numerous obstacles while becoming one of a very small number of Black women surgeons. She also addresses America’s racial health gap and recounts her founding of the Black Doctors Consortium. For other inspiring medical narratives, try: Legacy by Uche Blackstock; Renegade M.D. by Susan Partovi. |
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Meet the neighbors by Keim, BrandonInviting readers to discover an expanded sense of community and kinship beyond our own species, an acclaimed scientist shows the people (philosophers, ecologists, wildlife doctors) who are reimagining our relationships to the wild creatures populating our communities.
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Invisible labor by Somerstein, RachelThis incisive and personal look at the science of the cesarean section exposes the ways modern medical technology promotes its overuse and can sometimes lead to significant and life-changing consequences.
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