Science & Math

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“This book shares two important lessons: Don’t take selfies with wild elephants or let fear keep you from your dreams.”

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A Little Queer Natural History showcases species from across the animal kingdom, such as the bicolor parrotfish, which can change biological sex during its lifetime, or the western lowland

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“Our senses don’t lie. Nature is good for us, and Good Nature: Why Seeing, Smelling, Hearing and Touching Plants Is Good for Our Health is a brilliant read.”

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“The warning here is clear. Overdevelopment of fragile, arid lands in places like the Intermountain and Desert Southwest is doomed to disaster.” 

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The eye-catching, and perhaps misleading to many, title of Susanna Rustin’s book is brought to earth by its sober subtitle.

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“argues successfully that hope is rational and can be cultivated as a skill, instead of being purely emotional and naive.”

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“For the reader who wants a time machine of the body and the heart, this novel is a great flight of fiction into the lives of three Wrights who dreamed—and of their times.”

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“Read this novel of perseverance, hope and betrayal, and one unbelievable woman who dared to delve into the man’s world of science and succeeded.”

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“He began to sing. In a beautiful, sonorous baritone voice that caused the guard to freeze in his tracks.”

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“Traditionally, we are seen as victims of our biology and environment, but Whitehouse offers the intriguing (and even fun) view that we are the masters of our destiny.”

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“I stare into the eyes of the patient sitting in front of me . . .

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“The Oxford debate is but one worthy page in that unending story of humans understanding the world they live in.”

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“Buckle your seatbelts and look forward to the futuristic ride of your lifetime.”

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Sebastian Junger’s journey through the murky labyrinth of the near-death experience begins with an eerie series of events, if not premonitions, as if he was preparing for his death while fighting f

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“Sometimes nonfiction is even more intriguing than fiction, and Preston certainly knows how to keep readers’ attention while taking them on a journey into the mysteries of the past.”

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“By seeing the magic that is around us, we can be motivated to respond to the climate crisis.”

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Emily Raboteau is a 47-year-old Black woman of mixed race, who lives in the Bronx, NY, with her husband and two adolescent sons.

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“What does matter, for us and for the rest of the world’s species, is to remember that ‘We are not doomed. We can build a better future for everyone.

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“Maybe Antarctica could teach us all not to surrender to despair, to keep investing in a world of and beyond ourselves.”

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Predicting Our Climate Future is an ambitious exploration of a critical topic.”

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Anyone interested in the brain, brain development, social evolution and the traits that make us human will find this book an engrossing read.”

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“This somewhat tongue-in-cheek narrative will captivate even the skeptics, directing their gaze upward at night.” 

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The Future of Geography is a serious and very readable book important for all people—not just scientists, generals, and politicians—to absorb and contemplate.”

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