Science and Nature

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Updated May 12, 2024
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Of Time and Turtles : Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Montgomery, Sy.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK and BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * INDIE BESTSELLER * A SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE'S BEST SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR * THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST NONFICTION OF THE YEAR PICK * A NEW SCIENTIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR *THE PERFECT...
Eve : How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Bohannon, Cat
"A page-turning whistle-stop tour of mammalian development that begins in the Jurassic Era, Eve recasts the traditional story of evolutionary biology by placing women at its center.... The book is engaging, playful, erudite, discursive and rich with detail." --The New York Times
Heat Will Kill You First : Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
Goodell, Jeff
New York Times best-selling journalist Jeff Goodell presents a "masterful, bracing" (David Wallace-Wells) examination of the impact that temperature rise will have on our lives and on our planet, offering a vital new perspective on where we are headed, how we can prepare, and what...
Fire weather : the making of a beast
Vaillant, John
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2024 SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING * WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NONFICTION * FINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION * FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION * ONE OF THE...
What an Owl Knows : The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Ackerman, Jennifer
An instant New York Times bestseller! A New York Times Notable Book of 2023 Named a Best Book of 2023 by Publishers Weekly From the author of The Genius of Birds and The Bird Way, a brilliant scientific investigation into...
To Infinity and Beyond : A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
This enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor. No one can make the mysteries of the universe more comprehensible and fun than Neil...
Better Living Through Birding : Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
Cooper, Christian
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up. "Wondrous . . ....
Crossings : How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Goldfarb, Ben
Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they're practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as entirely alien forces of death and disruption. In Crossings,...
End of Eden : Wild Nature in the Age of Climate Breakdown
Welz, Adam
New Yorker Best Book of the Year "Exquisite."--DAVID WALLACE-WELLS "At once an elegy and an exhortation."--ELIZABETH KOLBERT "A book that goes deeper than any before into the meaning of the climate breakdown for all the rest of creation."--BILL McKIBBEN...
Milkweed Lands : An Epic Story of One Plant: Its Nature and Ecology
Lee-Md̃er, Eric
Delve into this fascinating appreciation of milkweed, an often-overlooked plant, and discover an amazing range of insects and organisms that depend on it as the seasons unfold, with this collaboration between a noted ecologist and an award-winning botanical illustrator. Ecologist Eric...

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