http://www.spl.org/library-collection/books-movies-and-music New and Popular titles at The Seattle Public Library en-us 5 SQLDB Sun, 15 Jul 2018 20:42:00 GMT New/Popular Reading Lists: Seattle Picks: Adult -- Nonfiction: Science In the Shadow of the Moon: The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3254322030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3254322030 Aveni, Anthony F.
In the Shadow of the Moon: The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses
Book - 2017
Call number: 523.7809 Av34i 2017
Holds as of this morning: 0 on 3 copies
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Eclipse: Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3254317030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3254317030 Close, F. E.
Eclipse: Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon
On August 21st, over one hundred million people will gather across the USA to witness the most-watched total solar eclipse in history. Eclipse: Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon, by popular science author Frank Close, describes the spellbinding allure of this beautiful natural phenomenon. The book explains why eclipses happen, reveals their role in history, literature and myth, and introduces us to eclipse chasers, who travel with ecstatic fervor to some of the most inaccessible places on the globe. The book also includes the author's quest to solve a 3000-year-old mystery: how did the moon move backward during a total solar eclipse, as claimed in the Book of Joshua? Eclipse is also the story of how a teacher inspired the author, aged eight, to pursue a career in science and a love affair with eclipses that has taken him to a war zone in the Western Sahara, the South Pacific, and the African bush. The tale comes full circle with another eight-year old boy - the author's grandson - at the 2017 great American eclipse. Readers of all ages will be drawn to this inspirational chronicle of the mesmerizing experience of total solar eclipse. Book - 2017 First edition
Call number: 523.78 C6242E 2017
Holds as of this morning: 1 on 4 copies
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Close, F. E. ]]> Close, F. E. Book - 2017 First edition Book 2017 First edition 523.78 C6242E 2017 1 on 4 copies 1 4 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780198795490/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Storm in A Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3227985030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3227985030 Czerski, Helen
Storm in A Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
"A physicist explains daily phenomena from the mundane to the magisterial. Take a look up at the stars on a clear night and you get a sense that the universe is vast and untouchable, full of mysteries beyond comprehension. But did you know that the key to unveiling the secrets of the cosmos is as close as the nearest toaster? In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary objects and occurrences, like popcorn popping, coffee stains, and fridge magnets, to big ideas like climate change, the energy crisis, or innovative medical testing. She guides us through the principles of gases ("Explosions in the kitchen are generally considered a bad idea. But just occasionally a small one can produce something delicious"); gravity (drop some raisins in a bottle of carbonated lemonade and watch the whoosh of bubbles and the dancing raisins at the bottom bumping into each other); size (Czerski explains the action of the water molecules that cause the crime-scene stain left by a puddle of dried coffee); and time (why it takes so long for ketchup to come out of a bottle). Along the way, she provides answers to vexing questions: How does water travel from the roots of a redwood tree to its crown? How do ducks keep their feet warm when walking on ice? Why does milk, when added to tea, look like billowing storm clouds? In an engaging voice at once warm and witty, Czerski shares her stunning breadth of knowledge to lift the veil of familiarity from the ordinary. You may never look at your toaster the same way"-- Book - 2017 First American edition
Call number: 530 C997S 2017
Holds as of this morning: 4 on 11 copies
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Czerski, Helen ]]> Czerski, Helen Book - 2017 First American edition Book 2017 First American edition 530 C997S 2017 4 on 11 copies 4 11 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393248968/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3223476030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3223476030 Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming
Book - 2017
Call number: 363.73874 D797 2017
Holds as of this morning: 3 on 18 copies
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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3223473030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3223473030 Egan, Dan
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
Book - 2017 First edition
Call number: 577.63097 Eg13D 2017
Holds as of this morning: 31 on 12 copies
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Egan, Dan ]]> Egan, Dan Book - 2017 First edition Book 2017 First edition 577.63097 Eg13D 2017 31 on 12 copies 31 12 All copies in use https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393246438/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and A Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3279026030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3279026030 Eriksen, Marcus
Junk Raft: An Ocean Voyage and A Rising Tide of Activism to Fight Plastic Pollution
"Over the past several years, the news media has brought the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch"--the famous swirling gyre of plastic litter in the ocean--into the public consciousness. When Marcus Eriksen cofounded the 5 Gyres Institute with his wife, Anna, and set out to study marine pollution, they found that the reality is even more dire: instead of a stable mass of litter, they discovered that a "plastic smog" of microparticles permeates the world's oceans, defying simplistic clean-up efforts. What's more, these microplastics and their toxic chemistry have seeped into the food chain, threatening marine life and humans alike. Far from being a gloomy treatise on an environmental catastrophe, though, Junk Raft tells the exciting story of Eriksen's fight to raise awareness and solve the problem of plastic pollution, contributing to a fast-growing movement to stem the tide of trash. Eriksen writes of his voyage from Los Angeles to Hawaii aboard his homemade "junk raft," and along the way he recounts the successful efforts to fight corporate influence and demand that plastics producers take responsibility for a problem they've created. Eriksen provides concrete, actionable solutions and an empowering message: it's up to bold, brash, unapologetically activist "citizen scientists" to challenge the status quo for the sake of the planet"-- Book - 2017
Call number: 363.738 Er46J 2017
Holds as of this morning: 1 on 4 copies
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Eriksen, Marcus ]]> Eriksen, Marcus Book - 2017 Book 2017 363.738 Er46J 2017 1 on 4 copies 1 4 All copies in use https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780807056400/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3208082030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3208082030 Fowler, Cary
Seeds on Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault
Closer to the North Pole than to the Arctic Circle, on an island in a remote Norwegian archipelago, lies a vast global seed bank buried within a frozen mountain. At the end of a 130-meter long tunnel chiseled out of solid stone is a room filled with humanity's precious treasure, the largest and most diverse seed collection ever assembled: more than a half billion seeds containing the world's most prized crops, a safeguard against catastrophic starvation. The Global Seed Vault, a visionary model of international collaboration, is the brainchild of Cary Fowler, renowned scientist, conservationist, and biodiversity advocate. In SEEDS ON ICE, Fowler tells for the first time the comprehensive inside story of how the "doomsday seed vault" came to be, while the breathtaking photographs offer a stunning guided tour not only of the private vault, but of the windswept beauty and majesty of Svalbard and the enchanting community of people in Longyearbyen. With growing evidence that unchecked climate change will seriously undermine food production and threaten the diversity of crops around the world, SEEDS ON ICE offers a personal and passionate reminder that we shouldn't take our reliance on the world of plants for granted--and that, in a very real sense, the future of the human race rides on this frozen and indispensable biodiversity. Book - 2016 First Edition
Call number: 631.52109 Sv14F 2016
Holds as of this morning: 3 on 3 copies
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Fowler, Cary ]]> Fowler, Cary Book - 2016 First Edition Book 2016 First Edition 631.52109 Sv14F 2016 3 on 3 copies 3 3 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781632260574/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3229076030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3229076030 Graves, Colleen
The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn
Provides an interactive, easy-to-follow guide that is filled with classroom-tested, low-cost DIY makerspace projects and challenges to inspire creativity and foster imagination in makers at every skill level. Features dozens of classroom-tested, hands-on DIY projects and challenges. Each project features clear, non-technical step-by-step instructions with photos and illustrations to ensure success, expand the imagination, and foster innovation. You will explore recyclables hacks, smartphone tweaks, paper and sewing circuits, e-textiles, musical instruments, coding and programming, and 3-D printing. Book - 2017
Call number: 621.988 G783B 2017
Holds as of this morning: 0 on 8 copies
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Graves, Colleen ]]> Graves, Colleen Book - 2017 Book 2017 621.988 G783B 2017 0 on 8 copies 0 8 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781259644252/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Flavor: The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3254166030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3254166030 Holmes, Bob
Flavor: The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense
Book - 2017 First edition
Call number: 612.87 H734F 2017
Holds as of this morning: 0 on 7 copies
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Holmes, Bob ]]> Holmes, Bob Book - 2017 First edition Book 2017 First edition 612.87 H734F 2017 0 on 7 copies 0 7 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393244427/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3264923030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3264923030 Kasparov, G. K.
Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
The former world chess champion who played, and lost, against Deep Blue, a supercomputer, in 1997 discusses why he thinks humans should embrace the competition between themselves and machine intelligence. Book - 2017 First edition
Call number: 006.3 K153K 2017
Holds as of this morning: 1 on 6 copies
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Adapt: How Humans Are Tapping Into Nature's Secrets to Design and Build A Better Future https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3261889030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3261889030 Khan, Amina
Adapt: How Humans Are Tapping Into Nature's Secrets to Design and Build A Better Future
"Amina Khan believes that nature does it best. In Adapt, she presents fascinating examples of how nature effortlessly solves the problems that humans attempt to solve with decades worth of the latest and greatest technologies, time, and money. Humans are animals too, and animals are incredibly good at doing more with less. If a fly's eye can see without hundreds of fancy lenses, and termite mounds can stay cool in the desert without air conditioning, it stands to reason that nature can teach us a thing or two about sustainable technology and innovation. In Khan's accessible voice, these complex concepts are made simple. There is so much we humans can learn from nature's billions of years of productive and efficient evolutionary experience. This field is growing rapidly and everyone from architects to biologists to nano-technicians to engineers are paying attention. Results from the simplest tasks, creating Velcro to mimic the sticking power of a burr, to the more complex like maximizing wind power by arranging farms to imitate schools of fish can make a difference and inspire future technological breakthroughs. Adapt shares the weird and wonderful ways that nature has been working smarter and not harder, and how we can too to make billion dollar cross-industrial advances in the very near future."--Amazon.com Book - 2017 First Edition
Call number: 620.0042 K5271A 2017
Holds as of this morning: 1 on 5 copies
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Khan, Amina ]]> Khan, Amina Book - 2017 First Edition Book 2017 First Edition 620.0042 K5271A 2017 1 on 5 copies 1 5 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250060402/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3278058030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3278058030 Losos, Jonathan B.
Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution
A Harvard museum curator draws on the latest breakthroughs in evolutionary biology to examine how tiny, random convergences, from mutations to butterfly sneezes, have triggered remarkable evolutionary changes. Book - 2017
Call number: 576.8 L898i 2017
Holds as of this morning: 2 on 7 copies
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Losos, Jonathan B. ]]> Losos, Jonathan B. Book - 2017 Book 2017 576.8 L898i 2017 2 on 7 copies 2 7 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780399184925/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3269041030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3269041030 Lymbery, Philip
Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were
A tour of some of the world's most iconic and endangered species, and what we can do to save them. Climate change and habitat destruction are not the only culprits behind so many animals facing extinction. The impact of consumer demand for cheap meat is equally devastating and it is vital that we confront this problem if we are to stand a chance of reducing its effect on the world around us. * We are falsely led to believe that squeezing animals into factory farms and cultivating crops in vast, chemical-soaked prairies is a necessary evil, an efficient means of providing for an ever-expanding global population while leaving land free for wildlife * Our planet's resources are reaching breaking point: awareness is slowly building that the wellbeing of society depends on a thriving natural world From the author of the internationally acclaimed Farmageddon, Dead Zone takes us on an eye-opening investigative journey across the globe, focusing on a dozen iconic species one-by-one and looking in each case at the role that industrial farming is playing in their plight. This is a passionate wake-up call for us all, laying bare the myths that prop up factory farming before exploring what we can do to save the planet with healthy food. Book - 2017
Call number: 333.9522 L989D 2017
Holds as of this morning: 0 on 2 copies
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Lymbery, Philip ]]> Lymbery, Philip Book - 2017 Book 2017 333.9522 L989D 2017 0 on 2 copies 0 2 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781408868263/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Growing A Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3259801030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3259801030 Montgomery, David R.
Growing A Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life
Book - 2017 First edition
Call number: 577.57 M7665G 2017
Holds as of this morning: 2 on 14 copies
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Montgomery, David R. ]]> Montgomery, David R. Book - 2017 First edition Book 2017 First edition 577.57 M7665G 2017 2 on 14 copies 2 14 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393608328/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Everything All at Once https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3268841030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3268841030 Nye, Bill
Everything All at Once
Book - 2017
Call number: 153.4 N982E 2017
Holds as of this morning: 1 on 8 copies
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Nye, Bill ]]> Nye, Bill Book - 2017 Book 2017 153.4 N982E 2017 1 on 8 copies 1 8 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781623367916/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Deep Life: The Hunt for the Hidden Biology of Earth, Mars, and Beyond https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3213665030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3213665030 Onstott, T. C.
Deep Life: The Hunt for the Hidden Biology of Earth, Mars, and Beyond
Book - 2017
Call number: 612.0144 On7D 2017
Holds as of this morning: 0 on 2 copies
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Onstott, T. C. ]]> Onstott, T. C. Book - 2017 Book 2017 612.0144 On7D 2017 0 on 2 copies 0 2 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780691096445/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3244172030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3244172030 Sapolsky, Robert M.
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
"Why do we do the things we do? Over a decade in the making, this game-changing book is Robert Sapolsky's genre-shattering attempt to answer that question as fully as perhaps only he could, looking at it from every angle. Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that bear on a person's reaction in the precise moment a behavior occurs, and then hops back in time from there, in stages, ultimately ending up at the deep history of our species and its evolutionary legacy. And so the first category of explanation is the neurobiological one. A behavior occurs--whether an example of humans at our best, worst, or somewhere in between. What went on in a person's brain a second before the behavior happened? Then Sapolsky pulls out to a slightly larger field of vision, a little earlier in time: What sight, sound, or smell caused the nervous system to produce that behavior? And then, what hormones acted hours to days earlier to change how responsive that individual is to the stimuli that triggered the nervous system? By now he has increased our field of vision so that we are thinking about neurobiology and the sensory world of our environment and endocrinology in trying to explain what happened. Sapolsky keeps going: How was that behavior influenced by structural changes in the nervous system over the preceding months, by that person's adolescence, childhood, fetal life, and then back to his or her genetic makeup? Finally, he expands the view to encompass factors larger than one individual. How did culture shape that individual's group, what ecological factors millennia old formed that culture? And on and on, back to evolutionary factors millions of years old. The result is one of the most dazzling tours d'horizon of the science of human behavior ever attempted, a majestic synthesis that harvests cutting-edge research across a range of disciplines to provide a subtle and nuanced perspective on why we ultimately do the things we do ... for good and for ill. Sapolsky builds on this understanding to wrestle with some of our deepest and thorniest questions relating to tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, morality and free will, and war and peace. Wise, humane, often very funny, Behave is a towering achievement, powerfully humanizing, and downright heroic in its own right"-- Book - 2017
Call number: 612.8 Sa68B 2017
Holds as of this morning: 18 on 29 copies
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Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3264325030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3264325030 Shtulman, Andrew
Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong
Book - 2017
Call number: 501 Sh89S 2017
Holds as of this morning: 0 on 5 copies
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Shtulman, Andrew ]]> Shtulman, Andrew Book - 2017 Book 2017 501 Sh89S 2017 0 on 5 copies 0 5 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780465053940/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3230350030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3230350030 Summers, Michael E.
Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System
"The past few years have seen an incredible explosion in our knowledge of the universe. Since its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has discovered more than two thousand exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, and even more remarkable than the sheer number of exoplanets is their variety. In Exoplanets, astronomer Michael Summers and physicist James Trefil explore these remarkable recent discoveries: planets revolving around pulsars, planets made of diamond, planets that are mostly water, and numerous rogue planets wandering through the emptiness of space,"--NoveList. Book - 2017
Call number: 523.24 Su647E 2017
Holds as of this morning: 2 on 3 copies
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Summers, Michael E. ]]> Summers, Michael E. Book - 2017 Book 2017 523.24 Su647E 2017 2 on 3 copies 2 3 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781588345943/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3278061030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3278061030 Tegmark, Max
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
"What jobs should be automated? How should our legal systems handle autonomous systems? How likely is the emergence of suprahuman intelligence? A.I. is the future of science, technology, and business--and there is no person better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark. What has A.I. brought us? Where will it lead us? The story of A.I. is the story of intelligence--of life processes as they evolve from bacteria (1.0) to humans (2.0), where life processes define their own software, to technology (3.0), where life processes design both their hardware and software. We know that A.I. is transforming work, laws, and weapons, as well as the dark side of computing (hacking and viral sabotage), raising questions that we all need to address: What jobs should be automated? How should our legal systems handle autonomous systems? How likely is the emergence of suprahuman intelligence? Is it possible to control suprahuman intelligence? How do we ensure that the uses of A.I. remain beneficial? These are the issues at the heart of this book and its unique perspective, which seeks a ground apart from techno-skepticism and digital utopia"-- Book - 2017 First edition
Call number: 006.301 T232L 2017
Holds as of this morning: 17 on 10 copies
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Tegmark, Max ]]> Tegmark, Max Book - 2017 First edition Book 2017 First edition 006.301 T232L 2017 17 on 10 copies 17 10 All copies in use https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101946596/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Astrophysics for People in A Hurry https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3244170030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3244170030 Tyson, Neil deGrasse
Astrophysics for People in A Hurry
"The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day. While you wait for your morning coffee to brew, for the bus, the train, or a plane to arrive, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe"-- Book - 2017 First edition
Call number: 523.01 T988A 2017
Holds as of this morning: 18 on 101 copies
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Tyson, Neil deGrasse ]]> Tyson, Neil deGrasse Book - 2017 First edition Book 2017 First edition 523.01 T988A 2017 18 on 101 copies 18 101 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393609394/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Systematic: How Systems Biology Is Transforming Modern Medicine https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3235423030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3235423030 Valcourt, James R.
Systematic: How Systems Biology Is Transforming Modern Medicine
Book - 2017
Call number: 570.285 V232S 2017
Holds as of this morning: 0 on 4 copies
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Valcourt, James R. ]]> Valcourt, James R. Book - 2017 Book 2017 570.285 V232S 2017 0 on 4 copies 0 4 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781632860293/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3242885030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3242885030 White, Jonathan
Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean
Book - 2017
Call number: 551.464 W5844T 2017
Holds as of this morning: 27 on 12 copies
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White, Jonathan ]]> White, Jonathan Book - 2017 Book 2017 551.464 W5844T 2017 27 on 12 copies 27 12 All copies in use https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781595348050/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
The Origins of Creativity https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3272512030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3272512030 Wilson, Edward O.
The Origins of Creativity
In this profound and lyrical book, one of our most celebrated biologists offers a sweeping examination of the relationship between the humanities and the sciences: what they offer to each other, how they can be united, and where they still fall short. Book - 2017 First Edition
Call number: 153.35 W6928o 2017
Holds as of this morning: 2 on 11 copies
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Wilson, Edward O. ]]> Wilson, Edward O. Book - 2017 First Edition Book 2017 First Edition 153.35 W6928o 2017 2 on 11 copies 2 11 Available https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781631493188/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate : Discoveries From A Secret World https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3194058030 https://seattle.bibliocommons.com/item/show/3194058030 Wohlleben, Peter
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate : Discoveries From A Secret World
"A forester's fascinating stories, supported by the latest scientific research, reveal the extraordinary world of forests and illustrate how trees communicate and care for each other"-- Book - 2016
Call number: 582.16 W825H 2016
Holds as of this morning: 39 on 59 copies
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Wohlleben, Peter ]]> Wohlleben, Peter Book - 2016 Book 2016 582.16 W825H 2016 39 on 59 copies 39 59 All copies in use https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781771642484/MC.GIF&client=sepup&type=sepup&oclc= ]]>
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