Pilcher, Helen
Summary: If you could bring back just one animal from the past, what would you choose? It can be anyone or anything from history, from the King of the Dinosaurs, T. rex, to the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley, and beyond. De-extinction - the ability to bring extinct species back to life - is fast becoming reality. Around the globe, scientists are trying to de-extinct all manner of animals,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Sci Nat PilcherPetroski, Henry.
Contents: Ubiquitous risk -- Engineering is rocket science -- Doctors and Dilberts -- Which comes first? -- Einstein the inventor -- Speed bumps -- Research and development -- Development and research -- Alternative energies -- Complex systems -- Two cultures -- Uncertain science and engineering -- Great achievements and grand challenges -- Prizing engineering.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 620 PETWess, Ludger
Summary: "Bacteria were the first life on Earth. But what do we really know about them? In this captivating, science-driven book, you'll learn everything you need to know about these often misunderstood--and incredibly interesting--microbes. In this engagingly written and scientifically rigorous book, author and scientist Ludger Wess introduces an eclectic collection of impressive, useful, weird, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 579.3 WESKlein, Stefan
Summary: How to Love the Universe is a new kind of science writing by an author truly enamored of the world around him. In ten short chapters of lyrical prose—each one an ode to a breathtaking realm of discovery—Stefan Klein uses everyday objects and events as a springboard to meditate on the beauty of the underlying science.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Experiment colophon 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.1 KLENovella, Steven
Summary: Based on the podcast known for battling sloppy reasoning, bad arguments, and superstitions with logical thinking, the "Skeptical Rogues" help readers try to make sense of an increasingly crazy world using critical thinking skills, science, and philosophy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2002
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Summary: The world of science has been transformed. Where once astronomers sat at the controls of giant telescopes in remote locations, praying for clear skies, now they have no need to budge from their desks, as data arrives in their inbox. And what they receive is overwhelming; projects now being built provide more data in a few nights than in the whole of humanity's history of observing the Universe....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Science fiction is a vital part of popular culture, influencing the way we all look at the world. TV shows like Star Trek and movies from Forbidden Planet to Inception have influenced scientists to enter the profession and have shaped our futures. Science fiction doesn't set out to predict what will happen - it's far more about how human beings react to "What if?..." - but it is fascinating to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153 CLEBryson, Bill.
Summary: In this book Bill Bryson explores the most intriguing and consequential questions that science seeks to answer and attempts to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. To that end, Bill Bryson apprenticed himself to a host of the world's most profound scientific minds, living and dead. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemistry,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 500 BRYAngier, Natalie.
Summary: Award-winning science journalist Angier takes us on a "guided twirligig through the scientific canon." She draws on conversations with hundreds of the world's top scientists, and her own work as a reporter for the New York Times, to create an entertaining guide to scientific literacy--a joyride through the major scientific disciplines: physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and astronomy. It's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Company 2007