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English
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Provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human
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English
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Every day, we wake up hungry. Every day, we break our fast. Hunger explores the range of this primal experience. Sharman Apt Russell, the highly acclaimed author of Anatomy of a Rose and An Obsession with Butterflies, here takes us on a tour of hunger, from eighteen hours without food to thirty-six hours to seven days and beyond. What Russell finds-both in our bodies and in cultures around the world-is extraordinary. It is a biological process that...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xii, 351 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Monsters. Real or imagined, literal or metaphorical, they have exerted a dread fascination on the human mind for many centuries. They attract and repel us, intrigue and terrify us, and in the process reveal something deeply important about the darker recesses of our collective psyche. Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and...
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English
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Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own politicians don't? In this landmark book, Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific...
7) Peacock
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Series
Publisher
Reaktion
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In Peacock, Christine E. Jackson provides a comprehensive survey of the influence of the peacock in the visual arts of many cultures, and of its role in religion and mythology. She also explores its natural history, and reveals how this sedentary bird, native to India and Sri Lanka and reluctant to fly great distances, has come to live in semi-domesticated conditions in so many Western countries."--Jacket.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xvii, 398 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the events of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, tracing the experiences of Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, a newly recruited George Washington, and British General William Howe
10) Seven guitars
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Series
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English
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"The sixth in the author's decade-by-decade exploration of the black experience in America, two of which have won Pulitzer Prizes, Seven Guitars is part bawdy comedy, part dark elegy, and part mystery. In the backyard of a Pittsburgh tenement in 1948, friends gather to mourn for a blues guitarist and singer who died just as his career was on the verge of taking off. The action that follows is a flashback to the busy week leading up to Floyd's sudden...
12) Posthuman bodies
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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
x, 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
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English
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The author explores 250 of the most significant and interesting chemistry milestones from c. 500,000 BCE to 2030. Chronologically organized, the entries each consist of a short summary and an image. The book presents an array of discoveries, theories, and technological applications as it traces the evolution of the "central science"--Publisher's description.
Series
Representations books volume 6
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
c1993
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xviii, 344 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
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English
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Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
c2012
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xiii, 266 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
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English
Description
"Preface Everything that exists is made of atoms, and most of those substances contain groups of two or more of these bonded together to form molecules. Chemistry is the science of molecules. From cooking to medicine, from engineering to art, it is everywhere"--
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Series
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xi, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"According to the CDC, between 1999 and 2017, more than 700,000 Americans died as a result of drug overdose. In 2017, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids (including prescription opioids and illegal opioids such as heroin and illicitly manufactured fentanyl) was 6 times higher than in 1999. The news is rife with stories surrounding the opioid crisis-from settlements with drug companies, to effective treatment options-even the resistance...
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