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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the FutureAfter doing so much damage, can we change nature, this time to save it?
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The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the WorldOliver Morton's 'The Planet Remade' dives into the complex world of geoengineering, exploring its potential as a tool to combat climate change but also highlighting its inherent risks and uncertainties.
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The One Thing You Need to Know: The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in ScienceRather than trying to bend your mind around all the vast and confounding details of things such as gravitational waves, electricity and black holes, wouldn’t it be easier to understand just one central concept from which everything else follows?
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Universe in Creation: A New Understanding of the Big Bang and the Emergence of LifeWe know the universe has a history, but does it also have a story of self-creation to tell?
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Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital ResourceTurn on the faucet, and water pours out. Pull out the drain plug, and the dirty water disappears. Most of us give little thought to the hidden systems that bring us water and take it away when we’re done with it. But these underappreciated marvels of engineering face an array of challenges that cannot be solved without a fundamental change to our relationship with water, David Sedlak explains in this enlightening book.
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You ThinkFactfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.
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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 ChaptersFrom Huntington's disease to cancer, from the applications of gene therapy to the horrors of eugenics, Ridley probes the scientific, philosophical, and moral issues arising as a result of the mapping of the genome.
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control EvolutionTwo scientists explore the potential of a revolutionary genetics technology capable of easily and affordably manipulating DNA in human embryos to prevent specific diseases, addressing key concerns about related ethical and societal repercussions.
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A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and ScienceIn A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to effectively learning math and science—secrets that even dedicated and successful students wish they’d known earlier.
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AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Futuren a groundbreaking blend of science and imagination, the former president of Google China and a leading writer of speculative fiction join forces to answer an urgent question: How will artificial intelligence change our world over the next twenty years?