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Broca’s Brain – Carl Sagan

by Myrna Posted on November 30, 2018

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Broca’s Brain

Reflections on the Romance of Science

Carl Sagan

Genre: Science & Nature

Price: $1.99

Publish Date: April 12, 1979

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Seller: Penguin Random House LLC

A fascinating book on the joys of discovering how the world works, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cosmos and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. “Magnificent . . . Delightful . . . A masterpiece. A message of tremendous hope for humanity . . . While ever conscious that human folly can terminate man’s march into the future, Sagan nonetheless paints for us a mind-boggling future: intelligent robots, the discovery of extraterrestrial life and its consequences, and above all the challenge and pursuit of the mystery of the universe.” — Chicago Tribune “Go out and buy this book, because Carl Sagan is not only one of the world’s most respected scientists, he’s a great writer. . . . I can give a book no greater accolade than to say I’m planning on reading it again. And again. And again.” — The Miami Herald “The brilliant astronomer . . . is persuasive, provocative and readable.” — United Press International “Closely reasoned, impeccably researched, gently humorous, utterly devastating.” — The Washington Post

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Annals of the Former World – John McPhee

by Myrna Posted on September 26, 2018

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Annals of the Former World

John McPhee

Genre: Earth Sciences

Price: $2.99

Publish Date: June 15, 2000

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Seller: Macmillan

The Pulitzer Prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4.6 billion years Twenty years ago, when John McPhee began his journeys back and forth across the United States, he planned to describe a cross section of North America at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled with. The structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title Annals of the Former World . Like the terrain it covers, Annals of the Former World tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through it. As clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern nonfiction. Annals of the Former World is the winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction.

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Long for This World – Jonathan Weiner

by Myrna Posted on December 20, 2017

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Long for This World

The Strange Science of Immortality

Jonathan Weiner

Genre: Science & Nature

Price: $1.99

Publish Date: June 22, 2010

Publisher: HarperCollins e-books

Seller: HarperCollins

“[A] searching and surprisingly witty look at the scientific odds against tomorrow.” —Timothy Ferris Jonathan Weiner—winner of the  Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and one of the most distinguished popular science writers in America—examines “the strange science of immortality” in Long for This World. A fast-paced, sure-to-astonish scientific adventure from “one of our finest science journalists” (Jonah Lehrer), Weiner’s Long for This World addresses the ageless question, “Is there a secret to eternal youth?” And has it, at long last, been found?

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Watch: How to Take Over the Middle East in a Few Easy Steps Fiore Cartoon

by NevilleGipson Posted on June 19, 2014

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Mark Fiore is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and animator whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, and dozens of other publications. He is an active member of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists, and has a website featuring his work.

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Watch: How to Take Over the Middle East in a Few Easy Steps Fiore Cartoon