To Engineer Is Human
How did a simple design error cause one of the great disasters of the 1980s – the collapse of the
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Murmurs of Earth
In 1977, two extraordinary spacecraft called Voyager were launched to the stars. Affixed to each Voyager craft was a gold-coated copped phonograph record as
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Cloud Warriors
For millennia, humans have tried to understand and predict the weather. The Space Age helped usher in satellites and radar,
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The Evidence for Modern Physics
How do we know the universe is 13.8 billion years old? How do we know the speed of light is
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A Bridge to the Future: Understanding Nanotechnology, Part 1
Nanotechnology is radically altering the world in ways almost unimaginable in only the very recent past. With applications in arenas
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Deep Medicine
One of America’s top doctors reveals how AI will empower physicians and revolutionize patient care Medicine has become inhuman, to
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Mama’s Last Hug
New York Times best-selling author and primatologist Frans de Waal explores the fascinating world of animal and human emotions. Mama’s Last
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Different
In Different, world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal draws on decades of observation and studies of both human and animal behavior to
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About Time
For thousands of years, people of all cultures have made and used clocks, from the city sundials of ancient Rome
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What Evolution Is
At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on evolution for the general listener, What
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