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What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
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What Is Extinction?: A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals
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Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to Be Seen
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Origin Africa: A Natural History
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Human Judgment: How Accurate Is It, and How Can It Get Better?
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Ancient Sea Reptiles: Plesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs, Mosasaurs, and More
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Unnatural Selection
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When There Were Birds
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Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe
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Methuselah's Zoo: What Nature Can Teach Us about Living Longer, Healthier Lives
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The Edge of Knowledge: Unsolved Mysteries of the Cosmos
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The History of Colour: A Universe of Chromatic Phenomena
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The Magick of Physics: Uncovering the Fantastical Phenomena in Everyday Life
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The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
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The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity
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How to Do Research: and How to Be a Researcher
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Potions: Modern Mythology of Drugs and Toxins
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Disputed Inheritance: The Battle over Mendel and the Future of Biology
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The Secret Lives of Molecules
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Home Waters: Discovering the submerged science of Britain’s coast
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The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare: How the Renaissance in Northern Europe Transformed the World
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Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish
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Homo Sapiens Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution Rewriting Our Origins (The Rediscovered Series)
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Between Ape and Human: An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid
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The Time Nature Keeps: A Visual Guide to the Cycles and Time Spans of the Natural World
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Remnants of Ancient Life: The New Science of Old Fossils
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The Deep Ocean: Life in the Abyss
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At the Edge of Mysteries: The Discovery of the Immune System
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The Milestones of Science: How We Came to Understand the Universe
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The Master Builder: How the New Science of the Cell Is Rewriting the Story of Life
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Anaximander: And the Birth of Science
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A Gardener's Guide to Botany: The Biology Behind the Plants You Love, How They Grow, and What They Need
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The Story of Flowers: And How They Changed the Way We Live
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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
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Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness
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Where We Meet the World: The Story of the Senses
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