Bonk : the curious coupling of science and sex The drunken botanist : the plants that create Packing
Packing for Mars : the curious science of life in
(2008) the world's great drinks (2013) the void (2010)
by Mary Roach by Amy Stewart by Mary Roach
The study of sexual physiology has taken place Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of Space exploration is in some ways an
behind the closed doors of laboratories, herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that exploration of what it means to be human.
brothels, MRI centers, pig farms, sex-toy R&D humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, How much can a person give up? How much
labs, and Alfred Kinsey's attic. Mary Roach, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol weirdness can they take? What happens to
"the funniest science writer in the country," devoted the over the centuries. you when you can't walk for a year? have sex? smell
past two years to stepping behind those doors. flowers? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a
Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the
space walk?
The canon : a whirligig tour of the beautiful hidden side of everything (2005)
basics of science (2007) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner The signal and the noise : why most predictions
by Natalie Angier Which is more dangerous, a gun or a fail-- but some don't (2012)
An entertaining guide to scientific literacy--a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and by Nate Silver
joyride through the major scientific disciplines: sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do Silver built an innovative system for predicting
physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and drug dealers still live with their moms? Levitt baseball performance, predicted the 2008
astronomy. It's for anyone who wants to studies the stuff and riddles of everyday life--from cheating election within a hair's breadth, and became a
understand the great issues of our time--from stem cells and and crime to sports and child rearing--and his conclusions national sensation as a blogger.
bird flu to evolution and global warming. It's also one of regularly turn the conventional wisdom on its head.
Stuff matters : exploring the marvelous
those rare books that reignites our childhood delight in
Gulp : adventures on the alimentary canal materials that shape our man-made world
figuring out how things work.
(2013) (2014)
The disappearing spoon : and other true tales of by Mary Roach by Mark Miodownik
madness, love, and the history of the world Few of us realize what strange wet miracles of Why is glass see-through? What makes elastic
from the periodic table of the elements (2010) science operate inside us after every meal. This stretchy? Why does a paperclip bend? With
by Sam Kean book investigates the beginning, and end, of clarity and humor, world-leading materials
The periodic table of the elements is a our food, addressing such questions as: why scientist Mark Miodownik answers all the questions you've
crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a crunchy food is so appealing, why it is hard to find words for ever had about your pens, spoons, and razor blades, while
treasure trove of passion, adventure, flavors and smells, why the stomach doesn't digest itself, also introducing a whole world full of materials you've never
obsession, and betrayal. These tales follow carbon, neon, how much we can eat before our stomachs burst, and even heard of.
silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play whether constipation killed Elvis.
The tale of the dueling neurosurgeons : the
out their parts in human history.
How we got to now : six innovations that made history of the human brain as revealed by true
Do elephants jump? (2004) the modern world (2014) stories of trauma, madness, and recovery
by David Feldman by Steven Johnson (2014)
Ponder, if you will... Why do pianos have 88 keys? Filled with surprising stories of accidental by Sam Kean
How does the hole get in the needle of a syringe? genius and brilliant mistakes, How We Got to Sam Kean explains the brain's secret
Why is peanut butter sticky? Charmingly illustrated Now investigates the secret history behind the passageways and recounts forgotten tales of
by Kassie Schwan, this book provides you with everyday objects of contemporary life. the ordinary people whose struggles, resilience, and deep
small mysteries that puzzle and amaze us.
humanity made modern neuroscience possible.
Thing explainer : complicated stuff in simple Why do men have nipples? : hundreds of
words (2015) questions you'd only ask a doctor after your
by Randall Munroe third martini (2005)
The creator of the popular webcomic "xkcd" by Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg
uses line drawings and just ten hundred
common words to provide simple
explanations for how things work, including microwaves,
Say you're at a party. Youve had a martini or
three, and you mingle through the crowd;
suddenly youre introduced to someone new,
science is fun
bridges, tectonic plates, the solar system, the periodic table, Dr. Nice Tomeetya. Now is the perfect time to bring up all (even for adults)
helicopters, and other essential concepts. those strange questions youd like to ask during an office
visit with your own doctor but havent had the guts to do so.
The violinist's thumb : and other lost tales of
Youre filled with liquid courage... now is your chance!
love, war, and genius, as written by our genetic
code (2012) Wicked bugs : the louse that conquered
by Sam Kean Napoleon's army & other diabolical insects
Explores the wonders of the magical building (2011)
block of life: DNA. There are genes to explain by Amy Stewart
crazy cat ladies, why other people have no In this darkly comical look at the sinister side
fingerprints, and why some people survive nuclear bombs. of our relationship with the natural world,
Genes illuminate everything from JFK's bronze skin (it wasn't Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst
a tan) to Einstein's genius. entomological foes-creatures that infest, infect, and
generally wreak havoc on human affairs.
What if? : serious scientific answers to absurd
hypothetical questions (2014) Wicked plants : the weed that killed Lincoln's
by Randall Munroe mother & other botanical atrocities (2009)
People ask Munroe a lot of strange questions. by Amy Stewart
What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother
90 percent the speed of light? How fast can Natures most appalling creations. Its an A to Z
you hit a speed bump while driving and live? If there was a of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and
robot apocalypse, how long would humanity last? His otherwise offend. Youll learn which plants to avoid (like
responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, exploding shrubs), which plants make themselves
complemented by signature xkcd comics. exceedingly unwelcome (like the vine that ate the South),
and which ones have been killing for centuries (like the
When to rob a bank : ... and 131 more warped
weed that killed Abraham Lincoln's mother).
suggestions and well-intended rants (2015)
by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
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