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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine

“Warning: She spares no detail!” ―Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead Wake A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers Weekly”Fascinating and shocking.” ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)The gripping story of how Joseph Lister’s antiseptic method changed medicine foreverIn The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of nineteenth-century surgery on the eve of profound …

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Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time–and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything

“An important book that provides insight into key new developments in our understanding of the nature of space, time and the universe. It will repay careful study.” ―John Gribbin, The Wall Street Journal “An endlessly surprising foray into the current mother of physics’ many knotty mysteries, the solving of which may unveil the weirdness of quantum particles, black …

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What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses

“Enough absorbing science to concede that plants continue to inspire and amaze us.” ―The Wall Street JournalHow does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can it feel an insect’s tiny, spindly legs? And how do cherry blossoms know when to bloom? Can they remember the weather? For centuries we have marveled at …

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Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us

“As a sex writer, Jesse Bering is fearless―and peerless.” ―Dan Savage”You are a sexual deviant. A pervert, through and through.” We may not want to admit it, but as the award-winning columnist and psychologist Jesse Bering reveals in Perv, there is a spectrum of perversion along which we all sit. Whether it’s voyeurism, exhibitionism, or your run-of-the-mill foot …

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Brain Storms: The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson’s Disease

A Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2015 – Publishers WeeklyA star science journalist with Parkinson’s reveals the inner workings of this perplexing disease Seven million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson’s, and doctors, researchers, and patients continue to hunt for a cure. In Brain Storms, the award-winning journalist Jon Palfreman tells their story, a story that became his …

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