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The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul.
"What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that—the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, Mary Roach brings her tireless curiosity to bear on...Author
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"Sparked by a controversial debate in February 2014, Bill Nye has set off on an energetic campaign to spread awareness of evolution and the powerful way it shapes our lives. In Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation, he explains why race does not really exist; evaluates the true promise and peril of genetically modified food; reveals how new species are born, in a dog kennel and in a London subway; takes a stroll through 4.5 billion years...
5) Cat's cradle
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A young author, writing a book about the day the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, corresponds with the midget son of Doctor Felix Hoenikker, father of the bomb, a relationship that eventually leads him to the impoverished island republic of San Lorenzo, while various government agents search for the world's most important and dangerous substance, a new form of ice that freezes at room temperature.
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