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Popular Science Books (Leisure Reading): 2022
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Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
by
Temple Grandin
Call Number: BF241 .G683 2022
Amazon's Best Science Books
Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention and How to Think Deeply Again
by
Johann Hari
Call Number: BF321 .H287 2022
Amazon's Best Science Books
The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives
by
Jonathan Malesic
Call Number: BF481 .M275 2022
The Nature of the Beast: How Emotions Guide Us
by
David J. Anderson
Call Number: BF511 .A47 2022
Emotional: How Feelings Shape Our Thinking
by
Leonard Mlodinow
Call Number: BF511 .M59 2022
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
by
Annie Duke
Call Number: BF575.F14 D85 2022
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
by
Susan Cain
Call Number: BF575.G7 C274 2022
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
by
Daniel H. Pink
Call Number: BF575.R33 P56 2022
Amazon's Best Science Books
How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
by
David McRaney
Call Number: BF773 .M37 2022
Amazon's Best Science Books
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
by
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Call Number: CB478 .T96 2022
Amazon's Best Science Books
Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides
by
Geoffrey L. Cohen
Call Number: HM1111 .C637 2022
Trigger Points: Inside the Mission to Stop Mass Shootings in America
by
Mark Follman
Call Number: HV6536.5 .F65 2022
A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them
by
Neil Bradbury
Call Number: HV6549 .B73 2022
Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal
by
Rebecca Pope-Ruark
Call Number: Electronic Book [LB2333.3 .P67 2022]
The Joy of Science
by
Jim Al-Khalili
Call Number: Electronic Book [Q175.A485 2022]
Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Misconceiving Merit: Paradoxes of Excellence and Devotion in Academic Science and Engineering
by
Mary Blair-Loy & Erin A. Cech
Call Number: Electronic Book [Q175.5.B55 2022]
Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Awkward Intelligence: Where AI Goes Wrong, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do About It
by
Katharina A. Zweig
Call Number: Electronic Book [Q334.7 .Z84 2022]
Machines Like Us: Toward AI With Common Sense
by
Ronald J. Brachman & Hector J. Levesque
Call Number: Electronic Book [Q335.B695 2022]
The Man From the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
by
Ananyo Bhattacharya
Call Number: QA29.V66 B43 2022
Amazon's Best Science Books
You Are Not Expected to Understand This: How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World
by
Torie Bosch
Call Number: Electronic Book [QA76.6.Y585 2022]
Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Well, Doc, You're In: Freeman Dyson's Journey Through the Universe
by
David Kaiser
Call Number: Electronic Book [QC16.D95 W45 2022]
Elusive: How Peter Higgs Solved the Mystery of Mass
by
Frank Close
Call Number: QC16.H53 C56 2022
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion
by
Sean Carroll
Call Number: QC24.5 .C37 2022
Amazon's Best Science Books
Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday's Tomorrow
by
Nicole Yunger Halpern
Call Number: QC174.12 .Y86 2022
Nowhere Left to Go: How Climate Change is Driving Species to the Ends of the Earth
by
Benjamin von Brackel
Call Number: QC903 .V6613 2022
The Monster's Bones: The Discovery of T. Rex and How It Shook Our World
by
David K. Randall
Call Number: QE862.S3 R36 2022
Odyssey: Young Charles Darwin, the Beagle, and the Voyage That Changed the World
by
Tom Chaffin
Call Number: QH31.D2 .C434 2022
The Evolution of Charles Darwin: The Epic Voyage of the Beagle That Forever Changed Our View of Life on Earth
by
Diana Preston
Call Number: QH31.D2 P88 2022
Gregor Mendel: His Life and Legacy
by
Daniel J. Fairbanks
Call Number: QH31.M45 F35 2022
The Huxleys: An Intimate History of Evolution
by
Alison Bashford
Call Number: QH361 .B375 2022
Choice Outstanding Academic Title
As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age
by
Matthew Cobb
Call Number: QH442 .C63 2022
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
by
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Call Number: QH577 .M83 2022
Amazon's Best Science Books
The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World
by
Oliver Milman
Call Number: QL467.8 .M55 2022
Why Sharks Matter: A Deep Dive With the World's Most Misunderstood Predator
by
David Shiffman
Call Number: QL638.9 .S525 2022
The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent
by
Danielle J. Whittaker
Call Number: QL698.3 .W45 2022
Power in the Wild: The Subtle and Not-So-Subtle Ways Animals Strive for Control Over Others
by
Lee Alan Dugatkin
Call Number: QL775 .D845 2022
The Social Lives of Animals
by
Ashley Ward
Call Number: QL775 .W36 2022
Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
by
Frans de Waal
Call Number: QP81.5 .W33 2022
Life Time: Your Body Clock and Its Essential Roles in Good Health and Sleep
by
Russell Foster
Call Number: Electronic Book [QP84.6 .F668 2022]
Methuselah's Zoo: What Nature Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Healthier Lives
by
Steven N. Austad
Call Number: QP85 .A97 2022 | Electronic Book
Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses
by
Jackie Higgins
Call Number: QP431 .H53 2022
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by
Ed Yong
Call Number: QP431 .Y68 2022
Amazon's Best Science Books
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus
by
David Quammen
Call Number: RA644.C67 Q36 2022
Amazon's Best Science Books
The Invisible Siege: The Rise of Coronaviruses and the Search for a Cure
by
Dan Werb
Call Number: RA644.C67 W47 2022
Losing Our Minds: The Challenge of Defining Mental Illness
by
Lucy Foulkes
Call Number: RC437.5 .F685 2022
The Urge: Our History of Addiction
by
Carl Erik Fisher
Call Number: RC438.6.F57 A3 2022
Escape From Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It
by
Erica Thompson
Call Number: TA342 .T46 2022
Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of Nanoscience Pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus
by
Maia Weinstock
Call Number: TA455.C3 W45 2022 | Electronic Book
Long Hard Road: The Lithium-Ion Battery and the Electric Car
by
Charles J. Murray
Call Number: TK2945.L58 M87 2022
Choice Outstanding Academic Title
The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything
by
Matthew Ball
Call Number: TK5105.8864 .B35 2022
Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
by
Serhii Plokhy
Call Number: TK9152 .P583 2022
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