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Discovering us : fifty great discoveries in human origins

Hadingham, Evan, author.

Publication Date

2021

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599.938 HAD

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SD_ILS:658036

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What the future looks like : scientists predict the next great discoveries and reveal how today's breakthroughs are shaping our world

Al-Khalili, Jim, 1962- editor.

Publication Date

2018

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501 WHA

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SD_ILS:468271

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The history of science and technology : a browser's guide to the great discoveries, inventions, and the people who made them, from the dawn of time to today

Bunch, Bryan H.

Publication Date

2004

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REF 509 BUN

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SD_ILS:60304

The Georgian star : how William and Caroline Herschel revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos

Lemonick, Michael D., 1953-

Publication Date

2009

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520.922 LEM

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SD_ILS:170979

The reluctant Mr. Darwin : an intimate portrait of Charles Darwin and the making of his theory of evolution

Quammen, David, 1948-

Publication Date

2006

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925.7 DAR

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SD_ILS:124156

Lavoisier in the year one : the birth of a new science in an age of revolution

Bell, Madison Smartt

Publication Date

2005

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540.92 BEL

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SD_ILS:87851

Stem cells

Allman, Toney

Publication Date

2006

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616.02774 ALL

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SD_ILS:145372

The man who knew too much : Alan Turing and the invention of the computer

Leavitt, David, 1961-

Publication Date

2005

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925.1 TUR

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SD_ILS:123573

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Dinosaurs at the dinner party : how an eccentric group of Victorians discovered prehistoric creatures and accidentally upended the world

Dolnick, Edward, 1952- author.

Publication Date

2024

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567.909 DOL

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A history of the world in twelve shipwrecks

Gibbins, David, 1962- author.

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2024

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909 GIB

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The Seven Wonders of the ancient world : an extraordinary new journey through history's greatest treasures

Hughes, Bettany, author.

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2024

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930 HUG

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Hoof beats : how horses shaped human history

Taylor, William, 1989- author.

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2024

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636.1 TAY

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SD_ILS:791905

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