October 1, 2014
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The Quantum Moment: How Planck, Bohr, Einstein, and Heisenberg Taught Us to Love Uncertainty
By Robert P. Crease and Alfred Scharff Goldhaber. W. W. Norton & Company, 2014
The Edge of Extinction: Travels With Enduring People in Vanishing Lands
By Jules Pretty. Cornell University Press, 2014
Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future
By Adam Sobel. Harper Wave, 2014
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Conquering the Electron: The Geniuses, Visionaries, Egomaniacs, and Scoundrels Who Built Our Electronic Age
By Derek Cheung and Eric Brach. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014
The Large Hadron Collider: The Extraordinary Story of the Higgs Boson and Other Stuff That Will Blow Your Mind
By Don Lincoln. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014
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