“Darwin: A Graphic Biography,” new release from Smithsonian Books
Now, for the first time, Charles Darwin’s life is portrayed pictorially in an illustrated biography in graphic novel-style for all ages to enjoy.
Science Spotlight
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New Book: “Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide”
When it comes to the birds of South Asia, Pamela Rasmussen wrote the book on it. Literally. Twice.
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New book reveals Ice Age mariners from Europe were America’s first inhabitants
Some of the earliest humans to inhabit America came from Europe according to a new book “Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America’s Clovis Culture.”
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New Book: “Across Atlantic Ice : The Origin of America’s Clovis Culture”
Supplying archaeological and oceanographic evidence, this book persuasively links Clovis technology with the culture of the Solutrean people who occupied France and Spain more than 20,000 years ago.
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Five funky and 5 fun facts about fishes
A selection of fascinating facts about fishes from the new book “Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide”
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New Book: “Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide”
In this fun, accessible and informative book, ichthyologists Gene Helfman, professor emeritus at the University of Georgia, and Bruce Collette, of the Division of Fishes at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, provide accurate, entertaining, and sometimes surprising answers to more than 100 common and not-so-common questions.
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New Book: “Sweet Stuff: An American History of Sweeteners from Sugar to Sucralose”
Warner’s narrative covers the major natural sweeteners, including sugar, molasses from cane, beet sugar, corn syrup, honey and maple, as well as artificial sweeteners such as saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame and sucralose.
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“Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon” by Al Worden with Francis French
As command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission to the moon in 1971, Al Worden spent six days orbiting the moon, including three days completely alone, the most isolated human in existence. In Falling to Earth, Worden tells for the first time the full story around the dramatic events that shook NASA and ended his spaceflight career.
