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The end of absence: reclaiming what we've lost in a world of constant connection
Par Michael Harris. 2014
Only one generation in history (ours) will experience life both with and without the internet. For everyone who follows us,…
online life will simply be the air they breathe. Today, we revel in ubiquitous information and constant connection, rarely stopping to consider the implications for our logged-on lives. The author chronicles this massive shift, exploring what we've gained and lost in the bargain. He argues that our greatest loss has been that of absence itself -- of silence, wonder and solitude. Winner of the 2014 Governor General’s Award for Non-fiction. 2014.The clouded leopard: travels to landscapes of spirit and desire
Par Wade Davis. 1998
Davis examines the link between the diversity of our biological landscape and cultural diversity. He argues that the more we…
destroy the biological landscapes of the Earth, the more we cause diverse cultures to assimilate with the more mainstream cultures. Davis uses his travels around the world to illustrate his argument and shares stories of his time spent with a variety of peoples throughout the world. c1998.The climate wars
Par Gwynne Dyer. 2008
Dwindling resources, massive population shifts, natural disasters, spreading epidemics. Drought, rising sea levels, plummeting agricultural yields, crashing economies and political…
extremism. These are some of the expected consequences of runaway climate change in the decades ahead, and any of them could tip the world towards conflict. 2008.The burning house: unlocking the mysteries of the brain
Par Jay Ingram. 1994
The beauty of the beastly: new views on the nature of life
Par Natalie Angier. 1996
Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer for the New York Times offers her essays on the beauty of organisms usually considered beastly,…
and the beastliness behind conventional icons of beauty in the natural world. Admitting she "anthropomorphizes shamelessly," she humorously discusses commonalities that humans share with other species. Topics include loving, adapting, healing, creating, and dying. Some descriptions of violence. 1995.A collection of humourous and surprising essays which examine the scientific explanation for certain human behaviours, the scientific world's attempts…
to re-examine history, including the Salem witch trials, and some of the stranger questions tackled by scientists. Sections on human behaviour, curiosities of life, science and history, natural battles and how things work are included. 1998.The alchemy of love and lust: discovering our sex hormones and how they determine who we love, when we love, and how often we love
Par Theresa Larsen Crenshaw. 1997
Identifies the role our hormones play in the different sexual stages, exploring the age-old concept of chemistry between the sexes…
and how hormones can determine the course of human relationships. Functions as both an encyclopedia of our attachment-related hormones, telling us exactly what they are and exactly what modern science thinks they do, and a guide to what we can do to get them to keep functioning the way we want them to. Descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1996.Slow death by rubber duck: how the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health
Par Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie, Sarah Dopp. 2009
To prove that the most dangerous pollution comes from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces, Smith and Lourie ingested…
and inhaled these items for one week. They expose the miscreant corporate giants who manufacture the toxins, the weak-kneed government officials who let it happen, and the effects on people across the globe; they also describe the extent to which we are poisoned, from the simple household dust that is polluting our blood to the toxins in our urine that are created by run-of-the-mill shampoos and toothpaste. c2009.Secret ingredients: the brave new world of industrial farming
Par Stuart Laidlaw. 2003
A vivid portrait of what modern industrial farming is, what it is doing to the environment, to farmers, to the…
plants and livestock we eat, and to us as consumers and as citizens. The author takes us from the dairy farms of Pennsylvania to Canada's prairie wheatfields, from the tomato greenhouses of southern Ontario to the potato fields of P.E.I. All along the way, he shows us food's secret ingredient - its hidden costs. 2003.Secrets of the mummies: uncovering the bodies of ancient Egyptians (An I was there book)
Par Shelley Tanaka, Peter Brand. 1999
Four mummies, from a mighty pharaoh to a poor weaver, are studied scientifically to reveal the lives and times of…
these three-thousand-year-old people. Also describes embalming and mummification, life in ancient Egypt, and the scientific techniques now used to study mummies. Grades 3-6. 1999.Sahara: a natural history
Par Marq De Villiers, Sheila Hirtle. 2003
Description of the world's largest desert landscape and its inhabitants. Discusses the geography, natural cycles, and resilient life-forms of the…
sandy wilderness stretching across the broadest part of Africa. Covers the history of the Sahara's indigenous people--Berbers, Moors, and Tuareg--and the ancient kingdoms of past civilizations. 2003.Red cloud at dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly
Par Michael D Gordin. 2009
On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed "First Lightning", exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. This surprising…
international event marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the Soviet Union and the United States. Using newly opened archives, Gordin follows a trail of espionage, secrecy, deception, political brinksmanship, and technical innovation to provide a fresh understanding of the nuclear arms race. 2009.Portrait du Gulf Stream: éloge des courants : promenade
Par Erik Orsenna. 2005
One to nine: the inner life of numbers
Par Andrew Hodges. 2007
Have you ever thought about the uniqueness and simplicity of One, or what it means to be Two? Is Four…
really so square and why are there Seven days of the week, Seven deadly sins, or even Seven wonders of the world? An investigation into such topics as musical harmony, code breaking, and probabilities in poker and lotteries, which probes the surprising symmetries of time, space, matter, and forces. c2007.Nibbling on Einstein's brain: the good, the bad & the bogus in science
Par Diane Swanson. 2001
Measuring the earth with a stick: science as I've seen it
Par Bob McDonald. 2000
A collection of essays that illuminate the author's scientific take on our world. With more than 25 years experience as…
a science journalist, McDonald has had the opportunity to meet some of the most important minds in modern science. Drawing from these experiences, he shares his alternative perception of nature. 2000.Lost in cyburbia: how life on the net has created a life of its own
Par James Harkin. 2009
Once upon a time there were no text messaging, no e-mail and no social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and…
MySpace. The introduction of these new forums for communication has radically transformed the way that we live - and we can only guess what will come next. Describes the architecture of our digital life, how it has developed over the past seventy years, and how it will evolve in the future. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. c2009.La chute de l'empire humain: mémoires d'un robot
Par Charles-Edouard Bouée, François Roche. 2017
Des machines plus intelligentes que l'homme ? Une utopie que les auteurs de science-fiction et les scénaristes d'Hollywood ont imaginée...…
mais que les progrès technologiques sont en passe de réaliser. Deux phénomènes se conjuguent : la puissance de calcul des superordinateurs augmente de façon exponentielle ; de nouveaux logiciels reproduisent le fonctionnement des neurones du cerveau humain et confèrent aux machines la faculté d'apprendre. Les systèmes pensants peupleront bientôt les domiciles, les entreprises, les usines, les administrations, les hôpitaux, les villes, les armées. Jusqu'où iront-ils dans leur degré d'autonomie et leur liberté de décision ? Quelle place les hommes préserveront-ils dans un univers contrôlé par les robots ? Après la bombe atomique, l'intelligence artificielle est-elle la deuxième arme létale inventée par l'homme et capable de le détruire ? La chute de l'empire humain retrace l'histoire méconnue de l'intelligence artificielle du point de vue du robot : c'est une machine qui raconte ici son aventure et dévoile les mystères de son long cheminement avec l'homme, jusqu'au combat final. 2017.Homo deus: une brève histoire de l'avenir
Par Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat, Yuval N Harari. 2017
L'historien offre sa vision de l'évolution de l'humanité au XXIe siècle, quand les mythes millénaires s'allieront à des nouvelles technologies…
démiurges comme l'intelligence artificielle ou la manipulation génétique. Une vision sombre d'un monde où Google et Facebook connaîtront les préférences politiques de chaque citoyen et où les humains seront évincés du marché de lemploi par les ordinateurs. 2017. Titre uniforme: Homo deus.Jet age: the Comet, the 707, and the race to shrink the world
Par Sam Howe Verhovek. 2010
The author explores the advent of the first generation of jet airliners and the people who designed, built, and flew…
them. The path to jet travel was triumphal and amazingly rapid-less than fifty years after the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, Great Britain led the world with the first commercial jet plane service. Yet the pioneering British Comet was cursed with a tragic, mysterious flaw, and an upstart Seattle company put a new competitor in the sky: the Boeing 707 Jet Stratoliner. The book vividly recreates the race between two nations, two global airlines, and two rival teams of brilliant engineers for bragging rights to the first jet service across the Atlantic Ocean in 1958. 2010.