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• Superagency

  What Could Possibly Go Right With Our AI Future

  Hoffman, Reid,

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  Superagency offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges like disinformation and potential job changes, the book focuses on AI’s immense potential to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Robots and the People Who Love Them

  Holding on to Our Humanity in An Age of Social Robots

  Herold, Eve,

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  "A good, thought-provoking acquisition about the deep changes that robots could bring to society." - Library Journal

• Space Oddities

  the Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding of the Universe

  Cliff, Harry (Harry Victor),

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  "Cliff converts complex physics into eminently readable popular science." —Booklist

• The Paranormal Ranger

  a Navajo Investigator's Search for the Unexplained

  Milford, Stanley, Jr.,

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  A Navajo Ranger’s chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal and unexplained in Navajoland.

• Supremacy

  AI, ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the World

  Olson, Parmy,

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  From award-winning journalist Parmy Olson, Supremacy is the astonishing, untold, behind-the-scenes story of the battle between two AI companies, their struggles to use their tech for good, and the dangerous direction that they’re now going in.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi

  Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math From Nerd Nite

  Balakrishnan, Chris,

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  "An enjoyable romp through the back alleys of scientific research, proving that knowledge and fun can easily go together." ― Kirkus

• Alien Earths

  the New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

  Kaltenegger, Lisa, 1977-

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  "A superb testament to the scientific virtue of curious wonder." ―Wall Street Journal

• Phantom Phenomena

  Tales of the World's Most Terrifying and Supernatural Events

  Darkness Prevails,

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  Get the spooky thrills you crave with these terrifying stories of the unexplained, collected from ordinary people around the world.

• The Asteroid Hunter

  a Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of Our Solar System

  Lauretta, Dante S., 1970-

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  "Lauretta is a talented storyteller, spinning a gripping narrative out of scientists’ efforts to overcome unforeseen obstacles under intense pressure. Armchair astronomers should consider this a must read." ―Publisher's Weekly, starred review

• Life on Other Planets

  a Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe

  Shields, Aomawa,

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  "A memoir about the cosmos and about ourselves. Aomawa Shields is an astrobiologist and an astronomer who we all can't help but cheer for in this stunning reflection on everything universal, even the truth." —Zibby Owens, Good Morning America

• For the Love of Mars

  a Human History of the Red Planet

  Shindell, Matthew,

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  "This insightful history will charm readers of popular science, science fiction, and history." ― Library Journal

• The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries

  ...And Other Amazing Cosmic Facts

  Scudder, Jillian

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  An offbeat guided tour of the Universe, focusing on weird and wonderful facts.

• We Are Not Alone

  the Extraordinary History of UFOs and Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears and Fantasies

  Hartzman, Marc,

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  “Deeply researched and highly entertaining, We Are Not Alone will inform and enchant anyone who's ever doubted that we are really alone in the universe.”—John Burroughs, Midwest Book Review

• The Milky Way

  An Autobiography of Our Galaxy

  McTier, Moiya,

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  An astrophysicist and folklorist presents an out-of-this-world autobiography of The Milky Way that recounts the history and future of the universe in accessible but scientific detail, detailing what humans have discovered about everything, from its…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Impact

  How Rocks From Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong

  Brennecka, Greg,

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  Offers a humorous, accessible exploration of how meteorites have helped not only build our planet but steered the evolution of life and human culture.

• The Elephant in the Universe

  Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter

  Schilling, Govert

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  “Schilling has craftily combined his lucid and accessible descriptions of science with the personal story of those unlocking the finer details of the missing mass mystery. The result is enthralling…A captivating scientific thriller.” ―BBC Sky at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Allure of the Multiverse

  Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds, and Parallel Universes

  Halpern, Paul

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  “A superb introduction to the concept of the multiverse… the curious will find much to ponder.”―Publishers Weekly

• Benny the Blue Whale

  A Descent into Story, Language and the Madness of ChatGPT

  Stanton, Andy

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  ‘In detailing his hysterical efforts to get ChatGPT to write a masterpiece, Stanton offers real insight into how it works or, well, doesn’t.’ —New Scientist

• Is Earth Exceptional?

  the Quest for Cosmic Life

  Livio, Mario, 1945-

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  A New York Times–bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate take us on "a mesmerizing exploration" (Jennifer Doudna) to discover how and where the universe breathed itself into life.

• The Warped Side of Our Universe

  An Odyssey Through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves

  Thorne, Kip S.,

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  Epic verse and pulsating paintings merge to shed light on time travel, black holes, gravitational waves and the birth of the universe.