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    Jew­ish Astro­nauts and Nazi Scientists

    Tom Seigel
    October 3, 2018
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    Israel: The Start-up Nation for Med­ical Innovation
    Robert A. Norman
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    Spine­less: The Sci­ence of Jel­ly­fish and the Art of Grow­ing a Backbone
    Juli Berwald
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    Aroused: The His­to­ry of Hor­mones and How They Con­trol Just About Everything
    Ran­di Hut­ter Epstein
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    How Luck Hap­pens: Using the Sci­ence of Luck to Trans­form Work, Love, and Life
    Jan­ice Kaplan
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    Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
    Adam Frank
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    Los­ing the Nobel Prize: A Sto­ry of Cos­mol­o­gy, Ambi­tion, and the Per­ils of Sci­ence’s High­est Honor
    Bri­an Keating
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    Eat­ing Eth­i­cal­ly: Reli­gion and Sci­ence for a Bet­ter Diet
    Jonathan K. Crane
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    30 Days, 30 Authors: Juli Berwald

    Juli Berwald
    November 29, 2017
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    Fic­tion and Physics

    Car­ol Zoref
    October 13, 2017
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    Why You Eat What You Eat
    Rachel Herz
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    Bon­nie Rochman
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    The Body Builders
    Adam Piore
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    A Book About Love
    Jonah Lehrer
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    Imbe­ciles: The Supreme Court, Amer­i­can Eugen­ics, and the Ster­il­iza­tion of Car­rie Buck
    Adam Cohen
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    The Estro­gen Window
    Mache Seibel, MD
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