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  • The Intelligent Universe

    AI, ET, and the Emerging Mind of the Cosmos

    by James Gardner ...
    What is the ultimate destiny of our universe? That is the striking question addressed by James Gardner in The Intelligent Universe. Traditionally, scientists (and Robert Frost) have offered two bleak answers to this profound issue: fire or ice. In The Intelligent Universe, James Gardner envisions a third dramatic alternative—a final state of the cosmos in which a highly evolved form of group ... Read more

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  • American Indian Nations

    Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

    Series series Contemporary Native American Communities
    American Indian Nations takes stock of Indian history, policy, and culture over the past 30 years. A distinctive contribution to the understanding and interpretation of current Indian affairs, policies, and community development, this dynamic commentary of contemporary issues brings together a Who's Who of tribal leaders, scholars, and activists. No other collection offers such a thought-provoking ... Read more

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    Richard Tregaskis

    Reporting under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam

    Narrated by Grover Gardner ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 53 min

    In the late summer of 1942, more than ten thousand members of the First Marine Division held a tenuous toehold on the Pacific island of Guadalcanal.As American marines battled Japanese forces for control of the island, they were joined by war correspondent Richard Tregaskis. Only one of two civilian reporters to land and stay with the marines, Tregaskis’s notebook captured the daily and nightly ... Read more

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  • The Universe Within

    From Quantum to Cosmos

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    The most anticipated nonfiction book of the season, this year's Massey Lectures is a visionary look at the way the human mind can shape the future by world-renowned physicist Neil Turok.Every technology we rely on today was created by the human mind, seeking to understand the universe around us. Scientific knowledge is our most precious possession, and our future will be shaped by the ... Read more

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  • The Big Picture

    On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself

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  • Hyperspace

    A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension

    by Michio Kaku ...
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  • Spooky Action at a Distance

    Why Space and Times Are Doomed—and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything

    by George Musser ...
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  • Broca's Brain

    Reflections on the Romance of Science

    by Carl Sagan ...
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  • The Velikovsky Heresies

    Worlds in Collision and Ancient Catastrophes Revisited

    A reexamination of Immanuel Velikovsky’s controversial Venus theories in light of new astronomical and archaeological findings• Provides new evidence from recent space probe missions to support Velikovsky’s theories on the formation of Venus• Presents recently translated ancient texts from China, Korea, and Japan that uphold the cometlike descriptions of Venus cited by Velikovsky• Examines ... Read more

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  • Before the Big Bang

    The Prehistory of Our Universe

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