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Evolution's revolutionary. Stephen Jay Gould, paleontologist: 1941-2002 by Adler, Jerry

“…CONSIDER, STEPHEN JAY GOULD URGED IN ONE OF his best-known essays in defense of evolution, the panda's thumb. The animal uses it to strip the leaves off bamboo…”
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Wild Man: Fed up with invasive species and sterile landscapes, an ecologist urges Americans to go native and go natural--and remake every backyard, office park and traffic island by Adler, Jerry

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Vessel Has Landed by Adler, Jerry

“…On the far west side of Manhattan--where Hudson Yards, the monumental city-within-a-city that will someday encompass 18 million square feet, is rising on a…”
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ALBERT EINSTEIN'S MYSTERY TOUR by Adler, Jerry

“…Einstein's German birth and upbringing rendered him suspect in the eyes of some European countries just a few years after the end of the world war-a lecture in…”
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ALBERT EINSTEIN'S MYSTERY TOUR: As he traveled through Japan and Palestine the brilliant scientist discovered much he didn't understand by Adler, Jerry

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Stephen Hawking, Master of the Universe: Our 1988 Cover Story on the Legendary Physicist; "My goal," Hawking said, "is a complete understanding of the universe." by Adler, Jerry

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Mighty mouse: the first patented animal is still leading us through the maze of cancer research.(National Treasure) by Adler, Jerry

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Mighty Mouse by Adler, Jerry

“…Leder and Stewart focused on breast cancer, for which there was a known causative agent in mice, the Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV), which can be transmitted…”
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Musical Chairs by Adler, Jerry

“…Adler points out that the struggle to define the office of the future will be played out in the context of the open floor plan, a partitionless space with…”
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A world without mosquitoes by Adler, Jerry

“…The war has been waged with shovels and insecticides, with mosquito repellent, mosquito traps and mosquito-larvae-eating fish, with bed nets and window screens…”
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Creativity and the Brain by Adler, Jerry

“…Adler determines what sparks visionary thinking and artistic invention. There's no dedicated area for creativity in the brain, in the way that the prefrontal…”
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Pulse Points by Koop, C.Everett, Woolston, Jerri, Larrivee, Carolyn, Friedman, Emily, Adler, Jerry, Rotello, Gabriel, Colen, Helen S.

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Face to face: an engineer's passion for decoding facial expressions is set to change the way we interact with our devices--and each other by Adler, Jerry

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Snap Judgment by Adler, Jerry

“…The website of the Humane Society of the United States points out that the chances of a house mouse surviving for long out of doors are "very low," but it…”
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FACE TO FACE by Adler, Jerry

“…Compiled, perhaps, into something like an Affectiva Mood Index, a numerical read on the gross national happiness, or broken down into regions where smiles or…”
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Snap judgment: a better mousetrap has long been the holy grail of American ingenuity by Adler, Jerry

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Enough said: a new library contains every phrase that could ever be uttered.(Jonathan Basile's libraryofbabel.info) by Adler, Jerry

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Enough Said by Adler, Jerry

“…The Library of Babel, which takes its name from Borges' famous short story on the same theme, resides on a desktop computer in the home of Jonathan Basile, in…”
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The New Gilded Age: The High Life by Adler, Jerry

“…Adler talks about the emergence of the extra-skinny, supertall, ultra-luxury residential tower. This is an architectural development that has been driven, of…”
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Mind meld: brain-to-brain communication is no longer unthinkable, opening up a startling world of new therapies--and dilemmas by Adler, Jerry

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