Science Book Club Suggestions, 2015/10, Keith Lofstrom

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The Meaning of Human Existence, E. O. Wilson, 2014
The human mind, life, and life elsewhere. Evolution is smarter than Richard Dawkins.

Whole Earth Discipline, Stewart Brand, 2009
Ecopragmatism: Make room for nature with cities, nuclear, and genetics.

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Regenesis, George Church,2012
Rewriting the genetic code. A trillion copies printed, in DNA.

The Infinite Resource, Ramez Naam, 2013
The global mind network is reinventing efficiency, consuming fewer resources.

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Life in the Hothouse, Melanie Lenhart, 2010
Gaia is correcting our mistakes, on her own time, not ours.

Global Warming, David Archer, 2007
Climate explained with drawings, graphs, and algebra.

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Reinventing Discovery, Michael Nielsen, 2012
Informal and powerful citizen scientific collaboration over the internet.

Don't be such a scientist, Randy Olsen, 2009
Write and speak to communicate, not to baffle and annoy.

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Lucky Planet, David Waltham, 2014
The specific size and orbit of the moon is necessary for our existence.

Plows, Plagues, & Petroleum, William Ruddiman, 2005
Indians cleared land with fire, smallpox got them, forest returned, causing Little Ice Age.

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