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Skloot, Rebecca The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks How scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling discoveries in such areas as cancer research, in vitro fertilization, and gene mapping. (616.027 Sk45i Book on Disc) |
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Kelly, Jacqueline The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery. (BOD-333 Juv Book on Disc Kelly) |
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Beston, Henry. The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod In 1926, Henry Beston spent two weeks in a two-room cottage on the sand dunes of Cape Cod. He had not intended to stay longer, but, as he later wrote, "I lingered on, and as the year lengthened into autumn, the beauty and mystery of this earth and outer sea so possessed and held me that I could not go". Beston stayed for a year, meditating on humanity and the natural world. In The Outermost House, originally published in 1928, he poetically chronicled the four seasons at the beach; the ebb and flow of the tides, the migration of birds, storms, stars, and solitude. The landscape was his major character, and his writing provides a snapshot of the Cape, a place physically changed yet still as soulful 80 years later. (917.449 Sh31o Book on Disc) |
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Crichton, Michael. Next Next In a near-future world where biotechnology and genetic research has become big business, the discovery of several transgenic animals leads to a legal and ethical battle over the rights to genes that can be used for commercial purposes. (D-10485 Book on Disc Crichton) |
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Goodall, Jane. Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued From the Brink At a time when we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, renowned scientist Jane Goodall brings us inspiring news about the future of the animal kingdom. With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall--along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard--shares fascinating survival stories about the American crocodile, the California condor, the black-footed ferret and more--all formerly endangered species and species once on the verge of extinction whose populations are now being regenerated. Interweaving her own first-hand experiences with the research of premier scientists, Goodall illuminates the heroic efforts of dedicated environmentalists and the truly critical need to protect the habitats of these beloved species. (591.529 G61h Book on Disc) |
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Gopnik, Adam. Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln and the Modern Age On February 12, 1809, two men were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English country estate. Each would see his life's work inspire a stark change in mankind's understanding of itself. In this twin portrait, Adam Gopnik shows how these two giants, who never met, altered the way we think about death and time-- about the very nature of earthly existence. (921 L638go Book on Disc and 921 L638go Sound Media Player) |
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Heiligman, Deborah. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith Charles Darwin and his wife, Emma, were deeply in love and very supportive of each other, but their opinions often clashed. Emma was extremely religious, and Charles questioned God's very existence. (j921 D259he Book on Disc) |
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Kolbert, Elizabeth. Field Notes From a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change Former New York Times reporter Kolbert expands on three articles she wrote for the New Yorker, exploring the reality of global warming. The text is based on journeys she made to several locations around the world--Alaska, Iceland, Greenland, England, the Netherlands--where she interviewed researchers and environmentalists to get the facts about climate change and its effects. (363.7387 K831f Book on Disc) |
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McCall Smith, Alexander. Creating Humans: Ethical Questions Where Reproduction and Science Collide Lectures delivered by Professor Alexander McCall Smith at the University of Edinburgh. (176 M124c Book on Disc) |
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Pearson, Mary. The Adoration of Jenna Fox In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling secret about her existence. (D-11167 Book on Disc YA SF Pearson) |
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Quammen, David. The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of His Theory of Evolution He did not found a movement or a religion, he never assembled a creed of scientific axioms and ascribed his name to them. He was in fact a reclusive biologist who wrote books on some minor and some major topics, made mistakes, and changed his mind. (921 D259q Book on Disc) |
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Sengoopta, Chandak. Darwin, Darwinism and the Modern World Lectures delivered by Professor Chandak Sengoopta, University of London. (575.01 Se56d Book on Disc) |
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Tucker, Lisa. The Cure For Modern Life Matthew and Amelia were once in love and planning to raise a family together, but a decade later, they have become professional enemies. To Amelia, who has dedicated her life to medical ethics, Matthew’s job as a high-powered pharmaceutical executive has turned him into a heartless person who doesn’t care about anything but money. Now they’re kept in balance only by Matthew’s best and oldest friend, Ben, a rising science superstar - and Amelia’s new boyfriend. (D-11164 Book on Disc Tucker) |
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Waal, F.B.M. The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons For a Kinder Society Primatologist Frans de Waal examines how empathy comes naturally to a great variety of animals, including humans. (152.41 W111a Book on Disc) |