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Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS Vaccine
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"[A]n important book not only for the now but for the future of this epidemic and those to come."—Dr. Robert Gallo
Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?: Debunking Pseudoscience
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"[Gardner] zaps his targets with laserlike precision and wit."—Entertainment Weekly
Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison: And Other Urgent Inquiries into the Odd Nature of Nature
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Join longtime Outside editor and contributor Hampton Sides as he rollicks through the fascinating, quirky questions readers ask about the world around them.
Rosalind Franklin and DNA
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Rosalind Franklin's research was central to the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. She never received the credit she was due during her lifetime.
Tuva or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey
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As a stamp-collecting boy always fascinated by remote places, Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman was particularly taken by the diamond-shaped stamps from a place called Tannu Tuva deep within Outer Mongolia. He hoped, someday, to travel there.