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Summer Bummers: 21 Science Books That Are Great Anti-Beach Reads

"Are you not a summer person? Does the sun make you want to hide until nightfall? Do supposedly good times put you in a definitely bad mood? If so, embrace the darkness with these science titles that remind us that life isn't all beachballs and barbecues: We've got serious problems on Planet Earth that a dip in the pool isn't going to fix."
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The Wasting of Borneo (Alex Shoumatoff)
The Wasting of Borneo
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Alex Shoumatoff
Last Chance to See (Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine)
Last Chance to See
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Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine
What We're Fighting for Now Is Each Other (Wen Stephenson)
What We're Fighting for Now Is Each Other
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Wen Stephenson
Command and Control
Command and Control
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Quakeland (Kathryn Miles)
Quakeland
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Kathryn Miles
The Perfect Weapon (David E.Sanger)
The Perfect Weapon
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David E.Sanger
Your Happiness Was Hacked (Vivek Wadhwa & Alex Salkever)
Your Happiness Was Hacked
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Vivek Wadhwa & Alex Salkever
No Good Alternative (William T.Vollmann)
No Good Alternative
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William T.Vollmann
This Land Is Our Land (Ken Ilgunas)
This Land Is Our Land
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Ken Ilgunas
Fallout (Fred Pearce)
Fallout
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Fred Pearce
The People vs. Tech (Jamie Bartlett)
The People vs. Tech
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Jamie Bartlett
Unnatural Harvest (Ingeborg Boyens)
Unnatural Harvest
12
Ingeborg Boyens
Living in the Anthropocene (Edit by W. John Kress & Jeffrey K.Stine)
Living in the Anthropocene
13
Edit by W. John Kress & Jeffrey K.Stine
Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus (Douglas Rushkoff)
Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus
14
Douglas Rushkoff
When the Rivers Run Dry (Fred Pearce)
When the Rivers Run Dry
15
Fred Pearce
The Sixth Extinction (Richard Leakey & Roger Lewin)
The Sixth Extinction
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Richard Leakey & Roger Lewin
The Coming Plague (Laurie Garrett)
The Coming Plague
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Laurie Garrett
Future Shock (Toffler Alvin)
Future Shock
18
Toffler Alvin
The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo
The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo
19
The Filter Bubble (Eli Pariser)
The Filter Bubble
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Eli Pariser
Five Billion Years of Solitude (Lee Billings)
Five Billion Years of Solitude
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Lee Billings
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