The Quest for the Tree Kangaroo: What the Job Costs
Most books about a rare animal are about the animal. This one is mostly about getting there, asking permission, and waiting, which is what the work really is.
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The Octopus Scientists: A Mind on Another Branch
An octopus matches the color of a rock in about a second, and it almost certainly cannot see color. The book is honest that nobody has settled how.
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The Mighty Mars Rovers: Ninety Days That Lasted Years
Two robots, a warranty of about ninety days, and a job that turned out to be mostly waiting. This is the best book on the shelf about what science actually...
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Mission to Pluto: One Pass, No Brakes
Nine and a half years of travel to buy a few hours of looking, with no way to slow down and no second attempt. The planet is not the interesting...
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Emi and the Rhino Scientist: How One Calf Happened
The best part of this book is the failures. A string of lost pregnancies before one calf, all of it written down, all of it in a book for a...
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Condor Comeback: Lead, Blood Tests, and 27 Birds
The California condor did not come back on its own, and it is not staying back on its own either. This is a book about what that costs, in people...
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