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Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Higginbotham, Adam *
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 read, book-club, energy, science-history, technology 2025/06/01 2025/06/30 Betsy 2025/04/20 view activity »
Fire Weather by John Vaillant Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World Vaillant, John
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 read, book-club, climate, ecology, energy, science-history 2025/03/01 2025/03/31 Betsy 2024/08/19 view activity »
Material World by Ed Conway Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization Conway, Ed
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 read, book-club, chemistry, energy, materials-science 2024/07/01 2024/07/31 Betsy 2024/04/17 view activity »
Wasteland by Oliver Franklin-Wallis Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future Franklin-Wallis, Oliver
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 read, book-club, ecology, economics, energy 2024/06/01 2024/06/30 Betsy 2024/03/17 view activity »
We Are Electric by Sally Adee We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds Adee, Sally
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 to-read, biology, energy, medicine     Betsy 2023/11/20 view activity »
The Star Builders by Arthur Turrell The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet Turrell, Arthur
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 to-read, energy, physics     Betsy 2023/11/20 view activity »
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need Gates, Bill *
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 to-read, climate, energy, technology     Betsy 2022/11/22 view activity »
The Invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenberg The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life Firstenberg, Arthur
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 to-read, energy     Betsy 2022/01/16 view activity »
The Human Planet by Simon L. Lewis The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene Lewis, Simon L.
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 to-read, climate, ecology, energy, science-history     Betsy 2021/10/18 view activity »
Edison by Edmund Morris Edison Morris, Edmund
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 to-read, biography, energy     Betsy 2020/10/18 view activity »
The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True Dawkins, Richard *
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 to-read, anthropology, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, climate, complex-systems, energy, mathematics, medicine, oceanography, philosophy, physics, psychology, science-history     Betsy 2020/10/16 view activity »
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Taleb, Nassim Nicholas *
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 read, book-club, economics, energy, medicine, nature, philosophy, psychology, public-health, science-policy, sociology, technology 2021/01/01 2021/01/31 Betsy 2020/10/16 view activity »
Energy by Richard Rhodes Energy: A Human History Rhodes, Richard
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 to-read, energy, science-history     Betsy 2020/05/19 view activity »
The Vital Question by Nick Lane The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life Lane, Nick
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 to-read, energy, evolution     Betsy 2017/01/19 view activity »
The Planet Remade by Oliver Morton The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World Morton, Oliver *
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 to-read, ecology, energy, geology     Betsy 2016/09/21 view activity »
Overpowered by Martin Blank Overpowered: The Dangers of Electromagnetic Radiation (EMF) and What You Can Do about It Blank, Martin
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 to-read, energy, technology     Betsy 2016/03/23 view activity »
Atomic Accidents by James Mahaffey Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima Mahaffey, James
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 to-read, energy     Betsy 2014/05/19 view activity »
Electric Universe by David Bodanis Electric Universe: How Electricity Switched on the Modern World Bodanis, David *
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 to-read, energy     Betsy 2013/11/20 view activity »
The Power Surge by Michael Levi The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America’s Future Levi, Michael
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 to-read, energy     Betsy 2013/07/18 view activity »
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope Kamkwamba, William *
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 to-read, climate, energy     Betsy 2013/04/02 view activity »
SuperFuel by Richard Martin SuperFuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future Martin, Richard *
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 to-read, energy     Betsy 2012/07/26 view activity »


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