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Recommended Books, April 2020 – Scientific American

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Scientific American April 2020

Bird’s-eye views of Earth, Civil War submarine mystery, and more

The Human Planet: Earth at the Dawn of the Anthropocene

Photography by George Steinmetz

text by Andrew Revkin. Abrams Books, 2020 ($50)



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