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Remem­ber­ing Ros­alind Franklin: Ros­alind Franklin & the Dis­cov­ery of the Dou­ble Helix Struc­ture of DNA
Tanya Lee Stone; Gretchen Ellen Powers, illus.
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The Sound of a Thou­sand Stars
Rachel Rob­bins
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Space Torah: Astro­naut Jef­frey Hoff­man’s Cos­mic Mitzvah
Rachelle Burk; Craig Orback, illus.
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Emmy Noe­ther: The Most Impor­tant Math­e­mati­cian You’ve Nev­er Heard Of
Helaine Becker, Kari Rust (illus.)
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Stargaz­ing in the Atom­ic Age: Essays
Anne Gold­man
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Hid­den Heretics: Jew­ish Doubt in a Dig­i­tal Age
Ayala Fad­er
Interview

JBC Authors at the Table: Jan Eliasberg

Jan Elias­berg
June 16, 2020
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Max Ein­stein: The Genius Experiment
James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
Essay

Jew­ish Astro­nauts and Nazi Scientists

Tom Seigel
October 3, 2018
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Israel: The Start-up Nation for Med­ical Innovation
Robert A. Norman
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How Luck Hap­pens: Using the Sci­ence of Luck to Trans­form Work, Love, and Life
Jan­ice Kaplan
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Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth
Adam Frank
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Los­ing the Nobel Prize: A Sto­ry of Cos­mol­o­gy, Ambi­tion, and the Per­ils of Sci­ence’s High­est Honor
Bri­an Keating
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Spine­less: The Sci­ence of Jel­ly­fish and the Art of Grow­ing a Backbone
Juli Berwald
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Aroused: The His­to­ry of Hor­mones and How They Con­trol Just About Everything
Ran­di Hut­ter Epstein
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Eat­ing Eth­i­cal­ly: Reli­gion and Sci­ence for a Bet­ter Diet
Jonathan K. Crane
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