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’);Manhattan College O’Malley Library Welcome to the O’Malley Library Home Welcome to the O’Malley Library: Home Discovery Search Search for books, articles, and online resources at Manhattan College and beyond! Discovery Search Find Books Find Articles Keyword Author Subject Title Advanced Search Quick Links Articles + Databases Find library databases for your research subject Journals Find a journal, newspaper, or magazine by title Google Scholar Find articles using Google Scholar Research Guides Not sure where to start? Try a research guide! Highlights Library Hours Borrowing How Do I... Information Contact Interlibrary Loan Suggest a Purchase My Account - View and Renew How-to Videos Call Number Locations FAQs Archives & Special Collections Faculty Services Know Your Library Ask Us! Library Directory Subject Librarians Our Planet and Others Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution by Menno Schilthuizen Menno Schilthuizen is one of a growing number of "urban ecologists" studying how our manmade environments are accelerating and changing the evolution of the animals and plants around us. A City on Mars: Can we Settle Space, Should we Settle Space, and Have we Really Thought this Through? by Kelly & Zach Weinersmith With deep expertise, a winning sense of humor, and art from the beloved creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, the Weinersmiths investigate perhaps the biggest questions humanity will ever ask itselfwhether and how to become multiplanetary. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert Elizabeth Kolbert takes a hard look at the new world people are creating. She meets scientists, engineers, researchers and physicist looking for solutions to preserve and develop solutions. Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking Will humanity survive? Should we colonize space? Does God exist? ​​These are just a few of the questions Hawking addresses in this wide-ranging, passionately argued final book from one of the greatest minds in history. Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change by Thor Hanson As a young biologist, Hanson, watched with some detachment as our warming planet presented species with an ultimatum: change or face extinction. But his detachment turned to both concern and awe, as he observed the remarkable narratives of change playing out in each plant and animal he studied. The Green Marble: Earth System Science and Global Sustainability by David P. Turner Humans have difficulty thinking at the global scale. Yet as we come to understand our planet as a single, interconnected, complex system and encounter compelling evidence of human impact on Earth’s climate and biosphere, the need for a truly global effort is increasingly urgent. Carl Sagan’s Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective by Carl Sagan A new edition of twentieth-century astronomer Carl Sagan’s 1973 work on the science of the solar system, space colonization, and the possible existence of extraterrestrial life Life through Time and Space by Wallace Arthur & Stephen Arthur We all had three origins: the origin of our own individual life, the origin of life on Earth, and the origin of our planetary home from a universe that initially had neither stars nor planets. This book tells the stories of these three origins and their evolutionary processes. The Politics and Perils of Space Exploration: Who will Compete, who will Dominate? by Linda Dawson Written by a former Aerodynamics Officer on the space shuttle program, this book provides a complete overview of the ’new’ U.S. space program, which has changed considerably over the past 50 years. Last Updated: May 1, 2024 1:14 PM URL: https://lib.manhattan.edu/home Print Page Login to...