This book is part of a great new series of compact and attractive identification guides designed to help you distinguish between varieties of natural phenomena. Over 100 of the most common plant and animal fossils of Europe are featured with …
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This book is part of a great new series of compact and attractive identification guides designed to help you distinguish between varieties of natural phenomena. Over 100 of the most common plant and animal fossils of Europe are featured with …
Why I am So Wise (Ecce Homo) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
By Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. Why I am So Wise (Ecce Homo)
'By Franz Kafka. 'Somebody must have laid false information against Josef K.- for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.' From this first sentence onwards- Josef K. is on trial for his right to exist in a novel which- …
By Peter Moore. The progress of the whole of humanity has often rested on a theory- a law or even a simple formula. From finding a basic understanding of our place in the Universe to harnessing the very forces of nature to our own ends- this book …
Science 101 Weather by Trudy Bell
'By Trudy Bell. The ultimate introductory science books for non-scientists-highly visual and informative titles on a range of major subjects in the sciences. This new series will explain major areas of science in an interesting- visually …
Science 101 Biology by George Ochoa
By George Ochoa. The ultimate introductory science books for non-scientists-highly visual and informative titles on a range of major subjects in the sciences.Science 101: Biology
On Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
By Charles Darwin. No one has done more to shape our view of what makes us human than Charles Darwin- whose seismic theory of evolution turned the Victorian world upside down- utterly rewrote our notions of life on earth and is still attacked by …
Medical Mysteries by Kenneth Wapner
'By Kenneth Wapner. Medical Mysteries features short- irresistible mystery stories--all about odd medical conditions: a girl who is allergic to water; a person with 'fake foreign accent syndrome'; wolf men; and even a man who appears to be …
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'Rocks and Minerals' are all around us- in our hills- gardens and buildings. Here- over 100 of the most common European rocks and minerals are featured with bitesize information on characteristics- mode of formation- distribution- similar types …
Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves by James Le
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By James Le Fanu. The imperative to 'know thyself' is both fundamental and profoundly elusive -- for how can we ever truly comprehend the drama and complexity of the human experience? In 'Why Us?' James Le Fanu offers a fascinating exploration of …
Under a Green Sky Global Warming- the Mass Extinctions of the Past- an
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'By Professor Peter D Ward. By looking backward at the course of great extinctions- a paleontologist sees what the future holds. More than 200 million years ago- a cataclysmic event known as the Permian extinction destroyed more than 90 percent …
Under A Green Sky Global Warming- the Mass Extinctions of the Past an
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By Peter D. Ward. More than 200 million years ago- a cataclysmic event known as the Permian extinction destroyed more than 90% of all species and nearly 97% of all living things. Its origins have long been a puzzle for paleontologists- and during …
The Daughters of Moab by Kim Westwood
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By Kim Westwood. In a world torn asunder- a small corner of Australia is having a chaotic rebirth...Eustace Crane II and his Followers of Nathaniel- the begrudging custodians of this ravaged landscape- are harvesting the genetically modified …
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox
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By Brenda Maddox. The untold story of the woman who helped to make one of humanity's greatest discoveries -- DNA -- but who was never given credit for doing so. 'Our dark lady is leaving us next week.' On 7 March 1953 Maurice Wilkins of King's …
It Takes a Genome How a Clash Between Our Genes and Modern Life is Mak
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'By Greg Gibson. 'A compelling- witty- and reader-friendly explanation of how our genes- fashioned for living in the Stone Age- are not so well-suited to life in the Modern Age.' --Sean B. Carroll- author of The Making of the Fittest and …
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'By Plato. Taking the form of a dialogue between Socrates- Gorgias- Polus and Callicles- 'Gorgias' debates perennial questions about the nature of government and those who aspire to public office. Are high moral standards essential or should we …
Finding Moonshine A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry by Marcus
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By Marcus du Sautoy. This new book from the author of 'The Music of the Primes' combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for symmetry. This is …
Dinosaurs by Christopher Brochu
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By Christopher Brochu. Dinosaurs
Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England by Steve Jones
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By Steve Jones. The Origin of Species is the most famous book in science but its stature tends to obscure the genius of Charles Darwin's other works. The Beagle voyage- too- occupied only five of the fifty years of his career. He spent only five …
The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuition Deceives Us by Chr
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By Christopher Chabris. If a gorilla walked out into the middle of a basketball pitch, you'd notice it. Wouldn't you? If a serious violent crime took place just next to you, you'd remember it, right? The Invisible Gorilla is a fascinating look at …
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rocks of the World: A Practical Guide
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By John Farndon. A practical guide to 150 igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Includes expert analysis of the key rock-forming environments of the world, plus advice on identifying rock types and building a spectacular collection. …
Jung A Graphic Guide by Maggie Hyde
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'By Maggie Hyde. Carl Gustav Jung was the most enigmatic and controversial disciple of Sigmund Freud.'Introducing Jung' brilliantly explains the theories that led Jung to break away from Freud and describes his own near psychotic breakdown in mid-…
Francis Crick Discoverer of the Genetic Code by Matt Ridley
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By Matt Ridley. Acclaimed author Matt Ridley traces the colourful life of the man who discovered the structure of DNA- the building blocks of life. Building on a biographical tradition that can be traced back to Aubrey's 'Brief Lives'- Dr Johnson'…
Ethics A Graphic Guide by Dave Robinson
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By Dave Robinson. What is the place of individual choice and consequence in a post-Holocaust world of continuing genocidal ethnic cleansing? Is 'identity' now a last-ditch cultural defence of ethnic nationalisms and competing fundamentalisms? In …
Eating the Sun How Plants Power the Planet by Oliver Morton
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By Oliver Morton. 'Eating the Sun' is the story of the discovery of a miracle: the source of life itself. From the intricacies of its molecular processes to the beauty of the nature that it supports- 'Eating the Sun' is a wondering tribute to the …
Cool It The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming by Bj
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'By Bjorn Lomborg. A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concerns. Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions …
Chaos A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar
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'By Ziauddin Sardar. 'Introducing Chaos' explains how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event- from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups and downs of the stock market. It also examines the roots of chaos in modern …
The Way We Will be 50 Years from Today 60 of the World's Greatest Mind
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'By Mike Wallace. The world is an uncertain place- which is why the future and the unknown absolutely fascinate us. Veteran television journalist Mike Wallace asked the question 'What will life be like 50 years from now?' to sixty of the world's …
The Lightness of Being Big Questions- Real Answers by Frank Wilczek
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'By Frank Wilczek. What's the meaning of it all? Or rather: what exactly is 'it?'. Here Frank Wilczek- Nobel Prize-winning physicist and legend- examines the very nature of reality itself- showing how almost everything we think we know about 'it' …
The Egg and Sperm Race The Seventeenth-century Scientists Who Unravell
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By Matthew Cobb. Where do we come from? Where do animals come from? For thousands of years we really had no clue how living things were created - great thinkers like Aristotle and Plato had attempted to explain what became known as the problem of …