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Wild Design reveals the wonders of the natural world as never seen before, through the stunning, extraordinary, and functional forms created by animals, plants, and other organisms all around us.

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Stanford behavioural ecologist, world-renowned elephant scientist, and award-winning author, Caitlin OConnell shows how embracing the ten most profound rituals of the animal kingdom can make us more connected to ourselves, to nature, and those around us.

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In this volume, the first thorough account of the family to be published since 1839, 84 genera are recognised, encompassing 2319 species.Foreach recognised species, subspecies, or hybrid, information is provided on its geographic distribution, life-form, and chromosome number.

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The World Checklist of Cyperaceae provides a single source guide to the correct names of all sedges, the source of their publication and indicating which names are currently accepted and which are synonyms.

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The World Checklist of Dioscoreales lists all validly published names of yams and their allies, providing the source of their publication and indicating which names are currently accepted and which are synonyms, making it a standard nomenclatural reference for further research into this important family.

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World Checklist of Myrtaceae is a much needed work that lists all validly published names in the family, providing the source of their publication and indicating which names are currently accepted and which are synonyms.

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What are you, who are you and where are you going - the beginner's guide to modern science

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This book lists over 400 Zambian plant remedies with a brief description of plant and habitat, the plant parts used with the recipes and areas, and scientific research where relevant.

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Zambian plants: their vernacular names and uses is a comprehensive list of vernacular names used by the millions of rural Zambians who rely on bush products in their everyday lives.

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Describes everything from the author's love of beauty to college pranks to how his father taught him to think. In this book, the author takes us behind the scenes of the space shuttle Challenger investigation, where he dramatically revealed the cause of the disaster with a simple experiment.

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A fascinating and up-to-date tour of the workings of the universe that suggest the possibility of journeying back and forth through time.

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Arranged in chronological order from the early Greek mathematicians, Euclid and Archimedes through to present-day Nobel Prize winners, 100 Science Discoveries That Changed the World charts the great breakthroughs in scientific understanding.

(Spiral bound)

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An exploration of space and time and a journey of discovery, through 13 of the most fascinating Christmas Lectures given at The Royal Institution of Great Britain over the last 200 years.

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The unlikely tale of Frances Glessner Lee and her revolutionary work in forensic science through the creation of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dollhouse-sized crime scene dioramas that she used to teach homicide investigators.

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Three young firefighters must find matching sets of buttons to complete their costumes for a parade, but should they sort them by shape, color, or size.

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For many years, humans have been using the natural world as inspiration for everything from fashion to architecture, and medicine to transport, and it may come as a surprise to learn how many inventions have been motivated by animal design and behaviour.

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We have already devised many ways to reduce climate change - some now proven, others encouraging and craving uptake. Each one is a solution to get behind.

In 39 Ways to Save the Planet, Tom Heap reveals some of the real-world solutions to climate change that are happening around the world, right now.

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The key concepts of science explained in 50 insightful essays

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A brilliantly readable and entertaining guide to the 50 biggest threats facing our planet.

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How RFID, a ubiquitous but often invisible mobile technology, identifies tens of billions of objects as they move through the world.

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How our intuitive understanding of numbers is deeply rooted in our biology, traceable through both evolution and development.

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Join the hunt for the cosmic beauty in numbers with stories of the discovery of the ten most admired equations of all time.

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Black Holes are the universes strangest and most fascinating objects Dr Becky explains all, and why nearly everything you know about them is wrong.