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Uses questions about hypothetical situations to introduce the process of thinking according to scientific method.

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A leading primatologist offers a provocative new look at the past, present and future of sex, pregnancy, and childcare

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What can a brain scan, or our reaction to a Caravaggio painting, reveal about the deep seat of guilt How can reading Heidegger, or conducting experiments on rats, help us to cope with anxiety in the face of the world's economic crisis This title takes us on a journey through our everyday lives and most common emotions.

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Distinguished biologist Lewis Wolpert explains how cells provide the answers to fundamental questions about our lives.

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A compelling, perspective-shifting work by a top behavioural neuroscientist on the science of how we sense our bodies-how we feel the world beneath the skin-and how our bodies create the very experience of being alive.

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"A fun, informative, illustrated guide to hands-on experiments for home or the classroom that explain the principles of neuroscience; including electrophysiology, neuroengineering, & neuroethology"--

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From caveman to modern man ...

Few people doubt that humans are descended from the apes; They explain why a happily married man will fantasize about the pretty, slim, young woman sitting across from him in the tube and why thousands of people spend their week entirely focused on whether their team will win their next crucial match.

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The story of how our ancestors made the first tentative steps towards becoming human, how we lost our fur but gained language, fire and tools, and how we strode out of Africa, invented farming and cities and ultimately created modern civilisation

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Top ten Sunday Times Bestseller

Engaging, ambitious and creative Guardian

Where are we Are we alone Who are we Why are we here What is our future

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But the trail that takes Cook deep into the once-impenetrable empire of SS General Hans Kammler - the man charged by Adolf Hitler with perfecting German secret weapons technology - says otherwise.

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An exploration of why people all over the world love to engage in pain for pleasure--from dominatrices, religious ascetics, and ultramarathoners, to ballerinas, icy ocean bathers, and sideshow performers.

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Kaku, a physicist, paints a vivid portrait of the groundbreaking theory of hyperspace and its newest wrinkle--superstring theory.

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"An exploration of where the science museum is headed in the 21st century--from the traditional curiosity exposition of 19th century to contemporary hybrid/interactive models"--

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Ideas and Opinions is the most definitive collection of Albert Einstein's popular writings, gathered under the supervision of Einstein himself. The selections cover works from his earliest days up to his death in 1955.

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Professor Tim Spector reveals the astonishing new science that is changing everything we thought we knew about genes and identity - 'Lucid, surprising and with a very human face. It brings epigenetics alive' MICHAEL MOSLEY

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A MYTH-BUSTING EXPOS OF HOW HUMAN INTELLIGENCE MAY BE MORE A LIABILITY THAN A GIFT AND A REFRESHING NEW WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM AND OUR PLACE ON EARTH.

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A MYTH-BUSTING EXPOS OF HOW HUMAN INTELLIGENCE MAY BE MORE A LIABILITY THAN A GIFT AND A REFRESHING NEW WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM AND OUR PLACE ON EARTH.

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We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging unnecessary and death a disease that can be cured.

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"A history of and a hymn to the diversities of living beings, to understand that imperfection is promise of change and fuel of creativity"--

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"A history of and a hymn to the diversities of living beings, to understand that imperfection is promise of change and fuel of creativity"--

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In this hymn to walking, neuroscientist Shane OMara invites us to marvel at the benefits it confers on our bodies and minds, and urges us to appreciate and exercise our miraculous ability.

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In this riveting and lively challenge to orthodox thinking, Ted Nield describes how meteorites may have helped create life on Earth.