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"The behind-the-scenes narrative of the creation of Google Maps and the rag-tag team that built it and changed how the world navigates"--

(Paperback, 2012 ed.)

Philosophical logic has been, and continues to be, a driving force behind much progress and development in philosophy more broadly. This collection by up-and-coming philosophical logicians deals with a broad range of topics, including, for example, proof-theory, probability, context-sensitivity, dialetheism and dynamic semantics.

(Paperback)

"The modification of environments by the niche-constructing activities of organisms changes the subject matter of evolutionary theory"--

(Paperback)

Bursting with insight and drawing from multiple disciplines, this book collects humanity's best guesses of how our brain works.

(Paperback)

"A history of Cold War-era satellite communication largely from U.S. and Soviet perspectives"--

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A new, wide-ranging book from the acclaimed author of The Serpent's Promise and Darwin's Island

(Paperback)

A new, wide-ranging book from the acclaimed author of The Serpent's Promise and Darwin's Island

(Paperback)

Robert Wright challenges the conventional view that biological evolution and human history are aimless. Wright isolates the impetus behind life's basic direction: the impetus that, via biological evolution, created complex, intelligent animals, and then via cultural evolution, pushed the human species towards deeper and vaster social complexity.

(Hardback)

The story of an ornithologist s journey to trace the spring migration of songbirds from the southern border of the United States through the heartland and into Canada. In late March 2015, ornithologist Bruce M. Beehler set off on a solo four-month trek t

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Includes Spanish vocabulary in the story and a Spanish glossary at the back of the book.

(Paperback)

We judge others and whether we trust them not just by their words but by the way they talk: their intonation, their pitch, their accent.

Now Youre Talking explores the full range of our voice how we speak and how we sing;

(Paperback)

Oceans are the most mysterious places on earth. Their depths remain largely unexplored, yet ninety-five percent of the planet's habitable space lies within them. And now the life they support is in the balance. This title shows the catastrophic impact of humanity on the oceans, and also how we can restore them to life.

(Hardback)

"Trade book looking at social and ethical issues of human space settlement"--

(Paperback)

"Trade book looking at social and ethical issues of human space settlement"--

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Bragg's bestselling account of the greatest figures and discoveries in the history of science from Archimedes to DNA

(Paperback)

Brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are.

(Hardback)

An introduction to awe-inspiring ideas at the brink of paradox: infinities of different sizes, time travel, probability and measure theory, and computability theory.

(Hardback)

A fascinating exploration of how losing our sense of smell can shape our world, and how the global pandemic transformed our understanding of this mysterious sense.

(Paperback)

ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS tells a compelling story, using original papers from Einstein, Copernicus, Galilei, Kepler and Newton. Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking explains how these works changed the course of science, ushering astronomy and physics out of the Middle Ages and into the modern world.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Have you ever thought about the uniqueness and simplicity of One Is Four really so square and why are there Seven days of the week, Seven deadly sins, indeed Seven wonders of the world This book takes a hands-on approach to such various topics as musical harmony, the probabilities in poker, code breaking and the lottery.

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(Paperback)

A pioneering book that shows how the two great themes of classic science, order and chaos, are being reconciled in a new and unexpected synthesis.