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The hilarious new popular science book from the bestselling authors of the Sunday Times Book of the Year Science(ish).

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How many socks make a pair The answer is not always two. And behind this question lies a world of maths that can be surprising, amusing and even beautiful.

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Combining popular science, history and moral philosophy, this is a wide-ranging and radical new take on the human story and what it means for us today.

(Paperback, Second Edition)

Provides nuts-and-bolts advice on organizing and conducting a successful research program. This book explains how to choose a research question and answer it through manipulative experiments and systematic observations. It includes ideas to help you identify your goals, organize a season of fieldwork, and deal with negative results.

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Discover how categorisation has shaped our view of the natural world with How Zoologists Organize Things. The book unveils wild truths and even wilder myths about animals, as perpetuated by zoologists - revealing how much more there is to learn, and unlearn.

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Scientist, inventor, and pioneering environmentalist James Lovelock brings together a richly illustrated collection of essays on earth and human science from 12 of today's leading thinkers. From stars to cells, quantum theory to capitalism, ancient fossils to Artificial Intelligence, this book delivers a holistic understanding of our planet and...

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Describes how living things bump up against non-biological reality. Asking us wonder about the design of plants and animals around us, this book includes examples from every major group of animals and plants, with illustrative problems, and with suggestions of experiments that need only common household materials.

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The first ever book about the birds of this subantarctic island group

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A groundbreaking, approachable book on the role of emotions in animal and human societies, from the world-renowned primatologist and author of Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are

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This work contains over 300 species of Australia's underwater plant life, most illustrated by underwater photographs that reveal the many colours and intricate patterns found there. The book is fully referenced with numerous descriptions, line drawings and photographs.

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

After an epic Amazonian journey through Brazil and Peru, German botanist von Martius compiled an unsurpassed catalogue of all known genera of palm. This exquisite encyclopedic treasury is a jewel of 19th-century botany, as remarkable for its meticulous classification, as it is for its maps, color landscapes, and cross-sectioned diagrams showing...

(Hardback, Multilingual edition)

An altogether unusual beauty, Oliver Byrne's edition of Euclid's Elements combines bold primary color with mathematical precision in one dazzling display of color, form, and geometry. A masterwork of art and science, each page anticipates not only the vigor of De Stijl and Bauhaus but also the information graphics that define much of today's...

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Anita Albus recounts the sad histories of several extinct bird species, including the passenger pigeon, the Carolina parakeet, and the great auk. She gives a detailed account of six rare birds: the hermit ibis, the elusive corncrake, the Eurasian nightjar, the barn owl, the northern hawk owl and the kingfisher.

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The air we breathe is twenty-one percent oxygen, an amount higher than on any other known world. While we may take our air for granted, Earth was not always an oxygenated planet. How did it become this way Donald Canfield--one of the world's leading authorities on geochemistry, earth history, and the early oceans--covers this vast history, emphasi

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From the macaws of South America to the cockatoos of Australia, parrots are among the most beautiful and exotic birds in the world - and also among the most endangered. This field guide shows where to observe each species in the world, helping make this the most comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the parrots of the world.

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An engaging journey into the world of penguins, pairing science with breathtaking photographs.

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Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) represent the most common form of genetic variation in both plants and animals, and play a key role in revealing the molecular mechanisms underlying traits. This book covers the discovery, analysis and uses of SNPs, and examines other approaches to plant genotyping.

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"A thorough revision and expansion of Pate and Beard's Kwongan--Plant Life of the Sandplain (1984)"--Page 4 of cover.

(Paperback, 3rd edition)

Plant Names is a plain English guide to the use of plant names and the conventions for writing them.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

A concise, fundamental guide to understanding plant structure containing superb colour photographs and drawings.

(Hardback)

A mind-bending journey into the overlooked world - and intelligence - of plants