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This fully up-to-date second edition gives clear and concise definitions for hundreds of new terms, from fast-moving fields such as biotechnology, computing and environmental science. It's an ideal reference for students, or anyone dealing with scientific or technical language.

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By knowing more about how animals behave and live, we gain a greater understanding of how life evolved and the importance of biodiversity. This work investigates the animal behavioural trait with which we are most familiar - how various species of animals have become useful members of human societies.

This book is a record of some 2,700 people who have collected herbarium specimens in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, designed as a supplement to the now complete Flora of Tropical East Africa.

Prepared for the international working group on Taxanomic Databases for Plant Sciences (TDWG)

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Hugely readable and entertaining JIM AL-KHALILI

An accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this disciplines breadth, largely told through its history PHIL BALL, PHYSICS WORLD

Offers a discussion of the scientific principles, laws and theories, along with their everyday uses. This title describes some scientific concepts in the areas of astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, medicine, meteorology, and physics. It includes Calvin's Carbon Cycle and Clausius' Laws and Theory of Thermodynamics.

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Making local energy futures, from marine energy to hydrogen fuel, at the edge of the world.

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Richard Lynn argues that the condemnation of eugenics in the 20th century went too far and offers a reassessment. He argues that the objectives of eugenics are desirable and achievable by human biotechnology, cloning, and embryo selection, rather than controling natural reproduction.

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Confidently solve and anticipate solutions to everyday situations where math is needed with the illustrated step-by-step instruction of Everyday Mathematics Made Easy.

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Wim van der Steen charts conceptual foundations of evolutionary biology and, on the basis of this, he evaluates applications of evolutionary theory outside biology.

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Provides a guide to those birds that have evolved a trait that would seem to harm their ability to survive - flightlessness. This book covers the loss of flight in birds, both permanently after years of evolution, and temporarily as a result of unusual moulting behaviour, and those species that are in various stages of losing their flight.

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Richard Dawkins explores the miracle of flight. A book for ages 8-80 about flying from the mythical Icarus, to the sadly extinct but magnificent bird Argentavis magnificens, to the British Airways pilots of today.

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Solutions to the largest problems the world faces--climate change, energy, biodiversity loss, ocean health, water supply, and bio-security--are scientific and technological, but politics is failing to keep up with them. Otto combines the great minds of the science world to write a behind-the scenes look at the top science questions facing the country now and in the near future.

A complete listing of all validly published generic names in the Umbelliferae, with references to author(s), date and place of publication, typification, synonyms, geographical distribution, number of species, and essential bibliography.

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A revision of the 79 recognised species, five of these with subspecies or varieties. Sixteen species and nine subspecies or varieties are described as new.

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This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Biomes of the World covers grasslands, those biomes the cover vast areas of the landmass of earth. It covers the two major types of grassland biomes: the temperate grasslands (such as the North American prairie), and the tropical grassland (e.g.

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Describes the saga of humankind's quest to unravel the secrets of the universe. This title explains the physics and the history of how the advanced model of our universe arose and has passed every test hurled at it by the skeptics. It also explains the growth of all cosmic structure, and holds the key to the universe's fate.

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The standard reference for all botanists, herbarium managers and technicians involved with the making and maintenance of herbarium collections. Many figures and text illustrations.