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A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading.

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How to develop robots that will be more like humans and less like computers, more social than machine-like, and more playful and less programmed.

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Introduces the reader to the niceties of samples (random or stratified random), averages (mean, median or modal), errors (probable, standard or unintentional), graphs, indexes, and other tools of democratic persuasion.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about science in 35 bite size chapters.

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A startling investigation of what it means to be human.

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How to Read is a personal master-class in reading, bringing you face to face with the work of some of the most influential and challenging writers in history

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In recent decades, we have witnessed an explosion in the number of visual images we encounter, as our lives have become increasingly saturated with screens. Drawing on art history, theory and everyday experience, this book provides an overview of how visual materials shape and define our lives.

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A collection of practical lessons that demonstrates how the true mathematician learns to draw unexpected analogies, tackle problems from unusual angles, and extract information from the data.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about maths in 35 bite-size chapters.

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Bruce isnt pretending that science isnt tricky, but in simple, maths-free explanations and just-the-good-parts historical recaps, he shows us that the greatest scientific discoveries and theories dont have to remain beyond our grasp.

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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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A gripping deep dive into Elon Musk's rapid ascent, chaotic empire and spectacular public implosion

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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.