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So how do you handle everything life throws your way when you'd really prefer to tell everyone to get stuffed

Thomas Erikson will help you turn adversity into success with the help of the behavioural model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots.

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The science of swearing: from neuroscience to swearing apes, why we swear, what it does to us and why it's important.

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A celebration of the miraculous phenomenon of flight through fourteen species and across millions of years from pterosaurs to dragonflies, butterflies to albatross.

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A celebration of the miraculous phenomenon of flight through fourteen species and across millions of years from pterosaurs to dragonflies, butterflies to albatross.

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The moving stories of ten remarkable women who transformed science, and changed the world.

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Based on decades of research, and combining mesmerising, state-of-the-art satellite maps with enlightening and passionately argued analysis, Ian and Robert chart humanity's impact on the planet, and the ways in which we can make a real impact to save it, and to thrive as a species.

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A compelling investigation into the potent influence of testosterone, from our physical bodies and the way we behave to its explosive impact on our politics, sport and culture

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A compelling investigation into the potent influence of testosterone, from our physical bodies and the way we behave to its explosive impact on our politics, sport and culture.

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Surveillance Capitalism: A new phase in economic history in which private companies and governments track your every move with the goal of predicting and controlling your behaviour. Under surveillance capitalism you are not the customer or even the product: you are the raw material.

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A fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written

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Why are some relationships unstable, while others last a lifetime Why do the rich keep getting richer, and can it ever be any other way Why do we make seemingly irrational decisions

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'The Believing Brain is a tour de force integrating neuroscience and the social sciences to explain how irrational beliefs are formed and reinforced' - Dr Leonard Mlodinow, author The Drunkard's Walk

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A collection of the best science and nature writing published in North America in 2019, guest edited by New York Times best-selling author and ground-breaking physicist Dr. Michio Kaku.

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Would it be ethical to eat sentient aliens What is the basis of the difference between the sexes Why is there something rather than nothing Now in its seventh year, The Best Australian Science Writing 2017 draws on the knowledge and insight of Australia's brightest thinkers to challenge perceptions of the world we think we know.

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This ninth edition of The Best Australian Science Writing showcases the most powerful, colourful, insightful and brilliant news, feature, essay and poetry writing from Australian writers and scientists. It roams the length and breadth of science. It makes us think, feel and hopefully act.

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Can fish feel pain Does it matter if a dingo is different from a dog Is there life in a glob of subterranean snot Science tackles some unexpected questions. Now in its tenth year, this much-loved anthology selects the most riveting, entertaining, poignant and fascinating science stories and essays from Australian writers, poets and scientists.

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Showcases Australia's best science writing. New voices join prominent science writers and journalists, taking us to the depths of the ocean, the fuels of the future, and to the Ryugu asteroid and back. The anthology also takes us straight the heart of complex ethical dilemmas and the calamitous crises frustrating scientists and writers alike.

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Presents the most riveting, entertaining, poignant, and fascinating science stories and essays from Australian writers, poets, and scientists. This collection covers another remarkable year, not only filled with seismic moments in science, but also shining a light on important work that would otherwise be overlooked.

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The annual collection now in its fourteenth year celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing.

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Offers a panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex systems; Ian Stewart explains how in mathematics everything arises out of nothing; and Erin Maloney and Sian Beilock consider the mathematical anxiety experienced by many students and suggest effective remedies.