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Explores the extraordinary way in which the technology that surrounds us and allows us to live our modern lives has actually been developed. With examples, from laser printers to powerplants, the author reveals how our own problem-solving skills and creative vision can evolve alongside these technologies.

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Explore the wet and wild frontiers of human nature

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A far from average book: the real story behind the statistics on risk, chance and choice.

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Brian Freeman presents a translation of Blechschmidt's overview of the changing form and structure of the human anatomy. This research is based on a major collection of accurate reconstructions of human embryos and offers a new way of looking at human development.

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Do all humans originate from Africa How did we spread across the globe Are we separate from Neanderthals, or do some of us actually have their genes Has human evolution stopped, or are we still evolving This title tackles the big questions in the ongoing debate about the beginnings of human life on earth.

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Charles Darwin's THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES is one of the landmark works that has helped shape the modern world. The book has fresh applications today for its pioneering views on the ecology of plants and animals. This edition also includes an introductory historical sketch and a glossary Darwin later added to the original text, as well as an Introduction by Walter Cronkite.

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The definitive, behind-the-scenes account of the greatest science story of our time a Best Science Book of the Year for the Guardian, Financial Times, and New Scientist

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Combining sports trivia and science, a physicist discusses the scientific principles involved in pitching and hitting a baseball, looks at the properties of bats, describes the flight of a baseball, and features new sections on the neurophysiology of batting, ball constancy and elasticity over time,

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Is it really possible to change the structure and function of the brain, and in so doing alter how we think and feel The answer is a resounding yes.

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A compact, digestible guide to the science of sound and a practical exploration of the health benefits of 'tidying up' the noise in your life

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A brash young neuroscientist presents his solution to biology's hardest problem-what consciousness is, and why we have it, and what it means for our self perception and our mental health

The writings and example of Isaac Newton transformed understandings of the practice and meaning of the sciences across Europe in the century or so following the publication of the "Principia" in 1687. This title surveys Newton's reception across Europe.

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Sex is as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. A vast pool of knowledge has been gleaned from research into the nature of sex, from the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists at all, to how individuals choose their mates and what traits they find attractive. This book explores those findings.

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Stephen Jay Gould's writings on history - both of the natural world and of the study of that natural world - had made him a household name by the time of his death in 2002. This work contains a selection of Gould's writing, including some of the most famous of his essays and extracts from his major books.

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A big part of Dr. Joe's job as director of McGill University's Office of Science and Society is persuading people that the pursuit of science knowledge is a potential source of wonder, enlightenment and well-being for everyone. And as a chemist, he's particularly keen to rescue chemistry from the bad rep it's developed over recent decades.

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Winner of the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2015

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In a single work of colossal scope one of the world's greatest scientists has given us a complete and unrivalled guide to the glories of the universe that we all inhabit.

'Roger Penrose is the most important physicist to work in relativity theory except for Einstein.