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Uses questions about hypothetical situations to introduce the process of thinking according to scientific method.

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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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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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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 where the science museum is headed in the 21st century--from the traditional curiosity exposition of 19th century to contemporary hybrid/interactive models"--

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Ideas and Opinions is the most definitive collection of Albert Einstein's popular writings, gathered under the supervision of Einstein himself. The selections cover works from his earliest days up to his death in 1955.

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Professor Tim Spector reveals the astonishing new science that is changing everything we thought we knew about genes and identity - 'Lucid, surprising and with a very human face. It brings epigenetics alive' MICHAEL MOSLEY

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A MYTH-BUSTING EXPOS OF HOW HUMAN INTELLIGENCE MAY BE MORE A LIABILITY THAN A GIFT AND A REFRESHING NEW WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM AND OUR PLACE ON EARTH.

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A MYTH-BUSTING EXPOS OF HOW HUMAN INTELLIGENCE MAY BE MORE A LIABILITY THAN A GIFT AND A REFRESHING NEW WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE ANIMAL KINGDOM AND OUR PLACE ON EARTH.

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We live in an age when billionaires are betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging unnecessary and death a disease that can be cured.

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In this riveting and lively challenge to orthodox thinking, Ted Nield describes how meteorites may have helped create life on Earth.

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The human body is a marvel but what happens when it comes under attack A fascinating guide to why we get sick and how we get better.

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The human body is a marvel but what happens when it comes under attack A fascinating guide to why we get sick and how we get better.

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In Dyson's view science and religion are two windows through which we can look out at the world around us. This book is a revised version of a series of the Gifford lecture. They allowed Dyson the licence to express everything in the universe, focusing on the diversity of the natural world and then the diversity of human reactions.

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Each animal on the planet owes its existence to one very simple but crucial piece of evolutionary engineering: the egg.

Its time to tell a new story of life on Earth.

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Explores what emerging computer technologies and their radical applications mean for the future of human life and society. This title examines the philosophical questions of the self and reality that arise through the digital experience. It shows the many practical applications of virtual reality, from education and medicine to sex and warfare.

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A short, informal account of our ever-increasing dependence on a complex multiplicity of messages, records, documents, and data.

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You can change your genes - and this revelatory, cutting-edge popular science book will explain how.

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"This book proposes a framework for the design of systems that will advance social and environmental justice along with technical and economic objectives"--

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Perfect for the knowledge hungry and time poor, this collection of graphic-led lessons makes engineering interesting and accessible. Everything you need to know - and more - is here.

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Perfect for the knowledge hungry and time poor, this collection of graphic-led lessons makes mathematics interesting and accessible. Everything you need to know - and more - is here.

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Beautifully packaged, this book is an ideal gift for anyone who would like to understand science and how it affects them, but who doesn't have much time.