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Winner of the Aventis Science Book Prize. 'A scientific detective story, a brilliant cross between Edgar Allan Poe and Gray's anatomy' J G Ballard, New Stateman Books of the Year

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(Paperback)

In China, for the first time, the people who weigh too much now outnumber those who weigh too little. In Mexico, the obesity rate has tripled in the past three decades. This title exposes the practices of some of the recognisable (and profitable) companies and brands of the last half century.

(Hardback)

An examination of synthetic biology and how it could impact food, medicine, and climate.

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A definitive and authoritative guide to drugs and why we're all hooked from the presenter of the top-rated podcast, Say Why to Drugs.

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A definitive and authoritative guide to drugs and why we get high from the creator of the top-rated podcast, Say Why to Drugs.

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An exploration of the nature of light.

(Paperback, 2nd Edition, New Edition of Parapsychology and the Skeptics)

A factual and conscientious argument against materialisms vehement denial of psi phenomena.

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Presents a revolutionary theory that bridges the divide between science and spirituality. This title explains how interactions lead to interconnections that produce instantaneous and multifaceted coherence - what happens to one part, also, happens to the other parts and, hence, to the system as a whole.

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'Required reading for everyone' Adam Rutherford

Medicine, education, psychology, economics - wherever it really matters, we look to science for guidance.

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"On many of the most critical issues of our time, the'progressive' perspective is often rooted in out-dated, anti-empirical junk science paradigms that threaten innovation... Read Science Left Behind. It's a clarion call for the empirically minded amongst us, regardless of your ideological persuasion."- Forbes

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Genius Inventions gives us a fantastic perspective on the great minds and events that shaped our modern world today. Includes fascinating on-the-page reproductions of letters, designs, plans and blueprints sourced from the museums and collections around the world. An official Science Musuem publication.

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They know the creatures who lived there escaped the impending Big Freeze by inventing the space elevator - they even intervened to rid the planet of a plague of elves, who attempted to divert humanity onto a different time track. Can the God of Evolution come to humanity's aid and ensure Darwin writes a very different book

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Written by self-confessed geeks, and experienced science writers who are adept at translating the complicated concepts of 'hard science' into engaging insights for the general reader, this is a light-hearted, yet incredibly useful guide to life.

(Paperback, Main)

Do aliens with acid blood exist Will we ever go Back to the Future And just why were the original Planet of the Ape movies so terrible

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This is a history of intellectual courage, hard work, occasional inspiration and every conceivable form of human failing.

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Provides thought-provoking answers to a variety of baffling questions about the world of science, providing an intriguing glimpse into everything from astronomy and biology to human anatomy and physiology, chemistry, physics, zoology, and more.

(Paperback, Main)

'Michael Gordin's excellent Scientific Babel asks what drives the languages science uses, and how English came to dominate.' - New Scientist

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206 bones. One heart. Two eyes. Ten fingers. You may think you know what makes up a human. But it turns out our bodies are full of surprises.

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(Paperback)

In Self Comes to Mind, world-renowned neuroscientist Antonio Damasio goes against the long-standing idea that consciousness is separate from the body, presenting compelling new scientific evidence that consciousness - what we think of as a mind with a self - is in fact a biological process created by a living organism.

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An enthralling examination of some of the most remarkable creatures in the animal kingdom, and what they tell us about what it means to be human.

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"In science, it frequently happens that researchers look for something and find something else: understanding why leads us to the heart of how scientific method works and to the root of its wonder"--

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Among them were world-renowned physicists Max Planck, Peter Debye and Werner Heisenberg.

After the war most scientists in Germany maintained they had been apolitical or even resisted the regime: Debye claimed that he had gone to America in 1940 to escape Nazi interference in his research;