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From the British scientific pioneers who struggled to understand the mysteries of transplants to the Swiss zoologist who devised a new method of assessing potential couples' compatibility based on the smell of worn T-shirts, the author traces a true scientific revolution in our understanding of the human body.

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A wise and inspiring manifesto about why understanding physics can make you happier, by one of the leading science writers of our time.

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The Culture of Technology examines our often conflicting attitudes toward nuclear weapons, biological technologies, pollution, Third World development, automation, social medicine, and industrial decline.

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A fascinating dissection of the threat posed by natural disasters and what we can do about it

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"Argues that a heterosexual bias is deeply embedded in the infrastructure of the Internet, with negative effects for society. In short, the Internet is straight"--

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An in-depth look at the role of number as a bridge between Heaven and Earth.

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The fascinating tales in The Disappearing Spoon follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold and every single element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine and the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them.

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Randomness and uncertainty surround everything we do. So why are we so bad at understanding them This title reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting.

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The fascinating story of how we first came to see the earth from space.

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The fascinating story of how we first came to see the earth from space.

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The story of our world, how it got that way, and where it is going-using only the thousand most common words in English

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Let the brains behind the hugely successful Festival of the Spoken Nerd take you on a rib-tickling, experiment-fuelled adventure to explain the everyday science staring you in the face.

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A journey around the world to discover where in nature we can find the elements of life and the many, surprising ways in which they're essential to our survival.

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Reveals the true architecture of the universe and demonstrates how physics is coming up against the possibility that the sense of time passing emerges from a universe that is timeless.

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Why are female brains better at empathasing How are male brains designed to analyse systems And what really makes men and women different The author explores list-making, lying and two decades of research in a ground-breaking examination of how our brains can be male or female.

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Where do great ideas come from What actually happens in your brain during a 'Eureka' moment How can we have more of them The authors reveal exactly how sudden insights are formed in the brain, how we can increase our chances of generating them, and how they impact our thinking.

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We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Acclaimed author Matt Ridley shows just how wrong this is in his compelling new book.

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So too are today's experts - Steve Jones on the Human Genome Project, Richard Dawkins on DNA and many other representatives of the contemporary genre of popular science-writing which, John Carey argues, challenges modern poetry and fiction in its imaginative power.

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An extraordinary and challenging synthesis of ideas uniting Quantum Theory, and the theories of Computation, Knowledge and Evolution, Deutsch's extraordinary book explores the deep connections between these strands which reveal the fabric of realityin which human actions and ideas play essential roles.

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A neuroscientist tackles the enigma of human consciousness, showing how consciousness arose out of the development of our emotions and memory.