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A narrative history of the men and women who have explored Mars and mapped its surface from afar, and in so doing conditioned our understanding of our nearest planetary neighbour.

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'One of the clearest and best-illustrated attempts to explain the virtually inaccessible, the brain' SUNDAY TIMES

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Author Rod Pyle has unparalleled access to NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech. The book includes rare images of Mars, and documents including charts, schematics, mission plans, blueprints, sketches and personal notes.

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Mathematicians and biologists confront nature's enigmas.

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An utterly new view of life and evolution.

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A celebrated genome scientist sails around the world, collecting tens of millions of marine microbes and revolutionising our understanding of the microbiome that sustains us.

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A celebrated genome scientist sails around the world, collecting tens of millions of marine microbes and revolutionising our understanding of the microbiome that sustains us.

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A fun and comprehensive guide to give you the knowledge and inspiration to use maths for your own financial gain.

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An internationally renowned scientists clarion call to save humanitys most essential fellow creatures and our health

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Argues passionately and articulately for continuing to push the boundaries of our knowledge of the universe and, specifically, for focussing assets, intellect, and policy toward sending humans to the planet Mars by the year 2032.

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Described by Oliver Sacks as 'one of the best scientist-writers of our time', Robert M. Sapolsky here presents the human animal in all its quirkiness and diversity.

In these remarkable essays, Sapolsky once again deploys his compassion and insights into the human condition to tell us who, why and how we are.

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The internet is a powerful beast when it comes to science; the answer to any query you may have is just a few keystrokes away. Dr. Joe takes a critical look at how facts are misconstrued in the media. He debunks the myths surrounding canned food, artificial dyes, SPF, homeopathy, cancer, chemicals, and more.

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Michael Fortun and Herbert J. Bernstein explore the processes of science and the interacting forces that determine how ideas, observations, collections of data, and expert interpretations are shaped into the kind of scientific fact that is commonly accepted as a neutral basis for social policy.

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Is there a biological basis for evil From neurological imaging to behavioral studies, Dean Haycock's account of the groundbreaking research reveals what scientists are learning about the psychopaths living among us.

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What if your future could be mapped out for you. Would you want to know

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How does the voice of a distant radio announcer make it through your alarm clock in the morning How does your gas stove work How does the remote control open your garage door What happens when you turn the key in the ignition What do antibiotics really do This title deals with these questions.

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Bursting with insight and drawing from multiple disciplines, this book collects humanity's best guesses of how our brain works.

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A new, wide-ranging book from the acclaimed author of The Serpent's Promise and Darwin's Island

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A new, wide-ranging book from the acclaimed author of The Serpent's Promise and Darwin's Island

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Robert Wright challenges the conventional view that biological evolution and human history are aimless. Wright isolates the impetus behind life's basic direction: the impetus that, via biological evolution, created complex, intelligent animals, and then via cultural evolution, pushed the human species towards deeper and vaster social complexity.

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We judge others and whether we trust them not just by their words but by the way they talk: their intonation, their pitch, their accent.

Now Youre Talking explores the full range of our voice how we speak and how we sing;

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Oceans are the most mysterious places on earth. Their depths remain largely unexplored, yet ninety-five percent of the planet's habitable space lies within them. And now the life they support is in the balance. This title shows the catastrophic impact of humanity on the oceans, and also how we can restore them to life.

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