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Portrays over 60 remarkable animals that have been lost forever during the relatively recent geological past. This book discusses the history of the animals - how and where they lived, and how they became extinct - as well as the scientific discovery and analysis of the creature.

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Passion for objects and love for science: scientists and students reflect on how objects fired their scientific imaginations.

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In this remarkable journal of visits to Eden, Mabey transports his reader from Cornwall to the Mediterranean to the Tropics, from Old World to New, from present to personal memory, to new perspectives on our collective artistic and emotional past.

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Written with Leavesley and Biro's clinical flair and knack for diagnosing the truth, this book aims to reveal the often dark and seamy side of human nature and uncovers the details the forensic pathologists missed.

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How the science of complexity can help save the natural world from collapse.

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Narrative chapters cover such topics as the Human Genome Project, gene splicing, cloning, genetically altered foods, and DNA and crime-solving.

Students and the general public will find a comprehensive survey of the genetic engineering debate.

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Tackling life's myths and absurdities, this book attempts to tease and tempt us by debunking (or not) common urban myths - or mythconceptions.

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"Covering Nobel Prize winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant scientists who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby's ... profiles span centuries of courageous thinkers and illustrate how each one's ideas developed, from their first moment of scientific engagement through the research and discovery for which they're best known"--Page 4 of cover.

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An adventurous ride through the most blisteringly hot regions of science, history, and culture.

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Did you know that as you read these words showers of high-speed particles from exploding stars are raining down on you This book reveals the startling ways life on Earth is touched by our cosmic environment, and demonstrates why without such contact, life itself wouldn't be possible.

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Did you know that as you read these words showers of high-speed particles from exploding stars are raining down on you This book reveals the startling ways life on Earth is touched by our cosmic environment, and demonstrates why without such contact, life itself wouldn't be possible.

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Examines the relationship between drugs and pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. This title focuses on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs and explain why current policies are failing.

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Welcome to Human 3.0.

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John's broader coverage of the evolution of sexual intimacy in the animal kingdom demonstrates that the gap between human and animal behaviour is not as large as many of you might have thought.

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If you could be invisible, what would you do The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility. This book offers a history of humanity's turbulent relationship with the invisible.

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Australia's favourite scientist answers more curly questions about life, the universe and everything. Questions such as: are virgin births possible (They are). Will a black hole suck you in (It won't) Is the most radioactive device in our homes the microwave (It's not, it's the smoke detector). (SA: Year 6 - Year 9).

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More people than ever are using alternative medicine. But, as expert Dr Paul Offit explains, these untested therapies are ineffective, expensive and even deadly.

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