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New Scientist's brilliant million-selling Christmas book comes of age, exploring everything from the science of bubbles to whether cats are better than dogs

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Why do men talk, women gossip, and which is better for you When is it good to be tall and why is monogamy a drain on the brain And why should you suspect someone who has more than 150 friends on Facebook

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We are attracted, whether we know it or not, to the hidden aspects of things and people. Some teenagers enjoy cutting themselves with razors. Some men pay good money to be spanked by prostitutes. The average Briton spends over a day a week watching television. This title examines the science behind these curious desires, attractions and tastes.

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The Just So stories retold in the light of evolution by France's brightest young natural scientist

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For anyone who has ever wondered, "How do they make that" How Things Are Made is an entertaining, illustrated exploration of the process behind the manufacture of everyday items.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about physics in 35 bite-size chapters.

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A fascinating exploration of how we can make better, accessible, mathematically-informed predictions about the world around us.

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A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading.

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How to develop robots that will be more like humans and less like computers, more social than machine-like, and more playful and less programmed.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about science in 35 bite size chapters.

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A startling investigation of what it means to be human.

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A collection of practical lessons that demonstrates how the true mathematician learns to draw unexpected analogies, tackle problems from unusual angles, and extract information from the data.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about maths in 35 bite-size chapters.

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Bruce isnt pretending that science isnt tricky, but in simple, maths-free explanations and just-the-good-parts historical recaps, he shows us that the greatest scientific discoveries and theories dont have to remain beyond our grasp.

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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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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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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.