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A full-colour celebration of stunning visual illusions and the science behind them.  Read More >>

Es baut auf einer prägnanten Analyse auf, wie Wissenschaft funktioniert, wie sie kommuniziert und wie sie veröffentlicht...  Read More >>

Das Buch befasst sich mit dem bislang noch weitgehend unbehandelten Gebiet der Konversion von Deutschen zum Islam...  Read More >>

Overlooked, sidelined, excluded, discredited: key figures in scientific discovery take a bow in this alternative...  Read More >>

How animals use cool physics as part of their daily battle to survive  Read More >>

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to...  Read More >>

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China has made remarkable yet uneven progress in social development. This book analyses China's achievements and...  Read More >>

How does it feel to orbit the earth ten times faster than a speeding bullet? What's it like to eat, sleep and go...  Read More >>

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A journey through 55 alternative realities, parallel worlds and possible futures from the million-selling New Scientist...  Read More >>

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Want to know what's next for the human race? Step into Jim Al-Khalili's time machine ...  Read More >>

From the No. 1 bestselling author of What If? - the man who created xkcd and explained the laws of science with...  Read More >>

The ideal stocking filler for anyone looking for some good, clean, grisly fun this Christmas.  Read More >>

A book of science like no other, about a scientist like no other. A book of science like no other, about a scientist...  Read More >>

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Are we born into time, or is time born into us? Alan Burdick takes readers on a quest to understand the clocks...  Read More >>

Testosterone lies at the heart of maleness, and is involved in aggression, competitiveness, and risk-taking -- all...  Read More >>

This book will help beekeepers understand the fundamentals of beekeeping science.  Read More >>

Philippe Charlier, the """"Indiana Jones of the graveyards"""", travels the globe with his forensics team to unravel...  Read More >>

The pioneering book which uncovers dangerous misconceptions about women and medicine  Read More >>

An absurdist, comical romp through evolution's weirdest solutions to nature's problems.  Read More >>

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