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The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary edition

The Selfish Gene: 40th Anniversary edition

Author: Richard Dawkins (Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford.)
ISBN: 9780198788607
Format: Paperback
$32.95

The 40th anniversary edition of the million-copy international bestseller, with a new epilogue from the author....  Read More >>

Colour and Vision: Through the Eyes of Nature

Colour and Vision: Through the Eyes of Nature

Author: Steve Parker
ISBN: 9780565093891
Format: Paperback
$33.61

A highly readable guide to the evolution of colour and vision in the natural world.  Read More >>

Star Trek The Official Guide to Our Universe: The True Science Behind the Starship Voyages

Star Trek The Official Guide to Our Universe: The True...

Author: Andrew Fazekas
ISBN: 9781426216527
Format: Hardback
$49.99

For Star Trek fans and budding stargazers who are ready to launch their own space mission, this inventive book blends...  Read More >>

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War

Author: Mary Roach
ISBN: 9780393245448
Format: Hardback
$51.25

A New York Times / National Bestseller ""America's funniest science writer"" (Washington Post) Mary Roach explores...  Read More >>

Humans: An Unauthorized Biography

Humans: An Unauthorized Biography

Author: Claudio Tuniz ,  Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio
ISBN: 9783319310190
Format: Paperback
$64.66

Based on the latest scientific discoveries, this “unauthorized biography” of the Humans recounts the story of our...  Read More >>

Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code

Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic...

Author: Professor Matthew Cobb
ISBN: 9781781251416
Format: Paperback
$32.99

This thrilling account shows how discovering DNA has fundamentally influenced the way we think of life and affected...  Read More >>

Guía Literaria de Londres

Guía Literaria de Londres

Author: Various Authors ,  Joan Eloi Roca
ISBN: 9788416222308
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Tácito fue el primer gran escritor en mencionar Londres y, desde entonces, muchos otros grandes creadores nos han...  Read More >>

The Demons of Science: What They Can and Cannot Tell Us About Our World

The Demons of Science: What They Can and Cannot Tell...

Author: Friedel Weinert
ISBN: 9783319317076
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book is the first all-encompassing exploration of the role of demons inphilosophical and scientific thought...  Read More >>

AI: Its nature and future

AI: Its nature and future

Author: Margaret A. Boden (Research Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Sussex)
ISBN: 9780198777984
Format: Hardback
$34.95

least - on the Internet. Margaret Boden considers the realistic and unrealistic expectations we...  Read More >>

Mechanics IUTAM USNC/TAM: A History of People, Events, and Communities

Mechanics IUTAM USNC/TAM: A History of People, Events,...

Author: Carl T. Herakovich
ISBN: 9783319323114
Format: Hardback
$145.17

This book provides a detailed history of theUnited States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics(USNC/TAM)...  Read More >>

In Praise of Simple Physics: The Science and Mathematics behind Everyday Questions

In Praise of Simple Physics: The Science and Mathematics...

Author: Paul J. Nahin
ISBN: 9780691166933
Format: Hardback
$54.99

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Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of...

Author: Nick Lane (University College London)
ISBN: 9780393352979
Format: Paperback
$52.77

“One of the deepest, most illuminating books about the history of life to have been published in recent years.”...  Read More >>

Nikola Tesla's Electricity Unplugged: Wireless Transmission of Power as the Master of Lightning Intended

Nikola Tesla's Electricity Unplugged: Wireless Transmission...

Author: Tom Valone (Tom Valone)
ISBN: 9781939149572
Format: Paperback
$57.95

The immense genius of Tesla resulted from a mind that could see an invention in 3-D, from every angle, within his...  Read More >>

Genetics in Minutes

Genetics in Minutes

Author: Tom Jackson
ISBN: 9781784296063
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The fastest way to grasp the basics of genetics and evolution  Read More >>

The Water Book

The Water Book

Author: Alok Jha
ISBN: 9781472209535
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A biography of the strangest molecule in the universe. Alok Jha takes the most every day of subjects - water -...  Read More >>

Friend and Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both

Friend and Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete,...

Author: Adam Galinsky ,  Maurice Schweitzer
ISBN: 9781847940841
Format: Paperback
$27.99

Is it in our best interest to compete or to cooperate? Some have argued that humans are fundamentally competitive...  Read More >>

Isotopes: A Very Short Introduction

Isotopes: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Rob Ellam (Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, University of Glasgow; and Director, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre)
ISBN: 9780198723622
Format: Paperback
$18.95

Isotopes are used in many areas of science and technology, including medicine, archaeology, and nuclear physics....  Read More >>

The Evolution of Everything: How Small Changes Transform Our World

The Evolution of Everything: How Small Changes Transform...

Author: Matt Ridley
ISBN: 9780007542475
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Breeding Between the Lines: Why Interracial People are Healthier and More Attractive

Breeding Between the Lines: Why Interracial People are...

Author: Alon Ziv
ISBN: 9781569808023
Format: Paperback
$36.99

Breeding Between the Lines is the first book to outline the significant genetic and physical advantages of mixed-race...  Read More >>

Dear Professor Dyson: Twenty Years Of Correspondence Between Freeman Dyson And Undergraduate Students On Science, Technology, Society And Life

Dear Professor Dyson: Twenty Years Of Correspondence...

Author: Dwight E Neuenschwander (Southern Nazarene Univ, Usa)
ISBN: 9789814675840
Format: Hardback
$142.31

Freeman Dyson has designed nuclear reactors and bomb-powered spacecraft; he has studied the origins of life and...  Read More >>

Freedom: The End of the Human Condition

Freedom: The End of the Human Condition

Author: Jeremy Griffith ,  Professor Harry Prosen MD
ISBN: 9781741290240
Format: Paperback
$34.99

At last, the redeeming, reconciling and rehabilitating biological explanation of the human condition that brings...  Read More >>

The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter

The Cosmic Cocktail: Three Parts Dark Matter

Author: Katherine Freese
ISBN: 9780691169187
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The ordinary atoms that make up the known universe--from our bodies and the air we breathe to the planets and stars--constitute...  Read More >>

The Age of Genomes: Tales from the Front Lines of Genetic Medicine

The Age of Genomes: Tales from the Front Lines of Genetic...

Author: Steven Monroe Lipkin ,  Jon Luoma
ISBN: 9780807074572
Format: Hardback
$55.00

A leading geneticist explores what promises to be one of the most transformative advances in health and medicine...  Read More >>

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