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Imagine algebra class meets The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy… Meet JJ, an unusual character with a unique...  Read More >>

From Flying Toilet Paper to Bin Smoke Rings, Erupting Soda to Exploding Sandwich Bags, the experiments in this book...  Read More >>

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Provides insights into a lively field of international human rights politics – the protection of children and their...  Read More >>

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Breaking down the complicated concepts of speed, acceleration, torque, fluid mechanics, and surface physics, this...  Read More >>

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Offers a look at the scientists, novelists, and social commentators who throughout the 20th century used their 'expertise'...  Read More >>

We humans are collectively driven by a powerful - yet not fully explained - instinct to understand. This book examines...  Read More >>

And as a pragmatist he reveals his hopes and concerns as to how the information unlocked by the Human Genome Project...  Read More >>

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This book provides an everyman's guide for understanding and following the discoveries that will soon take place...  Read More >>

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Contains a chapter on the treatment of gemstones. This title contains more than 1,500 full-colour photos that showcase...  Read More >>

Applies science-based solutions to seemingly complex problems in life. In this book, the author shows how we can...  Read More >>

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Neanderthals - no less than another kind of human - almost made it, finally dying out just 28,000 years ago. What...  Read More >>

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Exploring the pervasive presence of the Victorian past in contemporary culture, these essays use the trope of haunting...  Read More >>

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