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In Praise of Science: Curiosity, Understanding, and Progress

In Praise of Science: Curiosity, Understanding, and...

Author: Sander Bais
ISBN: 9789089641489
Format: Hardback
$144.87

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Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic Adaptation

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species: A Graphic...

Author: Michael Keller ,  Nicolle Rager Fuller
ISBN: 9781605299488
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Published 150 years ago, Charles Darwin's ""On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation...  Read More >>

Darwin's Dogs: How Darwin's Pets Helped Form a World-Changing Theory of Evolution

Darwin's Dogs: How Darwin's Pets Helped Form a World-Changing...

Author: Emma Townshend
ISBN: 9780711230651
Format: Paperback
$39.47

The story of Darwin's life and work considered through his interest in dogs; a charming account of how he came to...  Read More >>

Uranium Wars: The Scientific Rivalry That Created the Nuclear Age

Uranium Wars: The Scientific Rivalry That Created the...

Author: Amir D. Azcel
ISBN: 9780230613744
Format: Hardback
$71.28

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Here be Dragons: How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions Revolutionized Our Views of Life and Earth

Here be Dragons: How the Study of Animal and Plant Distributions...

Author: Dennis Mccarthy
ISBN: 9780199542468
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Denis McCarthy's highly engaging account of biogeography shows how two great theories - evolution and plate tectonics...  Read More >>

Garlic and Other Alliums: The Lore and the Science

Garlic and Other Alliums: The Lore and the Science

Author: Eric Block (University of Albany, USA) ,  Jeremy Robertson
ISBN: 9780854041909
Format: Hardback
$131.87

Outlines the extensive history and use since the dawn of civilization of alliums, as well as the understanding of...  Read More >>

The Theory of Evolution - Simple Guides

The Theory of Evolution - Simple Guides

Author: John Scotney
ISBN: 9781857334951
Format: Paperback
$19.99

Today the theory of evolution by natural selection and the science of genetics are the twin keys to our understanding...  Read More >>

The Quest For Speed - Simple Guides

The Quest For Speed - Simple Guides

Author: Peter Gosling
ISBN: 9781857334968
Format: Paperback
$19.99

The Simple Guides will appeal to analytical thinkers and spiritual seekers alike. Taken together, they provide a...  Read More >>

One Million.... and More: More Than a Number - Unbelievable Examples and Different Views

One Million.... and More: More Than a Number - Unbelievable...

Author: Mariel Marohn
ISBN: 9789079761005
Format: Hardback
$131.87

This book will show you this fascinating number from many different perspectives as well as all the possibilities...  Read More >>

Bogus Science: Ideas That Fool Some of the People All of the Time

Bogus Science: Ideas That Fool Some of the People All...

Author: John Grant
ISBN: 9781904332879
Format: Hardback
$34.19

People take great pride in the scientific culture in which they live. But large parts of society are in fact awash...  Read More >>

The Curse of the Labrador Duck

The Curse of the Labrador Duck

Author: Glen Chilton
ISBN: 9781439102473
Format: Hardback
$66.00

Synopsis coming soon.......  Read More >>

5000 Jahre Geometrie: Geschichte, Kulturen, Menschen

5000 Jahre Geometrie: Geschichte, Kulturen, Menschen...

Author: Christoph J. Scriba ,  Peter Schreiber
ISBN: 9783642023613
Format: Hardback
$158.27

Zahlreiche Abbildungen, viele davon jetzt in Farbe, erhöhen den Lesegenuss des Buches. ""Ein spannender Überblick...  Read More >>

The Purposeful Universe: How Quantum Theory and Mayan Cosmology Explain the Origin and Evolution of Life

The Purposeful Universe: How Quantum Theory and Mayan...

Author: Carl Johan Calleman, PhD
ISBN: 9781591431046
Format: Paperback
$44.99

Identifying the Mayan World Tree with the central axis of the cosmos, the author shows how evolution is not random....  Read More >>

Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle Shaped the World

Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle...

Author: Andrew Rimas ,  Evan Fraser
ISBN: 9780061353857
Format: Paperback
$39.57

The authors offer an exuberant, panoramic view of the cow's rich...  Read More >>

When You Were a Tadpole I Was a Fish: And Other Speculations About This and That

When You Were a Tadpole I Was a Fish: And Other Speculations...

Author: Martin Gardner
ISBN: 9780809087372
Format: Hardback
$68.64

Takes aim at a gallery of amusing targets, ranging from Ann Coulter's qualifications as an evolutionary biologist...  Read More >>

The Origin Then and Now: An Interpretive Guide to the Origin of Species

The Origin Then and Now: An Interpretive Guide to the...

Author: David N. Reznick ,  Michael Ruse
ISBN: 9780691129785
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Charles Darwin's ""Origin of Species"" is one of the most widely cited books in modern science. Yet tackling this...  Read More >>

The Making of Mr Gray's  Anatomy: Bodies, Books, Fortune, Fame

The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy: Bodies, Books, Fortune,...

Author: Ruth Richardson
ISBN: 9780199570287
Format: Paperback
$24.95

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Chips, Clones, and Living Beyond 100: How Far Will the Biosciences Take Us?

Chips, Clones, and Living Beyond 100: How Far Will the...

Author: Paul J. H. Schoemaker ,  Joyce A. Schoemaker
ISBN: 9780137153855
Format: Hardback
$65.97

Writing for every interested citizen and consumer, the Schoemakers illuminate the hottest technologies and most...  Read More >>

Cholera: The Biography

Cholera: The Biography

Author: Christopher Hamlin (University of Notre Dame and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
ISBN: 9780199546244
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Cholera is a dangerous and frightening disease that can kill within hours. Chris Hamlin not only tells how the bacterial...  Read More >>

Diabetes: The Biography

Diabetes: The Biography

Author: Robert Tattersall (Special Professor of Metabolic Medicine at the University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham)
ISBN: 9780199541362
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Diabetes is increasing rapidly in the modern world, with changing lifestyles, but it has a long history. Robert...  Read More >>

Hysteria: The Biography

Hysteria: The Biography

Author: Andrew Scull
ISBN: 9780199560967
Format: Hardback
$65.87

The story of hysteria is a curious one, for it persists as an illness for centuries before disappearing. Andrew...  Read More >>

Asthma: The Biography

Asthma: The Biography

Author: Mark Jackson
ISBN: 9780199237951
Format: Hardback
$65.87

The story of asthma stretches from antiquity to the present day, and perceptions of the disease have shifted with...  Read More >>

Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, From Myth to Reality

Poseidon's Steed: The Story of Seahorses, From Myth...

Author: Helen Scales
ISBN: 9781592404742
Format: Hardback
$52.80

A fascinating journey with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years, ""Poseidon's...  Read More >>

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