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Schon's discovery of a plastic that worked as a superconductor was noted as a scientific triumph before revelations...  Read More >>

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Novotny, a leading tropical biologist, does Big Science in Papua New Guinea, one of the world's last wild frontiers....  Read More >>

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Are there any logical reasons to believe in God? This book refutes the twelve arguments that are often put forward...  Read More >>

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Tells the stories of ten beautiful experiments which changed the world.  Read More >>

Trust lies at the heart of our relationships, our society and our everyday lives. From fascinating puzzles about...  Read More >>

Analyzes the evidence for and against alternative therapies. This book presents an examination and judgment of more...  Read More >>

From Gregor Mendels first experiments with peas during the eighteenth century to the announcement of the Human Genome...  Read More >>

Explains just how we are 'infected' by the deliberate shaping of society's attitudes and behaviours - and how we...  Read More >>

James Hutton proved that the earth was likely millions of years old, rather than the six thousand calculated by...  Read More >>

An intensely personal memoir and an informative guide to the new genetics.  Read More >>

When three friends set out on a quest to build a real-life Buck Rogers-style flying machine, their obsession with...  Read More >>

An introductory guide to understanding the exciting advances in a progressing technology that harnesses the boundless...  Read More >>

"Brings evolution's foundational text to life. This book is suitable for those reading the ""Origin"" for the first...  Read More >>

The Lives of Ants combines natural history with molecular biology, genetics, and even the latest developments in...  Read More >>

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In the Womb is a week-by-week chronicle of the mysterious, magical progress from embryo to fetus to full-term infant....  Read More >>

Contains a variety of articles connected to puzzles, magic, and/ or mathematics, including the history behind given...  Read More >>

In 1972 when James Lovelock first proposed the Gaia hypothesis - the idea that the Earth is a living organism that...  Read More >>

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