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Presents the author's landmark theory of evolution of species by a process of natural selection, the Origin of Species...  Read More >>

Charles Darwin liked and loathed Australia. The father of evolution paid the continent a flying visit during in...  Read More >>

What I Require From Life is a compilation of the popular scientific essays of JBS Haldane, one of the scientific...  Read More >>

The Leverhulme Trust (UK) required Charles Oxnard to present a series of public lectures during his tenure of a...  Read More >>

The Leverhulme Trust (UK) required Charles Oxnard to present a series of public lectures during his tenure of a...  Read More >>

Describes how one can use the scientific method to solve everyday problems including medical ailments, health issues,...  Read More >>

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The Emerald Planet is the tale of our world's past - and future - as revealed by plants. Over the immensity of geological...  Read More >>

""Starred Review. Reeves deploys his considerable writing skill in portraying Rutherford's personality ... capturing...  Read More >>

One of the world's leading geologists takes readers into Italy's Apennine Mountain Range—the Mountains of Saint...  Read More >>

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Packed with fascinating case-studies ranging from the Bhopal disaster to the deadly puffer fish, The Poison Paradox...  Read More >>

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Explores a subterranean cavern reputed to be the home of elusive blue-skinned troglodytes. The author goes hiking...  Read More >>

A series of vivid portraits of determined - even obsessed - scientists, showing that we are not even close to knowing...  Read More >>

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Global warming is arguably the most critical and controversial issue facing the world in the twenty-first century....  Read More >>

This Very Short Introduction presents a succinct and accessible guide to the key episodes in the story of life on...  Read More >>

All earnest and honest human quests for knowledge are efforts to understand Nature, which includes both human and...  Read More >>

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Combining accounts of scientific experimentation with stories of showmanship, this book reveals how developments...  Read More >>