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Beyond Biotechnology: The Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering

Beyond Biotechnology: The Barren Promise of Genetic...

Author: Craig Holdrege ,  Steve Talbott
ISBN: 9780813124841
Format: Hardback
$184.80

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Storie di cose semplici

Storie di cose semplici

Author: Vittorio Marchis
ISBN: 9788847008168
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Il dado, il filo, la chiave, l’anello, lo specchio, il bottone e la sfera sono cose semplici che incontriamo quotidianamente,...  Read More >>

Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin

Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back...

Author: Lawrence Weinstein ,  John Adam
ISBN: 9780691129495
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Enables anyone with basic math and science skills to estimate virtually anything - quickly - using plausible assumptions...  Read More >>

Impossible?: Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums

Impossible?: Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive...

Author: Julian Havil
ISBN: 9780691131313
Format: Hardback
$73.79

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Simplexity

Simplexity

Author: Jeffrey Kluger
ISBN: 9780719568138
Format: Paperback
$26.99

Simplexity. A groundbreaking new concept that reveals the hidden ways the world really works.  Read More >>

Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs: The Question of Alien Minds

Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs: The Question of Alien Minds...

Author: David McFarland (Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford)
ISBN: 9780199219292
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Do animals have thoughts and feelings? Could robots have minds like our own? Can we ever know, or will the answer...  Read More >>

Was Ware Das Leben Ohne Parasiten?: Warum Wir Krankheiten Brauchen

Was Ware Das Leben Ohne Parasiten?: Warum Wir Krankheiten...

Author: Marlene Zuk (Evolution and Behavior at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities) ,  Jorunn Wissmann
ISBN: 9783827419781
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Eine vergnugliche Studie uber die freundlichen pathogenen Parasiten, die den menschlichen Koerper seit Jahrtausenden...  Read More >>

When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time

When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction...

Author: Michael J. Benton
ISBN: 9780500285732
Format: Paperback
$65.87

In the greatest mass extinction in Earth's history at least 90 percent of life was killed, both on land and in the...  Read More >>

Discover's 20 Things You Didn't Know About Everything: Duct Tape, Airport Security, Your Body, Sex in Space...and More!

Discover's 20 Things You Didn't Know About Everything:...

Author: The Editors of Discover Magazine
ISBN: 9780061435645
Format: Hardback
$44.75

The column, 20 Things You Didn't Know About is a feature of the ""Discover Magazine"". This book is based on this...  Read More >>

Mythbusters: Rock the Body

Mythbusters: Rock the Body

Author: Nicholas Searle
ISBN: 9781921332227
Format: Mixed media product
$29.95

Mythbusters - Rock The Body aims to cover the most interesting, complex and eventful object living on the face of...  Read More >>

Welcome to Your Brain: The Science of Jet Lag, Love and Other Curiosities of Life

Welcome to Your Brain: The Science of Jet Lag, Love...

Author: Sam Wang ,  Sandra Aamodt
ISBN: 9781846040771
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Does cramming for an exam work? Why can't you tickle yourself? Can you improve your brain with video games? Why...  Read More >>

Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong

Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense...

Author: Marc Hauser
ISBN: 9780349118093
Format: Paperback
$50.99

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Computerspiele Und Gewalt: Eine Psychologische Entwarnung

Computerspiele Und Gewalt: Eine Psychologische Entwarnung...

Author: Esther Koehler ,  Esther Kahler
ISBN: 9783827419972
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Computerspiele wecken AEngste vor Spielsucht, hemmungslos gewaltsamem Ballern und Verbloeden vor dem Bildschirm....  Read More >>

Evolution For Dummies

Evolution For Dummies

Author: Greg Krukonis ,  Tracy L. Barr
ISBN: 9780470117736
Format: Paperback
$52.77

Fascinating case studies highlight evolutionary research in the lab and in the wild From Darwin to DNA -- your...  Read More >>

Il bizzarro mondo dei quanti

Il bizzarro mondo dei quanti

Author: Silvia Arroyo Camejo ,  S. Ruggerini
ISBN: 9788847006430
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Il solito Albert e la piccola Dolly: La scienza dei bambini e dei ragazzi

Il solito Albert e la piccola Dolly: La scienza dei...

Author: Daniele Gouthier ,  Federica Manzoli
ISBN: 9788847007666
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Non di rado poi sono tanti Sisifo che ricominciano continuamente la loro impresa – e non è escluso che agli occhi...  Read More >>

Galaxies: A Very Short Introduction

Galaxies: A Very Short Introduction

Author: John Gribbin (Visiting Fellow in Astronomy, University of Sussex)
ISBN: 9780199234349
Format: Paperback
$21.95

Galaxies are the building blocks of the Universe: standing like islands in space, they are where the stars are born...  Read More >>

Under A Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions of the Past, and What They Can Tell Us About Our Future

Under A Green Sky: Global Warming, the Mass Extinctions...

Author: Peter D PhD. Ward
ISBN: 9780061137921
Format: Paperback
$39.47

According to paleontologist Ward, all but one of the major extinction events in history have been brought on by...  Read More >>

Cztery Miliardy Lat: Eseje O Ewolucji

Cztery Miliardy Lat: Eseje O Ewolucji

Author: Marcin Ryszkiewicz
ISBN: 9780954580575
Format: Paperback
$36.10

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Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature...

Author: David Quammen
ISBN: 9780393058055
Format: Hardback
$40.95

A revised and expanded edition of Quammen’s first book of nonfiction, including the best of his recent...  Read More >>

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