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Are numbers the great archetypal forces that power ourselves and the cosmos? This book explores the symbolic and...  Read More >>

There has been increase in both the quantity and the quality of our knowledge about the brain, especially the visual...  Read More >>

Challenges the reputation of the invention of the telephone and offers a meditation on how little we know about...  Read More >>

From the bestselling author of Taboo comes a provocative and controversial book about how genetics is transforming...  Read More >>

An eye-opening look at the new computer revolution and the coming transformation of our...  Read More >>

Struggle for a Better South dispels the notion that all whites in the South stood united against social change in...  Read More >>

Learn how to build fascinating devices such as the high-voltage spud gun and the marshmallow shooter.  Read More >>

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Reprint. Originally published: New York: Free Press, c2006.  Read More >>

An in-depth look at the role of number as a bridge between Heaven and Earth.  Read More >>

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Describes the flexible structure of the female brain and its constant, dynamic state of change - the key difference...  Read More >>

Dutch Sailmaker and sailor Jan Struys' (c.1629-c.1694) account of his various overseas travels became a bestseller...  Read More >>

A science writer explores six seemingly unconnected but unique human traits--the big toe, thumbs, pharynx, tears,...  Read More >>

Digitale Medien entwickeln sich zum Resonanzraum realer Prozesse. Nach der massiven UEbertragung von Information...  Read More >>

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In this fascinating and irresistible new book, the author of the popular science sensations ""Does Anything Eat...  Read More >>

In diesem praxisorientierten Leitfaden wird dem Leser erkl rt, wie man die kleinen Dinge ganz gro darstellt, ob...  Read More >>

Ever wonder why and how cats purr? Do you sit there looking clueless when a child asks you where hiccups come from?...  Read More >>

Get excited for the 2021 Denis Villeneuve Dune film release, starring Timothee Chalamet, with The Science of Dune!...  Read More >>

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Brings together lectures which were delivered each year over the Christmas period in the world-famous Faraday Lecture...  Read More >>

Discovery"" magazine has recently called Richard Dawkins ""Darwins Rottweiler"" for his fierce and effective defense...  Read More >>

Brings together lectures which were delivered each year over the Christmas period in the world-famous Faraday Lecture...  Read More >>

Tells the history of modern biology through the stories of the animals and plants that made it possible, showing...  Read More >>