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This classic work is now reissued in new covers with a new Preface by the author. Written for non-scientists, this...  Read More >>

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The discovery of the Ice Age is one of sciences greatest and least-known stories. It shows that, for all their boasting...  Read More >>

A contemplative tale of evolution-from prehistoric monster centipedes to men on the moon-as seen through the eyes...  Read More >>

Fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.  Read More >>

The author of ""Inside the Hurricane"" gives a gripping account of the 1918 flu pandemic and the modern-day hunt...  Read More >>

Through his rich exploration of Einstein's thought, Gerald Holton shows how the best science depends on great inventive...  Read More >>

Design for a Life explains the science of behavioural development - the biological and psychological processes that...  Read More >>

Dr. Rupert Sheldrake is an expert in research into the phenomenon of the psychic abilities of domestic animals....  Read More >>

Galileo's Daughter is the story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter,...  Read More >>

An examination of how percussion instruments vibrate and produce sound, and how these sounds are perceived by listeners....  Read More >>

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"Half a century ago the Austrian physicist and philosopher Erwin Schrodinger inspired a generation of scientists...  Read More >>

The authors start with the discovery of iron-rich hot springs on the ocean floor. Was this life's nursery? Other...  Read More >>

Simple text, photographs, and diagrams introduce the skeletal system and its purpose, parts, and functions.  Read More >>

A guide to the myriad possibilities for cosmic apocalypse.  Read More >>

Explores the motivations, goals, trials, and triumphs of the people who pioneered space exploration from the sixteenth...  Read More >>

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This book describes the chocolate making process, from the growing of the beans to the sale in the shops. It first...  Read More >>

From red giants - stars so enormous they could engulf a million suns - to supernova explosions - the most violent...  Read More >>

In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale might tell us about evolution and the nature of...  Read More >>

Explains the central ideas of the quantum revolution and uncertainty principle. This book reveals how words and...  Read More >>

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