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Migration

Migration

Author: Johannes Knolle (Imperial College London) ,  James Poskett (University of Warwick)
ISBN: 9781108746014
Format: Paperback
$46.55

Eight leading scholars from across the arts, humanities, and sciences contribute to this volume discussing migration...  Read More >>

We Need to Talk About Love

We Need to Talk About Love

Author: Laura Mucha
ISBN: 9781472982438
Format: Paperback
$22.99

As featured on Sunday Brunch and Woman's Hour 'A really interesting proper analysis of the ins and outs of love....  Read More >>

Talk: The Science of Conversation

Talk: The Science of Conversation

Author: Elizabeth Stokoe
ISBN: 9781472140838
Format: Paperback
$22.99

This book will change the way you think about talk. It will explain the big pay-offs to understanding conversation...  Read More >>

Unfit for Purpose: When Human Evolution Collides with the Modern World

Unfit for Purpose: When Human Evolution Collides with...

Author: Adam Hart
ISBN: 9781472970992
Format: Hardback
$34.99

Forged by natural selection and honed by evolution, humans are perfectly adapted machines. . . for a world that...  Read More >>

Forgotten Science: Strange Ideas from the Scrapheap of History

Forgotten Science: Strange Ideas from the Scrapheap...

Author: S.D. Tucker
ISBN: 9789353577391
Format: Paperback
$35.50

Science has a history of bizarre experiments by both geniuses and eccentric individuals, from Nikola Tesla's love...  Read More >>

Tabloiding the Truth: It's the Pun Wot Won It

Tabloiding the Truth: It's the Pun Wot Won It

Author: Steve Buckledee
ISBN: 9783030472757
Format: Paperback
$64.66

What skills do journalists exhibit in sensationalising, exaggerating and otherwise ‘tabloiding’ the truth, while...  Read More >>

Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom

Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom

Author: James Danckert ,  John D. Eastwood
ISBN: 9780674984677
Format: Hardback
$47.95

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The First Cell: The Mystery Surrounding the Beginning of Life

The First Cell: The Mystery Surrounding the Beginning...

Author: Ulrich C. Schreiber ,  Christian Mayer
ISBN: 9783030453800
Format: Hardback
$85.36

This book introduces a fresh perspective on the conditions for the genesis of the first cell. An important possible...  Read More >>

Manhattan Project: The Story of the Century

Manhattan Project: The Story of the Century

Author: Bruce Cameron Reed
ISBN: 9783030457334
Format: Hardback
$90.54

Though thousands of articles and books have been published on various aspects of the Manhattan Project, this book...  Read More >>

Planetary Astrobiology

Planetary Astrobiology

Author: Victoria Meadows ,  David J. Des Marais
ISBN: 9780816540068
Format: Hardback
$198.00

The overarching goal of Planetary Astrobiology is to enhance and broaden the development of an interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Evolutionstheorie im Wandel: Ist Darwin überholt?

Evolutionstheorie im Wandel: Ist Darwin überholt?

Author: Axel Lange
ISBN: 9783662609149
Format: Hardback
$118.77

Wie wirkt die Umwelt auf die Entwicklung der Arten und wie verändern Arten ihre Umwelt? Warum ist die Evolution...  Read More >>

Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, From Pointless Bones to Broken Genes

Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, From Pointless...

Author: Nathan Lents
ISBN: 9781474608350
Format: Paperback
$22.99

An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections, from faulty knees to junk DNA, that make us human...  Read More >>

The From Arsenic to Zirconium: Poems and Surprising Facts About the Elements

The From Arsenic to Zirconium: Poems and Surprising...

Author: Peter Davern
ISBN: 9781718500273
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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Kernenergie: Chancen und Risiken

Kernenergie: Chancen und Risiken

Author: Hansruedi Voelkle
ISBN: 9783662593004
Format: Mixed media product
$79.17

Dieses Buch beschaftigt sich mit der Frage, ob beim Streit um die Kernenergie der rechtzeitige Ausstieg aus fossilen...  Read More >>

Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave

Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave...

Author: Alice Gregory
ISBN: 9781472946164
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The science of our slumber, from the different stages of sleep and how our sleeping patterns change throughout our...  Read More >>

Why Gut Microbes Matter: Understanding Our Microbiome

Why Gut Microbes Matter: Understanding Our Microbiome...

Author: Harry J. Flint
ISBN: 9783030432454
Format: Hardback
$263.97

Given the at times confusing new information concerning the human microbiome released over the last few years, this...  Read More >>

Why do your Earphones get in a Knot: Basic scientific principles you need to survive daily life

Why do your Earphones get in a Knot: Basic scientific...

Author: Mark Frary
ISBN: 9781911130956
Format: Hardback
$33.61

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Religion: 50 Ideas in 500 Words

Religion: 50 Ideas in 500 Words

Author: Susan Aldridge
ISBN: 9781912827145
Format: Hardback
$25.85

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The Astronaut Selection Test Book: Do You Have What it Takes for Space?

The Astronaut Selection Test Book: Do You Have What...

Author: Tim Peake ,  The European Space Agency
ISBN: 9781787465176
Format: Paperback
$25.85

*** The puzzle book of 2018 ***Have you got what it takes to be an astronaut? The book comprises 100 real astronaut...  Read More >>

The Edge of Physics: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Cosmology

The Edge of Physics: Dispatches from the Frontiers of...

Author: Anil Ananthaswamy
ISBN: 9780715653913
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A scientific and globetrotting exploration of the physics experiments changing the ways we understand our universebringing...  Read More >>

Super Simple Biology: The Ultimate Bitesize Study Guide

Super Simple Biology: The Ultimate Bitesize Study Guide...

Author: DK ,  Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 9780241390467
Format: Paperback
$27.99

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Super Simple Chemistry: The Ultimate Bitesize Study Guide

Super Simple Chemistry: The Ultimate Bitesize Study...

Author: DK ,  Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 9780241390450
Format: Paperback
$27.99

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Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe

Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That...

Author: Marcus Chown
ISBN: 9781789292060
Format: Paperback
$23.26

Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and...  Read More >>

Bad News: Why We Fall for Fake News

Bad News: Why We Fall for Fake News

Author: Rob Brotherton
ISBN: 9781472962850
Format: Hardback
$32.99

Psychologist Rob Brotherton asks how can we all be smarter consumers of news?  Read More >>

From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way

From Here to There: The Art and Science of Finding and...

Author: Michael Bond
ISBN: 9780674244573
Format: Hardback
$79.07

Navigation skills are easy to take for granted, but the ability to find our way is a key to humanity’s evolutionary...  Read More >>

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