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"En hisnande spaningstur genom mänsklighetens historia ... Sapiens är full av aha-upplevelser och bygger på breda insikter i naturvetenskap, antropologi och samhällsvetenskap." Lars Linder, DN "Det är en väldigt underhållande, tanke...

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Sapiens är en storslagen berättelse om människans ursprung, nutid och framtid. Historikern Yuval Noah Harari tar oss med från Homo sapiens första steg på jorden, då vi var ett däggdjur bland alla andra, till idag när vi står som världens obestridd...

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating re...

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När vi talar om mänsklighetens historia handlar det alltid om stora ledare, folkvandringar och omvälvande krig. Men hur har själva jorden avgjort människans öde? Hur har planeten vi bor på skapat oss? Hur hänger Himalayas berg ihop med jordens ban...

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While evolutionary psychology is a fascinating science, it is also often misunderstood. In this highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook, Workman and Reader assume no prior knowledge of evolution and instead carefully guide students towards a level...

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Used widely in non-majors biology classes, The Tangled Bank is the first textbook about evolution intended for the general reader. Zimmer, an award-winning science writer, takes readers on a fascinating journey into the latest discoveries about ev...

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'A landmark in social thought. Henrich may go down as the most influential social scientist of the first half of the twenty-first century' MATTHEW SYED Do you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network? D...

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När vi talar om mänsklighetens historia handlar det alltid om stora ledare, folkvandringar och omvälvande krig. Men hur har själva jorden avgjort människans öde? Hur har planeten vi bor på skapat oss? Hur hänger Himalayas berg ihop med jordens ban...

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Although biologists recognize evolutionary ecology by name, many only have a limited understanding of its conceptual roots and historical development. Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Ecology fills that knowledge gap in a thought-provoking...

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The most commonly kept domestic animal in the developed world, the cat has been a part of human life for thousands of years. Cats have been both worshipped and persecuted over this long period - either loved or hated for their enigmatic self-relia...

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DEN BILD SOM OFTA förmedlas i dag är att vetenskapen har avlivat Gud och slutgiltigt begravt honom. Många hävdar att ateismen är den enda intellektuellt hållbara ståndpunkten och att hänvisningar till Gud enbart hämmar den vete...

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Resan med Beagle är Charles Darwins redogörelse för den världsomspännande upptäcktsfärd som satte honom på kurs mot evolutionsteorin. Den han senare skulle lägga fram i det epokgörande verket Om arternas uppkomst. När HMS Beagle lättade ankar från...

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When did humans develop spiritual thought? What is religion's evolutionary purpose? And in our increasingly secular world, why has it endured? Every society in the history of humanity has lived with religion. In How Religion Evolved, evolutionary ...

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Vad är det som förenar näbbmusens hjärtfrekvens med utvecklingen av New Yorks tunnelbana? Varför går alla företag förr eller senare i konkurs? Och hur kan vi använda dessa insikter för att förutse framtiden? När Geoffrey West gav sig ut på jakt ef...

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The 40th anniversary edition of the million copy international bestseller, with a new epilogue from the author. As relevant and influential today as when it was first published, this classic exposition of evolutionary thought, widely hailed for it...

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Discover humanity's past and its future in this in this special box set featuring Sapiens--a reading pick of President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg--and its acclaimed companion Homo Deus.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE PHYSICS WORLD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'One of the deepest and most original thinkers of his generation of cognitive scientists. His startling argument has implications for philosophy, science, and how we understand the world arou...

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The fastest growing realization everywhere is that humanity can't go on the way it is going. Indeed, the great fear is we're entering endgame where we appear to have lost the race between self-destruction and self-discovery-the race to find the ps...

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An instant bestseller in 1859, few books have had such a revolutionary impact and left such a lasting impression as On the Origin of Species. Possibly the most important and challenging scientific book ever published, Darwin's language remains sur...

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Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have pro...

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Comprehensive, up to date, and engaging, Science, Evolution, and Religion provides detailed coverage of the science-religion debate in contemporary culture and academia. The two authors, Michael Peterson and Michael Ruse, present theism and atheis...

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Variation, selektion, ärftlighet. Evolutionsteorins tre grundbegrepp är också de bärande och ömsesidigt beroende principerna för alla livsformers utveckling. Deras samspel bestämmer arternas utveckling. Utan någon av dessa faktorer blir det ingen ...

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This is the past as we've never seen it before. Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating journey into deep time, showing us the Earth as it used to exist, and the worlds that were here before ours. Travelling back in time to the dawn of complex life, a...

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What would it be like to experience the ancient landscapes of the past as we experience the reality of nature today? To actually visit the Jurassic or Cambrian worlds, to wander among their spectacular flora and fauna, to witness their continental...

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'Mind-blowing ... It is a hugely important book ... His story is crucial' Matt Ridley, The Times One of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we are The blueprint for our individualit...

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De flesta människor funderar då och då över vad de tänker göra härnäst - och tar för givet att de inom vissa ramar har en viss vilje- och handlingsfrihet. Denna vardagsåsikt står emellertid inte högt i kurs bland dagens filosofer och vetenskapsmän...

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***30th Anniversary Edition*** Acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the last hundred years, The Blind Watchmaker offers an inspiring and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all t...

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Why do dogs behave in the ways that they do? Why did our ancestors tame wolves? How have we ended up with so many breeds of dog, and how can we understand their role in contemporary human society? Explore the answers to these questions and many mo...

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If you want to know how we know what we know about dinosaurs, read this book! Steve Brusatte 'I defy anyone who is, like me, a non-scientist to read it and not feel a sense of wonder' Tom Holland, Guardian Startling new fossil finds are the lifebl...

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Human Molecular Genetics has been carefully crafted over successive editions to provide an authoritative introduction to the molecular aspects of human genetics, genomics and cell biology. Maintaining the features that have made previous editions ...

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