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31 produkter
Wood for the Trees
The Long View of Nature from a Small Wood
Ljudbok, 2016
214 kr
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From one of our greatest science writers, this biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through diverse moods and changing seasons combines stunning natural history with the ancient history of the countryside to tell the full story of the British landscape.‘The woods are the great beauty of this …
Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind
In Pursuit of Remarkable Mushrooms
Häftad, 2025
143 kr
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‘A very enjoyable book that brilliantly blends science, insight and passion’ TRISTAN GOOLEY The secret world of fungi is another kingdom. They do things differently there. Diverse beyond our wildest imaginations, fungi don’t obey rules. They pop up unbidden and often dressed in curious reds and …
Life: an Unauthorized Biography
Häftad, 1998
166 kr
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A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand million years of life on and in the earth, by one of Britain’s most dazzling science writers.What do any of us know about the history of our planet before the arrival of man? Most of us have a dim impression of a swirling …
Earth
An Intimate History
Häftad, 2005
166 kr
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The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today. This book will change the way you see the world – permanently.The face of the earth, criss-crossed by chains of mountains like the scars of old wounds, has changed constantly over billions of …
Trilobite!
Häftad, 2001
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
143 kr
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‘In Richard Fortey’s capable hands the humble grey trilobite has been transformed into the E.T. of the Lower Palaeozoic – a remarkable and fascinating book.’ SIMON WINCHESTERRichard Fortey is one of Britain’s leading popular scientists. Life: An Unauthorised Biography, was short-listed for the …
Survivors
The Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
Häftad, 2012
155 kr
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An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures that have survived from earlier times.In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning science writer Richard Fortey chronicles life’s history not through the fossil record, but …
Dry Store Room No. 1
The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
Häftad, 2008
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
133 kr
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‘Dry Store Room No. 1’ is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination.Behind the public façade of any great museum there lies a secret domain: one …
Dry Store Room No. 1
The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum (Text Only)
E-bok, 2010
71 kr
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This edition does not include illustrations.`Dry Store Room No. 1’ is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination.Behind the public façade of any …
Earth
An Intimate History (Text Only)
E-bok, 2010
70 kr
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This ebook edition does not include illustrations.`The Earth is a true delight: full of awe-inspiring details… it blends travel, history, reportage and science to creat an unforgettable picture of our ancient earth.’ Sunday TimesThe face of the Earth, criss-crossed by chains of mountains like the …
Trilobite! (Text Only)
E-bok, 2010
70 kr
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This ebook edition does not include illustrations.`In Richard Fortey’s capable hands the humble grey trilobite has been transformed into the E.T. of the Lower Palaeozoic – a remarkable and fascinating book.’ SIMON WINCHESTERRichard Fortey is one of Britain’s leading popular scientists. Life: An …
Life: an Unauthorized Biography (Text Only)
E-bok, 2010
120 kr
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This ebook edition does not include illustrations.A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand million years of life on and in the earth, by one of Britain’s most dazzling science writers.What do any of us know about the history of our planet before the arrival of …
Survivors
The Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind (Text Only)
E-bok, 2011
102 kr
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This ebook edition does not include illustrations.An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe, in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures which have survived from earlier times and whose stories speak to us of seminal events in the history of life.The …
Wood for the Trees
The Long View of Nature from a Small Wood
E-bok, 2016
79 kr
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An astonishing biography of a wood – combining natural history and the ancient history of the countryside to tell the organic history of the most common British landscape.This is the story of a small piece of the Chiltern Hills – four acres of delightful beech-and-bluebell woodland, buried deeply …
Wood for the Trees
The Long View of Nature from a Small Wood
Häftad, 2017
155 kr
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From one of our greatest science writers, this biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through diverse moods and changing seasons combines stunning natural history with the ancient history of the countryside to tell the full story of the British landscape. Guided by his abiding love of nature and a …
Curious Boy
The Making of a Scientist
E-bok, 2021
102 kr
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'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades … The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation' ADAM NICOLSON ‘Wonderful, absolutely beguiling … I learnt a lot and really loved it’ RICHARD HOLMES ‘Gloriously evocative’ DAILY MAIL What makes a …
Curious Boy
The Making of a Scientist
Ljudbok, 2021
227 kr
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''Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades … The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation''ADAM NICOLSON‘Wonderful, absolutely beguiling … I learnt a lot and really loved it’RICHARD HOLMES‘Gloriously evocative’ DAILY MAILWhat makes a …
Curious Boy
The Making of a Scientist
Häftad, 2021
165 kr
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'Truth and courage are what memoirs need and this one has them both in spades … The unforgotten boy: that is what makes this a book a revelation' ADAM NICOLSON ‘Wonderful, absolutely beguiling … I learnt a lot and really loved it’ RICHARD HOLMES ‘Gloriously evocative’ DAILY MAIL What makes a …
Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind
In Pursuit of Remarkable Mushrooms
Inbunden, 2024
310 kr
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‘A very enjoyable book that brilliantly blends science, insight and passion’ TRISTAN GOOLEY The secret world of fungi is another kingdom. They do things differently there. Diverse beyond our wildest imaginations, fungi don’t obey rules. They pop up unbidden and often dressed in curious reds and …
Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind
In Pursuit of Remarkable Mushrooms
E-bok, 2024
223 kr
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‘A very enjoyable book that brilliantly blends science, insight and passion’ TRISTAN GOOLEY The secret world of fungi is another kingdom. They do things differently there. Diverse beyond our wildest imaginations, fungi don’t obey rules. They pop up unbidden and often dressed in curious reds and …
Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind
In Pursuit of Remarkable Mushrooms
Ljudbok, 2024
202 kr
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‘A very enjoyable book that brilliantly blends science, insight and passion’ TRISTAN GOOLEYThe secret world of fungi is another kingdom. They do things differently there. Diverse beyond our wildest imaginations, fungi don’t obey rules. They pop up unbidden and often dressed in curious reds and …
Dry Storeroom No. 1: Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum
Häftad, 2009
315 kr
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Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms: The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind
Häftad, 2012
296 kr
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Trilobite
Eyewitness to Evolution
E-bok, 2010
131 kr
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With Trilobite , Richard Fortey, paleontologist and author of the acclaimed Life, offers a marvelously written, smart and compelling, accessible and witty scientific narrative of the most ubiquitous of fossil creatures. Trilobites were shelled animals that lived in the oceans over five hundred …
Earth
An Intimate History
E-bok, 2009
74 kr
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In Earth , the acclaimed author of Trilobite! and Life takes us on a grand tour of the earth’s physical past, showing how the history of plate tectonics is etched in the landscape around us. Beginning with Mt. Vesuvius, whose eruption in Roman times helped spark the science of geology, and ending …
Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth
Häftad, 1999
287 kr
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Hidden Landscape
A Journey into the Geological Past
E-bok, 2010
167 kr
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'A very well written book about geology and geological history' Sir David Attenborough, The Times'I travelled to Haverfordwest to get to the past. From Paddington Station a Great Western locomotive took me on a journey westwards from London further and further back into geological time, from the …
Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind
In Pursuit of Remarkable Mushrooms
Inbunden, 2025
347 kr
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A magical, deeply informed book that takes us from familiar places into the strange world of fungi. The secret world of fungi is another kingdom. They do things differently there. Diverse beyond our wildest imaginations, fungi don’t obey rules. They pop up unbidden and often dressed in curious reds …
Hidden Landscape
A Journey into the Geological Past
Häftad, 2010
288 kr
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'A very well written book about geology and geological history' Sir David Attenborough, The Times'I travelled to Haverfordwest to get to the past. From Paddington Station a Great Western locomotive took me on a journey westwards from London further and further back into geological time, from the …
