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Fossil Hunter
Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World
Häftad, 2011
258 kr
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At a time when women were excluded from science, a young girl made a discovery that marked the birth of paleontology and continues to feed the debate about evolution to this day. Mary Anning was only twelve years old when, in 1811, she discovered the first dinosaur skeleton - of an ichthyosaur - …
Space on Earth
Saving Our World By Seeking Others
Av C. Cockell
Inbunden, 2006
551 kr
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Sir Arthur Clarke Award Winner Many environmentalists think going into space detracts from solving problems on Earth. Most space explorers feel environmentalism hampers their exploration of space. Leading astro-biologist Prof. Cockell argues that environmentalism and space exploration have one and …
Whole Story
Alternative Medicine on Trial?
Av T. Murcott
Häftad, 2006
264 kr
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Alternative medicine is a fifty billion dollar per year industry. But is it all nonsense? The Whole Story rounds up the latest evidence on the placebo effect, the randomized control trial, personalized genetic medicine, acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy and more.
Climate Change Begins at Home
Life on the Two-way Street of Global Warming
Av D. Reay
Häftad, 2005
286 kr
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Packed with provocative case studies, calculations and lifestyle comparisons, this entertaining and authoritative book makes the complexities of climatology understandable and challenges readers to rethink their notions of 'doing their bit'. The paperback edition features a new preface from Mark …
Uranium Wars
The Scientific Rivalry That Created the Nuclear Age
Häftad, 2010
267 kr
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Uranium, a nondescript element when found in nature, in the past century has become more sought after than gold. Its nucleus is so heavy that it is highly unstable and radioactive. If broken apart, it unleashes the tremendous power within the atom - the most controversial type of energy ever …
Second Nature
The Inner Lives of Animals
Häftad, 2011
247 kr
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Do baboons have a sense of right and wrong? Can cats and dogs have their feelings hurt? Animal behavior expert Jonathan Balcombe makes the case that animals, once viewed only as mindless automatons, actually have rich sensory experiences and emotional complexity. Drawing on new research, …
Extreme Weather
A Guide to Surviving Flash Floods, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Heat Waves, Snowstorms, Tsunamis, and Other Natural Disasters
Häftad, 2012
189 kr
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Flash floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, mudslides, thunderstorms, and wildfires - these devastating events are happening around the world at an alarming rate. As CNN's meteorologist, Bonnie Schneider reports daily on these natural disasters, explaining when they're likely to strike, …
Ancestral Roots
Modern Living and Human Evolution
Av T. Clack
Inbunden, 2008
551 kr
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Human evolution explains how we have found ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Issues of modern living; depression, obesity, and environmental destruction, can be understood in relation to our evolutionary past. An awareness of this past and its relation to the present can help limit …
Revolution in Science
How Galileo and Darwin Changed Our World
Av M. Brake
Inbunden, 2010
551 kr
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This is the compelling story of the two biggest events in the evolution of ideas: the revolutions of Galileo and Darwin. Mark Brake captures the adventure and excitement of these two scientists in this is a timely examination of the ways in which faith and science clash, and how the battle for …
Making of Champions
Roots of the Sporting Mind
Av G. Lewis
Inbunden, 2008
584 kr
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The status of sport, and of its greatest protagonists, has never before flown so high. This project utilizes current thoughts within the sport, behavioural, and cognitive sciences, in order to present a distinct and original perspective on the origins of elite sporting ability.
Living with Enza
The Forgotten Story of Britain and the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918
Inbunden, 2008
1239 kr
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'Never since the Black Death has such a plague swept over the face of the world,' commented the Times , '[and] never, perhaps, has a plague been more stoically accepted.' When the Great Influenza pandemic finally ended, in April 1919, 228,000 people in Britian alone were dead. This book tells the …
Eternity
Our Next Billion Years
Av M. Hanlon
Inbunden, 2008
551 kr
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It has become received wisdom that our world is doomed. Mike Hanlon believes that not only is humankind not doomed, but that we may be around for millions, if not hundreds of millions of years. Humans will survive. Our future is in many ways bizarre, surreal and sometimes depressing - but it will …
Science and Controversy
A Biography of Sir Norman Lockyer, Founder Editor of Nature
Av A. Meadows
Inbunden, 2008
431 kr
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Sir Norman Lockyer left Nature , the world's leading scientific journal, as his lasting memorial. But his life, and controversial theories, are an important part of science history. His ideas were at the forefront of public debate, and ranged from brilliant to perverse. This entertaining book is a …
Betrayed by Nature
The War on Cancer
Inbunden, 2012
412 kr
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Despite the medical advances of the last century, the science behind cancer and its treatment remains a mystery to many people. In Betrayed by Nature, Robin Hesketh provides a concise and comprehensive history of both the science and the medical advances. It is also an illuminating look at the …
Living End
The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality
Av G. Brown
Inbunden, 2007
511 kr
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The decline of infections, starvation, warfare, heart attack and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old age but ushered in disability, dementia and degenerative disease, with profound consequences for the self and society. Dr Guy Brown explores these vital issues at various levels, from the …
10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet)
A Guide to Science's Greatest Mysteries
Av M. Hanlon
Inbunden, 2007
551 kr
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Considering questions such as 'Where did language come from?' and 'Do animals know they exist?', Michael Hanlon explores possible theories and dispatches a few of the less likely ones in his quest to fill the gaping holes that science is littered with.
Sex, Drugs and DNA
Science's Taboos Confronted
Av M. Stebbins
Häftad, 2006
311 kr
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Now available in paperback following huge critical acclaim. In a frank, edgy and entertaining style that pulls no punches, Michael Stebbins says what most scientists and politicians are afraid to about what research can and, perhaps more importantly, cannot deliver. He debunks the myths surrounding …
Print Is Dead
Books in our Digital Age
Av J. Gomez
Inbunden, 2007
386 kr
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For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the book has, somewhat bizarrely, remained the more robust and culturally relevant way to communicate ideas. Now, for the first time since …
Light Years
An Exploration of Mankind's Enduring Fascination with Light
Av Brian Clegg
Häftad, 2007
279 kr
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The fully updated 2nd edition of this critically acclaimed book covers the exciting developments in light science of the past five years. Light Years is an engaging survey of everything we know of the universe's most enigmatic phenomenon and the remarkable people who have been captivated by it.
Broken Genius
The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
Av J. Shurkin
Häftad, 2006
479 kr
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This is the first biography of William Shockley, founding father of Silicon Valley - one of the most significant and reviled scientists of the 20th century. Drawing upon unique access to the private Shockley archives, veteran technology historian and journalist Joel Shurkin gives an unflinching …
Viruses Vs. Superbugs
A Solution to the Antibiotics Crisis?
Av T. Häusler
Häftad, 2006
455 kr
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Each year thousands of people die from bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Alternative drugs are urgently needed. A surprising ray of hope from the past are viruses that kill bacteria, but not us. Award-winning science journalist Thomas Häusler investigates how these long-forgotten cures may help …
Bones, Rocks and Stars
The Science of When Things Happened
Av C. Turney
Häftad, 2006
282 kr
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What is the Turin Shroud? When were the Pyramids built? Why did the dinosaurs die out? How did the Earth take shape? With questions like these, says Chris Turney, time is of the essence. And understanding how we pinpoint the past, he cautions, is crucial to putting the present in perspective and …
Print Is Dead
Books in our Digital Age
Av J. Gomez
Häftad, 2007
256 kr
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For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the book has, somewhat bizarrely, remained the more robust and culturally relevant way to communicate ideas. Now, for the first time since …
Artificial Ape
How Technology Changed the Course of Human Evolution
Inbunden, 2010
340 kr
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A breakthrough theory that tools and technology are the real drivers of human evolution. Although humans are one of the great apes, along with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, we are remarkably different from them. Unlike our cousins who subsist on raw food, spend their days and nights …
This Borrowed Earth
Lessons from the Fifteen Worst Environmental Disasters Around the World
Häftad, 2010
166 kr
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For thousands of years, humanity has considered itself the earth's custodian. With our vast potential we are capable of preserving the earth for future generations or causing irreparable harm. For the first time here, environmental lawyer and activist Robert Emmet Hernan provides a comprehensive, …
10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet)
A Guide to Science's Greatest Mysteries
Av M. Hanlon
Häftad, 2007
551 kr
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Considering questions such as 'Where did language come from?' and 'Do animals know they exist?', Michael Hanlon explores possible theories and dispatches a few of the less likely ones in his quest to fill the gaping holes that science is littered with.
Lost Antarctica
Adventures in a Disappearing Land
Häftad, 2014
247 kr
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Few of us will ever get to Antarctica. The bitter cold and three months a year without sunlight makes the sixth continent virtually uninhabitable for humans. Yet marine biologist James B. McClintock has spent three decades studying the frozen land in order to understand better the world that lies …
Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955
Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times
Av A. Einstein, M. Born
Häftad, 2004
398 kr
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A classic collection of correspondence between two Nobel Prize winners, The Born-Einstein Letters , is also highly topical: scientists continue to struggle with quantum physics, their role in wartime and the public's misunderstanding.
Living End
The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality
Av G. Brown
Häftad, 2019
406 kr
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The decline of infections, starvation, warfare, heart attack and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old age but ushered in disability, dementia and degenerative disease, with profound consequences for the self and society. Dr Guy Brown explores these vital issues at various levels, from the …
Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955
Friendship, Politics and Physics in Uncertain Times
Av A. Einstein, M. Born
Inbunden, 2004
711 kr
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A classic collection of correspondence between two Nobel Prize winners, The Born-Einstein Letters , is also highly topical: scientists continue to struggle with quantum physics, their role in wartime and the public's misunderstanding.
