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The Selfish Gene
50th Anniversary Edition
Häftad, 2026
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
145 kr
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Celebrating 50 years with a new anniversary edition, this critically acclaimed international bestseller has sold millions of copies and been translated into over 30 languages.Among the most influential and enduring science books of all time, The Selfish Gene is a classic in every sense of the word. …
The Emperor's New Mind
Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics
Häftad, 2016
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
155 kr
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For many decades, the proponents of `artificial intelligence' have maintained that computers will soon be able to do everything that a human can do. In his bestselling work of popular science, Sir Roger Penrose takes us on a fascinating tour through the basic principles of physics, cosmology, …
Gaia
A New Look at Life on Earth
Häftad, 2016
134 kr
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In this classic work that continues to inspire many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that the Earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence in support of a radically different model of our planet. In …
Decoding Reality
The Universe as Quantum Information
Häftad, 2018
155 kr
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For a physicist, all the world is information. The Universe and its workings are the ebb and flow of information. We are all transient patterns of information, passing on the recipe for our basic forms to future generations using a four-letter digital code called DNA. In this engaging and …
The Selfish Gene
40th Anniversary edition
Häftad, 2016
2,8 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (9)
258 kr
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The million copy international bestseller, critically acclaimed and translated into over 25 languages. As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view …
Personality
What makes you the way you are
Av Nettle
Häftad, 2009
134 kr
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Why are some people worriers, and others wanderers? Why do some people seem good at empathising, and others at controlling? We have something deep and consistent within us that determines the choices we make and the situations we bring about. But why should members of the same species differ so …
Antimatter
Av Frank Close
Häftad, 2018
174 kr
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Antimatter explores a strange mirror world, where particles have identical yet opposite properties to those that make up the familiar matter we encounter everyday; where left becomes right, positive becomes negative; and where, should matter and antimatter meet, the two annihilate in a blinding …
Why Evolution is True
Häftad, 2010
3,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
145 kr
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For all the discussion in the media about creationism and 'Intelligent Design', virtually nothing has been said about the evidence in question - the evidence for evolution by natural selection. Yet, as this succinct and important book shows, that evidence is vast, varied, and magnificent, and drawn …
Hyperspace
A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension
Av Michio Kaku
Häftad, 2016
145 kr
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Already thoroughly familiar to the seasoned science fiction fan, hyperspace is that realm which enables a spaceship captain to take his ship on a physics-defying shortcut (or "wormhole") to the outer shores of the Galaxy in less time than it takes a 747 to fly from New York to Tokyo. But might such …
Viruses
The Invisible Enemy
Häftad, 2021
146 kr
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For all our hubris, humans can be felled rapidly by an invisible enemy - viruses. All around us are minute entities that can damage and kill: the millions of viruses that pervade the natural world. Our bodies harbour many that we have long tolerated, but a new one, that jumps into humans from …
Deadly Companions
How Microbes Shaped our History
Häftad, 2018
149 kr
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Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has …
Power, Sex, Suicide
Mitochondria and the meaning of life
Av Nick Lane
Häftad, 2018
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
146 kr
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Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that. …
Brainwashing
The science of thought control
Häftad, 2016
160 kr
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Throughout history, humans have attempted to influence and control the thoughts of others. Since the word 'brainwashing' was coined in the aftermath of the Korean War, it has become part of the popular culture and been exploited to create sensational headlines. It has also been the subject of …
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
Av Richard Dawkins, Richard Dawkins
Häftad, 2009
2,4 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (7)
190 kr
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Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in the laboratory. This …
Oxygen
The molecule that made the world
Av Nick Lane
Häftad, 2016
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
140 kr
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Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life. Three hundred million years ago, in Carboniferous times, dragonflies grew as big as seagulls, with wingspans ofnearly a metre. Researchers claim they could have flown only if the air had contained more oxygen than today -probably as much as 35 per cent. …
The Extended Phenotype
The Long Reach of the Gene
Häftad, 2016
3,2 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (5)
155 kr
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In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins crystallized the gene's eye view of evolution developed by W.D. Hamilton and others. The book provoked widespread and heated debate. Written in part as a response, The Extended Phenotype gave a deeper clarification of the central concept of the gene as the unit …
The Quantum Story
A history in 40 moments
Av Jim Baggott
Häftad, 2016
176 kr
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The twentieth century was defined by physics. From the minds of the world's leading physicists there flowed a river of ideas that would transport mankind to the pinnacle of wonderment and to the very depths of human despair. This was a century that began with the certainties of absolute knowledge …
What is Life?
How Chemistry Becomes Biology
Av Addy Pross
Häftad, 2016
145 kr
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Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrödinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?' This problem has puzzled biologists and physical scientists ever since. Living things are hugely complex and have unique properties, such as self-maintenance and apparently …
The Emerald Planet
How plants changed Earth's history
Häftad, 2017
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
166 kr
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Plants have profoundly moulded the Earth's climate and the evolutionary trajectory of life. Far from being 'silent witnesses to the passage of time', plants are dynamic components of our world, shaping the environment throughout history as much as that environment has shaped them.In The Emerald …
The Planet in a Pebble
A journey into Earth's deep history
Häftad, 2012
142 kr
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This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales, say. Its history, though, carries us into abyssal depths of time, and across the farthest reaches of space. This is a narrative of the Earth's long and dramatic history, as …
