The Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption - Geological and Geophysical Data, 1975-1976 by S. A. Fedotov (Editor); Y. K. Markhinin (Editor); J. E. Agrell (Translator); M. R. Colenso (Translator); F. Cooley (Translator); A. Lee (Translator); D. McDuff (Translator); A. R. Prowse (Translator); P. MIles (Translator)
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In 1975-1976 a remarkable volcanic eruption took place on the Kamchtka peninsula, part of the Soviet Union's arc of active volcanoes. Dr Fedotov and his colleagues studied the largest basaltic eruption in history, one of the most important volcanic events in the twentieth century. During this prolonged ...Show more
Thumbs, Toes, and Tears : And Other Traits that Make Us Human by Chip Walter
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The fascinating evolutionary links between six seemingly unremarkable traits that make us the very remarkable creatures we are. Countless behaviors separate us from the rest of the animal kingdom, but all of them can be traced one way or another to six traits that are unique to the human race— our big ...Show more
Transplant - From Myth to Reality by Nicholas L. Tilney
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One of the most spectacular medical advances of the 20th century, organ transplantation has become a generally effective and routine treatment for patients with organ failure. In this book, a well-known expert in the fields of clinical transplantation and transplantation research traces the evolution of ...Show more
The Eerie Silence - Are We Alone in the Universe? by Paul Davies
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On April 8, 1960, a young American astronomer, Frank Drake, turned a radio telescope toward the star Tau Ceti and listened for several hours to see if he could detect any artificial radio signals. With this modest start began a worldwide project of potentially momentous significance. Known as SETI - Sea ...Show more
Survivors : The Animals and Plants that Time Has left Behind by Richard Fortey
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The history of life on Earth is far older - and far odder - than many of us realise. In SURVIVORS, acclaimed author Richard Fortey traces this history not through fossil records, but in the living stories of organisms that have survived nearly unchanged for hundreds of millions of years and whose existe ...Show more
The Spark of Life : Electricity in the Human Body by Frances Ashcroft
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We are all familiar with the idea that machines are powered by electricity, but perhaps not so aware that this is also true for ourselves. "The Spark of Life" is a spectacular account of the body electric, showing how, from before conception to the last breath we draw, electrical signals in our cells ar ...Show more
Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation : The Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex by Olivia Judson
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If you have ever wondered why women always bite your head off or why one guy gets all the girls, if you have ever pondered why some men bring you balloons while others leave you their genitals, then Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation is the book for you. It explains all this and much more. It discl ...Show more
Infinitesimal : How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World by Amir Alexander
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On August 10, 1632, five leading Jesuits convened in a sombre Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a simple idea: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and limitlessly tiny parts. The doctrine would become the foundation of calculus, but on that fateful day the judges ruled that it was forbidden. ...Show more
Darwin's Ghosts : In Search of the First Evolutionists by Rebecca Stott
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Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had expected criticism. Letters were arriving every day like swarms, some expressing praise, most outrage and accusations of heresy. But the letter from the Reverend ...Show more
The Blank Slate - The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
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In the past century many people have assumed that we are shaped by our environment: a blank slate waiting to be inscribed by our upbringing and culture, with innate abilities playing little part. Steven Pinker's profound and essential book shows that this view denies the heart of our being: human nature ...Show more
The Age of Wonder : How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
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DoP 2008 UK The book opens with Joseph Banks, botanist on Captain Cook's first Endeavour voyage, stepping onto a Tahitian beach in 1769, hoping to discover Paradise. Many other voyages of discovery swiftly follow, while Banks, now President of the Royal Society in London, becomes our narrative guide to ...Show more
The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes
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In this work, Sykes give us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation. He claims that everyone of native European descent can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of Eve. Paperback (A-Format)