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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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Penguin Press Science Ser. | Reading Level: very good
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)
The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
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A humorous introduction to each of the different characters of the cloud family. Gavin Pretor-Pinney is the chairman and founder of The Cloud Appreciation Society, and his mission is to open our eyes to their underrated beauty and poetry. The book is the inaugural publication of The Cloud Appreciation S ...Show more
Ocean of Life : How Our Seas are Changing by Callum Roberts
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In this revelatory book, Callum Roberts uses his lifetime's experience working with the oceans to show why they are the most mysterious places on earth, their depths still largely unexplored. In The Ocean of Life we get a panoramic tour beneath the seas: Why do currents circulate the way do? Where exact ...Show more
Proust and the Squid : The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
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'We were never born to read', says Maryanne Wolf. 'No specific genes ever dictated reading's development. Human beings invented reading only a few thousand years ago. And with this invention, we changed the very organisation of our brain, which in turn expanded the ways we were able to think, which alte ...Show more
The Revenge of Gaia : Why the Earth Is Fighting Back - And How We Can Still Save Mankind by James Lovelock
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Lovelock's unique authority and original perspective sets this book apart from other books on environmental change. He speaks as a planetary physician with more than forty years experience of thinking about how to respond to the earth s needs as a living organism. Illustrated with examples drawn from hi ...Show more