Author: John Heilbron
Four hundred years ago, in 1610, Galileo published the Siderius nuncius, or Starry Messenger, a 'hurried little masterpiece' in John Heilbron's words. Presenting to the world his remarkable observations using the recentl ... |
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At the Dawn of Personal Genomics
Author: Misha Angrist
In April 2007, Misha Angrist became the fourth subject in the Personal Genome Project, George Church's ambitious plan to sequence the entire genomic catalogue - every participant's 20,000+ genes and the rest of his/her s ... |
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Author: John M. Logsdon
While there are many biographies of John F. Kennedy and numerous accounts of the early years of US space efforts, there has to date been no comprehensive account of how the actions taken by JFK's administration have shap ... |
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Author: Lucy Bowman
This is a fantastic brand new addition to "The Beginners Series", designed to provide an informative introduction to non-fiction subjects for young readers. It is a terrific reading practice for children who prefer fact ... |
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A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
Author: Simon Winchester
The epic life story of the Atlantic Ocean from the bestselling author, Simon Winchester For thousands of years the Atlantic Ocean was viewed by mariners with a mixture of awe, terror and amazement -- an impassable barrie ... |
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Straight Talk from an Energy Insider
Author: John Hofmeister
"Americans have long had a love-hate relationship with the oil industry. Myself included." - from the Preface As president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister was known for being a straight shooter, willing to challenge his pe ... |
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A Story of Science, the High Seas and the First Woman to Circumnavigate the Globe
Author: Glynis Ridley
In 1765, eminent botanist Philibert Commerson was appointed official naturalist to a grand new expedition: the first French circumnavigation of the world. Desperate not to be left behind, Jeanne Baret - Commerson's young ... |
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Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World
Author: Shelley Emling
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 whe ... |
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Author: Emma Helbrough
A superbly illustrated puzzle book with up to 100 people, animals and objects to spot in every double page scene. Scenes include the alpine slopes, the Australian desert, the African grasslands and a tropical rainforest. ... |
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Using Animal Behaviour to Organise Our World
Author: Peter Miller
How Understanding Flocks, Schools and Colonies Can Make Us Better at Communicating, Decision Making and Getting Things Done. The modern world may be obsessed with speed and productivity, but twenty-first century humans a ... |
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The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe
Author: Lynne McTaggart
A book which gives scientific proof of the paranormal. Psychic activity, remote viewing, the power of prayer and homeopathy are all discussed in this book which The Ecologist called 'one of the most thought-provoking rea ... |
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Author: Jay Ingram
In "Theatre of the Mind", Jay Ingram, whose past scientific investigations include the properties of honey on toast and the complexities of the barmaid's brain, tackles one of the most controversial of subjects: consciou ... |
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How Evolution Has Shaped Women's Health
Author: Wenda Trevathan
How has bipedalism impacted human childbirth? Do PMS and postpartum depression have specific, maybe even beneficial, functions? These are only two of the many questions that specialists in evolutionary medicine seek to a ... |
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The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement
Author: Robert P. Crease
In this epic story of the invention of a global network of weights, scales and instruments for measurement, Robert P. Crease traces the evolution of the system, from the use of flutes to measure distance in the dynasties ... |
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How We Know What's Really True
Author: Richard Dawkins
What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night and day, winter and summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we alone? Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound quest ... |
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The Real Science of Time Travel
Author: Brian Clegg
There is no physical law to prevent time travel - nothing in physics to say that it is not possible. So surely having a time machine is just a matter of ...time In Build Your Own Time Machine, Brian Clegg takes inspirati ... |
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From Sun Dials to Quantum Clocks, How the Cosmos Shapes Our Lives
Author: Adam Frank
From a Palaeolithic farmer living by the sun and stone plinths to the factory worker logging into an industrial punch clock to the modern manager enslaved to Outlook's 15-minute increments, our relationship with time has ... |
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The Hidden History of Plastic Surgery and Why Looks Matter
Author: Bryan Mendelson
We humans have been modifying our faces for centuries - from medieval face-pulling competitions (often fatal) and criminal punishment in ancient India (rhinokopia), to post-war reconstructive surgery and contemporary cos ... |
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Principles and Applications
Author: John Carter & Venetia Saunders
The second edition of Virology is an accessible introduction designed to enable students to understand the principles of virus structure, replication and genetics. The aim of this book is to help the reader appreciate th ... |
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