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Jonathan Singer's witty, erudite book is a celebration of rationality and an urgent call to make use of intelligence and reason to better cope with human problems. Emphasizing the importance...

Take a jaw-dropping interactive top-to-toe tour of your body Amazing 3D images reveal all your major systems in molecular detail. Discover how the nervous system works, the intricate construction of...

There was immense excitement in the scientific community and among the general public when the COBE space probe sent back data that proved not only that the Big Bang had...

Dr John Ratey explains the brains most important systems, the role they play in determining how we interact with the world and ways in which we can influence their operations...

The ultimate smart reference to the world of mathematics - from quadratic equations and Pythagoras' Theorem to chaos theory and quantum computing.Maths 1001 provides clear and concise explanations of the...

Experience the creation and evolution of these thrilling disciplines during an exciting journey around the world. The Story of Science is a chronological depiction of the most important topics, featuring...

This is the first serious challenge to the widely accepted 'Big Bang' model of the universe. According to 'Big Bang' theory, space and time sprang into existence fifteen billion years...

In this stunningly original book, Richard Wrangham argues that it was cooking that caused the extraordinary transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. At the heart of...

Professor Brian Cox's BBC programmes have helped make physics a very popular topic. Following the hugely successful "The Math Book", this is a richly illustrated chronology of physics, containing 250...

"The Fourth Age not only discusses what the rise of A.I. will mean for us, it also forces readers to challenge their preconceptions. And it manages to do all this...

Sassen identifies two sets of processes that make up globalization: the first and more commonly studied set of processes is global institutions, from the World Trade Organization to the War...

How many times more likely are males to die in a bicycle accident than females? Or did you know that only one in fifty murder victims in the US is...

Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how does it work? Even in this age of cloning and synthetic biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has...

We are in the midst of a quiet revolution in medicine called immunotheraphy, a form of medicine that takes its lessons from the very bodies it seeks to treat. Immunological...

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Joanne Baker introduces and explains the fundamental physical concepts and laws that govern the inners workings of our universe.From Newton's law of gravitation...

Foundations for the LPC covers the compulsory foundation areas of the Legal Practice Course as set out in the LPC outcomes: professional conduct, tax and revenue law, and wills and...

An "entertaining" (Booklist) account of the mysterious, hair-raising, and heartbreaking cases handled by the coroner of Marin County, California throughout his four decades on the job-from high-profile deaths and serial...

"You are not simply the sum output of your genome," write Deepak Chopra and Rudy Tanzi, Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. "You are...

Physics in Minutes covers everything you need to know about physics, condensed into 200 key topics. Each idea is explained in clear, accessible language, building from the basics, such as...

In Time: A Traveler's Guide, Clifford A. Pickover strives to answer the most challenging questions scientists and philosophers ask. What is time? Is time travel possible? Is time real? Does...

In this compact, hands-on book, highly regarded DV professional Lisa Rysinger explores the fundamental concepts of digital video technology. Exploring Digital Video provides a comprehensive and highly practical grasp of...

Take control of your spreadsheets and use VBA to create your own custom Excel applications Author and Excel guru John Walkenbach, known to his devoted fans as "Mr. Spreadsheet," guides...

Learn to use Excel for practical, day-to-day calculations Excel is a powerful program with more than 300 built-in functions that can be used to perform an almost infinite number of...

THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN BEST POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEARA TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA pulse-racing journey through the science and politics of the pandemic. Did...