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'Vital reading' - THE TIMES'Brilliantly unillusioned thinking... It could hardly be more necessary in these all-too-moralistic times' - James Marriott, THE TIMESMorals have held …

Mit dem Auto auf möglichst kurzem Wege von München nach Hamburg zu fahren, ist keine große Übung: Es geht auf die Autobahn und dann immer geradeaus. Eine Route durch 15 112 Orte in …

Thad Roberts, a fellow in a prestigious NASA programme had an idea - a romantic, albeit crazy, idea.

For generations, the ground beneath the feet of our ancestors seemed solid and unchanging. Around 30 years ago, two things happened that were to revolutionize the understanding of …

Chris Stringer's Homo Britannicus is the epic history of life in Britain, from man's very first footsteps through to the present day. When did the first people arrive here? What …

Whether you're a polar bear giving birth to cubs in an Arctic winter, a camel going days without water in the desert heat, or merely a suburbanite without air conditioning in a …

It was written by way of Louis Legrand Noble. "After Icebergs with a Painter" is a charming journey tale. Noble talks about his ride to the Arctic with the American panorama …

A Spectroscopic Atlas of the Stars: A Pocket Field Guide is a standard reference book for all amateur astronomers interested in practical spectroscopy or spectrography. For the …

'Deeply researched and profoundly absorbing . . . Matthew Stanley traces one of the greatest epics of scientific history . . . An amazing story' Michael Frayn, author of Tony …

'From ice cream headaches to migraine, this fascinating and entertaining account of a common curse draws together modern science, ancient views and personal experience.' Professor …