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Masters of the Planet
Fifty thousand years ago - merely a blip in evolutionary time - our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors …
Lost Antarctica
Hidden between the ice and snow of Antarctica is a world unlike any other. Bitter cold, scarce resources, and six months without sunlight a year make this frozen landscape …
Running Out of Water
While many believe that water is a renewable resource that will never go away, the truth is the availability of this essential element is delining. Global warming creates …
10 Questions Science Can't Answer (Yet)
Considering questions such as 'Where did language come from?' and 'Do animals know they exist?', Michael Hanlon explores possible theories and dispatches a few of the less likely …
Betrayed by Nature
Despite the medical advances of the last century, the science behind cancer and its treatment remains a mystery to many people. In Betrayed by Nature, Robin Hesketh provides a …
The Living End
The decline of infections, starvation, warfare, heart attack and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old age but ushered in disability, dementia and degenerative disease, …
De La Mettrie's Ghost
This book is about how we make choices. Drawing together evidence from 21st century chemistry to Victorian politics, enlightenment philosophy, Roman drama and beyond, it is a …
Born-Einstein Letters, 1916-1955
A classic collection of correspondence between two Nobel Prize winners, The Born-Einstein Letters , is also highly topical: scientists continue to struggle with quantum physics, …
Revolution in Science
This is the compelling story of the two biggest events in the evolution of ideas: the revolutions of Galileo and Darwin. Mark Brake captures the adventure and excitement of these …
Prize Fight
In Prize Fight, Morton Meyers pulls back the curtain to reveal the dark side of scientific discovery. From stolen authorship to fabricated results and elaborate hoaxes, he shows us …
Climate Change Begins at Home
Packed with provocative case studies, calculations and lifestyle comparisons, this entertaining and authoritative book makes the complexities of climatology understandable and …
Space on Earth
Calling for a renewal of interest in space exploration and colonization, a noted scientist describes how space travel can insure the future of humankind and explains why a fusion …