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The Dance of Life: The New Science of How a Single Cell Becomes a Human Being

The Dance of Life: The New Science of How a Single Cell Becomes a Human Being

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A renowned biologist's cutting-edge and unconventional examination of human reproduction and embryo research Scientists have long struggled to make pregnancy easier, safer, and more successful. In The Dance of Life...
The Life of Birds

The Life of Birds

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A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough's bestselling classic. BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home...
You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation

You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation

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One of America's top physicians traces the history of risk in medicine--with powerful lessons for today Every medical decision--whether to have chemotherapy, an X-ray, or surgery--is a risk, no matter...
The Age of Cats: How Cats Evolved from the Savannah to your Sofa

The Age of Cats: How Cats Evolved from the Savannah to your Sofa

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The past, present and future of the world's most popular and beloved pet, from a leading evolutionary biologist and great cat lover. 'Engaging and wide-ranging ... The Age of Cats...
Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep

Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep

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WINNER OF THE 2024 ASJA BOOK AWARD, BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE SELECTION From award-winning journalist Kenneth...
The Nature of Sex: The Ins and Outs of Mating in the Animal Kingdom

The Nature of Sex: The Ins and Outs of Mating in the Animal Kingdom

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Thought about sex today? Of course you have! It's about the most natural thing any animal can do. But have you ever wondered how human sex compares to that of...
The Happiness Hypothesis: Ten Ways to Find Happiness and Meaning in Life

The Happiness Hypothesis: Ten Ways to Find Happiness and Meaning in Life

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An uplifting exploration of ancient wisdom for our modern lives and how it can make us happier Every culture hands wisdom down through generations. What doesn't kill you makes you...
The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet

The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet

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The world's leading expert on the human settlement of Mars explains what Martian societies will look like - very soon! Within a few years, humans will be able to voyage...
The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future

The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future

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The instant Sunday Times bestseller from the ultimate AI insider- the only book you need to read on this subject. *An Economist, Financial Times, Guardian, Prospect and Sunday Times Book...
Written In Bone: hidden stories in what we leave behind

Written In Bone: hidden stories in what we leave behind

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From the world's foremost forensic anthropologist and bestselling author of All That Remains, this book is an exploration - from skull to feet - of how our bones reveal all...
Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

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The definitive guide to the Female Body, Eve is the book women all over the world have been waiting for. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FOYLE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE...
The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World

The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World

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An interrogation of why we don't talk to strangers, what happens when we do, and why it affects everything from the rise and fall of nations to personal health and...
Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome

Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome

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From a world-leading microbiome scientist and surgeon with over two decades of experience comes Dark Matter, a pioneering guide to hacking your microbiome for a healthier life. Our microbiome -...
General Relativity: The Theoretical Minimum

General Relativity: The Theoretical Minimum

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The latest volume in The New York Times bestselling physics series explains Einstein's masterpiece- the general theory of relativity He taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and special relativity. Now,...
Quantum Supremacy: How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science - and Address Humanity's Biggest Challenges

Quantum Supremacy: How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science - and Address Humanity's Biggest Challenges

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An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from the international bestselling physicist The runaway success of the microchip processor may be nearing its end, with profound implications...
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything

The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything

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The bestselling physicist returns with a thrilling account of the search for the 'God Equation' This is the story of a quest- to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated...
Helgoland: The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics

Helgoland: The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics

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The instant Sunday Times bestseller -- a dazzling story of rebellion and science In June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering from hay fever, had retreated to the treeless, wind-battered island...
Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism

Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism

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A myth-busting tour of the body's hidden foundations from a pioneering evolutionary biologist Why do so many diets lead to more weight gain? Do more active people have faster metabolisms?...
Analogia: The Entangled Destinies of Nature, Human Beings and Machines

Analogia: The Entangled Destinies of Nature, Human Beings and Machines

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A spellbinding exploration of the emergence of the digital age and an unsettling vision of what comes next In a world where humans coexist with technologies they no longer control...
The Scientist, The Madman, The Thief And Their Lightbulb: The Search For Free Energy

The Scientist, The Madman, The Thief And Their Lightbulb: The Search For Free Energy

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This work reveals the work of inventors and scientists who are developing ways to produce the electricity we need for the 21st century. It also looks at the psychology of...
Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered Minds

Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered Minds

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Shortlisted 2018 Orwell Prize 'In addition to being hopeful, Fine is also angry. We should all be angry. Testosterone Rex is a debunking rumble that ought to inspire a roar.'...
Decoding the World

Decoding the World

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A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics. Decoding the World is a buddy adventure about the quest to live meaningfully in a world...
Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are

Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are

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"I can't believe I just said that." "What possessed me to do that?" "What's wrong with me?" We're constantly seeking answers to these fundamental human questions, and now, science has...
Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome

Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome

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A Nobel Prize-winning biologist tells the riveting story of his race to discover the inner workings of biology's most important molecule "Ramakrishnan's writing is so honest, lucid and engaging that...
How to Grow a Human: Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made

How to Grow a Human: Adventures in Who We Are and How We Are Made

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A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing, cloning and neural downloading. After...
The End of Bias: How We Change Our Minds

The End of Bias: How We Change Our Minds

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Unconscious bias: persistent prejudiced behaviour that clashes with our consciously held beliefs. Its effects can be corrosive, even lethal. It robs organizations of talent, science of breakthroughs, politics of insight,...
Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World

Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World

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"A visionary roadmap for people who believe they can change the world-and invaluable advice about bringing together the partners and technologies to help them do it." -President Bill Clinton A...
The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius

The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius

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THE POWER OF DIFFERENT is an illuminating and uplifting examination of the link between brain differences and aptitude. Psychologist and bestselling author Gail Saltz presents the latest scientific research and...
Influence: Understand it, Use it, Resist it

Influence: Understand it, Use it, Resist it

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One of the government's former behavioural scientists reveals how you can do what you want, whilst everybody tries to influence you into doing what they want. Influence makes you think...
Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World

Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World

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Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself- what it...
Explain That: 31 Intriguing Reasons Why from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald

Explain That: 31 Intriguing Reasons Why from The Age and The Sydney

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From the nation's most trusted news outlets comes an entertaining and authoritative look at the world around us. Have you ever wondered if time travel is actually possible? Or where...
Quantum Supremacy: How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science - and Address Humanity's Biggest Challenges

Quantum Supremacy: How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of

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An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from The New York Times bestselling physicist The runaway success of the microchip processor may be nearing its end, with...
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy

Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy

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An explosive new vision of geopolitics from two trail-blazing political scientists Deep beneath our feet, vast and sprawling, lies one of the most sophisticated empires the world has ever known....
Awe: The Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder

Awe: The Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder

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From a foremost expert on the science of emotions, a ground-breaking exploration into the history, psychology and meaning of awe Social psychologist Dacher Keltner has spent his career speaking to...
I've Been Thinking

I've Been Thinking

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One of philosophy's finest minds looks back over a life in thought 'Who would have guessed that a philosopher's life could be so full of adventures?' Daniel C. Dennett, philosopher...
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in

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Hacking, espionage, war and cybercrime as you've never read about them before Fancy Bear was hungry. Looking for embarrassing information about Hillary Clinton, the elite hacking unit within Russian military...
The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women

The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women

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An award-winning physician and scientist makes the game-changing case that genetic females are stronger than males at every stage of life 'A powerful antidote to the myth of a "weaker...
Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech

Don't Be Evil: The Case Against Big Tech

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From acclaimed Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst, a penetrating indictment of how today's biggest tech companies are hijacking our data, our livelihoods, and our minds. Today Google and Facebook...
The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality

The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality

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A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worlds For as long as we've studied the mind, we've believed that information flowing from our...
The Machine Age: An Idea, a History, a Warning

The Machine Age: An Idea, a History, a Warning

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A sweeping history of and meditation on humanity's relationship with machines, showing how we got here and what happens next We live in a world made by machines; their development...
Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World

Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World

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A renowned complexity scientist promotes a revolution to make economic predictions more scientific, allowing us to build a better world We live in an age of increasing complexity, where accelerating...
Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything

Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything

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The international bestseller - a whip-smart, entertaining exploration of the geometry that underlies our world, from the author of How Not to Be Wrong How should a democracy choose its...
Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics

Stephen Hawking: Friendship and Physics

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An intimate, powerful account of Stephen Hawking and his universe An icon of the last fifty years, Stephen Hawking seems to encapsulate genius- not since Albert Einstein has a scientific...
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

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A user's guide to rationality during an epidemic of unreason In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to...
On Natural Selection

On Natural Selection

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No one has done more to shape our view of what makes us human than Charles Darwin, whose seismic theory of evolution turned the Victorian world upside down, utterly rewrote...
The Mind of God: Science and the Search for Ultimate Meaning

The Mind of God: Science and the Search for Ultimate Meaning

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Paul Davies' The Mind of God is a scientific search for the meaning of the universe. Ranging across the cosmos, Davies explores the origin of the universe, the laws of...
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality

The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time and the Texture of Reality

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Brian Greene'sThe Fabric of the Cosmosis an astonishing grand tour of the universe and the best layman's guide to current thinking on 'how everything works'. Brian Greene's The Fabric of...
The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years

The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years

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A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has...