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Why do we count the way we do?

Natural phenomena and ordinary, everyday things often contain surprises and puzzles when we attempt to understand them in terms of basic physical principles.

The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys is an intriguing compilation of naturalistic and experimental research conducted over the course of 20 years on gestural communication in primates, as well as a comparison to what is known about the vocal communication of nonhuman primates.

In ten essays commissioned by the NutraSweet Company, contributors from the health and food sciences explain to the general consumer that nutrition is not as simple as some people make it out to be, and there are still questions about sugar, cholesterol, obesity, and other topics.

This book demonstrates how numbers open up new ways of thinking about problems and addresses current issues for which statistics has practical applications.

In a multitude of ways, science affects the life of almost every person on earth.

In a multitude of ways, science affects the life of almost every person on earth.

In Brain Rules, Dr.

Have you ever wondered how it's possible to build a skyscraper, a big bridge, a jumbo jet, or a cruise liner?

Maths is a part of everyday life and there's no denying it.

'If we could all live and eat a little more like Tom the world and the food chain would be in much better shape.

Mainland Southeast Asia is one of the world's key regions for trafficking of illegal goods.

Does the giant Yeti roam the mountain ranges of Tibet?

Tuberculosis has been entwined with hu manity for millennia.

How to survive an earthquake.

We all do it - how to be a better liar, spot a charlatan and tell the difference between truth and fictionIn Born Liars, Ian Leslie takes the reader on an exhilarating tour of ideas that brings the latest news about deception back from the frontiers of psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, and explores the role played by lies - both black and white - in our childhoods, our careers, and our health, as well as in advertising, politics, sport and war.

Digby Tantam presents the ground-breaking theory of the interbrain, the idea that human beings are endlessly connected by a continuous interplay of non-verbal communication of which we are unaware.

Charles Ludwig retells Michael Faraday's remarkable life story in fictionalized form.

In Brain Rules, Dr.

Each night, millions of stars light up the dark skies.

Known as the red planet, Mars is the closest planet to the sun.

During the formation of the solar system, not all of the materials in the vast could of dust and gas were used.

Did you know that both electricity and light move in waves, like water does?

Do you ever wonder why it seems like you are not moving even though you are standing on a planet that moves through space?

Have you ever wondered why things drop to the ground instead of float or fly?

Have you ever seen a magician make something disappear and question if anything could really just vanish?

Do you know why a 10-ton boat floats but a tiny pebble sinks?

What is work?

Of the six simple machines, the wheel and axle is probably the most recognized.

Do you know what a lever is?

Unstable Nature is a popular science book offering a journey through the concept of instability in modern science with a focus on physics.

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The design processes behind a giant leap for mankindNeil Armstrong in a space suit on the moon remains an iconic representation of Americas technological ingenuity.

The astronaut crime that shocked the worldStar Crossed transports readers to the moment the news broke that one of America s heroes, an astronaut who had flown aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery& just months before, had been arrested for a very bizarre crime.

The design processes behind a giant leap for mankindNeil Armstrong in a space suit on the moon remains an iconic representation of Americas technological ingenuity.

Loveable or loathed?

Eastern bison roamed Florida into the 1800s.

Unstable Nature is a popular science book offering a journey through the concept of instability in modern science with a focus on physics.

The pioneering game-chip engineers behind the revolutionary Cell microprocessor tell the story of its creation in this ';fast-paced tell-all' (Steve Cherry, IEEE Spectrum Magazine).

In Spectrums, David Blatner blends narrative and illustration to illuminate the variety of spectrums that affect our lives every day: numbers, size, light, sound, heat, and time.

A vast subject that includes a strange vocabulary and an apparent mass of facts, human anatomy can at first appear confusing and off-putting.

Humans have long been captivated by mythology and theorized about the lessons embedded in their tales.

Humans have long been captivated by mythology and theorized about the lessons embedded in their tales.

Twelve-year-old Clyde Tombaugh stepped up and took his first look through a telescope.

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Americans are divided over the future of the U.

Have you ever wondered how stars are born?

Uncover seven wonders of the four rocky planets.

The universe is full of space phenomena, such as dark matter, dark energy, and the beginning of the universe.

From earliest times, humans have wondered about the sky above them.