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This introduction to science for little learners is bursting with fantastic facts and super scientific ideas.

Arising from the 2020 Darwin College Lectures, this volume presents essays from prominent public intellectuals on the theme of Enigmas.

Explores the possible nature of extraterrestrial life, and how similar it may be to life on Earth.

Blood – this most familiar of fluids carries us beyond biology, through society, myth, and to who we think we are.

Blood – this most familiar of fluids carries us beyond biology, through society, myth, and to who we think we are.

An authoritative account of human evolution, explaining the nature of the evidence and providing a new interpretation.

Describes the metabolic processes that underlie our daily lives and dispels common misconceptions related to diet, nutrition and exercise.

We don''t remember what went on during our first 1,000 days, but those ''secret'' events affect our health for life.

A fresh, provocative and engaging treatment of what science really amounts to in society, and of what it can do.

A fresh, provocative and engaging treatment of what science really amounts to in society, and of what it can do.

Explains and defends Darwin''s mechanism of natural selection, and explores its connections to culture, morality and religion.

An easy-to-understand explanation of what a couple need to conceive, and how to deal with problems.

Using real cases and examples, this book provides an understanding of the science of DNA typing and challenges common misconceptions.

The first systematic analysis of the ways scientists have used narrative in their research.

The first systematic analysis of the ways scientists have used narrative in their research.

From measles to COVID, discover how data allied with statistical and probabilistic reasoning are essential to making rational decisions.

An accessible exploration of scientific explanation and how it leads to knowledge and understanding of the world.

An accessible exploration of scientific explanation and how it leads to knowledge and understanding of the world.

The Peregrine’s Journey vividly describes one of the most remarkable feats in the animal kingdom.

The Peregrine’s Journey vividly describes one of the most remarkable feats in the animal kingdom.

In Brain Rules, Dr.

Even the youngest children love animals; they want to pet puppies, visit lions at the zoo, and imitate animal sounds.

Bugs and spiders are fascinating to adults and children alike!

Each book in the Learn Every Day series features one hundred activities contributed by teachers around the world.

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?

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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.