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Essays by leading intellectuals and public figures explore extreme events, environments, and achievements.

A fully updated overview of the causation, function, development and evolution of cephalopod behaviour, richly illustrated in full colour.

A fully updated overview of the causation, function, development and evolution of cephalopod behaviour, richly illustrated in full colour.

Letters from 1877, when Darwin published Forms of Flowers and, with his son Francis, experimented on plant movement.

Letters from 1877, when Darwin published Forms of Flowers and, with his son Francis, experimented on plant movement.

Leading researchers present current methodological approaches and future directions for a less anthropocentric study of animal cognition.

Leading researchers present current methodological approaches and future directions for a less anthropocentric study of animal cognition.

Big picture of how humanity can thrive in the twenty-first century; a book of realistic hope from a leading environmental author.

Look up.

The definitive reference on comets observed between 1983 to 1993, for amateur and professional astronomers, and historians of science.

The definitive reference on comets observed between 1983 to 1993, for amateur and professional astronomers, and historians of science.

An introduction to chimpanzee behavior and conservation, synthesizing findings from long-term field studies in the African rainforest belt.

An introduction to chimpanzee behavior and conservation, synthesizing findings from long-term field studies in the African rainforest belt.

An engaging and timely collection examining the impact of plagues, from early history to current medicine and the future.

An engaging and timely collection examining the impact of plagues, from early history to current medicine and the future.

This volume of new essays explores Kant''s views on the laws of nature.

This volume of new essays explores Kant''s views on the laws of nature.

A senior planetary astronomer leads this personal tour of NASA''s latest Solar System discoveries.

A senior planetary astronomer leads this personal tour of NASA''s latest Solar System discoveries.

This study, first published in 2000, examines the cultural and ecological causes of the near-extinction of the bison.

This study, first published in 2000, examines the cultural and ecological causes of the near-extinction of the bison.

Fully revised and updated content matching the Cambridge International AS & A Level Biology syllabus (9700).

This Exam Preparation Guide offers support for students as they prepare for their IB Diploma Physics exams.

This Exam Preparation Guide offers support for students as they prepare for their IB Diploma Biology exams.

Data-driven rankings of thousands of history''s most significant people in science, politics, entertainment, and all areas of human endeavor.

Data-driven rankings of thousands of history''s most significant people in science, politics, entertainment, and all areas of human endeavor.

Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts.

Gets to the heart of science by asking a fundamental question: what is the true nature of space and time?

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger''s What is Life?

This new edition has been revised throughout to take into account developments in this field over the past fifteen years.

A controversial challenge to current views of evolution, for the general reader.

The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America''s least-known, and most endangered, primates.

The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America''s least-known, and most endangered, primates.

Both fascinating and touching, this book appeals to a broad readership of both geologists and science enthusiasts.

Gets to the heart of science by asking a fundamental question: what is the true nature of space and time?

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger''s What is Life?

This new edition has been revised throughout to take into account developments in this field over the past fifteen years.

Written by a wide range of experts, this work presents cosmological, biological and philosophical perspectives on complexity in our universe.

Written by a wide range of experts, this work presents cosmological, biological and philosophical perspectives on complexity in our universe.