Science: general issues

'21st-century genius' ElleA howling wind, a thunderstorm, the beating sun it s with the elements that nature shows its true force and wonder.

Why do testicles hang the way they do?

This book will help you to learn Spanish - or the Spanish guitar - faster.

Back on the earth after three spaceflights, Chris Hadfield's captivating memoir An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth reveals extraordinary stories from his life as an astronaut, and shows how to make the impossible a reality.

Here is a Human Being delivers the first in-depth look at the Personal Genome Projectthe effort to construct complete genomic maps of a specific human beingswritten by one of the studys ten human participants.

The Lives Less Ordinary series brings you the most exciting, adventurous and entertaining true-life writing that is out there, for men who are time-poor but want the best.

Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how does it work?

Erwin Schr dinger was an Austrian physicist famous for his contribution to quantum physics.

In January 1934, as Hitler's shadow began to fall across Europe, a short, bald man carrying a German passport arrived at the Hotel Euler in Basle.

An eloquent and accessible journey through our evolving notions of the cosmos from "e;the best science writer of his generation"e; (Washington Post).

In 1946, a twenty-year-old medical school student called Joshua Lederberg decided to find out whether microbes make love.

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Bryan Sykes, the world's first genetic archaeologist, takes us on a journey around the family tree of Britain and Ireland, to reveal how our tribal history still colours the country today.

Compared to the famously fecund rabbit, for whom a single act of coitus has a 90% chance of creating a litter of up to 12 rabbits, humans are very infertile animals.

A compelling behind-the-scenes look at cutting-edge scientific inquiry, as well as a brilliant examination of the ramifications of genetic research, The Science of Desire is a lasting resource in the increasingly significant debate over the role that genetics plays in our lives.

An elegantly cheeky guide to keeping your man well-behavedwhether or not he wants to be.

Even geniuses change their minds sometimes.

Inventive, (mostly) edible DIY gadgets and projects guaranteed to captivateThe Hungry Scientist Handbook brings DIY technology into the kitchen and onto the plate.

"e;Between the covers of [this book] you'll learn both about life's amazing diversity and that process of their discovery.

A remarkable compendium of wild schemes, mad plans, crazy inventions, and truly glorious disastersEvery phenomenally bad idea seemed like a good idea to someone.

The first in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar company Alibaba.

"e;Raffaele spins riveting tales of his mission to visit every species and subspecies of great ape in its natural habitat.

Bestselling author and astrophysicist Mario Livio examines the lives and theories of historys greatest mathematicians to ask howif mathematics is an abstract construction of the human mindit can so perfectly explain the physical world.

In 1851, struggling, self-taught physicist Lon Foucault performed a dramatic demonstration inside the Panthon in Paris.

In this essential guide to the brave new future, Dr.

Meet the ladies: a flock of smart, affectionate, highly individualistic chickens who visit their favorite neighbors, devise different ways to hide from foxes, and mob the author like shes a rock star.

This Will Change Everything offers seemingly radical but actually feasible ideas with the potential to change the world.

A delightful mixture of science fiction, utopian vision, and just plain crazy ideas,Your Flying Car Awaitsis a hilarious and insightful compendium of the most outrageous and completely ridiculous predictions of the 20th Century.

From one of our most astute contemporary writers, Amy Wilentz, comes an irreverent, inventive portrait of the state of California and its unlikely governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME.

Stress is not in your head, it's in your heart - this is the key to peak performance that Dr Leah Lagos, an internationally known expert in biofeedback and sport and performance psychology, wants us to know.

Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core on publication in 1859.

Descriptive writing of a high order this is an extremely intelligent book The TimesJoin Douglas Adams, bestselling and beloved author of The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy, and zoologist Mark Carwardine on an adventure in search of the world s most endangered and exotic creatures.

John Sulston was director of the Sanger Centre in Cambridge from 1993 to 2000.

The most exciting intellectual adventure I've been on since reading Robert Pirsigs Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

There's never been a better time to set new habits.

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Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science.

Eye-opening, thought-provoking, and enlightening.

'A wake-up call .

Signature in the Cell is a defining work in the discussion of lifes origins and the question of whether life is a product of unthinking matter or of an intelligent mind.

Discover the secrets of how to perform at your best in 2019In this fascinating book based soundly in medical science, Mike Stroud - of BBC Television's The Challenge and SAS: Are You Tough Enough?

William Zinsser turns his zest, warmth and curiosityhis sharp but forgiving eyeon his own story.

Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Bubbles is a clear, surprising and entertaining introduction to the science of bubbles.

How do plate tectonics work?

The nightly news and conventional wisdom tell us that things are bad and getting worse.

The untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave rise to the science of human heredityIn the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books.

An insider account of how researchers unraveled the mystery of the thawing ArcticIn the 1990s, researchers in the Arctic noticed that floating summer sea ice had begun receding.

A richly illustrated and up-close look at the secret lives of spiders and other arachnidsThe American Southwest is home to an extraordinary diversity of arachnids, from spitting spiders that squirt silk over their prey to scorpions that court one another with kissing and dancing.

How genes are not the only basis of heredity-and what this means for evolution, human life, and diseaseFor much of the twentieth century it was assumed that genes alone mediate the transmission of biological information across generations and provide the raw material for natural selection.