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Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
Johnjoe McFadden · Crown; 1 edition Format: Hardcover
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New York Times BestsellerLife is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only... |
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Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World
MITCH PRINSTEIN · Viking Pages: 273 Format: Hardcover
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A leading psychologist examines how our popularity affects our success, our relationships, and our happiness - and why we don't always want to be the most popularNo matter how old you are, there's a good chance that the word "popular" immediately transports you back to your teenage... |
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The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors
Ann Gibbons · Anchor Pages: 336 Format: Paperback
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In this dynamic account award-winning science writer Ann Gibbons chronicles an extraordinary quest to answer the most primal of questions When and where was the dawn of humankindFollowing four intensely competitive international teams of scientists in a heated race to find the missing... |
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Lovely Letters: 9 Cross-Stitch Alphabets & Monograms
Annie's · Annie's Format: Print book
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Personalization or monograming has been around for thousands of years. It appears on currency, insignias, and clothing, and it has been used on embroideries for centuries. From linens and clothing to baby items and household goods, putting one’s initial or initials on something imparts... |
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Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology
Lisa Margonelli · Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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The award-winning journalist Lisa Margonelli, national bestselling author of Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank, investigates the environmental and economic impact termites inflict on human societies in this fascinating examination of one of nature's most... |
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Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses
John Dvorak · Pegasus Books Pages: 312 Format: Hardcover
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They have been thought of as harbingers of evil as well as a sign of the divine. Eclipses -- one of the rarest and most stunning celestial events we can witness here on Earth -- have shaped the course of human history and thought since humans first turned their eyes to the sky.What do Virginia... |
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GENIUS WITHIN : unlocking our brains' potential
DAVID ADAM · Pegasus Books Pages: 320 Format: Hardcover
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Following the success of The Man Who Couldn't Stop, David Adam now expounds on the latest research into intelligence, revealing how this revolution in neuroscience will help us access the untapped potential locked within us all. What if you have more intelligence than you realize? What... |
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Freedom: The End of the Human Condition
Jeremy Griffith · Wtm Pub & Communications Pages: 798 Format: Print book
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The fastest growing realization everywhere is that humanity can't go on the way it is going. Indeed, the great fear is we're entering endgame where we appear to have lost the race between self-destruction and self-discovery -- the race to find the psychologically relieving understanding... |
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Are Numbers Real?: The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
Brian Clegg · St. Martin's Press Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would your life be like without them?Numbers began as simple representations of everyday things, but mathematics rapidly took on a life of its own,... |
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