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Paul Strathern
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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At a moment of great discovery, one Big Idea can change the world... Niels Bohr's discoveries in quantum theory led to advances in physics and our understanding of atomic structure. His work won him the Nobel Prize in 1922 and his ideas continue to propel physics towards new discoveries. But... more
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Paul Strathern
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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At a moment of great discovery, one Big Idea can change the world... The discovery by Francis Crick and James Watson of DNA- the very building blocks of life - has astounding implications for mankind's future.Not only in the scientific possibilities of cloning, life expectancy and medical research, but also... more
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Tim Smit
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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The creator of the Eden Project, Tim Smit, provides an overview of the conception and building of the site in Cornwall. 32pp colour photos. 'With passion and commitment thousands of "small" people built Eden as a symbol of hope in action... We may all have feet of clay, but that... more
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Charles Darwin
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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A classic that took the world by storm, raising havoc among scientists and religious people as its exposition apparently contradicted the account of the creation of the world of Genesis in the Bible, Charles Darwin s The Origin of Species remains the most Contents About the Author(s) When the eminent... more
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Richard Dawkins
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2009]
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Richard Dawkins' polemic for atheism took the world by storm and caused a sensation when it was published last year. In it, Dawkins attacks God in all his forms. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being and demonstrates how religion fuels... more
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Bill Bryson
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
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One of the world's most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer. In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted... more
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James Delingpole
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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If global warming isn’t real then how come the ice caps are melting? Why would all the world’s top scientists lie to us? What exactly is so wrong with biofuels, wind farms, carbon taxes, sustainability and preserving scarce resources for future generations? And what about Bangladesh, the drowning Maldives and... more
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Steven Pinker
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2003]
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Widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading experts on language and the workings of the mind, Pulitzer Prize finalist Pinker has undertaken the most ambitious and controversial work of his career--a brilliant reexamination of the concept of human nature. "In a work of outstanding clarity and sheer brilliance Steven... more
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Richard P Feynman
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2007]
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Richard Feynman - Nobel Laureate, teacher, icon and genius - possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled gift for telling the extraordinary stories of his life. In this collection of short pieces and reminiscences he describes everything from his love of beauty to college pranks to how his... more
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Daniel Goleman
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2009]
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Most of us want to make the right choices as consumers. But how can any one individual's choices make a difference? And, more importantly, what are the right choices? In this provocative new book Daniel Goleman shows that everything about what we buy and why is about to change. To... more
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Phillip A Laplante
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2004]
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The leading guide to real-time systems design-revised and updated This third edition of Phillip Laplante's bestselling, practical guide to building real-time systems maintains its predecessors' unique holistic, systems-based approach devised to help engineers write problem-solving software. Dr. Laplante incorporates a survey of related technologies and their histories, complete with time-saving... more
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Matthew Syed
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
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The }Times{ columnist and British Olympian looks at what sport tells us about life and success, asking big questions about talent, training, motivation and drugs. Essential reading following an astounding summer of sport; if you’ve ever wondered what makes a champion, Bounce has the answer. This edition does not include... more
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William T Silfvast
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2004]
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Laser Fundamentals provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the physical and engineering principles of laser operation and design. Simple explanations, based throughout on key underlying concepts, lead the reader logically from the basics of laser action to advanced topics in laser physics and engineering. Much new material has been... more
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Richard Dawkins ,
Lalla Ward
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2006]
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"Mount Improbable" is Dawkins's metaphor for natural selection, and the central message of this text is that DNA transcends the significance of the organism, and that organisms are merely vehicles for genes. How could such an intricate object as the human eye - so complex and so precise - have... more
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John Bradshaw
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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A dog is not for Christmas. This is. John Bradshaw, one of the world's leading dog experts, brings us a compelling insight into what dogs would ask us for, if only they knew how. The dog has been mankind's faithful companion for tens of thousands of years, yet today finds... more
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Desmond Morris
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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Written from a zoologist's perspective and packed full of scientific fact, fascinating anecdote and thought-provoking conclusions. 'An explosive study of the female form' }Mail on Sunday{. Internationally bestselling author and world-famous human behaviorist Desmond Morris turns his attention to the female form, taking the reader on a guided tour of... more
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Lee Smolin
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2008]
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In the last fifteen years theoretical physicists and cosmologists have introduced new ideas, reaching for the new fundamental theory that will unify all our knowledge of the natural world. This book is a controversial and honest account of what we really know about nature and what is the real status... more
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John Brockman
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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About the Book: Over 150 of the world's leading scientists and thinkers offer their choice of the ideas, strategies and arguments that will help all of us understand our world, and its future, better. Includes contributions from: Richard Dawkins, Stephen Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Clay Shirky, Daniel Goleman, Sam Harris, Lee... more
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Daniel Clement Dennett
[Ebook, Adobe epub 1993]
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This book revises the traditional view of consciousness by claiming that Cartesianism and Descartes' dualism of mind and body should be replaced with theories from the realms of neuroscience, psychology and artificial intelligence. What people think of as the stream of consciousness is not a single, unified sequence, the author... more
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Brian Greene
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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An erudite explanation of String theory, which resolves the hundred-year-old antagonism between General Relativity and Quantum Theory. Relating the scientific struggle behind physics' search for the theory of everything, it makes some of the most complicated concepts ever contemplated viscerally accessible and entertaining. "Not since the extraordinary success of }A... more
