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A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But...
From the bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees Did you know that trees can influence the rotation of the earth?Or that wolves can...
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An authoritative and accessible guide to the world’s most influential force – the contemporary media Our lives are more mediated than ever before. Adults in...
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At the beginning of this century enormous progress had been made in genetics. The Human Genome Project finished sequencing human DNA. It seemed it was...
From Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan`Beyond superb' Bill Bryson`A wonderful book' Ian McEwanEveryone knows about DNA, the essence of our being, the molecule where our...
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In 1974 a message was beamed towards the stars by the giant Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, a brief blast of radio waves designed to...
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