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  • Radioactivity: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Claudio Tuniz ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    You cannot hide from radioactivity. Even the book you are holding is slightly radioactive, but there are more serious risks. Radioactivity - the breakdown of unstable atomic nuclei, releasing radiation - is a fundamental process in nature. It is a process that has been harnessed to provide wide and important applications in science, medicine, industry, and energy production. But it remains much ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Science of Human Origins

    by Claudio Tuniz, Giorgio Manzi, David Caramelli ...
    Our understanding of human origins has been revolutionized by new discoveries in the past two decades. In this book, three leading paleoanthropologists and physical scientists illuminate, in friendly, accessible language, the amazing findings behind the latest theories. They describe new scientific and technical tools for dating, DNA analysis, remote survey, and paleoenvironmental assessment that ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Humans

    An Unauthorized Biography

    by Claudio Tuniz, Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Based on the latest scientific discoveries, this “unauthorized biography” of the Humans recounts the story of our distant ancestors during the past 6 million years, since the line of our extended family separated from that leading to modern chimpanzees. The book explains how different species evolved, both anatomically and cognitively, and describes the impacts of climatic and environmental change ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • From Apes to Cyborgs

    New Perspectives on Human Evolution

    by Claudio Tuniz, Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers fascinating insights into the lives of our ancestors and investigates the dynamic processes that led to the establishment of complex human societies. It provides a holistic view of human history and social evolution by drawing on the latest evidence from a wide range of disciplines and proposes new hypotheses on the origins of human behaviour. After exploration of the encounters ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Timothy Gowers ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The aim of this book is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics, and the sort of mathematics we learn at school. The most fundamental differences are philosophical, and readers of this book will emerge with a clearer understanding of paradoxical-sounding concepts such as infinity, curved space, and imaginary numbers. The first few ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Universe and Me

    On the Origin of Everything

    by Bob Murphy ...
    The Universe and Me is his most ambitious work to date. A tour de force, this book represents a synthesis of at least a dozen separate scientific disciplines, including cosmology, physics, chemistry, microbiology, paleobiology, paleoclimatology, paleontology, botany, optics, mammology, primatology, anthropology and the history of science. All of these skillfully and woven together into a fabric of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Acquiring Genomes

    A Theory Of The Origin Of Species

    by Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan ...
    In this groundbreaking book, Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan present an answer to one of the enduring mysteries of evolution -- the source of inherited variation that gives rise to new species. Random genetic mutation, long believed to be the main source of variation, is only a marginal factor. As the authors demonstrate in this book, the more important source of speciation, by far, is the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • What Evolution Is

    by Ernst Mayr ...
    At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on evolution for the general reader, What Evolution Is poses the questions at the heart of evolutionary theory and considers how our improved understanding of evolution has affected the viewpoints and values of modern man. Science Masters Series ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Creation: Facts of Life

    How Real Science Reveals the Hand of God

    by Dr. Gary Parker ...
    What happens when an evolutionary biologist is overwhelmed with scientific evidences of God's plan in nature?After three years of trying to "prove evolution" to skeptical professors in his science department, Gary Parker finally realized that the scientific evidence we see in God's world agrees with what we read in God's Word.In Creation Facts of Life, Dr. Parker respectfully describes the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Economic Geology

    Principles and Practice

    by Walter L. Pohl ...
    Humanity’s ever-increasing hunger for mineral raw materials, caused by a growing global population and ever increasing standards of living, has resulted in economic geology becoming a subject of urgent importance.This book provides a broad panorama of mineral deposits, covering their origin and geological characteristics, the principles of the search for ores and minerals, and the investigation of ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Cradle of Humanity

    How the changing landscape of Africa made us so smart

    by Mark Maslin ...
    Humans are rather weak when compared with many other animals. We are not particular fast and have no natural weapons. Yet Homo sapiens currently number nearly 7.5 billion and are set to rise to nearly 10 billion by the middle of this century. We have influenced almost every part of the Earth system and as a consequence are changing the global environmental and evolutionary trajectory of the Earth. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Human Evolution

    by Rusty Huddle ...
    Series series The Study of Science III
    Knowledge of ancestral species and of the places in which humans evolved provides context for an understanding of human genetic and evolutionary relationships with other species. Knowing how early humans survived and how they used available resources offers insight into human instinct and behavior. Readers are treated to a general overview of evolution, Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, and an ... Read more

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