Natural sciences

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Good Nature is a groundbreaking exploration from Professor Kathy Willis exposing the causal relationship between nature and our health - making you experience the world in a new light.

'Illuminating' TIM MARSHALL 'Refreshing' THOMAS HALLIDAY A revolutionary journey through time, showing how biology has shaped human history. This book will change your perspective. We are evolutionary wonders, yet flawed. Our bodies and minds fail, and to be human is to live with this contradiction. Being Human reveals how our nature shaped history, and still impacts progress today.

Fourteen stories. Fourteen more poisons. Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's all made-up ...

One of Smithsonian Magazine's Ten Best Food Books of the Year A revolutionary new guide to pairing ingredients, based on a famous chef's groundbreaking research into the chemical basis of flavor As an instructor at one of the world´s top culinary schools, James Briscione thought he knew how to mix and match ingredients. Then he met IBM Watson. Working with the supercomputer to turn b

The story of an ornithologist’s journey to trace the spring migration of songbirds from the southern border of the United States through the heartland and into Canada.In late March 2015, ornithologist Bruce M. Beehler set off on a solo four-month trek to track songbird migration and the northward progress of spring through America. Traveling via car, canoe, and bike and on foot, Beehler followed w

The entirety of the human brain's 4-billion-year story can be summarised as the culmination of five evolutionary breakthroughs, starting from the very first brains, all the way to the modern human brains. Each breakthrough emerged from new sets of brain modifications, and equipped animals with a new suite of intellectual faculties. These five breakthroughs are the organising map to this bo

An extraordinary new perspective on our brain, The Evolving Brain reveals that the ancient, evolutionary roots of our drives, emotions and behaviours are the cause of many of the challenges we face in the modern world, and equips readers with the tools to live a happier, more fulfilled life.

We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now discovered thousands of alien planets, and that's barely a fraction of the worlds that are out there. And there are more stars in the Universe than grains of sand on every planet in the Solar System. But amid all this vastness, the Milky Way Galaxy, our Sun and the Earth are home to the only known life in the Universe - at least for n

In a time when our political and cultural perspectives feel more divisive than ever, Tyson provides a much-needed antidote to so much of what divides us, while making a passionate case for the twin engines of enlightenment-a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science. After thinking deeply about how a scientist views the world and about what Earth looks like from space, Tyson has found t

When should you adopt an aggressive business strategy? How do we make decisions when we don't have all the information? What makes international environmental cooperation possible? Game theory is the study of how we make a decision when the outcome of our moves depends on the decisions of someone else. Economists Ivan and Tuvana Pastine explain why, in these situations, we sometimes cooperate,

From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask. Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions: How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live?

Create three-dimensional, geometric, modular, origami structural modelsusing square paper and simple corner-to-corner and side folds. Everything you need is included to create multiple models. Includes a 16-page booklet of instructionsto create three modular forms illustrated in step-by-step format. Learnhow to first make modules with two sheets of paper and simple ridge and valley folds. Next, co

Create three-dimensional, geometric, modular, origami structural modelsusing triangular paper and simple corner-to-corner and side folds.Everything you need is included to create multiple models. Includes a 16-page booklet of instructionsto create three modular forms illustrated in step-by-step format.Learnhow to first make modules with two sheets of paper and simple ridge andvalley folds. Next, c

Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout. #1 New York Times Bestseller  The Summer Reading Pick for President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg,  now available as a beautifully packaged paperback From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity’s creation and evolution—a #1 international bestseller—t

A tarot deck that features inspirational women of science on the minor arcana cards, plus a guidebook with scientist biographies and other information. The Women of Science Tarot Deck is a card game that helps us tell stories about our future based on principles of science. Each major arcana card features a fundamental scientific concept like extinction, diversity, or gravity. The 56 minor arcana

First published in 1814, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours is a taxonomic guide to colour which been cherished by naturalists and anthropologists for over two centuries – not least by Charles Darwin who found it an indispensable tool during his voyage on the HMS Beagle. Now these charming, handmade colour swatches have been recreated as a box of 50 postcards. Each card reproduces a colour swatch al

A gripping portrait of modern Tibet told through the lives of its people, from the bestselling author of Nothing to Envy.

There is arguably no more critical and pressing topic than the relation of science and religion in the modern world. Science has given us the methods for discovering truth, while religion remains the single greatest force for generating meaning.