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Sub-Categories of Biology, life sciences
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A Different Kind of Animal: How Culture Transformed Our Species
Robert Boyd
Cognition & cognitive psychology; Mathematics & Sciences; Biology, life sciences; Evolution; The Earth: natural history general
Paperback
How our ability to learn from each other has been the essential ingredient to our remarkable success as a species Human... [more]
The Secret Life of Bones: Their Origins, Evolution and Fate
Brian Switek
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Evolution
Paperback
In The Secret Life of Bones, Brian Switek frames the history of our species through the importance of bone from instruments... [more]
Extinction and Evolution: What Fossils Reveal about the History of Life...
Niles Eldredge
Mathematics & Sciences; Evolution; Palaeontology; Rocks, minerals & fossils
Paperback
Updated illustrated study of the work of paleontologist Niles Eldredge whose groundbreaking discoveries show what fossils... [more]
Birds of Ecuador and Galapagos
Clive Byers
Birds (ornithology); Wildlife: birds & birdwatching
Paperback
A neat series of truly portable guides designed for the nature-loving traveler. [more]
Your Brain, Explained: What Neuroscience Reveals about Your Brain and its...
Marc Dingman
Psychology; Popular science; Neurosciences
Paperback
A tour around your everyday brain functions, from language to sleep, what can disrupt them and how to protect them. [more]
Name that Flower: The Identification of Flowering Plants: 3rd Edition
Ian Clarke
Reference works; Botany & plant sciences; Gardening
Paperback
The definitive guide to identifying flowering plants cultivated and in the wild, Australian and worldwide. This comprehensively... [more]
$39.99
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The Wolf Within: The Astonishing Evolution of the Wolf into Man's Best Friend...
Bryan Sykes
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Evolution; Genetics (non-medical); Animal behaviour
Paperback
The evolution of dogs and the forces that drove its amazing transformation from a fierce wild carnivore, the wolf, to the... [more]
$22.99
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The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
Frans de Waal
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Animal behaviour; Wildlife: general interest
Paperback
'Kindness and co-operation have played a crucial role in raising humans... [more]
$22.99
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Physics and Dance
Emily Coates, Sarah Demers
Dance; Reference works; Mathematics & Sciences; Physics; Life sciences: general issues
Paperback
A fascinating exploration of our reality through the eyes of a physicist and a dancer--and an engaging introduction to both... [more]
Fathoms: the world in the whale
Rebecca Giggs
Animals & society; Mathematics & Sciences; Marine & freshwater mammals; Social impact of environmental issues; The natural world, country life & pets
Paperback
In the non-fiction tradition of Rachel Carson, Rebecca Solnit, and Helen Macdonald comes a bold, lyrical exploration of our... [more]
The Waterside Ape: An Alternative Account of Human Evolution
Peter H. Rhys Evans
Anthropology; Mathematics & Sciences; Evolution; Palaeontology
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Ingenious: The Unintended Consequences of Human Innovation
Peter Gluckman, Mark Hanson
Society & Social Sciences; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Evolution; Developmental biology; Human biology
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The trouble with innovation is that it can seldom be undone. We invent technologies to modify our environments in immediately... [more]
Nature Strange and Beautiful: How Living Beings Evolved and Made the Earth...
Egbert Giles Leigh, Jr., Christian Ziegler
Cognition & cognitive psychology; Mathematics & Sciences; Evolution; Neurosciences; Biodiversity
Hardback
A beautifully written exploration of how cooperation shaped life on earth, from its single-celled beginnings to complex human... [more]
Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of moby-Dick
Richard J King
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; History of the Americas; Marine biology; Wildlife: aquatic creatures
Hardback
Although Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely... [more]
Nano Comes to Life: How Nanotechnology Is Transforming Medicine and the...
Sonia Contera
Mathematics & Sciences; Impact of science & technology on society; Physics; Human biology; Nanotechnology; Materials science
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The nanotechnology revolution that will transform human health and longevity Nano Comes to Life opens a window onto the... [more]
A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct
Andreas Nieder (Professor of Animal Physiology, University of Tubingen)
Drug-induced states; Mathematics & Sciences; Neurosciences
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How our intuitive understanding of numbers is deeply rooted in our biology, traceable through both evolution and development.... [more]
A Primate's Memoir: Love, Death and Baboons
Robert M. Sapolsky
Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Mathematics & Sciences; Animal behaviour; Primates; Wildlife: general interest
Paperback
A Primate's Memoir is the closest the baboon is likely to come - and it's plenty close enough - to having its own Iliad' The... [more]
The Secrets of Great Botanists: And What They Teach Us About Gardening
Matthew Biggs
Botany & plant sciences; Gardening; Gardens (descriptions, history etc); Garden design & planning
Hardback
Illustrated with beautiful period botanical watercolours and vibrant photographs 'The Secrets of Great Botanists' delves into... [more]
Testosterone: An Unauthorized Biography
Rebecca M. Jordan-Young, Katrina Karkazis
Gender studies, gender groups; Social & cultural anthropology; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Biology, life sciences
Hardback
Testosterone is neither the biological essence of manliness nor even the male sex hormone. It doesn't predict competitiveness... [more]
Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon: The New Science and Stories of the Brain...
Rahul Jandial
Health psychology; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Neurosurgery; Mathematics & Sciences; Neurosciences; Popular medicine & health
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For years Dr Rahul Jandial has transformed the lives of his neurosurgery patients by putting them through 'brain rehab', his... [more]
Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods: Early Humans and the Origins of Religion...
E. Fuller Torrey, M.D.
Religion & beliefs; Psychology; Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Neurosciences
Paperback
E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving... [more]
Transcendence: How Humans Evolved through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time...
Gaia Vince
Social & cultural history; Anthropology; Mathematics & Sciences; Evolution; Early man
Hardback
What enabled humans to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational... [more]
$45.00
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Why We Believe: Evolution and the Human Way of Being
Agustin Fuentes
Social, group or collective psychology; Mathematics & Sciences; Evolution; Developmental biology
Hardback
A wide-ranging argument by a renowned anthropologist that the capacity to believe is what makes us human [more]
On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary...
Elizabeth Hennessy
Mathematics & Sciences; History of science; Fishes (ichthyology); Amphibians; Endangered species & extinction of species; Wildlife: general interest
Hardback
An insightful exploration of the iconic Galapagos tortoises, and how their fate is inextricably linked to our own in a rapidly... [more]
A Brief History of Life: From the Starbug to the Octopus, How Life on Earth...
Kamala Wickramasinghe, Chandra Wickramasinghe, Edward J. Steele
Mathematics & Sciences; Evolution
Hardback
Author of over 20 academic titles (through University College Cardiff Press & Souvenir Press, London), Dr. Wickramasinghe... [more]
$39.99
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