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The Dawn of Universal History: Selected Essays from a Witness to the Twentieth Century, Paperback - Raymond Aron

142,99 RON 152,99 RON

Reducere. In this collection of newly translated essays, philosopher and sociologist Raymond Aron chronicles the twentieth century with the authority of an a...

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The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius, Paperback - Joyce Chaplin

142,99 RON 152,99 RON

Reducere. Famous, fascinating Benjamin Franklin -- he would be neither without his accomplishments in science. Joyce Chaplin's authoritative biography consid...

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Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe, Paperback - Martin Rees

143,99 RON 154,99 RON

Reducere. The genesis of the universe elegantly explained in a simple theory based on just six numbers by one of the world's most renowned astrophysicists

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The Nature of Prejudice: 25th Anniversary Edition, Paperback - Gordon W. Allport

143,99 RON 154,99 RON

Reducere. With profound insight into the complexities of the human experience, Harvard psychologist Gordon Allport organized a mass of research to produce a ...

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Rebels Against the Future: The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution: Lessons for the Computer Age, Paperback - Kirkpatrick Sale

143,99 RON 154,99 RON

Reducere. Kirkpatrick Sale is at the tumultuous center of a technology backlash, actively challenging Bill Gates on the one hand and the Unabomber on the oth...

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Migrations and Cultures: A World View, Paperback - Thomas Sowell

143,99 RON 154,99 RON

Reducere. Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue a...

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Basic Discipleship, Paperback - Floyd McClung

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Reducere. The Basics: Living under Christ's lordship, remaining faithful, finding God's will, turning away from sin, nurturing humility, evangelizing with ou...

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The Cold War: A World History, Paperback - Odd Arne Westad

143,99 RON 154,99 RON

Reducere. The definitive history of the Cold War and its ongoing impact around the world The Cold War began on the perimeters of Europe, but it had its deepe...

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The Anatomy of Courage: The Classic WWI Account of the Psychological Effects of War, Paperback - Lord Moran

144,99 RON 155,99 RON

Reducere. Fear, and man's attempt to master it, is of eternal interest and just as significant today as when Moran, as a young medical officer, went to the t...

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I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror, Paperback - Pierre Seel

144,99 RON 155,99 RON

Reducere. On a fateful day in May 1941, in Nazi-occupied Strasbourg, seventeen-year- old Pierre Seel was summoned by the Gestapo. This was the beginning of h...

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Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate, Hardcover - Paul Halpern

144,99 RON

A respected physics professor and author breaks down the great debate over the Big Bang and the continuing quest to understand the fate of the univ...

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Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse, Hardcover - Eric Alterman

144,99 RON

The definitive history of presidential lying, revealing how our standards for truthfulness have eroded-and why Trump's lies are especially dangerou...

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The Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, Paperback - Sigmund Freud

145,99 RON 156,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sigmund FreudAuthor: James StracheyThree Essays on the Theory of SexualitySexual AbberationsInfantile SexualityTransformati...

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Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons, Paperback - Howard E. Gardner

145,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Howard E. GardnerThe most complete account of the theory and application of Multiple Intelligences available anywhereHoward...

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The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity, Paperback - Jack Repcheck

145,99 RON 156,99 RON

Reducere. There are three men whose life's work helped free science from the strait-jacket of religion. Two of the three--Nicolaus Copernicus and Charles Dar...

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Mindstorms. Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas, Paperback - Seymour A. Papert

145,99 RON

Mindstorms is an insightful observation about children, computers and computer cultures and the role technology plays in learning.Publisher: Basic ...

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The Fabric of Civilization. How Textiles Made the World, Paperback - Virginia Postrel

145,99 RON

From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, an "expansive" global history that highlights "how textiles truly changed the world" (Wall Street Journal)Pub...

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Freedom for the Thought That We Hate: A Biography of the First Amendment, Paperback - Anthony F. Lewis

146,99 RON 157,99 RON

Reducere. More than any other people on earth, we Americans are free to say and write what we think. The press can air the secrets of government, the corpora...

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Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, Paperback - Richard Wrangham

146,99 RON 157,99 RON

Reducere. Ever since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the existence of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire, r...

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Acquiring Genomes: A Theory of the Origins of Species, Paperback - Lynn Margulis

146,99 RON 157,99 RON

Reducere. How do new species evolve? Although Darwin identified inherited variation as the creative force in evolution, he never formally speculated where it...

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Stairways to Heaven: Drugs in American Religious History, Hardcover - Robert C. Fuller

146,99 RON

From Native Americans' use of tobacco for solemnizing oaths to the spread of New Age religious beliefs in Haight-Ashbury coffeehouses, drugs have b...

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The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning, Paperback - James Lovelock

147,99 RON 158,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe global temperature is rising, the ice caps are melting, and levels of pollution across the world have reached unprecedented heights....

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Birth of a Mother: How the Motherhood Experience Changes You Forever, Paperback - Daniel N. Stern

147,99 RON 158,99 RON

Reducere. As you prepare to become a mother, you face an experience unlike any other in your life. Having a baby will redirect your preferences and pleasures...

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The Calculus Wars: Newton, Leibniz, and the Greatest Mathematical Clash of All Time, Paperback - Jason Socrates Bardi

147,99 RON 158,99 RON

Reducere. Now regarded as the bane of many college students' existence, calculus was one of the most important mathematical innovations of the seventeenth ce...

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The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers, Paperback - Henry Louis Gates

147,99 RON 158,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Henry Louis GatesIn 1773, the slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom. The first person of African descen...

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Women Who Hurt Themselves: A Book of Hope and Understanding, Paperback - Dusty Miller

147,99 RON 158,99 RON

Reducere. Many books have described victims of rape and battering, but scant attention has been paid to another form of harm increasingly common among women....

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The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain, Paperback - Gene D. Cohen

147,99 RON 158,99 RON

Reducere. The Mature Mind delivers good news for those in the second half of life, with an extraordinary account of cutting-edge neuroscience, groundbreaking...

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Before the Beginning: Our Universe and Others, Paperback - Martin Rees

147,99 RON

In this landmark book, one of the twentieth century's greatest astronomers presents scientific evidence that our vast universe may be only a grain ...

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Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics, Hardcover - Stephon Alexander

147,99 RON 158,99 RON

Reducere. "The rabbit hole gets wrestled here. An old school saying applies: the more you know, the more you don't know. Dance along this read into the unkno...

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Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change, Hardcover - Thor Hanson

148,99 RON 159,99 RON

Reducere. A beloved natural historian explores how climate change is driving evolution In Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid, biologist Thor Hanson tells th...

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You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation - Paul A. Offit

149,99 RON 160,99 RON

Reducere. One of America's top physicians traces the history of risk in medicine--with powerful lessons for today Every medical decision--whether to have che...

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Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, from 1453 to the Present, Paperback - Brendan Simms

149,99 RON 160,99 RON

Reducere. If there is a fundamental truth of geopolitics, it is this: whoever controls the core of Europe controls the entire continent, and whoever controls...

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EMT Exam Study Guide: Prep Book & Textbook for the Nremt Emergency Medical Technician Certification, Paperback - Emt Basic Exam Prep Team

149,99 RON 160,99 RON

Reducere. EMT Exam Study Guide: Prep Book & Textbook for the NREMT Emergency Medical Technician Certification Developed for test takers trying to achieve a p...

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The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being in Charge Isn't What It Used to Be, Paperback - Moises Naim

149,99 RON 160,99 RON

Reducere. Mark Zuckerberg's inaugural pick for his "Year of Books" challenge, The End of Power updates the very notion of power for the 21st century. Power, ...

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Bill Nye the Science Guy's Big Blast of Science, Paperback - Bill Nye

149,99 RON 160,99 RON

Reducere. Bill Nye The Science Guy knows how cool science can be. After all, everything in the universe involves science. And you already think scientificall...

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Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence--And a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets, Hardcover - Thomas Abt

149,99 RON 160,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionFrom a Harvard scholar and former Obama official, a powerful proposal for curtailing violent crime in America Urban violence is one of t...

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Can Japan Compete? - Michael Porter

149,99 RON

DescriptionIn Can Japan Compete?, world-renowned competition strategist Michael Porter and his colleagues explain why American assumptions about Ja...

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$Algebra the Beautiful. An Ode to Math's Least-Loved Subject, Hardback - G. Arnell Williams imagine$

Algebra the Beautiful. An Ode to Math's Least-Loved Subject, Hardback - G. Arnell Williams

149,99 RON

A mathematician reveals the hidden beauty, power, and-yes-fun of algebraPublisher: Basic BooksAuthor(s): G. Arnell WilliamsIllustration(s): 7 image...

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The Wine-Dark Sea Within. A Turbulent History of Blood, Hardback - Dhun Sethna

149,99 RON

A revisionist history of medicine, in which blood plays the starring rolePublisher: Basic BooksAuthor(s): Dhun SethnaNumber of pages: 384Publicatio...

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A Voice in the Wilderness. A Pioneering Biologist Explains How Evolution Can Help Us Solve Our Biggest Problems, Hardback - Joseph L Graves Jr

149,99 RON

Why understanding evolution-the most reviled branch of science-can help us all, from fighting pandemics to undoing racism? ?Publisher: Basic BooksA...

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Discrimination and Disparities, Hardcover - Thomas Sowell

150,99 RON

DescriptionAn enlarged edition of Thomas Sowell's brilliant examination of the origins of economic disparitiesEconomic and other outcomes differ va...

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The 10, 000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution, Paperback - Gregory Cochran

150,99 RON 161,99 RON

Reducere. Resistance to malaria. Blue eyes. Lactose tolerance. What do all of these traits have in common? Every one of them has emerged in the last 10, 000 ...

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The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of Survival, Hardcover - Chris Begley

150,99 RON 161,99 RON

Reducere. In this insightful book, an underwater archaeologist and survival coach shows how understanding the collapse of civilizations can help us prepare f...

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The Truth about Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife, Hardcover - Lucy Cooke

151,99 RON 162,99 RON

Reducere. Mary Roach meets Bill Bryson in this "surefire summer winner" (Janet Maslin, New York Times), an uproarious tour of the basest instincts and bigges...

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Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time, Hardcover - Gaia Vince

151,99 RON 162,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionHow four tools enabled humanity to control its destinyWhat enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hun...

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Kinds of Minds: Toward an Understanding of Consciousness, Paperback - Danile C. Dennett

151,99 RON 162,99 RON

Reducere. Combining ideas from philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology, Daniel Dennett leads the reader on a fascinating journey of inquiry, ex...

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Not to People Like Us: Hidden Abuse in Upscale Marriages, Paperback - Susan Weitzman

151,99 RON 162,99 RON

Reducere. How is it possible for a highly educated woman with a career and resources of her own to stay in a marriage with an abusive husband? How can a man ...

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Mind, Language and Society: Philosophy in the Real World, Paperback - John R. Searle

151,99 RON 162,99 RON

Reducere. Disillusionment with psychology is leading more and more people to formal philosophy for clues about how to think about life. But most of us who tr...

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The Battle of Blair Mountain: The Story of America's Largest Labor Uprising, Paperback - Robert Shogan

151,99 RON 162,99 RON

Reducere. In 1921, some 10, 000 West Virginia coal miners-- outraged over years of brutality and exploitation-- picked up their Winchesters and marched again...

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What's the Use?: How Mathematics Shapes Everyday Life, Hardcover - Ian Stewart

151,99 RON 162,99 RON

Reducere. See the world in a completely new way as an esteemed mathematician shows how math powers the world--from technology to health care and beyond. Almo...

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Esoteric Physiology: Consciousness and Disease, Paperback - Dennis Klocek

152,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Dennis Klocek"In healing processes or in the general growth of the body, the formation of bone or the formation of a tissue...

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The Virtue of Nationalism, Hardcover - Yoram Hazony

152,99 RON

A leading conservative thinker argues that a nationalist order is the only realistic safeguard of liberty in the world today Nationalism is the iss...

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Harnessing Complexity, Paperback - Robert Axelrod

152,99 RON 163,99 RON

Reducere. Harnessing Complexity will be indispensable to anyone who wants to better comprehend how people and organizations can adapt effectively in the info...

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Double Crossed: The Missionaries Who Spied for the United States During the Second World War, Hardcover - Matthew Avery Sutton

152,99 RON

DescriptionThe untold story of the Christian missionaries who played a crucial role in the allied victory in World War II What makes a good mission...

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The Irony of Modern Catholic History: How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform, Hardcover - George Weigel

152,99 RON

DescriptionA powerful new interpretation of Catholicism's dramatic encounter with modernity, by one of America's leading intellectualsThroughout mu...

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Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa, Paperback - Keith B. Richburg

152,99 RON 163,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Keith B. RichburgNothing in Keith Richburg's long and respected journalistic career at the Washington Post prepared him for...

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$Weird Math: A Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life, Hardcover - David Darling imagine$

Weird Math: A Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life, Hardcover - David Darling

153,99 RON 164,99 RON

Reducere. A teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematicsEveryone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assig...

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The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, the Virtue of Waste, and Why We Will Never Run Out of Energy, Paperback - Peter Huber

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Reducere. The sheer volume of talk about energy, energy prices, and energy policy on both sides of the political aisle suggests that we must know something a...

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Black Rage: Second Updated Edition, Paperback - William H. Grier

153,99 RON 164,99 RON

Reducere. The first book to examine the full range of black life from the vantage point of psychiatry, this widely acclaimed work has established itself as t...

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1920: The Year of the Six Presidents, Paperback - David Pietrusza

153,99 RON 164,99 RON

Reducere. The presidential election of 1920 was among history's most dramatic. Six once-and-future presidents-Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Teddy an...

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Our Final Hour: A Scientist's Warning, Paperback - Martin Rees

154,99 RON 165,99 RON

Reducere. Bolstered by unassailable science and delivered in eloquent style, Our Final Hour's provocative argument that humanity has a mere 5050 chance of su...

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Respect, Paperback - Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

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Reducere. In these many-layered and masterfully written portraits, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot reaches deep into human experience--from the drama of birth to the...

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Huey: Spirit of the Panther, Paperback - David Hilliard

154,99 RON 165,99 RON

Reducere. Huey P. Newton remains one of the most misunderstood political figures of the twentieth century. As cofounder and leader of the Black Panther Party...

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The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You about Global Warming, Paperback - Jr. Roger Pielke

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Reducere. The world s response to climate change has been deeply flawed. "The Climate Fix" is where we begin to get it back on track, as science policy exper...

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Inclusion Revolution. The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace, Hardback - Daisy Auger-Dominguez

154,99 RON

A leading diversity executive offers ?step-by-step guidance for confronting? racial? bias in the workplacePublisher: Basic BooksAuthor(s): Daisy Au...

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A Brave and Cunning Prince. The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America, Hardback - James Horn

154,99 RON

The extraordinary story of a young Indian boy who was kidnapped from coastal Virginia and assimilated into to European culture-before returning to ...

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A Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity, Paperback - Luigi Zingales

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Reducere. When the Italian-born economist Luigi Zingales came to the United States in the 1980s, he embraced the American Dream: the belief that what brings ...

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Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of a Pure Standard English, Paperback - John McWhorter

155,99 RON 166,99 RON

Reducere. Though there is a contingent of linguists who fight the fact, our language is always changing--not only through slang, but sound, syntax, and words...

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What Evolution Is, Paperback - Ernst Mayr

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Reducere. At once a spirited defense of Darwinian explanations of biology and an elegant primer on evolution for the general reader, What Evolution Is poses ...

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Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, Paperback - Ian Stewart

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Reducere. Knowing that the most exciting math is not taught in school, Professor Ian Stewart has spent years filling his cabinet with intriguing mathematical...

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