Kafka's Last Love: The Mystery of Dora Diamant, Paperback - Kathi Diamant
110,99 RON
San Diego Book AwardsIn this gripping literary detective story, Kathi Diamant brings to light the amazing woman who captured Kafka's heart and kept...
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The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism: 20th Anniversary Edition, Paperback - Daniel Bell
109,99 RON 117,99 RON
Reducere. With a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism--and the culture it create...
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Nature's Mind: Biological Roots of Thinking, Emotions, Sexuality, Language, and Intelligence, Paperback - Michael S. Gazzaniga
95,99 RON
The co-discoverer of the "split brain" theory tells how science is recasting the age-old question of nature versus nurture to create a startling ne...
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Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking, Hardcover - Douglas Hofstadter
200,99 RON 215,99 RON
Reducere. Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psy...
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Fatal Passage: The Story of John Rae, the Arctic Hero Time Forgot, Paperback - Ken McGoogan
108,99 RON 116,99 RON
Reducere. John Rae's accomplishments, surpassing all nineteenth-century Arctic explorers, were worthy of honors and international fame. No explorer even appr...
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Drawing Geometry: A Primer of Basic Forms for Artists, Designers, and Architects, Paperback - Jon Allen
81,99 RON
Geometry is both elegantly simple and infinitely profound. Many professionals find they need to be able to draw geometric shapes accurately, and th...
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A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles, Paperback - Thomas Sowell
194,99 RON 208,99 RON
Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Thomas SowellThomas Sowell's classic analysis of the opposing visions behind today's ethical and ideological disputesContro...
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Evaluation in Organizations: A Systematic Approach to Enhancing Learning, Performance, and Change, Paperback (2nd Ed.) - Darlene Russ-Eft
364,99 RON 390,99 RON
Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Darlene Russ-EftAuthor: Hallie PreskillFrom new product launches to large-scale training initiatives, organizations need th...
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Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games, Hardcover - Ian Bogost
203,99 RON
How filling life with play-whether soccer or lawn mowing, counting sheep or tossing Angry Birds-forges a new path for creativity and joy in our imp...
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Basic Practices of the Universal Healing Tao: An Illustrated Guide to Levels 1 Through 6, Paperback - Mantak Chia
137,99 RON 147,99 RON
Reducere. A comprehensive reference guide to the foundational Taoist practices taught by Master Mantak Chia - Organized by level and chi kung system for quic...
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Math on Trial: How Numbers Get Used and Abused in the Courtroom, Hardcover - Leila Schneps
170,99 RON 182,99 RON
Reducere. In the wrong hands, math can be deadly. Even the simplest numbers can become powerful forces when manipulated by politicians or the media, but in t...
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Spymaster: My Thirty-Two Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West, Paperback - Oleg Kalugin
134,99 RON 144,99 RON
Reducere. Oleg Kalugin oversaw the work of American spies, matched wits with the CIA, and became one of the youngest generals in KGB history. Even so, he gre...
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God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution, Paperback - Thomas S. Kidd
165,99 RON 177,99 RON
Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Thomas S. KiddAt the dawn of the Revolutionary War, America was already a nation of diverse faiths--the First Great Awakeni...
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Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works, Hardcover - Rucker C. Johnson
186,99 RON 200,99 RON
Reducere. DescriptionAn acclaimed economist reveals that school integration efforts in the 1970s and 1980s were overwhelmingly successful -- and argues that ...
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The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets, Hardcover - Graham Farmelo
205,99 RON
How math helps us solve the universe's deepest mysteries One of the great insights of science is that the universe has an underlying order. The sup...
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A Dark Muse: A History of the Occult, Paperback - Gary Lachman
115,99 RON 124,99 RON
Reducere. The occult was a crucial influence on the Renaissance, and it obsessed the popular thinkers of the day. But with the Age of Reason, occultism was s...
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Infinite Potential: The Life and Times of David Bohm, Paperback - F. David Peat
120,99 RON 129,99 RON
Reducere. Infinite Potential is the first biography of David Bohm--brilliant physicist, explorer of consciousness, student of Oppenheimer, friend to Einstein...
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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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Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster, Paperback - Michael Eric Dyson
112,99 RON 120,99 RON
Reducere. When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands were left behind to suffer the ravages of destruction, di...
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Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World, Paperback - Mark Pendergrast
119,99 RON
DescriptionThe definitive history of the world's most popular drugUncommon Grounds tells the story of coffee from its discovery on a hill in ancien...
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From Black Land to Fifth Sun: The Science of Sacred Sites, Paperback - Brian M. Fagan
123,99 RON 132,99 RON
Reducere. Until recently, archaeology was concerned mainly with piecing together the material lives of our ancestors. In this groundbreaking book, master sto...
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How Wall Street Created a Nation: J.P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canal, Paperback - Ovidio Diaz Espino
100,99 RON 108,99 RON
Reducere. This book tells a previously untold story of decades of financial speculation, fraud, and international conspiracy that led to the creation of the ...
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Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age, Paperback - George Louis Carlo
96,99 RON
Essential reading for the 100 million Americans currently using wireless phones, this thoroughly researched and documented cautionary work stands a...
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Potsdam: The End of World War II and the Remaking of Europe, Hardcover - Michael Neiberg
276,99 RON 296,99 RON
Reducere. The definitive account of the 1945 Potsdam Conference: the historic summit where Truman, Stalin, and Churchill met to determine the fate of post-Wo...
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Vital Dust: The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth, Paperback - Christian R. De Duve
221,99 RON 237,99 RON
Reducere. Is the emergence of life on Earth the result of a single chance event or combination of lucky accidents, or is it the outcome of biochemical forces...
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The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel's Soul, Paperback - Yoram Hazony
123,99 RON 132,99 RON
Reducere. DescriptionIn what may be the most controversial book on Zionism and Israel published in the last twenty years, Yoram Hazony graphically portrays t...
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Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, Paperback - Glyn Moody
115,99 RON 124,99 RON
Reducere. The open source saga has many fascinating chapters. It is partly the story of Linus Torvalds, the master hacker who would become chief architect of...
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Tomorrow's Children: A Blueprint for Partnership Education in the 21st Century, Paperback - Riane Tennenhaus Eisler
108,99 RON
In the wake of the tragedy of the shootings in Littleton at Columbine High School and other killings of children by children, there is increasing r...
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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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Memo. What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table, Paperback - Minda Harts
116,99 RON
Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...
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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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Life Is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe, Hardcover - Johnjoe McFadden
173,99 RON 186,99 RON
Reducere. A biologist argues that simplicity is the guiding principle of the universe Centuries ago, the principle of Ockham's razor changed our world by sho...
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The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities, Paperback - Gilles Fauconnier
200,99 RON 215,99 RON
Reducere. In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisitio...
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Joseph Beuys in America: Energy Plan for the Western Man, Paperback - Joseph Beuys
99,99 RON 106,99 RON
Reducere. Joseph Beuys in America: Energy Plan for the Western Man By Joseph Beuys. Edited by Carin Kuoni. "A tasty collection of hitherto uncollected/unpubl...
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Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality, Paperback - Michael Walzer
216,99 RON 232,99 RON
Reducere. The distinguished political philosopher and author of the widely acclaimed Just and Unjust Wars analyzes how society distributes not just wealth an...
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To Raise a Jewish Child: A Guide for Parents, Paperback - Hayim Halevy Donin
97,99 RON 104,99 RON
Reducere. In a society with so many distractions, how can American Jewish parents teach their children to know and appreciate what it means to be a Jew? Upda...
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Synchronicity: The Epic Quest to Understand the Quantum Nature of Cause and Effect, Hardcover - Paul Halpern
222,99 RON
From Aristotle's Physics to quantum teleportation, the scientific pursuit of instantaneous connections For millennia, scientists have puzzled over ...
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Fighting Words: The Bold American Journalists Who Brought the World Home Between the Wars, Hardcover - Nancy F. Cott
201,99 RON 216,99 RON
Reducere. From a Harvard historian, this riveting portrait of four trailblazing American journalists highlights the power of the press in the interwar period...
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The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You about Global Warming, Paperback - Jr. Roger Pielke
154,99 RON 165,99 RON
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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The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last, Paperback - Azra Raza
94,99 RON
With the fascinating scholarship of The Emperor of All Maladies and the deeply personal experience of When Breath Becomes Air, a world-class oncolo...
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War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War, Paperback - Randy Roberts
100,99 RON 108,99 RON
Reducere. A "marvelous" (Sports Illustrated) portrait of the three men whose lives were forever changed by WWI-era Boston and the Spanish flu: baseball star ...
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The Sh!t No One Tells You (Revised). A Guide to Surviving Your Baby's First Year, Paperback - Dawn Dais
88,99 RON
An updated edition of the laugh-out-loud guide to the first year of motherhood, filled with helpful advice and wisdom from real moms and dads who a...
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Male on Male Rape: The Hidden Toll of Stigma and Shame, Paperback - Michael Scarce
137,99 RON 147,99 RON
Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...
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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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The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures about the Ultimate Fate of the Universe, Paperback - Paul Davies
81,99 RON 87,99 RON
Reducere. Ragnarok. Armageddon. Doomsday. Since the dawn of time, man has wondered how the world would end. In The Last Three Minutes, Paul Davies reveals th...
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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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How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life, Paperback - Massimo Pigliucci
89,99 RON 96,99 RON
Reducere. In the tradition of How to Live and How Proust Can Change Your Life, a philosopher asks how ancient Stoicism can help us flourish todayWhenever we ...
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The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe, Paperback - Andrew Wheatcroft
110,99 RON 118,99 RON
Reducere. In 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize the "Golden Apple, " as Turks referred to Vienna. The ensuing sieg...
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The Lost City: The Forgotten Virtues of Community in America, Paperback - Alan Ehrenhalt
197,99 RON 211,99 RON
Reducere. DescriptionMillions of Americans yearn for a lost sense of community, for the days when neighbors looked out for one another and families were stab...
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Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White, Paperback - Frank H. Wu
109,99 RON 117,99 RON
Reducere. Writing in the tradition of W. E. B. Du Bois, Cornel West, and others who confronted the "color line" of the twentieth century, journalist, scholar...
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Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men, Paperback - Leonard Sax
81,99 RON
Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than the...
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Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on It, Paperback - Ian Leslie
108,99 RON 116,99 RON
Reducere. "I have no special talents, " said Albert Einstein. "I am only passionately curious." Everyone is born curious. But only some retain the habits of ...
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The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility, Paperback - Stewart Brand
128,99 RON 138,99 RON
Reducere. Using the designing and building of the Clock of the Long Now as a framework, this is a book about the practical use of long time perspective: how ...
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Shame: How America's Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country, Hardcover - Shelby Steele
238,99 RON 255,99 RON
Reducere. The United States today is hopelessly polarized; the political Right and Left have hardened into rigid and deeply antagonistic camps, preventing an...
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Shadow Elite: How the World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market, Paperback - Janine R. Wedel
165,99 RON 177,99 RON
Reducere. It can feel like we're swimming in a sea of corruption, confused by who exactly is in charge and what role they play. The same influential people r...
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Deadly Choices: How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Threatens Us All, Paperback - Paul A. Offit
101,99 RON 109,99 RON
Reducere. In 2014, California suffered the largest and deadliest outbreak of pertussis, also known as "whooping cough, " in more than fifty years. This trage...
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Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire, Hardcover - Leslie P. Peirce
183,99 RON 196,99 RON
Reducere. The extraordinary story of the Russian slave girl Roxelana, who rose from concubine to become the only queen of the Ottoman empireIn Empress of the...
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The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush, Paperback - Pierre Berton
122,99 RON 131,99 RON
Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Pierre BertonIn 1897 a grimy steamer docked in Seattle and set into epic motion the incredible succession of events that Pi...
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The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action, Paperback - Donald A. Schon
243,99 RON 261,99 RON
Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Donald A. SchonA leading M.I.T. social scientist and consultant examines five professions--engineering, architecture, manag...
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What It's Like to Be a Dog: And Other Adventures in Animal Neuroscience, Paperback - Gregory Berns
123,99 RON
"Dog lovers and neuroscientists should both read this important book." --Dr. Temple GrandinWhat is it like to be a dog? A bat? Or a dolphin? To fin...
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Conversations with Neil's Brain: The Neural Nature of Thought and Language, Paperback - William H. Calvin
115,99 RON 124,99 RON
Reducere. In a series of stories before, after, and even during neurosurgery, an epileptic patient, Neil; his surgeon, George Ojemann; and neuroscientist Wil...
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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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Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal, Hardcover - Abigail Carroll
177,99 RON 190,99 RON
Reducere. We are what we eat, as the saying goes, but we are also how we eat, and when, and where. Our eating habits reveal as much about our society as the ...
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The Story Paradox. How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears them Down, Hardback - Jonathan Gottschall
193,99 RON
Storytelling, a tradition that built human civilization, may soon destroy itPublisher: Basic BooksAuthor(s): Jonathan GottschallNumber of pages: 27...
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The Company of Critics: Social Criticsm and Political Commitment in the Twentieth Century, Paperback - Michael Walzer
103,99 RON 111,99 RON
Reducere. DescriptionThe Company of Critics provides a fascinating survey of the terrain of social criticism in the last century. Organizing the book as a se...
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Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding--And How We Can Improve the World Even More, Paperback - Charles Kenny
162,99 RON 174,99 RON
Reducere. As the income gap between developed and developing nations grows, so grows the cacophony of voices claiming that the quest to find a simple recipe ...
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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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Breaking Down the Wall of Silence: The Liberating Experience of Facing Painful Truth, Paperback - Alice Miller
94,99 RON 101,99 RON
Reducere. Miller incorporates psychohistorical analyses of Hitler, Stalin, and Ceausescu to reveal the links between the horrors of their childhoods and the ...
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Gene Machine: The Race to Decipher the Secrets of the Ribosome, Hardcover - Venki Ramakrishnan
158,99 RON 170,99 RON
Reducere. DescriptionA Nobel Prize-winning biologist tells the riveting story of his race to discover the inner workings of biology's most important molecule...
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Book - Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind and the Past, Paperback - Daniel L. Schacter
174,99 RON 187,99 RON
Reducere. Memory. There may be nothing more important to human beings than our ability to enshrine experience and recall it. While philosophers and poets hav...
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