The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life, Paperback - Nick Lane

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Nick Lane, winner of the 2010 Royal Society Book Prize and the 2015 Biochemical Society Award, unravels life's mysteries. Ground-breaking science i...

John Archibald chronicles the revolutionary insights provided by modern molecular biology, especially rapid DNA sequencing. These tools demonstrate...

Describes the ten greatest inventions of life, including DNA, sex, sight and consciousness, based on their historical impact, role in living organi...

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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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Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, still set the paradigm of how we understand the evolution of life--but scientif...

In The Secret Life of Bones, Brian Switek frames the history of our species through the importance of bone from instruments and jewellery, to objec...

Discover the mysteries of science with Future Geniuses Darwin the chicken feels like the smallest animal in the farm, but he wants to be big and st...

Wael Hallaq treats the rise of Islamic law from 622 to 950 AD when the law and legal system reached maturity. This is the first book that offers su...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Jonathan (Balliol College, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK) BardIllustration(s): 94 Line drawings, ...

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Greek Vase-Painting and the Origins of Visual Humour - Alexandre G. Mitchell

A sequence of sparkling essays by a leading public theologian, exploring and defending the enduring role of Christianity in Western thought, politi...

Reducere. Mahan and Baekje is a pioneering study of the Korean past from the perspective of everyday objects: ceramics made, used, and left behind by ancient...

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Publisher: Wisdom Publications, U.S.Author(s): Lama Zopa RinpocheIllustration(s): colourNumber of pages: 314Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x...

Analysing the work of Schutz, Gurwitsch, Merleau-Ponty and Bourdieu, this book considers the historical development of competing philosophies of so...

A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness.W...

In this revealing study, now available in a revised and expanded new edition, Christopher Wood shows how Altdorfer prised landscape out of its subs...

Reducere. Did rebel angels take on human bodies to fulfill their lust for the "daughters of men"?Did these fallen angels teach men to build weapons of war?Th...

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Reducere. Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was an influential Egyptian ideologue credited with establishing the theoretical basis for radical Islamism in the post col...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Kojin KarataniTranslator: Joseph a. MurphyIn Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy--published originally in Japanese and n...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): David WhitehouseIllustration(s): Ill.Number of pages: 182Publication date: 1998Dimensions: 154 x 228...

DescriptionThis book presents a challenge to the discipline of international relations (IR) to rethink itself, in the light of both its own modern ...

Reducere. About the AuthorDavid K. Miller has an extensive background in psychology and psychotherapy. After thirty-five years of conventional practice, Davi...

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An informative business series that explores the world's biggest businesses of today and the giants of the future.

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Mensuration and Proportion Signs represents the first attempt to see the origin of musical mensuration and proportion signs in the context of other...

Reducere. The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has l...

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Reducere. This classic study, by the late John Doyle Klier, is considered a seminal text in modern Jewish history by one of the foremost scholars in the fiel...

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In the sixth century BC, Anaximander of Miletus, an associate of Thales, initiated Western philosophy and science with a theory of how the world or...

Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Eike ExnerIllustration(s): 10 colour, 50 black & white imagesNumber of pages: 270Publication date: 20...

In the sixth century BC, Anaximander of Miletus, an associate of Thales, initiated Western philosophy and science with a theory of how the world or...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Claudia LosiIllustration(s): 72 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 152Publication date: 2021Dimension...