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Science Book: From Darwin to Dark Energy 250 Milestones in the History of Science

Pickover Clifford A.

ISBN: HB: 9781454930068, GMC Group, Sterling, November 2018
528 pp., 21.4x18.6 cm, illus.

Collected into one volume, this is a compilation of the most important thinkers and ideas throughout the history of science. Fully illustrated, it includes 250 entries selected by Pickover from "The Math Book", "The Physics Book", "The Medical Book",...

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Anthropology

Sea Life

Fishing How the Sea Fed Civilization

Fagan Brian

ISBN: PB: 9780300240047, Yale University Press, October 2018
368 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 39 black&white illus.

In this history of fishing – not as sport but as sustenance – archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth of civilization. It sustainably provided enough food t...

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Evolution

Anthropology

Where Are We Heading? The Evolution of Humans and Things

Hodder Ian

ISBN: HB: 9780300204094, Yale University Press, October 2018
200 pp., 21x14 cm, 20 black&white illus.

In this engaging exploration, archaeologist Ian Hodder departs from the two prevailing modes of thought about human evolution: the older idea of constant advancement toward a civilized ideal and the newer one of a directionless process of natural sel...

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Evolution

Mammals

How to Tame a Fox (and Build a Dog) Visionary Scientists and a Siberian Tale of Jump-Started Evolution

Dugatkin Lee Alan, Trut Lyudmila

ISBN: PB: 9780226599717, ISBN: HB: 9780226444185, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
240 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 17 colour plates

Tucked away in Siberia, there are furry, four-legged creatures with wagging tails and floppy ears that are as docile and friendly as any lapdog. But, despite appearances, these are not dogs – they are foxes. They are the result of the most astonishin...

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Evolution

Why the Wheel Is Round Muscles, Technology, and How We Make Things Move

Vogel Steven

ISBN: PB: 9780226599687, ISBN: HB: 9780226381039, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 81 halftones, 64 line drawings

There is no part of our bodies that fully rotates – be it a wrist or ankle or arm in a shoulder socket, we are made to twist only so far. And yet there is no more fundamental human invention than the wheel – a rotational mechanism that accomplishes w...

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History

Osiris, Volume 33 Science and Capitalism: Entangled Histories

Rieppel Lukas, Deringer William, Lean Eugenia

ISBN: PB: 9780226602325, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
352 pp., 25.5x17.5 cm

The historical relationship between science and capitalism has long stood as a central question in science studies, at least since its foundations in the 1930s. Taking inspiration from the recent surge of scholarly interest in the "history of capital...

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Biography & Memoires

Physics

Biographic: Einstein Great Lives in Graphic Form

Clegg Brian

ISBN: HB: 9781781453339, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, October 2018
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, colour illus.

The Biographics series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all...

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Biography & Memoires

Physics

Biographic: Tesla Great Lives in Graphic Form

Clegg Brian

ISBN: HB: 9781781453537, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, October 2018
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, colour illus.

The Biographics series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all...

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Children's Books

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Discover Our Solar System

Stuart Colin

ISBN: HB: 9781787080164, GMC Group, Button Books, October 2018
48 pp., 24.8x24.8 cm, colour illus.

Sit back and enjoy a cosmic tour of our awe-inspiring solar system with this illuminating illustrated guide. Aimed at children aged 8+, this exciting book makes learning a complex subject fun and accessible. Gaze at the beauty of our planets, Sun and...

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Evolution

Man the Footballer - Homo Passiens The Missing Link in Human Evolution

McInnes Mike

ISBN: PB: 9781782551560, Bookport, Meyer & Meyer Sport, September 2018
352 pp., 21x14.7 cm, 35 colour and black&white illus.

In this book you will discover the truth – that Homo passiens is the missing link in human evolution. That Homo sapiens is a recently arrived imposter in the evolution of the genus Homo – a charlatan, a fraud, a villain, a quack! That all the academi...

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