Our ever-increasing intimacy with technology is changing our bodies and our brains. What can those at the frontiers tell us about what it means to be in a body now?
Why arguments based on what is 'natural', in food, medicine, and society at large, are appeals to a false idol - our oldest, most persistent superstition.
What if Newton had never lived? A compelling dual biography argues that Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley easily could have filled the giant's shoes--and deserve credit for the birth of modern science. Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, ...
What links the Taj Mahal and our skeleton? Calcium. The Eiffel Tower and our blood? Iron. The salt on our fries and the street lamps that guide us home? Sodium. Everything in the known Universe is made up of one of the 118 elements of the periodic table, this book features, their vital statistics, their main compounds and more.
Marie Curie made pioneering discoveries in the field of radioactivity and discovered two elements, Radium and Polonium, the latter having acquired new notoriety over one hundred years after Curie's discovery, when she named it in honour of her native Poland.
Packed with simple and practical ways to start reducing the amount of plastic you use, How to Go Plastic Free will show you how to eliminate plastic from your life, one step at a time.
Come face to face with some of the world's deadliest, scariest and most awesome creatures living in water with amazing Life-Size artworks including the Great White Shark and Giant Squid. 'Life-Size Sharks and other Underwater Creatures' is an exciting and unique exploration of life in the oceans and freshwater.
Come face to face with some of the world's deadliest, scariest and most awesome creatures living in water with amazing Life-Size artworks including the Great White Shark and Giant Squid. 'Life-Size Sharks and other Underwater Creatures' is an exciting and unique exploration of life in the oceans and freshwater.
