“Take one man who rejects authority and religion, and leads a punk band. Take another
man who wonders whether vertebrates arose in rivers or in the ocean, is fascinated by evolution, creativity, and Ice Age animals. Put them together, what ...
The New York Times bestseller: A provocative, imaginative exploration of the nature and progress of
knowledge“Dazzling.” – Steven Pinker, The GuardianIn this groundbreaking book, award-winning physicist David Deutsch argues that explanations have a fundamental place in the universe—and ...
“Deftly weaving together science and personal observation, Lee proves an engaging, authoritative guide… of the
human condition.” Kate Wong, editor at Scientific AmericanWhat can fossilized teeth tell us about our ancient ancestors’ life expectancy? Did farming play a problematic role ...
Specialist scientific fields are developing at incredibly swift speeds, but what can they really tell
us about how the universe began and how we as humans evolved to play such a dominant role on Earth? John Hands’ extraordinarily ambitious book ...
“Rutherford describes Humanimal as being about the paradox of how our evolutionary journey turned ‘an
otherwise average ape’ into one capable of creating complex tools, art, music, science, and engineering. It’s an intriguing question, one his book sets against descriptions ...
Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.#1 New York Times Bestseller The Summer Reading
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Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of
illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about ...
Our universe, science reveals, began in utter simplicity, then evolved into burgeoning complexity. Starting with
subatomic particles, dissimilar entities formed associationsbinding, bonding, growing, branching, catalyzing, cooperatingas “self” joined “other” following universal ...