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Human sciences
Seven Daughters of Eve
By Bryan Sykes
Paperback
Published 01-Sep-2004
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Professor Bryan Sykes provides a first-hand account of his research into a gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors.
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Molecular Biology of the Cell
By Bruce Alberts
Paperback
Published 20-Nov-2007
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A textbook on Molecular Biology of the Cell. It offers information on epigenetics; stem cells; RNAi; comparative genomics; the latest cancer therapies; apoptosis (now its own separate chapter); and cell cycle control and the mechanics of M phase. It includes a Media DVD-ROM which accompanies the book.
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Charles Darwin
By Janet Browne
Hardback
Published 07-Aug-2003
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This concluding volume of Charles Darwin's biography looks closely at the wider publishing world of Victorian England and the different audiences which responded to Darwin's ideas. It considers the Darwinian revolution from his point of view and what it was like to become a scientific celebrity.
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Darwin Among the Machines
By George Dyson
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Published 01-Mar-2012
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Describes a fresh viewpoint of the emerging relationship between nature and machines.
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Eternity
By Michael Hanlon
Hardback
Published 08-Oct-2008
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It has become received wisdom that our world is doomed. Mike Hanlon believes that not only is humankind not doomed, but that we may be around for millions, if not hundreds of millions of years. Humans will survive. Our future is in many ways bizarre, surreal and sometimes depressing - but it will still be our world, populated by us.
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No Time to Lose
By Peter Piot
Hardback
Published 03-Jul-2012
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The story of a microbiologist's remarkable career, from identifying the Ebolavirus to pioneering AIDS research and policy.
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Experiment Eleven
By Peter Pringle
Hardback
Published 12-Apr-2012
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A wonder drug, a disputed Nobel Prize, and a patent that shaped modern medicine
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Like a Virgin
By Aarathi Prasad
Hardback
Published 16-Aug-2012
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An adventurous romp through the real-world experiments to make babies without sex
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Incognito
By David Eagleman
Paperback
Published 26-Apr-2012
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A sparkling and provocative book on neuroscience.
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Blind Watchmaker
By Richard Dawkins
Paperback
Published 06-Apr-2006
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Demonstrates that theory of evolution by natural selection discovered by Charles Darwin - is only answer to biggest question of all: why do we exist?
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