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50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Mark Henderson
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Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
In recent years knowledge of our genetic code has changed our understanding of life on Earth. New genetic technologies are transforming the way we live and promise treatments for otherwise incurable diseases. But these advances are also generating controversy, particularly surrounding issues such as clo ...Show more
50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know by Moheb Costandi
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Category: Reference | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Neuroscience is one of the most fascinating and complex areas of scientific research, with new advances being made every day. In 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know, Mo Costandi condenses all we know about the brain and how it works into series of introductions to the most important concepts. ...Show more
50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know by Tony Crilly
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Category: Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Who invented zero? Why 60 seconds in a minute? How big is infinity? Where do parallel lines meet? And can a butterfly's wings really cause a storm on the far side of the world? In 50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical conce ...Show more
50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need To Know by Ben Dupre
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Category: Philosophy | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Have you ever lain awake at night fretting over how we can be sure of the reality of the external world? Perhaps we are in fact disembodied brains, floating in vats at the whim of some deranged puppet-master? If so, you are not alone - and what's more, you are in exalted company. For this question and o ...Show more
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
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Category: Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
We encounter physics before we've even left the house in the morning; an alarm clock tracks time, a mirror reflects light waves and our mobile phones rely on satellites held in their orbit by gravity. Where would we be without the Bernoulli equation to explain how planes fly, electromagnetic waves enab ...Show more
50 Universe Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
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Category: Reference | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
For millennia humanity has gazed in wonder at the night sky, tracked the motions of the planets and attempted to explain our place in the Universe. But only in our own time has the true scale, the astonishing variety and the remarkable strangeness of the cosmos come clearly into focus. The pace and soph ...Show more
History of War: 50 Ideas You Really Need To Know by Robin Cross
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Category: Reference | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Human history - from the empires of the ancient world to the superpowers of the 21st century - has been inextricably shaped by conflict and the weapons that have been used to wage it. The technologies that have produced advanced civilizations have also been harnessed to the grim business of warfare. Thi ...Show more
World History: 50 Events You Really Need to Know by Ian Crofton
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Category: Reference | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and how they have no idea at all about what happened in between. To remedy this, World History: 50 Key Milestones You Really Need to Know offers brief and stimulating outlines ...Show more
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