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50 Biology Ideas You Really Need to Know by J. V. Chamary
$29.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
50 Biology Ideas You Really Need to Know is your guide to the most significant and stimulating questions in the study of life. Why do species evolve? Can characteristics be inherited without DNA? Are all organisms made of cells? What makes us human? This book provides succinct answers to all these quest ...Show more
50 Chemistry Ideas You Really Need to Know by Hayley Birch
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Category: Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Chemistry is at the cutting ege of our lives. How does a silicon chip work? How can we harness natural products to combat human disease? And is it possible to create artificial muscles? Providing answers to these questions and many more, 50 Chemistry Ideas You Really Need to Know is an engaging guide to ...Show more
50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Mark Henderson
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Category: Popular 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: Psychology | 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 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Digital by Tom Chatfield
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
We are in the throes of a revolution, yet the rapid pace of technological and cultural change makes it difficult to understand what's going on. 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Digital provides a clear path through the misinformation surrounding those technologies that are transforming the world. Leadi ...Show more
50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Psychology by Adrian Furnham
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
How different are men and women's brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires? If you have you ever grappled with these concepts, then this book is for you. Not only providing the answers to these questions and many more, a series ...Show more
50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know by John Sutherland
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Literature suffers from appearing both deceptively easy and dauntingly difficult. We all like to think we can read a novel and understand what 'genre', 'style' and 'narrative' mean, but do we really understand them fully and how they can enrich our reading experience? How should we approach the works of ...Show more
50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know by Tony Crilly
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Category: Reference | 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 of Science Ideas You Really Need to Know by Gareth Southwell
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
Science first began as a branch of philosophy, but it has since grown up and moved out of the family home, and its successes have put its parent in the shade. Thanks to scientific knowledge we have walked on the Moon, cured once-fatal illnesses, and even identified the very building blocks of life and t ...Show more
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
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Category: Reference | 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 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know by Ben Dupre
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Category: Cultural Studies | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
At a time of corrosive popular cynicism and profound international unease, the need for clarity over the fundamental concepts of politics has never been greater: the forces of Terrorism and Fundamentalism endanger our Security, while government responses to it pose a basic threat to Liberty, Democracy a ...Show more
50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know by Adrian Furnham
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Category: Psychology | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series
How different are men and women's brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires? Psychology is everywhere in today's society. No crime fiction, documentary, chat show or medical consultation is complete without the introduction of a ...Show more