How science works

Cancer Biology: How Science Works

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Human Epigenetics: How Science Works

The first five chapters explain the molecular basis of epigenetics, while the following seven chapters provide examples for the impact of epigenetics

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Exploring Science : How Science Works Year 8 Student Book with ActiveBook with CDROM

Part of the Number One course for 11-14 year-olds has now been fully revised for the new science curriculum.

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Exploring Science : How Science Works Year 7 Student Book with ActiveBook with CDROM

Part of the Number One course for 11-14 year-olds has now been fully revised for the new science curriculum.

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Exploring Science : How Science Works Year 9 Student Book with ActiveBook with CDROM

Fully accessible for all your pupils, these best-selling Pupil Books are differentiated to four levels of ability to cater for a range of teaching and

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How Colour Works

The science of colour as you've never seen it before - this captivating book for kids aged 5+ covers key STEAM subjects: science, technology, engineer

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How it All Works

A beautiful guide that clearly explains the laws and phenomena of science by putting them in an innovative visual setting.

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How Confidence Works

Confidence lies at the core of what makes things happen. Exploring the science and neuroscience behind confidence that has emerged over the last dec

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How Philosophy Works

Demystifying the key ideas of the world's greatest philosophers, and exploring all of the most important branches of thought including philosophy of science, philosophy of religion and feminist philosophy in a uniquely visual way, this book is the pe

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How Economics Works: The Concepts Visually Explained - Dorling Kindersley

<p>Discover everything you need to know about Economics. What is Economics? Why do consumers borrow and save? How do economic systems work? Money and investing can be daunting. This book covers all of the key aspects of economic theory and history.How Economics Works brings you the facts visually explained.With this simple Economics book, you can find: An introducti...

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How to Be a Scientist

Many undergraduate students choose a science degree but are not aware of how science and research works in the real world. We explain the processes of

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AQA Biology A2 Student Book

Supports your students and helps them develop the skills required to tackle How Science Works and practical assessment.

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Parapsychology

Parapsychology bridges the gap between traditional psychology and its fringe areas, providing an engaging account of how science works on the borders

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Physics in the Arts

Physics in the Arts, Third Edition gives science enthusiasts and liberal arts students an engaging, accessible exploration of physical phenomena, particularly with regard to sound and light. This book offers an alternative route to science literacy for those interested in the arts, music and photography. Suitable for a typical course on sound and light for non-science maj...

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Goethe on Science

A systematic arrangement of extracts from Goethe's major scientific works which reveal how fundamentally different his approach was to scientific stud

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How Life Works: A User´s Guide to the New Biology - Philip Ball

<p>A cutting-edge new vision of biology that proposes to revise our concept of what life is - from Science Book Prize winner and former Nature editor Philip Ball.Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Several aspects of the standard picture of how life works have been exposed as incomplete, misleading, or wrong.In How Life Works, Philip Ball expl...

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Classic Science Fiction

<p>Classic works of speculative fiction from the earliest masters of the genre. Classic Science Fiction includes nine stories from masters of early science fiction: H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe, Jack London, Fitz James O'Brien, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Stanley G. Weinbaum. The exploration of new concepts and technologies has driven...

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At The Fringes Of Science

In this book, Michael Friedlander provides an increased understanding of what science is, how it works, and how the nonscientist should deal with scie

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How the World Really Works : A Scientist´s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future - Smil Václav

Anotace: We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don`t know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works ...

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How the World Really Works : A Scientist´s Guide to Our Past, Present and Future - Václav Smil

<p>We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works o...

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What´s the Point of Science? - kolektiv autorů

Anotace: Wonderful storytelling and hand-drawn illustrations reveal the wonder of scientific discovery through history, ages 9-12Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING!From how to stop a virus to defy gravity, and from how to predict the future to how to see the past, this boo...

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What´s the Point of Science? - autorů kolektiv

<p>Wonderful storytelling and hand-drawn illustrations reveal the wonder of scientific discovery through history, ages 9-12 Bored of biology? Crushed by chemistry? Perplexed by physics? DOES SCIENCE REALLY MATTER ANYWAY? Oh, only for... JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING! From how to stop a virus to defy gravity, and from how to predict the future to how to see the past, this...

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First Science Library: Light a Dark

A simple and clear how-to book for younger readers about light and how it works, with practical projects, accessible text and lively illustrations.

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Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science

This is the story of how L. Ron Hubbard discovered the principles jhow the human mind works and how he developed the procedures to improve intelligence and wellbeing. Originally written for a national magazine published to coincide with the release of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health it started a wildfire movement virtually overnight upon that book's publica...

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Reading Instruction That Works, Fifth Edition Taylor & Francis Ltd

Now in a revised and updated fifth edition, this gold-standard text and K-8 practitioner resource provides a roadmap for comprehensive literacy instruction informed by the science of reading. Rather than advocating one best approach, the book shows how to balance skills- and meaning-focused instruction to support all studentsa#39, success. Chapters describe specific ways ...

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Reading Instruction That Works, Fifth Edition Taylor & Francis Ltd

Now in a revised and updated fifth edition, this gold-standard text and K-8 practitioner resource provides a roadmap for comprehensive literacy instruction informed by the science of reading. Rather than advocating one best approach, the book shows how to balance skills- and meaning-focused instruction to support all studentsa#39, success. Chapters describe specific ways ...

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Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World - Helen Czerski

<p>FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.'Professor Alice Roberts'In Helen Czerski's hands, the mechanical becomes magical. An instant classic.'Tristan Gooley, author of How to Read Water'Blue Machine is quite simply one of the best books I have ever read.'Dr George McGavin,...

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The Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language (0141990384)

Kniha - autor Albert Costa, 176 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Fascinating. . . This engaging book explores just how multiple languages are acquired and sorted out by the brain. . . Costa's work derives from a great fund of knowledge, considerable curiosity and solidly scientific spirit' Philip Hensher SpectatorThe definitive study of bilingualism and the ...

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The Bilingual Brain : And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language - Albert Costa

<p>'Fascinating. . . This engaging book explores just how multiple languages are acquired and sorted out by the brain. . . Costa's work derives from a great fund of knowledge, considerable curiosity and solidly scientific spirit' Philip Hensher SpectatorThe definitive study of bilingualism and the human brain from a leading neuropsychologistOver half of the world's ...

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Bilingual Brain: And What It Tells Us about the Science of Language - Albert Costa

Anotace: 'Fascinating. . . This engaging book explores just how multiple languages are acquired and sorted out by the brain. . . Costa's work derives from a great fund of knowledge, considerable curiosity and solidly scientific spirit' Philip Hensher Spectator The definitive study of bilingualism and the human brain from a leading neuropsychologist Over ...

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Your Superstar Brain

A short popular science book about how the brain works

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Words And Rules

One of the world's science superstars presents a brilliantly illuminating, entertaining and cutting-edge account of how language actually works.

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The Secret of Scent

An engaging exploration of the cutting-edge science of olfaction by a celebrated biophysicist who has attempted to solve one of the greatest mysteries of the body: how smell works.

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Why Does My Heart Pump? Level 6 Factbook - Bethune Helen

Anotace: A series of twenty non-fiction science readers which engages children in the world around them. Is the tongue a muscle? How do our bones move? Why do we sneeze? You can find the answers to these and other questions about how the body works in Why Does My Heart Pump?

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Outgrowing God : A Beginner´s Guide, 1. vydání - Richard Dawkins

<p>Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer and author of The God Delusion, explains why we shouldn't. Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In twelve chapters that address some of the most profound questions human ...

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Bilingual Brain

'Fascinating. . .This engaging book explores just how multiple languages are acquired and sorted out by the brain. . .Costa's work derives from a great fund of knowledge, considerable curiosity and solidly scientific spirit' Philip Hensher SpectatorThe definitive study of bilingualism and the human brain from a leading neuropsychologistOver half of the world's population ...

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The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens - and Ourselves (0241986842)

Kniha - autor Arik Kershenbaum, 288 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year DISCOVER HOW LIFE REALLY WORKS - ON EARTH AND IN SPACE 'A wonderfully insightful sidelong look at Earthly biology' Richard Dawkins 'Crawls with curious facts' Sunday Times. We are unprepared for the greatest discovery of modern science. Scientists are c...

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My Hidden Chimp

Written by Prof Steven Peters, 'My Secret Chimp' uses simple science to help children understand what is going in their own heads. Using the Chimp Model from the bestselling 'Chimp Paradox', this book is a children's guide with easy to follow explanations and simple strategies to help them understand how their chimp brain works. With 10 habits to put into practice, su...

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Origin of Species

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared with those accumulated by nature during whole geological periods.' Still considered one of the most important and groundbreaking works of science ever written, Darwin's ...

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I, Robot - Isaac Asimov

<p>Isaac Asimov's ROBOT series - from the iconic collection I, ROBOT to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the THREE LAWS OF ROBOTICS, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intelligence to this day. What happens when a robot begins to question its...

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Is the Planet Full?

What are the impacts of population growth? Can our planet support the demands of the ten billion people anticipated to be the world's population by the middle of this century? While it is common to hear about the problems of overpopulation, might there be unexplored benefits of increasing numbers of people in the world? How can we both consider and harness the potential ...

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The Food Lab

A New York Times BestsellerWinner of the James Beard Award for General Cooking and the IACP Cookbook of the Year Award"The one book you must have, no matter what you’re planning to cook or where your skill level falls."―New York Times Book ReviewEver wondered how to pan-fry a steak with a charred crust and an interior that's perfectly medium-rare from edge to edge when yo...

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Simply AI: Facts Made Fast - Dorling Kindersley

<p>Combining clear labelled imagery with easy-to-understand text, this new edition of Simply Artificial Intelligence is the perfect introduction to the latest developments in AI, including ChatGPT and the Internet of Things.Covering a broad range of fields within AI - from computing and mathematics to politics and philosophy - entries demystify what artificial intel...

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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3 - Dick Philip K.

Anotace: The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick`s short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick`s work includes the influential `Minority Report` and `Sales Pitch`, as well as a litany of mind-expanding other works. Work your way through some of the most influential stories from the 20...

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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3 - Philip K. Dick

<p>The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick's short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick's work includes the influential 'Minority Report' and 'Sales Pitch', as well as a litany of mind-expanding other works. Work your way through some of the most influential stories from the 20t...

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The Invisible Man (Collins Classics) - Herbert George Wells

<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.</p> <p>“I beheld, unclouded by doubt, a magnificent vision of all that invisibility might mean to a man – the mystery, the power, the freedom.”</p> <p>Griffin, a stranger, arrives at the local inn of an English village, entirely shrouded in bandages. ...

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From Strength to Strength - Brooks Arthur C.

Anotace: The #1 New York Times Bestseller`In this book, Arthur C. Brooks helps people find greater happiness as they age and change` - The Dalai Lama `This book is amazing` - Chris Evans`A valuable guide` - Daily Mail From the bestselling author and columnist behind The Atlantic`s popular "How to Build a Life" series, a guide to transforming the life changes we fear into...

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Art of the Modern Age

This is a sweeping and provocative work of aesthetic theory: a trenchant critique of the philosophy of art as it developed from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, combined with a carefully reasoned plea for a new and more flexible approach to art. Jean-Marie Schaeffer, one of France's leading aestheticians, explores the writings of Kant, Schlegel, Nova...

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The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O - Neal Stephenson

<p>You think you know how the world works? Think again. From bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed historical and contemporary commercial novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller that questions the very foundations of the modern world. 1851 EnglandThe Great Exhibition at London's Crystal Palace has opened, ce...

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The Passenger - Cormac McCarthy

Anotace: `A gorgeous ruin in the shape of a hardboiled noir thriller . . . What a glorious sunset song` - The GuardianIt is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His divelight illuminates a sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats. Missing from the crash site are the plane`s black ...

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The Passenger, 1. vydání - Cormac McCarthy

<p>'A gorgeous ruin in the shape of a hardboiled noir thriller . . . What a glorious sunset song' - The GuardianIt is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips the jacket of his wetsuit and plunges from the boat deck into darkness. His divelight illuminates a sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats. Missing from the crash site are the plane's black b...

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Conversations on Love: with Philippa Perry, Dolly Alderton, Roxane Gay, Stephen Grosz, Esther Perel, and many more - Natasha Lunn

<p>*THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'This book might just change your life' Sunday Times'Wise, wonderful, moving and brilliant... will leave your heart in a much better place' StylistAfter years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turned to authors and e...

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The Common Reader: First Series - Virginia Woolfová

Anotace: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. `A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out' In the first volume of her critical essays, Virginia Woolf discusses the greatest authors of the literary canon - Jane Auste...

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Sanderson Brandon

Anotace: The Sanderson book for readers who have never picked up a Sanderson book before... Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson returns to his beloved Cosmere Universe in this exquisitely romantic standalone adventure perfect for fans of This Is How You Lose the Time War and genre-blending anime and manga sensations like Your Name. 'This was utterly brillian...

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Ayn Rand - Anthem

He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world, he dared to fall in love. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: standing out from the mindless human herd. Ay...

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Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Brandon Sanderson

<p>The Sanderson book for readers who have never picked up a Sanderson book before...Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson returns to his beloved Cosmere Universe in this exquisitely romantic standalone adventure perfect for fans of This Is How You Lose the Time War and genre-blending anime and manga sensations like Your Name.</p> <p>'This was utter...

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The Common Reader: First Series (Collins Classics) - Herbert George Wells

<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out' In the first volume of her critical essays, Virginia Woolf discusses the greatest authors of the literary canon - Jane Austen, Geo...

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Detective Fiction

"Detective Fiction" is a clear and compelling look at some of the best known, yet least-understood, characters and texts of the modern day. Charles J. Rzepka traces the history of the genre from its modern beginnings in the early eighteenth century, with the criminal broadsheets and 'true' crime stories of "The Newgate Calendar", to its present state of diversity, innovat...

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