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A major new biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveller, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selection
Alfred Russel Wallace (18231913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist ...
What with evolution and extinction, food chains and keystone species, rewilding and regeneration, the modern landscape of biodiversity is a vital place to explore. But ...
"An extraordinary history of the perils and promise of every breath we take" James Nestor, New York Times bestselling author of Breath
"Another brilliant work ...
Drawing on the latest international research, leading physician and healthcare expert Professor Geoffrey Guy examines how quantum phenomena affect processes as diverse as the functioning ...
The fascinating and dramatic story of a forgotten, life-saving cure to conquer deadly bacterial infections - bacteriophages - and the remarkable scientists behind them
When antibiotics started ...
An exploration of the most common life form on Earth-parasites-and how they provide insight into humanity's most difficult problems.
"In nature, as in society ...
What with consciousness and perception, memory and dementia, altered mental states and Artificial Intelligence, the modern landscape of brain science is an extraordinary place to ...
A leading scientist's guide to the way our immune system protects us-but only most of the time
What is our immune system, and how ...
For over half a century, DNA has dominated science and the popular imagination as the "secret of life." But over the last several decades, a ...
Has an animal saved your life?
Studying Arctic birds helped resuscitate those suffering from hypothermia.
An ECG on the 150kg heart of a humpback whale ...
From the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene, the stunning odyssey of the cell - the key to life ...
A cutting-edge new vision of biology that will revise our concept of what life itself is, how to enhance it, and what possibilities it offers ...
You wake up and feel a tickle in your throat. Your head hurts. You're mildly annoyed as you get the kids ready for school ...
'An epic travelogue, brimming with the excitement of discovery. With characteristic panache, Venter unveils the teeming array of bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotes that crowd our ...
