Pedro G Ferreira
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Times Arrow, Times Cycle
Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time
Stephen J Gould
Rarely has a scholar attained such popular acclaim merely by doing what he does best and enjoys most. But such
The Kiwis Egg
Charles Darwin and Natural Selection
David Quammen
Evolution, during the early nineteenth century, was an idea in the air. Other thinkers had suggested it, but no
Guns, Germs and Steel
A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13000 Years
Jared Diamond
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a national bestseller: the global account of the rise of civilization that is
anthropology, biology, evolution, pandemic, popular, pulitzer
Extinction
How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago
Douglas H Erwin
Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around 95% of all
The Dragons of Eden
Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan
Dr Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insights into the brains
Human Evolution
A Pelican Introduction
Robin Dunbar
The past 12,000 years represent the only time in the sweep of human history when there has been only one human
A Brief History of Time
From Big Bang to Black Holes
Stephen Hawking
In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawkings classic work has become a landmark volume in s
The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
Darwins theory of natural selection issued a profound challenge to orthodox thought and belief: no being or spe
The Fire in the Equations
Science, Religion & the Search for God
Kitty Ferguson
In this beautifully and intelligently written book, Ferguson not only reports on some of the intellectual tremo
Collapse
How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive
Jared Diamond
Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essentia
The Magic of Reality
How we know what is really true
Richard Dawkins
Packed with clever thought experiments, dazzling illustrations and jaw-dropping facts, The Magic of Reality exp
A Universe from Nothing
Why there is something rather than nothing
Lawrence M Krauss
Bestselling author and acclaimed physicist Lawrence Krauss offers a paradigm-shifting view of how everything th
Animal Behaviour
A Synthesis of Ethology and Comparative Psychology
Robert A Hinde
This volume deals with animal behavior on a very sophisticated level. It deals with all aspects from the very b
The Road to Reality
A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe
Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose, one of the most accomplished scientists of our time, presents the only comprehensive and compreh
astronomy, cosmology, mathematics, physics, quantum, relativity
Bad Pharma
How medicine is broken, and how we can fix it
Ben Goldacre
Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that its based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, th
The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee
How our animal heritage affects the way we live
Jared Diamond
At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behavior that distinguished us
Darwins Dangerous Idea
Evolution and the Meanings of Life
Daniel C Dennett
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe ca
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
Stephen Jay Gould
The worlds most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of explanatory force
The Demon-Haunted World
Science as a Candle in the Dark
Carl Sagan
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we dont understand the
The Sleepwalkers
A History of Mans Changing Vision of the Universe
Arthur Koestler
An extraordinary history of humanitys changing vision of the universe. In this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koest
The World Until Yesterday
Jared Diamond
Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to liter
Cycles of Time
An Extraordinary New View of the Universe
Roger Penrose
Roger Penroses groundbreaking and bestselling The Road to Reality (2005) provided a comprehensive yet readable
Virus Hunt
The Search for the Origin of HIV
Dorothy H Crawford
In Virus Hunt, renowned virologist Dorothy H. Crawford takes us inside one of the great research quests of our
Ethical Wisdom: What Makes Us Good
Mark Matousek
Since the days of the first primitive tribes, we have tried to determine why one man is good and another evil.
The Perfect Theory
A Century of Geniuses and the Battle Over General Relativity
Pedro G Ferreira
Physicists have been exploring, debating, and questioning the general theory of relativity ever since Albert Ei