Presents the inside story of the creation of the atomic bomb in terms understandable to the layman, and discusses the crisis of conscience following the demonstration of the bomb's...9999903425083Charles Percy Snow Snow (...
Little, Brown and Company
viernes, 30 de enero de 2026
"In this original and highly entertaining book, Dr. Jonathan Miller considers the functioning of the body as a subject of private experience. He explores our attitudes towards our ...9999903424901Jonathan Miller
Jonathan Cape
viernes, 30 de enero de 2026
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Corsair
viernes, 23 de enero de 2026
A HistoryConsiders the roots of the ideas of the modern ecological movement in two distinct strands of the scientific community, the biological and economic, and then traces the intellectua...9999903418689Anna Bramwell
Yale University Press
viernes, 16 de enero de 2026
How does city life change the way we act? What accounts for the increasing prevalence of violence and anxiety in our world? In this new edition of his controversial 1969 bestseller...9999903418542Desmond Morris
Black Swan
viernes, 16 de enero de 2026
This study of the BaMbuti Pygmies of the Congo has become a classic work in the finest tradition of literate anthropology. Turnbull lived among the BaMbuti for three years, not as ...9999903417279Colin M. Turnbull
Pocket
sábado, 10 de enero de 2026
'This Is the Book Everyone Should Read about COVID-19' Kate MosseALL ROYALTIES FROM SALES GO TO HEROES, A CHARITY PROTECTING AND SUPPORTING HEALTHCARE WORKERS. The first book to tell the full story of the Covid-19 pandemic, from an NHS doctor wo...9999903413714Dominic Pimenta
Editors Varis
lunes, 29 de diciembre de 2025
Why Things Spread - and why They Stop'It is hard to imagine a more timely book ... much of the modern world will make more sense having read it.' The Times'Brilliant and authoritative' - Alex Bellos, author of Alex's ...9999903413578Adam Kucharski
Profile
lunes, 29 de diciembre de 2025
"Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery" - Richard Dawkins In this book a master scientist tells the great story of how...9999903411611Wilson, Edward O.
Penguin Books Ltd
sábado, 20 de diciembre de 2025
Maria Edgeworth's first book makes a humorous contribution to the 1790s debate on women's intellectual emancipation. In three linked sections, the "gentleman" advises his friend ag...9999903409922Edgeworth, Maria
Editors Varis
miércoles, 17 de diciembre de 2025
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