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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes by Adam Rutherford
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It is unique to you, as it is to each of the 100 billion modern humans who have ever drawn breath. But it is also our collective story, because in every one of our genomes we each carry the history of our species - birth ...Show more
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics by Adam Rutherford
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Category: Science
* FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO ARGUE WITH A RACIST *Throughout history, people have sought to improve society by reducing suffering, eliminating disease or enhancing desirable qualities in their children. But this wish goes hand in hand with the desire to impose control over who ca ...Show more
Genetics: A Ladybird Expert Book by Adam Rutherford
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Category: Science | Series: The\Ladybird Expert Ser.
Part of the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIES. ____________ Who discovered genetics? How does gene inheritance work? Is DNA common to all living things? We inherit CODES from our parents. And these codes are written in the molecule DNA. This DNA means that we RESEMBLE each other, namely our families. This ...Show more
How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality by Adam Rutherford
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Category: Current Affairs
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'The ultimate anti-racism guide' Caroline Criado Perez 'Seriously important' Bill Bryson 'A fascinating debunking of racial pseudoscience' Guardian Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal ...Show more
How to Argue with a Racist (HB) by Adam Rutherford
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal to science to strengthen racist ideologies is on the rise - and increasingly part of the public discourse on politics, migration, education, sport and intelligence. Stereotypes and myths about race are expressed not ...Show more
Rutherford and Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): new from the stars of BBC Radio 4 by Hannah Fry, Adam Rutherford
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
In Rutherford and Fry's comprehensive guidebook, they tell the complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it - skipping over some of the boring parts. This is a celebration of the weirdness of the cosmos, the strangeness of humans and the fact that amid all the mess, we can somehow make ...Show more
The Book of Humans - A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us by Adam Rutherford
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Category: Science
WHAT MAKES US HUMAN? Waging war?Sex for pleasure?Creating art?Mastery of fire? In this thrilling tour of the animal kingdom, Adam Rutherford tells the story of how we became the unique creatures we are today. Illuminated by the latest scientific discoveries, THE BOOK OF HUMANS is a dazzling compendium ...Show more
The Book of Humans - The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford
$32.99 AUD
Category: Science
'Charming, compelling and packed with information. I learned more about biology from this short book than I did from years of science lessons. A weird and wonderful read' PETER FRANKOPAN We like to think of ourselves as exceptional beings, but is there really anything special about us that sets us apart ...Show more
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