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Ball offers an architectural biography of the magnificent Chartres cathedral, a revolution in thought embodied in stone and glass, and the greatest conjunction of religion, science,...
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The grippingly told story of the most familiar, yet suprisingly little understood, substance on the planet. "One of the best science books of the year" New Scientist...
`A clear and deeply researched account of what's known about the quantum laws of nature, and how to think about what they might really mean' Nature `I think I can safely...
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The processes in a single living cell are akin to that of a city teeming with molecular inhabitants that move, communicate, cooperate, and compete. In this Very Short Introduction,...
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A non-traditional approach to understanding the terminology, properties and classification of chemical elements...
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