This superb new publication from Prestel recounts the story of the great German scientist who inspired Darwin and his celebrated botanical exploration of South America.
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Special offer for Folio members. A monumental work from the pioneer and master of bird painting
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In this award-winning, lucid and entertainingly written book, Dawkins uses the great scientific discoveries of modern times - from DNA to the power of computing and the electron microscope - to lead the reader step by logical step towards a heightened understanding of evolution.
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With his theory of the ‘selfish’ gene, Richard Dawkins took up the story of evolution essentially where Darwin had left off, changing for ever our perception of humanity and life on Earth. Since its first publication in 1976, The Selfish Gene has been translated into 25 languages, and it is considered one of the most important scientific works of the late 20th century.
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A thrilling story of professional obsession and cut-throat rivalry; a battle of wits, which not only revealed how genetic material could replicate itself, but pushed modern science in an unprecedented direction.
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In his ‘Intimate History’, Richard Fortey unlocks the geological secrets of the earth – its origin and the constant processes that destroy and create it. His aim is to unite the natural and human history of particular places with the geological realities that underlie them.
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This mind-bending collection - published to mark the 20th anniversary of Feynman's death - could change your view of science for ever.
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In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Darwin set out ‘to show in considerable detail that all the chief expressions exhibited by man are the same throughout the world.’
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Acclaimed science writer Simon Singh brilliantly reconstructs one of the greatest intellectual struggles in the history of mathematics - the 350-year search to find the proof for Fermat’s Last Theorem.
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Our understanding of the natural world rests on the work of the great naturalists who flourished from the ancient world up to the age of Darwin. Often amateur, occasionally self-taught, they made discoveries that were frequently as unexpected as they were brilliant. Their pioneering lives are celebrated in this beautiful and fascinating book.
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G.E.R. Lloyd traces the birth of science from Thales to Galen. A new foreword by Lewis Wolpert, Emeritus Professor at University College London, pays tribute to the Ancient Greeks and to Lloyd’s exploration of their fundamental role.
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Bewick was not only, or even primarily, a naturalist. His major occupation was as an artist-engraver who revolutionised the craft of wood-engraving. A History of British Birds is his masterpiece, with more than 250 engravings for each volume it is one of the most influential and best-loved works of British natural history.
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Albert Einstein was a complex, fascinating man, as brilliant when writing about pacifism, religion and anti-Semitism as about theoretical physics. Ideas and Opinions is a wonderfully engrossing collection of Einstein’s major articles, speeches and letters on all these subjects, and more.
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The definitive introduction to quantum physics and one of the few books on the topic aimed at the general reader. An engaging and elegant account, beginning with the discoveries of Issac Newton, John Gribbin takes us through the evolution of classical physics and beyond.
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Life is a fascinating odyssey through the first 4 billion years of life on earth, from the big bang to the first humans. Eloquent, enthralling and filled with the wonder of discovery this is a book that helps answer the question: 'why are we here?'
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