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Quantum Evolution presents a revolutionary new scientific theory by asking: is there a force of will behind evolution? In his astonishing first book, Johnjoe McFadden shows that there is.‘McFadden’s bold hypothesis that quantum physics plays a key ro…

‘We can draw lines across the world any way we choose, and in the history of race science, people have. What matters isn’t where the lines are drawn, but what they mean.’ Modern science is pivotal in our understanding of race – not because of the lin…

Джордж Бернард Шоу (1856–1950) известный английский драматург, лауреат Нобелевской премии (1925). В издание вошли две пьесы автора. Одна из них – «Пигмалион» (1914) – повествует о простой цветочнице, ставшей настоящей леди. Другая – «Цезарь и Клеопат…

From the founder of the worldwide 30% Club campaign comes a career book for women in a transforming world who don't just want to lean in, but instead, shatter the paradigm as we know it.‘I absolutely love her, I think she’s such a force for good’ Pan…

A Very British Christmas is a twelve-stage sleigh ride through the best, worst, strangest and funniest aspects of the Christmas holiday, with cultural icons saluted, national habits dissected and personal reminiscences from those who’ve eaten all the…

The authoritative and comprehensive guide to tracing your Scottish ancestryThere's never been a better time to trace your Scottish family history. Vast internet resources and DNA testing, as well as access to censuses, religious records and other arc…

Presents a solid introduction to thermal analysis, methods, instrumentation, calibration, and application along with the necessary theoretical background. Useful to chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and engineers who are new to thermal anal…

Now in its second completely revised and expanded edition. Written by the renowned editors B. Cornils and W. A. Herrmann, this book presents every important aspect of aqueous-phase organometallic catalysis, a method which saves time, waste and money.…

The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the chemical physics and physical chemistry fields with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline. Filled with cutting-edge research reported in a cohe…

Covering all aspects of this field, this volume also critically discusses recent results obtained with the use of nitroxides, while providing an analysis of future developments. Written by a group of scientists with long-term experience in investigat…

David Crystal, one of the world’s leading commentators on language, tackles the proverbs of the world. In this anthology of global proverbs Crystal brings his customary keen eye and linguistic expertise to this wonderfully rich topic.Proverbs are fas…

Pit your wits against some of the brightest minds in Britain by taking up the challenge of this ultimate quiz of 2000 questions from the Brain of Britain archives.Brain of Britain is the longest-running of all the broadcast quiz shows open to the pub…

The plain guide to the clear presentation of written language: punctuation is the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the English language, and here is the ideal everyday companion.Punctuation has been described as ‘a courtesy designed to help readers understand a s…

The essential guide to writing English, this book will help you to develop your written communication skills and to use language to express yourself clearly and correctly.Can you learn how to improve your writing skills? Can the art of good writing b…

The use of cell-based assays within pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies is driven in large part by the need to evaluate the plethora of drug targets derived from genomics and proteomics. In addition, the potential of biomarkers to facilitate t…

Filling an important gap in the geophysical literature at specialist level, this monograph is the only up-to-date title to provide a link between the Earth's rotation and its atmo- and hydrosphere, including the ice masses. Starting with the Earth's …

В этом издании неадаптированные тексты блистательных рассказов американского юмориста смогут читать даже те, кто пока не очень хорошо знает английский. К каждой странице текста дается словарь самых нужных слов и краткие грамматические комментарии. С …

В этом издании неадаптированные рассказы О. Генри, Марка Твена, Стивена Ликока, А. Конан Дойля, Саки и Брета Гарта смогут прочитать даже те, кто пока не очень хорошо знает английский. К каждой странице текста дается словарь самых нужных слов и кратки…

Biochemical analysis is a rapidly expanding field and is a key component of modern drug discovery and research. Methods of Biochemical Analysis provides a periodic and authoritative review of the latest achievements in biochemical analysis. Founded i…

Unique in approach, exhaustive in coverage: this book provides information usually not available to scientists. It explains the basic scientific and technical requirements which apply to the patenting and registration of human or veterinary vaccines …