In this revelatory book, Dr Jonathan Kennedy argues that germs have shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo sapiens over the equally intelligent Neanderthals to the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam...
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A systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving...
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It's time for us to rewrite the story of what we are and how we came to be, no matter how weird or hilarious the truth is. From the way we grow our nails to how we think, everything we call human is fundamentally shaped by how our bodies evolved...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba423 KčSkladem > 5 ks
What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? ...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba255 KčSkladem 3 ks
This is the past as we've never seen it before. Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating journey into deep time, showing us the Earth as it used to exist, and the worlds that were here before ours...
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Humans are mammals. Most of us appreciate that at some level. But what does it mean for us to have more in common with a horse and an elephant than we do with a parrot, snake or frog? After a misdirected football left new father Liam Drew clutching...
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A major book about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a powerful account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes...
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For too long the Neanderthals have been seen as dim-witted evolutionary dead-enders who looked and behaved completely differently from us, but in recent years their story has been transformed thanks to new discoveries and advances in scientific...
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The peacock mantis shrimp can throw a punch that can fracture aquarium walls. The great grey owl can hear many decibels lower than the human ear. The star-nosed mole's miraculous nose allows it to catch worms in as little as 120 milliseconds...
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Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a storyteller, is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders—autism, Tourette's syndrome, ...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba392 KčDo 22 – 27 dnů
The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ecological processes are central to the formation of new species when barriers to ...
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The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough's classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave...
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Growing Up Human reveals how our evolutionary history has shaped a phenomenon experienced by all readers – childhood...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba345 KčSkladem 2 ks
Every animal on the planet owes its existence to one crucial piece of evolutionary engineering: the egg...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba499 KčSkladem 2 ks
A Times Best Book of 2021From the very first dog to glowing fish and designer pigs...
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Knihabrožovaná vazba291 KčDo 3 – 7 dnů
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