The heart is our most important – and perhaps most mysterious – organ. Every day it pumps 9000 litres of blood and beats around 100,000 times. But the heart is more than just a pump... Zobraziť viac
A New York Times bestseller, Safari is a magical journey for the whole family. Readers, as if on African safari, encounter eight wild animals that come alive using never-before-seen Photicular technology... Zobraziť viac
*100,000 words, phrases and meanings, including the Academic Word List *40,000 corpus-based examples *Integrated Thesaurus explains 6000 synonyms, antonyms and... Zobraziť viac
Flowers have been a popular motif in art for centuries. As the epitome of natural beauty and earthly mortality since the Baroque era, flowers have lost none of their fascination for artists in the 20th and 21st centuries... Zobraziť viac
Every animal on the planet owes its existence to one crucial piece of evolutionary engineering: the egg... Zobraziť viac
This is our world, as you've never seen it before.The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields... Zobraziť viac
No other life form on the planet has generated a brain like ours... Zobraziť viac
Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don't belong to you, ... Zobraziť viac
'Quite simply the best book about science and life that I have ever read' - Alice Roberts How does life begin? What drives a newly fertilized egg to keep dividing and growing until it becomes 40 trillion cells... Zobraziť viac
This is the story of a group of strangers, each summoned in different ways by the natural world, brought together to save it from catastrophe.... Zobraziť viac
Experience the force, mystery, and beauty of the ocean and seas through more than 300 images - featuring underwater photography, oceanographic maps and scientific illustrations, as well as paintings, sculptures and popular films... Zobraziť viac
Still considered one of the most important and groundbreaking works of science ever written, Darwin’s eminently readable exploration of the evolutionary process challenged most of the strong beliefs of the Western world... Zobraziť viac
There are a wide range of insects, arachnids, and other invertebrate species that can be maintained and exhibited alive for... Zobraziť viac
The Polar Regions have so captivated Filip Kulisev over the years that he finally decided to devote a book to exploring these parts of the world. In Polar Planet he points out the differences between the Artic and Antarctica... Zobraziť viac
The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us avoid environmental disaster; they are metabolic masters, earth-makers and key players in most of nature's processes... Zobraziť viac
The Polar Regions have so captivated Filip Kulisev over the years that he finally decided to devote a book to exploring these parts of the world. In Polar Planet he points out the differences between the Artic and Antarctica... Zobraziť viac
The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history, from bestselling, prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Spanning the globe and several centuries, The Gene is the story of the quest to decipher the master ... Zobraziť viac
Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ability to heal itself. Full of extraordinary facts, astonishing stories and now fully illustrated for the first time... Zobraziť viac
Get ready to learn everything you never knew about plants and then some! Now in paperback, this illustrated compendium celebrates the plants you didn't even know you used, from your toothpaste to your car tires to the name of your great-great-aunt... Zobraziť viac
For decades, biology has been dominated by information - the power of genes. Yet there is no difference in information content between a living cell and one that died a moment ago... Zobraziť viac
