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THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Science writing at its best. If only chemistry had been like this at school' Matt Ridley ____________________ Everything in the universe is made of them, including you. Like you, the elements have ...

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In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales . Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements—and the amazing, little-known stories behind their discoveries...

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In the spirit of A Short History of Nearly Everything comes Periodic Tales. Award-winning science writer Hugh Andersey-Williams offers readers a captivating look at the elements—and the amazing, little-known stories behind their discoveries....

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What exactly are your chances of being struck by a meteorite?Think you're having less sex than the French?How high will sea levels actually rise?We live in an increasingly uncertain world. There's so much to worry about it is often hard to know wh...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'If only chemistry had been like this at school' Matt Ridley, Prospect ________________Elements. Everything in the universe is made of them, including you. And like you, the elements have personalities, attitudes, talent...

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A Sunday Times 'Must Read' book. Described by the Sunday Times as "a gently studious Bill Bryson crossed with an upbeat and relaxed WG Sebald", Tide is "a superb book... a delight to read. It is profound and powerful, and ...

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From Cnut to D-Day: the history and science of the unceasing tide explored for the first time.Half of the world's population lives in coastal regions lapped by tidal waters. Yet how little most of us know about the tide.Our ability to predict and ...

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Periodic Tales by Hugh Aldersey-Williams, read by John Sackville. Everything in the universe is made of them, including you.Like you, the elements have personalities, attitudes, talents, shortcomings, stor...

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The Most Beautiful Molecule "The molecule, buckminsterfullerene, is beautiful physically and intellectually. Its qualities, and even some of its properties, can be appreciated instantly and intuitively by nonscientists. Its uniqueness is boun...

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The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year, Anatomies by Hugh Aldersey-Williams, author of bestseller Periodic Tales, is a splendidly entertaining journey through the art, science, literature and history of the human body.'Magnificent, inspired. He...

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A collection of the most fascinating letters by the world's greatest scientists. Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character Albert Einstein Scientists are not often remembered for t...

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'Enchanting to the point of escapism.' - Simon Ings, Spectator'Hugh Aldersey-Williams rescues his subject from Newton's shadow, where he was been unjustly confined for over three hundred years.' - Literary ReviewFilled with incident, discovery, an...

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Europe's greatest scientist during the latter half of the seventeenth century, Christiaan Huygens was a true polymath. A towering figure in the fields of astronomy, optics, mechanics and mathematics, many of his innovations in methodology, optics ...

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'Enchanting to the point of escapism.' Simon Ings, Spectator 'Hugh Aldersey-Williams rescues his subject from Newton's shadow, where he was been unjustly confined for over three hundred years.' Literary Review Filled with ...

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