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  • Lone Survivors

    How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth

    by Chris Stringer ...
    A top researcher proposes a controversial new theory of human evolution in a book "combining the thrill of a novel with a remarkable depth of perspective" ( Nature).In this groundbreaking and engaging work of science, world-renowned paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer sets out a new theory of humanity's origin, challenging both the multiregionalists (who hold that modern humans developed from ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain

    Edited by Nick Ashton, Simon Lewis, Chris Stringer ...
    Series Book 14 - Developments in Quaternary Science
    The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain Project (AHOB) funded by the Leverhulme Trust began in 2001 and brought together researchers from a range of disciplines with the aim of investigating the record of human presence in Britain from the earliest occupation until the end of the last Ice Age, about 12,000 years ago. Study of changes in climate, landscape and biota over the last million years ... Read more

    $202.49 USD

  • The Piltdown Forgery

    Fiftieth Anniversary edition, with a new Introduction and Afterword by Chris Stringer

    by J. S. Weiner ...
    On 21 November 1953, one of the most fascinating puzzles in science was finally solved. Three scientists--Joseph Weiner, Kenneth Oakley, and Wilfrid Le Gros Clark--described their investigations into the important fossilized human remains found at Piltdown in Sussex in the early 1900s. Their conclusion was stunning: the remains, and the accompanying materials that supposedly verified them as ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • African Exodus

    The Origins of Modern Humanity

    by Chris Stringer, Robin McKie ...
    A Choice Outstanding Academic BookA Library Journal Best Sci-Tech BookA New York Times Notable BookOnce in a generation a book such as African Exodus emerges to transform the way we see ourselves. This landmark book, which argues that our genes betray the secret of a single racial stock shared by all of modern humanity, has set off one of the most bitter debates in contemporary science. "We ... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Off-Earth

    Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space

    by Erika Nesvold ...
    THE REALITY OF SPACE SETTLEMENT: An astrophysicist ponders the ethics of living in space for anyone interested in space exploration and the philosophy of science.Before we embark on Star Trek-type missions, we must first ask: Can we truly do better in space than we’ve done here on Earth?We’ve pinpointed the destination, refined the technology, designed the habitat, outfitted our space residents. ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • An Infinity of Worlds

    Cosmic Inflation and the Beginning of the Universe

    by Will Kinney ...
    WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE BIG BANG? A physics professor offers a theory about the ultimate origin of the universe—and challenges the concept of a multiverse, string theory, and more.In the beginning was the Big Bang: an unimaginably hot fire almost 14 billion years ago in which the first elements were forged. The physical theory of the hot nascent universe—the Big Bang—was one of the most ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • The 10,000 Year Explosion

    How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

    by Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending ...
    Resistance to malaria. Blue eyes. Lactose tolerance. What do all of these traits have in common? Every one of them has emerged in the last 10,000 years.Scientists have long believed that the "great leap forward" that occurred some 40,000 to 50,000 years ago in Europe marked end of significant biological evolution in humans. In this stunningly original account of our evolutionary history, top ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Forbidden History

    Prehistoric Technologies, Extraterrestrial Intervention, and the Suppressed Origins of Civilization

    Edited by J. Douglas Kenyon ...
    Challenges the scientific theories on the establishment of civilization and technology• Contains 42 essays by 17 key thinkers in the fields of alternative science and history, including Christopher Dunn, Frank Joseph, Will Hart, Rand Flem-Ath, and Moira Timmes• Edited by Atlantis Rising publisher, J. Douglas KenyonIn Forbidden History writer and editor J. Douglas Kenyon has chosen 42 essays that ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • When the Earth Had Two Moons

    Cannibal Planets, Icy Giants, Dirty Comets, Dreadful Orbits, and the Origins of the Night Sky

    by Erik Asphaug ...
    This expert guide to plant formation and the origins of life "makes the solar system an even weirder and more wonderful place than it seemed before" ( Wall Street Journal).In 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 revealed an astonishing truth: the far side of the moon is an enormous mountainous expanse, completely different from the vast lava-plains on the side facing Earth. But why would the two side of ... Read more

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  • Fatal Discord

    Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind

    by Michael Massing ...
    The "riveting" story of Erasmus, Martin Luther, and the rivalry between the reformer and the dissident: "An impressive, powerful intellectual history." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)At a time when Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael were revolutionizing Western art and culture, Erasmus of Rotterdam was helping to transform Europe's intellectual and religious life, developing a new design for ... Read more

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  • Your Atomic Self

    The Invisible Elements That Connect You to Everything Else in the Universe

    by Curt Stager ...
    "Delightful alchemy: Curt Stager transforms atomic science into lustrous, golden stories about the hidden connections that unite us all." —David George Haskell, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Forest UnseenWhat do atoms have to do with your life? In Your Atomic Self, scientist Curt Stager reveals how they connect you to some of the most amazing things in the universe.You will ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Capturing the Light

    The Birth of Photography, a True Story of Genius and Rivalry

    by Roger Watson, Helen Rappaport ...
    A "thoroughly enjoyable" account of the English scientist and the French artist, each toiling alone, who invented modern photography ( The Wall Street Journal).During the 1830s, in an atmosphere of intense scientific inquiry fostered by the industrial revolution, two quite different men—one in France, one in England—developed their own dramatically different photographic processes in total ... Read more

    $12.99 USD