How evolution explains everything about life

All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants. We now know that it has taken 3.8 billions of years of work by the forces of evolution to turn what was once a lump of barren rock into the rich diversity o…

Red memory : the afterlives of China's cultural revolution

“It is impossible to understand China today without understanding the Cultural Revolution,” Tania Branigan writes. During this decade of Maoist fanaticism between 1966 and 1976, children condemned parents, students condemned teachers, and as many as two million people died for their supposed political sins, while tens of millions were hounded, ostracized, and imprisoned. Yet in China this b…

Gerpolek

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9786238476411

Collation

106 p. ; 20 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

300 MAL g

Aksi massa

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9786238476404

Collation

134 p. ; 20 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

300 MAL a

Charles Darwin

Born into a family of scientists, Charles spent much of his childhood wandering the countryside, collecting seeds, flowers and insects. His fascination with nature led him aboard the HMS Beagle, where he took a journey that would change scientific thinking forever. This inspiring story of the writer and naturalist features a facts and photo section at the back.

How to argue with a racist: what our genes do and don't say about human diffe…

Race is not a biological reality. Racism thrives on our not knowing this.

A brief history of everyone who ever lived: the human story retold through ou…

In our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species—births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex. But those stories have always been locked away—until now. Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has blown the lid off what we thought we knew. Acclaimed science writ…

Asal Mula Terjadinya Alam Semesta, Galaksi, Tata Surya, dan Kita

Manusia berusaha mencari tahu asal mula dirinya dan segalanya sejak dulu. Penelitian sains telah mengungkap bahwa asal mula manusia bukan hanya dari Bumi, melainkan juga bintang-bintang dan alam semesta. Kisah asal mula kita merentang sampai awal waktu serta kelahiran ruang dan seluruh zat. Asal Mula menceritakan bagaimana terjadinya alam semesta, bintang-bintang, planet-planet, dan kehidupan b…

Collapse : How Societies Choose to Fail to Survive

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780713998627

Collation

575 pages, paperback

Series Title

-

Call Number

190 DIA c

National Geographic Indonesia: Bayi Tertua

Edition

November 2006

ISBN/ISSN

9771858201017

Collation

128 pages; ill.

Series Title

-

Call Number

500 NAT b