Beyond belief: the science of the future

Today's innovators are often inspired by the futuristic visions of science fiction... worlds in which humans can travel through time, teleport, upload their minds to a computer and create artificial life. But did you know that many of these strange and far-fetched ideas could one day emerge as real technologies? Learn what steps scientists are taking to make these dreams real, and what the i…

Book of flight: 10 records breaking animal with wings

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Ed. 1

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9780714878683

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48 p. ; ill. ; 28 cm

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591 BAL b

Indonesia out of exile: how Pramoedya's buru quartet killed a dictatorship

In 1981, a new company, Hasta Mitra, founded by three men just released from over a decade in prison, published a novel written in a prison camp by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The novel was This Earth of Mankind. It told the story of the early gestation of the Indonesian national awakening. The dictatorship eventually banned it after several months of tactical struggle by the three men, Pramoedya hi…

In the afterlight

The fate of a generation lies in Ruby's hands - and one wrong move could set the world on fire. One of the few survivors of a disease which killed most of America's children, Ruby has emerged as Leader of the rebel group determined to bring the government down. Torn apart by the unbearable loss of Liam, she forms an unlikely alliance with his brother, Cole. But whatever their differences, Ruby …

How to fossilize your hamster

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9781846680441

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500 OHA h

The tyranny of merit

Edition

Ed. 1

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9780141991177

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272 p. ; 20 cm

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320 SAN t

Ten survival skills for a world in flux

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Ed. 1

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9780008447809

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310 p. ; 23 cm

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303 FLE t

What makes us human?: 130 answers to the big question

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Ed. 1

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9781472272522

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399 p. ; 23 cm

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301 VIN w

How to live with each other: an anthropologist's notes on sharing a divided w…

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Ed. 1

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9781788163897

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353 p. ; 21 cm

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301 SAM h

The water book

Alok Jha's meticulously researched biography of what is perhaps the strangest molecule in the universe – and certainly the most crucial to our survival – reveals a story that takes the reader from the Big Bang to the latest cutting-edge developments of modern science.