Human Biology
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The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters
Tom OliverCurrent price €15.73Original price €18.50We are much more connected to nature and each other than it seems. We perceive ourselves as autonomous, discrete individuals with an unchanging inn...
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Secrets of the Human Body
Andrew CohenCurrent price €29.25Original price €32.50206 bones. One heart. Two eyes. Ten fingers. You may think you know what makes up a human. But it turns out our bodies are full of sur...
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30-Second Brain: The 50 most mind-blowing ideas in neuroscience, each explained in half a minute
Icon BooksCurrent price €15.29Original price €16.99Are we all at the mercy of our brain chemistry? Do you think that the amygdala and the hippocampus are fantastical sea monsters? What can an MRI sc...
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Genetics 101: From Chromosomes and the Double Helix to Cloning and DNA Tests, Everything You Need to Know about Genes
Beth SkwareckiCurrent price €16.65Original price €18.50A clear and straightforward explanation of genetics in this new edition of the popular 101 series. Our genetic makeup determines so much about who ...
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Explaining Human Diversity: Cultures, Minds, Evolution
Carles SalazarCurrent price €41.39Original price €45.99Why are humans so different from each other and what makes the human species so different from all other living organisms? This introductory book p...
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Why We Disagree About Human Nature
Oxford University PressCurrent price €35.69Original price €41.99Is human nature something that the natural and social sciences aim to describe, or is it a pernicious fiction? What role, if any, does ''human natu...
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Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet, and How We Live
Marlene ZukCurrent price €16.65Original price €18.50We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play footballor did we? Are ou...
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Our Senses: An Immersive Experience
Rob DeSalleCurrent price €31.49Original price €34.99A lively and unconventional exploration of our senses, how they work, what is revealed when they dont, and how they connect us to the world Over th...
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The Cell: Discovering the Microscopic World that Determines Our Health, Our Consciousness, and Our Future
Joshua Z. RappoportCurrent price €16.65Original price €18.50Your body has trillions of cells, and each one has the complexity and dynamism of a city. Your life, your thoughts, your diseases, and your health ...
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Chaffin''''s Occupational Biomechanics
Bernard J. MartinCurrent price €126.48Original price €148.80Occupational Biomechanics, Fifth Edition provides the foundations and tools to assemble and evaluate biomechanical processes. It describes the mech...
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The Electric Meme: A New Theory of How We Think
Senior Lecturer Robert AungerCurrent price €19.79Original price €21.99Current price €19.79Original price €21.99Save 10% -
Biolinguistic Investigations on the Language Faculty
John Benjamins Publishing CoCurrent price €84.38Original price €96.99The papers assembled in this volume aim to contribute to our understanding of the human capacity for language: the generative procedure that relate...
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Nutrition: A Very Short Introduction
David BenderCurrent price €14.39Original price €15.99Nutrition is a topic of wide interest and importance. In spite of growing understanding of the underlying biochemistry, and health campaigns such a...
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Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems
Lauralee SherwoodCurrent price €89.09Original price €98.99Organized around the central theme of homeostasis--how the body meets changing demands while maintaining the internal constancy necessary for all c...
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I, Superorganism: Learning to love your inner ecosystem
Jon TurneyCurrent price €16.65Original price €18.50Every human body carries a secret cargo: a huge population of microorganisms living in the mouth, on the skin, in the gut. They help digest our foo...
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The Meaning of Human Existence
Edward O. WilsonCurrent price €15.75Original price €17.50Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche called the rainbow colours around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Edward O. Wilson bridges sc...
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The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals
Thomas SuddendorfCurrent price €29.25Original price €32.50There exists an undeniable chasm between the capacities of humans and those of animals. Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that ...
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Future Humans: Inside the Science of Our Continuing Evolution
Scott SolomonCurrent price €25.65Original price €28.50Are humans still subject to the forces of evolution? An evolutionary biologist provides surprising insights into the future of Homo sapiens In this...
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Principles of Evolutionary Medicine
Alan BeedleCurrent price €58.49Original price €64.99Evolutionary science is critical to an understanding of integrated human biology and is increasingly recognised as a core discipline by medical and...
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The Mastery of Movement
Rudolf LabanCurrent price €15.17Original price €18.50Laban''s The Mastery of Movement on the Stage, first published in 1950, quickly came to be accepted as the standard work on his conception of human...
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On the Scent: A journey through the science of smell
Paolo PelosiCurrent price €23.85Original price €26.50In humans, the perception of odours adds a fourth dimension to life, from the scent of flowers, the aroma of foods, and all the subtle smells in th...
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