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How bacteria keep you alive, how they can kill you, and how we can all live together more successfully .

A unique and interactive way of learning human anatomy

The Human Body Colouring Book is a practical, interactive and visual study guide for learning and understanding human anatomy. By colouring in and labelling the black and white line artworks it becomes easier to learn and recall the structures and systems of the human body.

From cell to system, the book comprehensively covers every part of the...

Living proof that biology has never been so awesome.

The Incredible Pop-Up Body Book brings the human body to life in the most tantalizing way. Huge pop-up eyes return your gaze and reveal all about the anatomy of the eye. A gaping mouth opens wide to entice you inside to discover the journey of your food around the digestive system.

Get under your skin with this access-all-areas guide to the human body

Discover a breathtaking portrait of the human body as it's never been seen before, using the latest medical and microscopic imaging. The Complete Human Body covers the development, form, function and disorders of the human body, all brought to life by incredible state-of-the-art 3D computer-generated artworks.

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The Concise Human Body Book is an all-in-one guide to the most important possession any of us can own. It combines up-to-the-minute description and illustration of the body's physical structure, chemical workings, and potential problems, with a comprehensive coverage of individual elements and processes. There is no major element of the body's structure or function that isn't explained by easy-to-follow...

An illustrated guide to the structure, functions and disorders of the human brain.

Amazing 3D images reveal all your major systems in molecular detail. Discover how the nervous system works, the intricate construction of skeleton and muscles, and how your body protects itself when you are under threat.

Put yourself under the microscope using the interactive DVD-Rom. Zoom in on a body part and see the bodies processes in...

'When it comes to human evolution Chris Stringer is as close to the horse's mouth as it gets . . . The Origin of Our Species should be the one-stop source on the subject. Read it now'   BBC Focus  

Do all humans originate from Africa? How did we spread across the globe? Are we separate from Neanderthals, or do some of us actually have their genes? When did humans become 'modern' - are...

Have you ever wondered why our bodies look and work and fail the way they do?

One of the world's leading experts in evolutionary history, Neil Shubin reveals that if we want to understand our limbs we should take a close look at Tiktaalik, the first fish capable of doing a push-up; that if we want to know why we hiccup, the answer is in the way fish breathe; and explains why it is that fish teeth are...

No book made a greater impact on the intellectual world of its first Victorian readers nor has had such an enduring influence on our thinking on science, literature, theology and philosophy.  

In The Descent of Man, Darwin addresses the crucial question of the origins, evolution and racial divergence of mankind, that he had deliberately left out of On the Origin of Species.  And the evidence...