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From the No. 1 bestselling author of WHAT IF? - the man who created xkcd and explained the laws of science with cartoons - comes a series ...
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The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world
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'Nerd royalty' Ben Goldacre
'Laugh-out-loud funny' Bill Gates
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From the New York Times-bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity-and its attendant breakthroughs and busts.
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'Gribbin has inspired generations with his popular science writing' - Jim Al-Khalili
A scintillating collection of short essays that really does cover 'life, the Universe, and ...
By the end of the Victorian era, the world had changed irrevocably. The speed of the technological development brought about between 1800 and 1900 was ...
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