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The fourth edition of this bestselling book explains how to combine professional weather forecasts with information from self-assessment of the signs in the sky, as well as from websites and apps, to arrive at a local forecast of coming weather.

A breakthrough investigation of synthetic biology: the promising and controversial technology platform that combines biology and artificial intelligence and has the potential to program biological systems like we program computers.

A timely, essential guide to how America feeds itself and companion book to the new documentary

A whole new kind of movie tie-in--the first in a series--goes behind the scenes and deeper into the issues and ideas raised by a provocative documentary on the contemporary way of eating

A forward-thinking manifesto from three Stanford professors which reveals how big tech's obsession with optimization and efficiency has sacrificed fundamental human values and outlines steps we can take to change course, renew our democracy, and save ourselves.

A New York Times bestseller "Brilliant, funny...the best math teacher you never had." -San Francisco Chronicle

At a time of fear and anxiety of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, leading writers look at twenty ways the response could make the world a better place.

A journey through the evolving cosmos, considering how human survival will depend on otherworldly perspectives.

The ancient inheritance that made us who we are. The ancient inheritance that is now driving us to ruin.

An incredible illustrated tour through the cutting-edge of physics

'A book of marvels, marvellously written' RICHARD DAWKINS A pioneering marine biologist takes us down into the deep ocean to understand bio-luminescence, the language of light that helps life communicate in the darkness, and what it tells us about the future of life on Earth.