Overview :For two thousand years, cadavers?some willingly, some unwittingly?have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings.... Read More
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Overview :From the bestselling author of How We Got To Now, The Ghost Map and Farsighted, a new national bestseller: the "exhilarating"( Los Angeles T... Read More
Overview :Named a Best Book of 2020 by the Telegraph, the Times, and BBC History Magazine, The Light Ages is an illuminating guide to the scientific a... Read More
Overview :A fascinating deep dive on innovation from the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Farsighted The printing press, the... Read More
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Overview :A wonderfully readable account of scientific development over the past five hundred years, focusing on the lives and achievement... Read More
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Overview :New for 2020 Join the 750,000 listeners of the Sawbones Podcast as Dr Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin humorously discuss centuries of... Read More
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Overview :The Guardian's Best Science Book of 2017 One of Science News's Favorite Science Books of 2017 The fascinating science and history of the ... Read More
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