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Science Books from Penguin and Dorling Kindersley 2009


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DARWIN’S SACRED CAUSE

ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES

A dramatic reinterpretation of the origins of Darwin’s ideas, exploring how anti-slavery shaped his views on human evolution.

150th anniversary landmark edition of On the Origin of Species, with a cloth cover designed by Damien Hirst, beautifully produced and shrink-wrapped.

From the authors of ‘unquestionably the finest biography ever written about Darwin’. Darwin (1993) has sold over 50,000 copies.

One of the most significant contributions to philosophical and scientific thought.

The key book for the Darwin 2009 celebrations, this will be a centrepiece throughout the year.

New introduction and references by William Bynum.

Jan 09

Penguin Classics On the Origin of Species has sold almost 150,000 copies.

Adrian Desmond & James Moore 9781846140358 | HBK | £25.00

Feb 09 Charles Darwin | 9781846141881 | HBK | £25.00


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THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND ANIMALS New edition of Darwin’s remarkable account of the connection between emotions and facial expressions and evolution. Contains dozens of colour photographs from Darwin’s original publication. Darwin’s most popular book during his lifetime. May 09 Charles Darwin | 9780141439440 | B | £12.99

The Rough Guide to Evolution Written by Darwin expert Mark Pallen, The Rough Guide to Evolution re-examines Darwin’s earthshattering explanation for the diversity of life, looking at the impact of evolutionary thinking beyond the bounds of biology. Providing a complete and authoritative overview of one of the most controversial topics of our age, the guide is an accessible one-stop-shop for all things Darwinian, while listing resources for those keen to dig deeper into our murky beginnings. Find out exactly how Charles Darwin and The Origin of Species have affected human life in the 150 years since its publication. The Rough Guide to Evolution is a musthave for all die-hard Darwin fans. Jan 09 Rough Guides | 9781858289465 | Z | £10.99


James Lovelock | John Gribbin

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The VANISHING Face of Gaia In 2009 James Lovelock, aged 90, will travel into space to view the planet he has made it his life’s work to save. The Vanishing Face of Gaia will tell us why it matters that we see and feel the earth as a living organism. The cost of our neglect of Gaia could soon cause the greatest human tragedy in living memory, because the Earth, in its but not our interests, is now moving into a new hot epoch, one where it can more easily continue to keep the planet habitable. If we are to have any chance to avoiding global catastrophe his words should be heeded. Feb 09 James Lovelock | 9781846141850 HBK | £20.00

The Revenge of Gaia

He Knew He Was Right

Multiverse

A reissuing of James Lovelock’s passionate and poetic argument that, although global warming is now inevitable, we are not yet too late to save at least part of human civilization.

The Irrepressible Life of James Lovelock and Gaia

Multiverse is the metaphorical search for multiple possible universes. We cannot search for them physically, like James Cook searching for the southern continent by sailing around the globe, but by developing equations and computer models to describe the Multiverse, mathematicians and physicists are getting closer to proving that our universe is not alone. In his inimitable way, John Gribbin explores how these universes differ and how ultimately, they can they tell us something more profound about our own universe.

“His most important book ever to be published on the environment crisis … Lovelock will go down in history as the scientist who changed our view of the Earth” John Gray, Independent. Feb 09 Reissue James Lovelock | 9780141025971 B | £9.99

This is the definitive, authorised biography of Britain’s most important and controversial living scientist. Lovelock is best known as the ‘father’ of Gaia Theory, but few people know about hs early work as a chemist and inventor - work which included inventing the detectors used to search for life on Mars, and blowing the whistle on the depletion of the ozone layer. Feb 09 John & Mary Gribbin 9781846140167 | HBK | £25.00

Aug 09 John Gribbin 9781846141133 | HBK | £20.00


Your Inner Fish

Physics of the Impossible

The Drunkard’s Walk

Doctoring the Mind

Your Inner Fish tells the extraordinary history of the human body and gives answers to some of the questions that only evolution can. Why do we look the way we do? Why are we able to do all the different things we do? And, finally, why do we fall ill in the way that we do?

‘Anything that is not impossible, is mandatory!’ declares Kaku in this lucid, entertaining and enlightening read.

An exhilarating guide to understanding our random world, Mlodinow’s bestseller reads like a compelling crash course in the importance of chance in our daily lives. Everyone should read it, if only to avoid being left a victim of chance.

This is a book set to redefine our understanding of the treatment of madness in the twenty-first century. Passionately written and provocatively argued, it will incite discussion in all those affected by mental illness or involved in its treatment.

‘Our lives may be shaped by chance, but they are enriched by awareness – just the sort of awareness that this fascinating book will give you’ Guardian

Internationally renowned expert on mental illness, Richard Bentall challenges assumptions about treatment of the mentally ill and suggests new ways forward - based on his own research. Bentall’s previous book, Madness Explained: Psychosis and Human Nature won the British Psychological Society Book Award for 2004.

Neil Shubin draws on the latest genetic research, and his huge experience as an expeditionary paleontologist, to show the incredible impact the 3.5 billion year history of life has had on our bodies. Jan 09 Neil Shubin | 9780141027586 B | £9.99

Everyday we see that what was once declared ‘impossible’ by scientists has become part of our everyday lives: fax machines, glass sky-scrapers, gas-powered automobiles and a worldwide communications network. Here internationally bestselling author Michio Kaku reveals the actual possibilities of seemingly impossible concepts such as invisibility, anti-gravity, teleportation, telepathy, time travel, even extraterrestrial life. And he shows how few of these ideas actually violate the laws of physics. April 09 Michio Kaku | 9780141030906 B | £9.99

May 09 Leonard Mlodinow 9780141026473 | B | £9.99

June 09 Richard P Bentall 9780713998894 | HBK | £17.99


The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Ocean

The ultimate guided tour of our universe in stylish new, compact format.

Explore the last wilderness left on Earth in this bestselling encyclopedia in compact new format.

‘Spectacularly extends DK’s pictorial enyclopedias into space’ Independent Feb 09 Dorling Kindersley 9781405333092 | HBK £22.00

‘A fascinating exploration of our astonishing marine world’ Sunday Express Sept 09 Dorling Kindersley 9781405333085 | HBK £22.00

The Concise Human Body Book An Illustrated Guide to Structure, Function and Disorder. A compact edition of the best-selling book, this title offers a jaw-dropping interactive top-to-toe tour of your body. Includes a DVD so you can move the mouse and explore body systems 360 degrees onscreen, reveal bones and organs and watch how food is digested! June 09 Dorling Kindersley 9781405340410 | PBK £9.99

The Brain Book

Science

A fascinating illustrated guide to the structure, function and disorders of the organ which sets us apart from every other living species. Includes a DVD for in-depth onscreen explorations of the workings of the human brain.

A key subject is presented in an accessible and lavishly illustrated way for the family reference market. All major scientific disciplines are covered, including maths, physics, chemistry, biology, technology, astronomy, geology and ecology.

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Oct 09

Dorling Kindersley 9781405341295 | HBK £25.00

Dorling Kindersley 9781405322478 | HBK £35.00


Science Books Order Form

TITLE

AUTHOR/publisher

ISBN

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new titles for 2009 and backlist by same authors 1 On The Origin of Species (Feb 09) Charles Darwin 2 The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (Penguin Classic) (May 2009) Charles Darwin 3 Autobiographies (Penguin Classic) Charles Darwin 4 The Descent of Man (Penguin Classic) Charles Darwin 5 On Natural Selection (Great Ideas series) Charles Darwin 6 The Origin of Species (Penguin Classic) Charles Darwin 7 The Voyage of the Beagle (Penguin Classic) Charles Darwin 8 The Blind Watchmaker Richard Dawkins 9 Climbing Mount Improbable Richard Dawkins 10 Unweaving The Rainbow Richard Dawkins 11 Darwin’s Dangerous Idea Daniel Dennett 12 Darwin’s Sacred Cause (Jan 09) Adrian Desmond & James Moore 13 Darwin (biography) Adrian Desmond & James Moore 14 The Vanishing Face of Gaia (Feb 09) James Lovelock 15 The Revenge of Gaia (Feb 09 reissue) James Lovelock 16 He Knew He Was Right: a biography of James Lovelock (Feb 09) John & Mary Gribbin 17 Multiverse (Aug 09) John Gribbin 18 Deep Simplicity John Gribbin 19 The Fellowship John Gribbin 20 Science: A History John Gribbin 21 Stardust John Gribbin 22 The Universe John Gribbin 23 Your Inner Fish (Jan 09) Neil Shubin 24 Penguin Dictionary of Human Biology (April 09) Penguin Dictionary 25 Penguin Dictionary of Science (March 09) Penguin Dictionary 26 Penguin Dictionary of Biology Penguin Dictionary 27 Physics of the Impossible (April 09) Michio Kaku 28 Physics of the Impossible Michio Kaku 29 Parallel Worlds Michio Kaku 30 The Drunkard’s Walk (May 09) Leonard Mlodinow 31 The Drunkard’s Walk Leonard Mlodinow 32 Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 33 Doctoring the Mind (June 09) Richard P Bentall 34 The Expanse of Reality (Sept 09) Brian Greene 35 The Rough Guide to Evolution (Jan 09) Rough Guides 36 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Universe (Feb 09) Dorling Kindersley 37 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Ocean (Sept 09) Dorling Kindersley 38 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of animals Dorling Kindersley 39 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Earth Dorling Kindersley 40 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Human Dorling Kindersley 41 The Concise Human Body Book (June 09) Dorling Kindersley 42 The Brain Book (Sept 09) Dorling Kindersley 43 Science (Oct 09) Dorling Kindersley

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OTHER Backlist TITLES

44 Asimov’s New Guide to Science Isaac Asimov 45 Einstein’s Universe Nigel Calder 46 Genes, Peoples and Languages Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza 47 A Man on the Moon Andrew Chakin 48 About Time Paul Davies 49 God and the New Physics Paul Davies 50 The Goldilocks Enigma Paul Davies 51 How to Build a Time Machine Paul Davies 52 The Mind of God Paul Davies 53 Origin of Life Paul Davies 54 The Fabric of Reality David Deutsch 55 The Brain that Changes Itself Norman Doidge 56 Eyewitness Companion: Dorling Kindersley Astronomy (Ian Ridpath, ed) 57 Eyewitness Companion: Dorling Kindersley Stars & Planets (Ian Ridpath, ed) 58 Human Dorling Kindersley 59 New Astronomer Dorling Kindersley 60 Night Sky (Pocket Nature) Dorling Kindersley 61 Starfinder (Kit) Dorling Kindersley 62 Universe Dorling Kindersley 63 The Essential Einstein Albert Einstein & Stephen Hawking

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64 The Character of Physical Law Richard P Feynman 65 Don’t You Have Time to Think? Richard P Feynman 66 The Meaning of It All Richard P Feynman 67 The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Richard P Feynman 68 QED Richard P Feynman 69 Six Easy Pieces Richard P Feynman 70 Six Not-So-Easy Pieces Richard P Feynman 71 What Do You Care What Other People Think? Richard P Feynman 72 Country: A Continent, A Scientist and a Kangaroo Tim Flannery 73 The Eternal Frontier Tim Flannery 74 Throwim Way Leg Tim Flannery 75 We Are the Weather Makers Tim Flannery 76 The Weather Makers Tim Flannery 77 Gut Feelings (B) Gerd Gigerenzer 78 The New Science of Strong Materials Professor J E Gordon 79 Structures Professor J E Gordon 80 The Fabric of the Cosmos Brian Greene 81 China Syndrome Karl Taro Greenfeld 82 The Private Life of the Brain Susan Greenfield 83 Tomorrow’s People Susan Greenfield 84 On the Shoulders of Giants Stephen Hawking 85 Physics and Philosophy (PMC) Werner Heisenberg 86 Emergence Steven Johnson 87 Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 88 The Sleepwalkers Arthur Koestler 89 Mapping the Deep Robert Kunzig 90 The PoincarÉ Conjecture Donal O’Shea 91 Warped Passages Lisa Randall 92 The Origins of Virtue Matt Ridley 93 The Red Queen Matt Ridley 94 Norton’s Star Atlas (HB) Ian Ridpath 95 Stiff Mary Roach 96 The Chemistry of Life Steven Rose & Radmilla Mileusnic 97 The New Penguin Dictionary of Science Penguin Dictionary 98 The Penguin Dictionary of Biology Penguin Dictionary 99 The Penguin Dictionary of Chemistry Penguin Dictionary 100 The Penguin Dictionary of Electronics Penguin Dictionary 101 The Penguin Dictionary of Physics Penguin Dictionary 102 The Rough Guide to the Brain Rough Guides 103 The Rough Guide to Climate Change (2nd Ed) Rough Guides 104 The Rough Guide to the Earth Rough Guides 105 The Rough Guide to Genes and Cloning Rough Guides 106 The Universe Rough Guides 107 The Rough Guide to Weather Rough Guides 108 Doomsday Men Peter Smith 109 The Trouble with Physics Lee Smolin 110 Does God Play Dice? Ian Stewart 111 The Collapse of Chaos Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen 112 Sync Steven Strogatz 113 So Shall We Reap Colin Tudge 114 A Life Decoded Craig Venter 115 The Double Helix James D Watson 116 You Are a Mathematician David Wells 117 The Journey of Man Spencer Wells 118 A World Without Time Palle Yourgrau

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