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Bloomsbury sigma volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 22 cm.
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Bloomsbury sigma volume 16
Publisher
St. Martins Press
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Ultimately, we need to figure out what is next for humanity. Our logical move is to break free of the confines of the Earth and colonize another body in the Solar System, such as the Moon or Mars. How and when will we do this? Or is it all just science fiction? These questions, in a nutshell, make up the core of astrobiology--the study of the origins and evolution and biology of life elsewhere in the universe, and the search for it. This book is an...
Author
Series
Bloomsbury sigma volume 9
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
"In 1935, Ernest Hemingway was supposedly given Snow White, a six-toed cat who went on to father a line of similar offspring that still roam the writer's Florida estate. Scientists now know that the fault driving this profusion of digits lies in a tiny genetic control switch, miles away (in molecular terms) from the gene that "makes" toes. Researchers are discovering more about the myriad molecular switches that make sure genes are turned on at the...
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Bloomsbury sigma volume 23
Publisher
Bloomsbury Sigma
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm.
Description
"In 2012, Vanessa Potter, a married advertising film producer with two young children, was stricken by Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD), a rare illness that resulted in sudden blindness and paralysis. She was hospitalized for two weeks. Over the next five months at home, she regained mobility but recovering her sight was more problematic. At first what she saw was monochromatic. As color reappeared, she encountered synesthesia (experiencing...
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