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The Story of the Human Body

Evolution, Health, and Disease

par Daniel E. Lieberman ...

Lu par Sean Runnette ...

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14 heure 54 min

In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is ... En savoir plus

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In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is
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Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

par Yuval Noah Harari ...

Lu par Derek Perkins ...

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15 heure 18 min

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDestined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective.**100,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Today there is just one.Us.Homo Sapiens.How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ... En savoir plus

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**NATIONAL BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDestined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective.**100,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Today there is just one.Us.Homo Sapiens.How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging
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Homo Deus

A Brief History of Tomorrow

par Yuval Noah Harari ...

Lu par Derek Perkins ...

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14 heure 53 min

**International BestsellerFrom the author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind comes an extraordinary new book that explores the future of the human species.**Yuval Noah Harari, author of the bestselling Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, envisions a not-too-distant world in which we face a new set of challenges. In Homo Deus, he examines our future with his ... En savoir plus

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**International BestsellerFrom the author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind comes an extraordinary new book that explores the future of the human species.**Yuval Noah Harari, author of the bestselling Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, envisions a not-too-distant world in which we face a new set of challenges. In Homo Deus, he examines our future with his
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Life on Earth

par David Attenborough ...

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12 heure 26 min

A new edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth.Winner of Best Non-Fiction Audiobook at the New York Radio Awards 2019.Shortlisted for Best Audiobook at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.Shortlisted for Futurebook of the Year at the Futurebook Awards 2018.The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, ... ... En savoir plus

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A new edition of David Attenborough’s groundbreaking Life on Earth.Winner of Best Non-Fiction Audiobook at the New York Radio Awards 2019.Shortlisted for Best Audiobook at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.Shortlisted for Futurebook of the Year at the Futurebook Awards 2018.The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, ...
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Exercised

Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Healthy and Rewarding

par Daniel E. Lieberman ...

Lu par Sean Runnette ...

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13 heure 13 min

If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing.“Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm.” —Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling ... En savoir plus

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If exercise is healthy (so good for you!), why do many people dislike or avoid it? These engaging stories and explanations will revolutionize the way you think about exercising—not to mention sitting, sleeping, sprinting, weight lifting, playing, fighting, walking, jogging, and even dancing.“Strikes a perfect balance of scholarship, wit, and enthusiasm.” —Bill Bryson, New York Times best-selling
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Eve

How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

par Cat Bohannon ...

Lu par Cat Bohannon ...

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15 heure 54 min

**“A page-turning whistle-stop tour of mammalian development that begins in the Jurassic Era, Eve recasts the traditional story of evolutionary biology by placing women at its center…. The book is engaging, playful, erudite, discursive and rich with detail." —The New York Times“A smart, funny, scientific deep-dive into the power of a woman’s body, Eve surprises, educates, and emboldens.”—Bonnie ... En savoir plus

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**“A page-turning whistle-stop tour of mammalian development that begins in the Jurassic Era, Eve recasts the traditional story of evolutionary biology by placing women at its center…. The book is engaging, playful, erudite, discursive and rich with detail." —The New York Times“A smart, funny, scientific deep-dive into the power of a woman’s body, Eve surprises, educates, and emboldens.”—Bonnie
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Origin

A Genetic History of the Americas

par Jennifer Raff ...

Lu par Jennifer Raff, Tanis Parenteau, Yvonne Russo ...

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9 heure 12 min

From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories ... En savoir plus

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From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how humans migrated to the Americas.ORIGIN is the story of who the first peoples in the Americas were, how and why they made the crossing, how they dispersed south, and how they lived based on a new and powerful kind of evidence: their complete genomes. ORIGIN provides an overview of these new histories
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The Pattern Seekers

How Autism Drives Human Invention

par Simon Baron-Cohen ...

Lu par Jonathan Cowley ...

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5 heure 42 min

A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for seventy thousand years, from the ... En savoir plus

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A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and ingenuity.Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for seventy thousand years, from the
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The Seven Daughters of Eve

The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

par Bryan Sykes ...

Lu par Michael Page ...

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9 heure 5 min

One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery ... En savoir plus

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One of the most dramatic stories of genetic discovery since James Watson's The Double Helix—a work whose scientific and cultural reverberations will be discussed for years to come. In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes, a leading world authority on DNA and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of both the Ice Man's discovery
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The Storytelling Animal

How Stories Make Us Human

par Jonathan Gottschall ...

Lu par Kris Koscheski ...

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5 heure 32 min

Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, but why?In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of ... En savoir plus

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Humans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, but why?In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of
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The Life of Birds

par David Attenborough ...

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9 heure 59 min

A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and richness of plumage and song.David Attenborough has been watching and learning all ... En savoir plus

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A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough’s bestselling classic.BIRDS. 11,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightness, freedom and richness of plumage and song.David Attenborough has been watching and learning all
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Monarchs and Milkweed

A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution

par Anurag Agrawal ...

Lu par Stephen R. Thorne ...

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8 heure

Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the monarch than its distinctive presence and mythic journeying. In Monarchs and Milkweed, Anurag Agrawal presents a vivid investigation into how the monarch butterfly has evolved closely alongside the ... En savoir plus

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Monarch butterflies are one of nature's most recognizable creatures, known for their bright colors and epic annual migration from the United States and Canada to Mexico. Yet there is much more to the monarch than its distinctive presence and mythic journeying. In Monarchs and Milkweed, Anurag Agrawal presents a vivid investigation into how the monarch butterfly has evolved closely alongside the
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Jaws

The Story of a Hidden Epidemic

par Sandra Kahn, Paul R. Erhlich ...

Lu par Gregg Rizzo ...

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4 heure 34 min

There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct these problems. While teeth can certainly be straightened, what about the underlying causes of ... En savoir plus

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There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Modern orthodontics has persuaded us that braces and oral devices can correct these problems. While teeth can certainly be straightened, what about the underlying causes of
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Power, Sex, Suicide

Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life

par Nick Lane ...

Lu par Nigel Patterson ...

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15 heure 54 min

Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that.Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell ... En savoir plus

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Mitochondria are tiny structures located inside our cells that carry out the essential task of producing energy for the cell. They are found in all complex living things, and in that sense, they are fundamental for driving complex life on the planet. But there is much more to them than that.Mitochondria have their own DNA, with their own small collection of genes, separate from those in the cell
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Future Minds

The Rise of Intelligence, from the Big Bang to the End of the Universe

par Richard Yonck ...

Lu par Bob Souer ...

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11 heure 44 min

With the ongoing advancement of AI and other technologies, our world is becoming increasingly intelligent. From chatbots to innovations in brain-computer interfaces to the possibility of superintelligences leading to the Singularity later this century, our reality is being transformed before our eyes. This is commonly seen as the natural result of progress, but what if there's more to it than that ... En savoir plus

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With the ongoing advancement of AI and other technologies, our world is becoming increasingly intelligent. From chatbots to innovations in brain-computer interfaces to the possibility of superintelligences leading to the Singularity later this century, our reality is being transformed before our eyes. This is commonly seen as the natural result of progress, but what if there's more to it than that
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The Co-Creation

How Earth Made Life and Life Made Earth

par Olivia Judson ...

Lu par Olivia Judson ...

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12 heure 24 min

**“A fascinating and original account of the history of life. It is full of new insights about evolution and history, and even more importantly—with new viewpoints.” —Yuval Noah Harari, New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindA daring new planetary history, one that focuses our attention on the beautiful and dynamic dance between life and Earth, from Olivia Judson ... En savoir plus

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**“A fascinating and original account of the history of life. It is full of new insights about evolution and history, and even more importantly—with new viewpoints.” —Yuval Noah Harari, New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of HumankindA daring new planetary history, one that focuses our attention on the beautiful and dynamic dance between life and Earth, from Olivia Judson
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A Pocket History of Human Evolution

How We Became Sapiens

par Silvana Condemi, Francois Savatier ...

Lu par Christa Lewis ...

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3 heure 30 min

Why aren't we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how "wise" Homo sapiens really are.Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years—a time when, we once thought, the first Sapiens had barely left Africa. DNA sequencing has unearthed a new hominid group—the ... En savoir plus

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Why aren't we more like other apes? How did we win the evolutionary race? Find out how "wise" Homo sapiens really are.Prehistory has never been more exciting: New discoveries are overturning long-held theories left and right. Stone tools in Australia date back 65,000 years—a time when, we once thought, the first Sapiens had barely left Africa. DNA sequencing has unearthed a new hominid group—the
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Birds, Sex and Beauty

The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin's Strangest Idea

par Matt Ridley ...

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11 heure 31 min

""[An] intriguing philosophical journey into a critical issue within evolutionary theory that for too long has remained unresolved."" —Wall Street JournalMatt Ridley is one of our finest science writers. This book is a treat for bird lovers and evolutionary biologists alike.” —Richard Dawkins, author of The Genetic Book of The Dead and The God DelusionThe New York Times bestsellin... ... En savoir plus

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""[An] intriguing philosophical journey into a critical issue within evolutionary theory that for too long has remained unresolved."" —Wall Street JournalMatt Ridley is one of our finest science writers. This book is a treat for bird lovers and evolutionary biologists alike.” —Richard Dawkins, author of The Genetic Book of The Dead and The God DelusionThe New York Times bestsellin...
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Beyond Inheritance

Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health

par Roxanne Khamsi ...

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8 heure 39 min

**“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and ... En savoir plus

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**“Constantly fascinating and impeccably reported...You won’t look at yourself in the same way again.” —Ed Yong, bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain MultitudesA captivating exploration of the remarkable ways our DNA mutates over the course of our lives, with radical implications for the future of medicine**Our DNA is the indispensable set of instructions that guides our growth and
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Understanding Human Evolution

par Ian Tattersall ...

Lu par Michael Page ...

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6 heure 29 min

Human life, and how we came to be, is one of the greatest scientific and philosophical questions of our time. This compact and accessible book presents a modern view of human evolution. Written by a leading authority, it lucidly and engagingly explains not only the evolutionary process, but the technologies currently used to unravel the evolutionary past and emergence of Homo sapiens. By ... En savoir plus

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Human life, and how we came to be, is one of the greatest scientific and philosophical questions of our time. This compact and accessible book presents a modern view of human evolution. Written by a leading authority, it lucidly and engagingly explains not only the evolutionary process, but the technologies currently used to unravel the evolutionary past and emergence of Homo sapiens. By
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Cave of Bones

par Lee Berger, John Hawks ...

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5 heure 43 min

In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, ... En savoir plus

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In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa—spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped,
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Discovering the Mind Behind Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Science

"Unlock Cosmic Insights! Dive into powerful audio lessons on Discovering the Mind Behind Our Universe."

par Elias Thornhill ...

Lu par Nick Porter ...

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2 heure 34 min

Discovering the Mind Behind Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Science⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐Are you looking to advance your understanding and delve deep into the intriguing connection between science and consciousness?Seeking a comprehensive guide that elucidates the pivotal breakthroughs in understanding the universe's secrets?Your search ends here!This audiobook ... ... En savoir plus

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Discovering the Mind Behind Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Science⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide ⭐⭐Are you looking to advance your understanding and delve deep into the intriguing connection between science and consciousness?Seeking a comprehensive guide that elucidates the pivotal breakthroughs in understanding the universe's secrets?Your search ends here!This audiobook ...
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Life is Inevitable

Death is just life, reshaped

par Eduardo Cruz Cabrera ...

Lu par AI-generated male voice ...

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1 heures 49 min

What if death weren’t the end—but merely a change of form?An intimate conversation about death, transformation… and the mystery of continued existence.This book doesn’t try to convert you with religion or overwhelm you with science. It’s a direct, warm, and deeply human reflection on what it truly means to die… and to keep on existing.From the mites that feed on your skin to the stars that shaped ... En savoir plus

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What if death weren’t the end—but merely a change of form?An intimate conversation about death, transformation… and the mystery of continued existence.This book doesn’t try to convert you with religion or overwhelm you with science. It’s a direct, warm, and deeply human reflection on what it truly means to die… and to keep on existing.From the mites that feed on your skin to the stars that shaped
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Making Sense of Cancer

From Its Evolutionary Origin to Its Societal Impact and the Ultimate Solution

par Jarle Breivik ...

Lu par Jarle Breivik ...

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6 heure 30 min

Embark on a captivating journey that will fundamentally change how you see cancer—and perhaps life itself. Cancer is more than a disease. It is an integral part of who we are—complex biological and cultural beings with a limited life span. You will be surprised, challenged, and even amused by this eloquent synthesis of knowledge. Firmly rooted in science and the principles of evolution, this book ... En savoir plus

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Embark on a captivating journey that will fundamentally change how you see cancer—and perhaps life itself. Cancer is more than a disease. It is an integral part of who we are—complex biological and cultural beings with a limited life span. You will be surprised, challenged, and even amused by this eloquent synthesis of knowledge. Firmly rooted in science and the principles of evolution, this book
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