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The Future Is Faster Than You Think

How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives

par Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler ...

Lu par Peter H. Diamandis ...

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9 heure 53 min

Audio Bonus! Includes exclusive conversations with the authors!From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance and Bold comes a practical playbook for the future of technology and technological convergence in our modern era.In their book Abundance, bestselling authors and futurists Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler tackled grand global challenges, such as poverty, hunger, and energy. Then ... En savoir plus

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Audio Bonus! Includes exclusive conversations with the authors!From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance and Bold comes a practical playbook for the future of technology and technological convergence in our modern era.In their book Abundance, bestselling authors and futurists Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler tackled grand global challenges, such as poverty, hunger, and energy. Then
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Wine

A Global History

par Kathleen Burk ...

Lu par Lucy Tregear ...

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16 heure 59 min

The riveting eight-thousand-year story of wine, nectar of the gods and the pleasure and support of man.“Capaciously informative and endlessly entertaining.” -Tom Holland, author of DominionAs far back as history can reach, wine has been intertwined with the growth and development of the human race. Over eight millennia, this remarkable drink has influenced cultures, built economies, healed men, ... En savoir plus

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The riveting eight-thousand-year story of wine, nectar of the gods and the pleasure and support of man.“Capaciously informative and endlessly entertaining.” -Tom Holland, author of DominionAs far back as history can reach, wine has been intertwined with the growth and development of the human race. Over eight millennia, this remarkable drink has influenced cultures, built economies, healed men,
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The Infinity Machine

Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence

par Sebastian Mallaby ...

Lu par Vidish Athavale ...

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15 heure 6 min

**An Instant New York Times Bestseller • One of NPR's Best Books of the Year • Nominated for the Financial Times Business Book of the YearFrom one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company**Even by the standard of a ... En savoir plus

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**An Instant New York Times Bestseller • One of NPR's Best Books of the Year • Nominated for the Financial Times Business Book of the YearFrom one of our leading chroniclers of the intersection of innovation and capitalism, a landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company**Even by the standard of a
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The Body Electric

Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life

par Robert Becker, Gary Selden ...

Lu par David Gilmore ...

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15 heure 26 min

The perennial bestseller that you MUST READ in order to fully understand the interplay between electric energy and living organismsThe Body Electric tells the fascinating story of our bioelectric selves. Robert O. Becker, a pioneer in the field of regeneration and its relationship to electrical currents in living things, challenges the established mechanistic understanding of the body. He found ... En savoir plus

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The perennial bestseller that you MUST READ in order to fully understand the interplay between electric energy and living organismsThe Body Electric tells the fascinating story of our bioelectric selves. Robert O. Becker, a pioneer in the field of regeneration and its relationship to electrical currents in living things, challenges the established mechanistic understanding of the body. He found
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Everything All at Once

How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap into Radical Curiosity and Solve Any Problem

par Bill Nye ...

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12 heure 34 min

Bill Nye has been the public face of science for more than 20 years. In Everything All at Once, the New York Times bestselling author urges readers to become activists and agents of change. Everything All at Once is an exciting, inspiring call to unleash the power of the nerd mindset that exists within us all. Nye believes we'll never be able to tackle our society's biggest, most complex problems ... En savoir plus

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Bill Nye has been the public face of science for more than 20 years. In Everything All at Once, the New York Times bestselling author urges readers to become activists and agents of change. Everything All at Once is an exciting, inspiring call to unleash the power of the nerd mindset that exists within us all. Nye believes we'll never be able to tackle our society's biggest, most complex problems
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How the World Really Works

The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

par Vaclav Smil ...

Lu par Stephen Perring ...

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10 heure 7 min

**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his ‘just the facts’ posture—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”—The Washington PostAn essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not, ... En savoir plus

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**INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Provocative but perceptive . . . You can agree or disagree with Smil—accept or doubt his ‘just the facts’ posture—but you probably shouldn’t ignore him.”—The Washington PostAn essential analysis of the modern science and technology that makes our twenty-first century lives possible—a scientist's investigation into what science really does, and does not,
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Enlightenment Now

The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

par Steven Pinker ...

Lu par Arthur Morey ...

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19 heure 49 min

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEARIf you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. By the author of the new book, Rationality.Is the w... ... En savoir plus

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEARIf you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. By the author of the new book, Rationality.Is the w...
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The Secret History of the Universe

How Ancient Wisdom Made the Modern World

par Mark Booth ...

Lu par John Lee ...

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10 heure 53 min

“Mythology and ancient esoteric beliefs are finally found in cutting-edge science.”—Rick Rubin, bestselling author of The Creative ActFrom the author of the global bestseller The Secret History of the World comes an epic new history of the relationship between spiritual belief and cutting-edge science. Includes beautiful black-and-white illustrations throughout.Human beings have a deep-rooted ... En savoir plus

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“Mythology and ancient esoteric beliefs are finally found in cutting-edge science.”—Rick Rubin, bestselling author of The Creative ActFrom the author of the global bestseller The Secret History of the World comes an epic new history of the relationship between spiritual belief and cutting-edge science. Includes beautiful black-and-white illustrations throughout.Human beings have a deep-rooted
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Demon-Haunted World, The

Science as a Candle in the Dark

par Carl Sagan ...

Lu par Cary Elwes, Seth MacFarlane, Ann Druyan ...

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17 heure 23 min

A prescient warning of a future we now inhabit, where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace“A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought.”—Los Angeles TimesHow can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t ... En savoir plus

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A prescient warning of a future we now inhabit, where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace“A glorious book . . . A spirited defense of science . . . From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought.”—Los Angeles TimesHow can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t
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The Weather Detective

Rediscovering Nature's Secret Signs

par Peter Wohlleben ...

Lu par Nicholas Guy Smith ...

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6 heure 11 min

The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather.The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather.In this first-ever English translation of The Weather Detective, Peter Wohlleben uses his long experience and deep love of ... En savoir plus

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The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather.The internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees shows how we can decipher nature's secret signs by studying the weather.In this first-ever English translation of The Weather Detective, Peter Wohlleben uses his long experience and deep love of
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Book of Why, The

The New Science of Cause and Effect

par Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie ...

Lu par Mel Foster ...

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15 heure 14 min

How the study of causality revolutionized science and the world"Correlation does not imply causation." This mantra has been invoked by scientists for decades, and has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and placed causality--the study of cause and effect- ... En savoir plus

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How the study of causality revolutionized science and the world"Correlation does not imply causation." This mantra has been invoked by scientists for decades, and has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and placed causality--the study of cause and effect-
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Alive

The Hidden Intelligence of the Living World

par Melanie Challenger ...

Lu par Anna Rust ...

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10 heure 1 min

A major work of interdisciplinary nonfiction that redefines how we understand life, agency, and intelligence.What does it mean to be alive? The slow contortion of a plant toward light, the dive of hawks toward their prey—these are purposeful actions. But where does that purpose come from, and what does it tell us about who we are?In Alive, natural philosopher Melanie Challenger draws on biology, ... En savoir plus

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A major work of interdisciplinary nonfiction that redefines how we understand life, agency, and intelligence.What does it mean to be alive? The slow contortion of a plant toward light, the dive of hawks toward their prey—these are purposeful actions. But where does that purpose come from, and what does it tell us about who we are?In Alive, natural philosopher Melanie Challenger draws on biology,
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A Brief History of Black Holes

And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong

par Dr Becky Smethurst ...

Lu par Dr Becky Smethurst ...

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7 heure 5 min

This audio edition is narrated with dazzling enthusiasm by the author, Dr Becky Smethurst.Right now, you are orbiting a black hole.The Earth orbits the Sun, and the Sun orbits the centre of the Milky Way: a supermassive black hole, the strangest and most misunderstood phenomenon in the galaxy.In A Brief History of Black Holes, the award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst ... En savoir plus

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This audio edition is narrated with dazzling enthusiasm by the author, Dr Becky Smethurst.Right now, you are orbiting a black hole.The Earth orbits the Sun, and the Sun orbits the centre of the Milky Way: a supermassive black hole, the strangest and most misunderstood phenomenon in the galaxy.In A Brief History of Black Holes, the award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst
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Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

par Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

Lu par Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

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16 heure 44 min

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer ... En savoir plus

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As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer
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Everything Is Tuberculosis

The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

par John Green ...

Lu par John Green ...

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5 heure 35 min

**#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerJohn Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.**AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun ... En savoir plus

$21.00 CAD

**#1 New York Times bestseller • #1 Washington Post bestseller • #1 Indie Bestseller • USA Today BestsellerJohn Green, award-winning author and passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world’s deadliest infectious disease.**AN ACCLAIMED BEST BOOK OF 2025: NPR, Scientific American, Science News, Booklist, BookPage, Chicago Sun
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Finding the Mother Tree

Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

par Suzanne Simard ...

Lu par Suzanne Simard ...

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12 heure 13 min

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest—a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery“Finding the Mother Tree reminds us that the world is a web of stories, connecting us to one another. [The book] carries the stories of trees, fungi, soil and ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the world's leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest—a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery“Finding the Mother Tree reminds us that the world is a web of stories, connecting us to one another. [The book] carries the stories of trees, fungi, soil and
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Thinking in Systems

A Primer

par Donella Meadows ...

Lu par Tia Rider ...

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6 heure 26 min

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth—the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet— Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001.Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the ... En savoir plus

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In the years following her role as the lead author of the international bestseller, Limits to Growth—the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet— Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001.Thinking in Systems, is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem solving on scales ranging from the
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Origin Story

A Big History of Everything

par David Christian ...

Lu par Jamie Jackson ...

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12 heure 23 min

A captivating history of the universe -- from before the dawn of time through the far reaches of the distant future. Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of ... En savoir plus

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A captivating history of the universe -- from before the dawn of time through the far reaches of the distant future. Most historians study the smallest slivers of time, emphasizing specific dates, individuals, and documents. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the big bang through the present day -- and even into the remote future? How would looking at the full span of
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Longitude

The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

par Dava Sobel ...

Lu par Neil Armstrong, Kate Reading ...

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4 heure 20 min

An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were ... En savoir plus

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An exciting scientific adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, LONGITUDE is full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd. It is also a captivating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.During the great ages of exploration, "the longitude problem" was the gravest of all scientific challenges. Lacking the ability to determine their longitude, sailors were
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Whole

Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

par T. Colin Campbell PhD, Howard Jacobson PhD ...

Lu par Don Hagen ...

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11 heure 10 min

What happens when you eat an apple? The answer is vastly more complex than you imagine.Whole, a New York Times bestseller and an eye-opening, paradigm-changing journey through cutting-edge thinking on nutrition, is a scientific tour de force with powerful implications for our health and for our world.Every apple contains thousands of antioxidants whose names, beyond a few like vitamin C, are ... En savoir plus

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What happens when you eat an apple? The answer is vastly more complex than you imagine.Whole, a New York Times bestseller and an eye-opening, paradigm-changing journey through cutting-edge thinking on nutrition, is a scientific tour de force with powerful implications for our health and for our world.Every apple contains thousands of antioxidants whose names, beyond a few like vitamin C, are
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Take Me To Your Leader

Practical Advice for Your First Alien Encounter

par Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

Lu par Neil deGrasse Tyson ...

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5 heure 5 min

***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with extraterrestrials."Close encounters of the hilarious kind." —Kirkus Reviews"It's the perfect pocket-sized [book] ... En savoir plus

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***NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*America's favorite astrophysicist has written the most entertaining and universally appealing book of his stellar career: a practical guide for dealing with Alien visitors, an exploration of how it might happen, and a cultural history of our fascination with extraterrestrials."Close encounters of the hilarious kind." —Kirkus Reviews"It's the perfect pocket-sized [book]
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The Song of the Cell

An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

par Siddhartha Mukherjee ...

Lu par Dennis Boutsikaris ...

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16 heure 3 min

Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times</... ... En savoir plus

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Winner of the PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences and the Chautauqua Prize!Named a New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Oprah Daily, BookPage, Book Riot, the New York Public Library, and more!In The Song of the Cell, the extraordinary author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Emperor of All Maladies and the #1 New York Times</...
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Our Mathematical Universe

My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality

par Max Tegmark ...

Lu par Rob Shapiro ...

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15 heure 22 min

Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and groundbreaking science, he not only helps us grasp his ... En savoir plus

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Max Tegmark leads us on an astonishing journey through past, present and future, and through the physics, astronomy and mathematics that are the foundation of his work, most particularly his hypothesis that our physical reality is a mathematical structure and his theory of the ultimate multiverse. In a dazzling combination of both popular and groundbreaking science, he not only helps us grasp his
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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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