China is on track to exceed the United States as the world's largest economy in the next several years. It is already the leading global trading nation. Even though its growth rate has recently slowed ... Read more
Provides historical information, statistical data, and first-person perspectives
Presents controversial topics in an unbiased manner
Provides reliable data about a contentious subject
Summarizes ... Read more
A compelling new translation of one of Zola's most powerful novels, the fifteenth work in his famous Rougon-Macquart series that traces the fortunes of a family over five generations.
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The Federal Reserve is the most powerful central bank in the world. Without its central bank, the American economy would be subject to devastating fluctuations and instability. In maintaining this sta ... Read more
Leads to a better understanding of the process of decolonization, as well as its impact on contemporary international relations.
Provides a long historical perspective that notes prior waves of d ... Read more
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Michio Kaku's bestselling tour of the most exciting work in modern physics
Gives crystal clear explanations of the everyday tools of the string theorist: non-Euclidean Geometry, Kaluza-Klein Theory ... Read more
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A panoramic view of life on Earth. drawing on geology, cosmology, chemistry, biology, and medicine
Shows how oxygen drove the evolution of sophisticated cells, multicellular organisms, large anim ... Read more
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Winner of the 1990 Science Book Prize.
Offers an extraordinary tour of modern physics and mathematics
Explores the uniqueness of the human mind
Considers the practicalities of AI
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Outlines Jim Lovelock's original theory that life on Earth functions as a single organism, a hypothesis which has generated great debate in scientific circles
Explains how the Earth's living matter ... Read more
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Reconsiders the big question: how did life emerge from non-life?
Draws on recent results from the new field of systems chemistry to articulate an answer
Shows how chemical systems become complex a ... Read more
