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The Science of Harry Potter
Penguin Group US 2003; US$ 15.00Can Fluffy the three-headed dog be explained by advances in molecular biology? Could the discovery of cosmic "gravity-shielding effects" unlock the secret to the Nimbus 2000 broomstick's ability to fly? Is the griffin really none other than the dinosaur Protoceratops? Roger Highfield, author of the critically acclaimed The Physics of Christmas ,... more...
The Physics of Christmas
Little, Brown and Company 2008; US$ 9.99Why might Rudolph's nose have been red? Why do we actually give Christmas gifts? Why has smell become an important component in the Christmas shopping experience? Roger Highfield, science editor of London's Daily Telegraph and co-author of the highly acclaimed The Arrow of Time, has taken a long-overdue look at our most cherished holiday from the rigorous... more...
SuperCooperators
Free Press 2011; US$ 15.00EVOLUTION IS OFTEN PRESENTED AS A STRICTLY COMPETITIVE ENDEAVOR. This point of view has had serious implications for the way we see the mechanics of both science and culture. But scientists have long wondered how societies could have evolved without some measure of cooperation. And if there was cooperation involved, how could it have arisen from nature... more...
SuperCooperators
The Text Publishing Company 2011; US$ 34.95If only the fittest survive, then why would we risk our life to save a stranger? As celebrated biologist Martin Nowak and bestselling science writer Roger Highfield explain in this groundbreaking book, cooperation not competition, is the defining human trait. It challenges our understanding of evolution and will provoke debate for years to come. more...
SuperCooperators
Canongate Books 2011; US$ 12.49Beyond The Survival of the Fittest: Why Cooperation, not Competition, is the Key to Life If life is about survival of the fittest, then why would we risk our own life to jump into a river to save a stranger? Some people argue that issues such as charity, fairness, forgiveness and cooperation are evolutionary loose ends, side issues... more...
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