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How things are : a science tool-kit for the mind / editors, John Brockman and Katinka Matson

Forty scientists provide accessible introductions to fundamental concepts in this collection of short essays. Organised into six thematic sections, the entries cover topics ranging from evolution and the mind to the cosmos and the future of science.

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