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The Single Helix is an excellent science book written for people who are not specialist scientists.  It is made up of 100 short ‘chapters’, each addressing a different subject in the world of science.  The chapters are very short, generally around 3 pages long each.  This makes the book very easy to pick up at any stage throughout the book, but also gives it a ‘just one more chapter’ addictiveness that will make you keep reading.

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Mapping is becoming an ever important tool on the internet tying the virtual world of the web in with the real world. So who is the best? As best is a difficult concept to evaluate scientifically. I shall break it into several categories.

• Ease of use.
• Maps coverage
• Photography coverage
• Maps quality
• Photography coverage
• Extra information provided
• Other features
• Other features coverage

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I first came across Sapolsky while reading an article of his in the Scientific American – it made me laugh out aloud which, let’s be honest, doesn’t happen often when one is reading a science magazine.

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This is a book that should be on the shelf of anybody who has ever mused over the intricacies and complexities of romantic relationships. Matt Ridley achieves the remarkable feat of explaining the biological basis of sex, gender, jealousy, marriage, and beauty, whilst preserving the age-old awe, mystery and fascination surrounding these most central of human preoccupations.

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