Roger Highfield

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1) The science of Harry Potter: how magic really works

Author

Highfield, Roger

Pub. Date

2003.

Physical Desc

xxii, 322 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

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Presents scientific explanations for many of the fantastical and magical elements of Harry Potter's world.

2) The dance of life: the new science of how a single cell becomes a human being

Author

Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena

Pub. Date

2020.

Physical Desc

vii, 289 pages ; 25 cm

Language

English

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"Embryologist Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz has spent two decades unraveling the mysteries of fetal development. By studying embryonic mouse cells, she witnessed the embryo's ability to rid itself of abnormal cells as it prepared for implantation in the womb. When Zernicka-Goetz became pregnant at 44, she received a call that took her by surprise: a sample test of the cells in her own placenta indicated that the fetus had trisomy-2, a disastrous extra...

3) The arrow of time: a voyage through science to solve time's greatest mystery

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Pub. Date

1991.

Physical Desc

378 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Language

English