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In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.A smear of blood, a flake of paint, a hair or a fingerprint...the raw material of the police work conducted on the laboratory bench and under the microscope lens...the vital evidence that brings the killer to justice.The compelling history of forensic science, from Bertillon and the early pioneers to Simpson and the expert pathologists, chemists, toxicologists, and ballistics specialists of today...the men whose business is the scientific analysis of murder.

In good condition - has markings from use - has yellowing to page ends -due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.In 1915, Albert Einstein presented his masterwork to the Prussian Academy of Sciences - a theory of gravity, matter, space and time: the General Theory of Relativity. Einstein himself said it was 'the most valuable theory of my life' and 'of incomparable beauty'. It describes the evolution of the Universe, black holes, the behaviour of orbiting neutron stars, gravitational lensing and why clocks run slower on the surface of the Earth than in space. It even suggests the possibility of time travel.And yet we think instead of 1905, the year of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity and his equation E=mc2, as his annus mirabilis, even though the Special Theory is lass far-reaching. Today the General Theory is overshadowed by these achievements, regarded as 'too difficult' for ordinary mortals to comprehend.

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In good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.What does climate change mean?How will global warming affect our lives?Is it the cause of wilder storms and more frequent drought?Are these events inevitable?Tim Flannery makes these urgent issues completely accessible. He tells the fascinating story of climate spanning millions of years to help us understand the predicament we face. By burning fossil fuels we are increasing the levels of greenhouse gasses in our atmosphere, causing our planet to become warmer.Every nation is affected differently by these changes but we have one thing in common - we are now the weather makers, and the new climate we are creating threatens the future of our civilisation.Tim Flannery shows how we can all help to combat these problems. You may be surprised at how much you can do. The Weather Makers will change your life.