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GrrlScientist: Our teen-aged hero, Itch, is back. This, the third book in a mystery-thriller trilogy, follows Itch’s continuing adventures as he and his friends try to outwit criminal masterminds who are desperately seeking radioactive chemical element 126 -- an element that still lurks out there. Somewhere.
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The Bible garnered 37% of public vote, while On the Origin of Species received 35%, writes Alison Flood
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GrrlScientist: Mark Miodownik’s Stuff Matters has won the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. Stuff Matters, published by Viking, takes the reader on a lively and engaging exploration of some of the myriad materials that shape the modern world.
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Review Royal Society books shortlist: Seven Elements That Have Changed the World by John Browne – review
Ian Sample: Carnegie and Rockefeller feature in this engaging history of how the use of natural resources has underpinned greed and dramatic industrial development -
An account of the Flood significantly different from that told in the Bible should have resonances with modern audiences, writes Nick Fraser
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The best popular science book of the year, Rosetta's moment in space and Cern's new leader
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