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Giving the Devil his Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist
Who is the 'Devil'? And what is he due? The Devil is anyone who disagrees with you. And what he is due is the right to speak his mind. He...
Stand out of our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention
Former Google advertising strategist, now Oxford-trained philosopher James Williams launches a plea to society and to the tech industry to help ensure that the technology we all carry with us...
Unwired: Gaining Control over Addictive Technologies
Our society has a technology problem. Many want to disconnect from screens but can't help themselves. These days we spend more time online than ever. Some turn to self-help-measures to...
The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook: (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang)
Free yourself from cosmological tyranny! Everything started in a Big Bang? Invisible dark matter? Black holes? Why accept such a weird cosmos? For all those who wonder about this bizarre...
The Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-control and How To Master It
Self-control explained by the inventor of the famous 1960s marshmallow experiments A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice- Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy...
The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist's Journey through the Land
A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal that the scope of the universe is greater, and more beautiful, than we ever imagined There is...
The Improbable Primate: How Water Shaped Human Evolution
Taking an ecological approach to our evolution, Clive Finlayson considers the origins of modern humans within the context of a drying climate and changing landscapes. Finlayson argues that environmental change,...
BBC Radio 4 Brain of Britain Ultimate Quiz Book
Pit your wits against some of the brightest minds in Britain by taking up the challenge of this ultimate quiz of 2000 questions from the Brain of Britain archives. Brain...
Engines of Creation
'Engines of Creation is by far the best book I have seen about the consequences of new technologies. It is ambitious and imaginative and, best of all, the thinking is...
Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune
When we talk about technology we always talk about the future - which makes it hard to figure out how to get there. In Future Histories , Lizzie O'Shea argues...
The Frontiers of Knowledge: What We Know About Science, History and
From the bestselling philosopher, a gripping history of science, thought, life on earth and the human mind - and what we might know in the future In very recent times...
Life's Vital Link: The astonishing role of the placenta
The development of the placenta was a pivotal event in evolution. Without it, we would still be laying eggs instead of giving birth to live offspring. It represents the critical...
Living within Limits
We fail to mandate economic sanity, " writes Garrett Hardin, "because our brains are addled by...compassion." With such startling assertions, Hardin has cut a swathe through the field of ecology...
The Perfect Tonic: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine,
Shortlisted for the Andre Simon Food & Drink Book Award An intoxicating interconnected history of booze and medicine, from one of the world's foremost cocktail writers. Consider the Negroni. The...
The End of Reality: How Elon Musk and his Friends are Changing Your
A withering takedown of four billionaires (from Andreessen to Zuckerberg) who are selling us fantasies while the world burns. At a time when multiple crises are compounding to create epic...
Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science): The Making of the
The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device, which first...
The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor
The astonishing new discovery that could change everything... Lying inside a high-security vault, deep within the heart of one of the world s leading natural history museums, is the scientific...
The Double Helix
'It is a strange model and embodies several unusual features. However, since DNA is an unusual substance, we are not hesitant in being bold.' By elucidating the structure of DNA,...
Darwin and the Barnacle: The Story of One Tiny Creature and History's
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A scientific detective story that illuminates the remarkable saga of Darwin's greatest achievement. Pairing Charles Darwin and a rare species of barnacle as her unlikely protagonists, Rebecca Stott has written...
The Opt-Out Family: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can't
Discover a new and hopeful path forward as you consider your family's approach to social media, screen time, and technology. We've all heard the mind-boggling statistics about technology and social...
Before The Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors
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Based on the groundbreaking synthesis of recent scientific findings, Wade recounts a bold and provocative story of the history of humanity's ancient ancestors and the evolution of human nature. In...
In the Blink of an Eye: The Cause of the Most Dramatic Event in the
The book titled In the Blink of an Eye: The Cause of the Most Dramatic Event in the by the author Andrew Parker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact...
From Hand to Mouth: The Origins of Language
It is often said that speech is what distinguishes us from other animals. But are we all talk? What if language was bequeathed to us not by word of mouth,...
Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping, and Beyond
Robert Provine boldly goes where other scientists seldom tread-in search of hiccups, coughs, yawns, sneezes, and other lowly, undignified human behaviors. Upon investigation, these instinctive acts bear the imprint of...
Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Our
Friends. Lovers. Therapists. 'Deathbots'. AI is taking on unprecedented roles for millions of us every day - but how are these new 'relationships' rewiring us? Beyond those who are using...
Breakthrough: Spectacular stories of scientific discovery from the
'Marcus Chown rocks!' - Brian May How does it feel to know something about the universe that no one has ever known before? And why is mathematics so good at...
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers-some willingly, some unwittingly-have been involved in science's boldest strides...
Fossil Trail
One of the most remarkable fossil finds in history occurred in Laetoli, Tanzania, in 1974, when anthropologist Andrew Hill (diving to the ground to avoid a lump of elephant dung...
Darwin and Evolution
Charles Darwin's formulation of the theory of evolution with its now commonplace central idea of the 'survival of the fittest' is today - if not fully proven - generally accepted...
Age Proof: The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life The
***SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2022*** Did you know that we can lead longer and healthier lives by making simple changes right now? Professor Rose Anne Kenny...
Elixir: A Story of Perfume, Science and the Search for the Secret of
A FINANCIAL TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR A STRONG WORDS TOP 50 BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Dizzying and fragrant . . . truly a captivating achievement!' Aimee Nezhukumatathil 'If...
Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us
A radical reexamination of memory by pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Charan Ranganath. We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here's a surprising twist: we...
Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us
A radical reexamination of memory by pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Charan Ranganath. We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here's a surprising twist: we...
The Distraction Addiction: Getting the Information You Need and the
The question of our time: can we reclaim our lives in an age that feels busier and more distracting by the day? We've all found ourselves checking email at the...
DNA
The Compact Guide: DNA provides a fascinating look at the world of the double helix and examines who we are, how we're wired, and how we repair ourselves. With information...
Two Trains Leave Paris: Number Problems for Word People
Math is universal, but it's also the least understood and most undervalued subject taught in school.Two Trains Leave Paris: Number Problems for Word Peopleseeks to offer readers an opportunity to...
Unspeakable: Stories of Survival and Transformation After Trauma -
The Sunday Times bestselling authors of The Devil You Know return with a life-affirming myth busting exploration of trauma, resilience and healing. What does a traumatic event do to someone's...
Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement
A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around you anew. 'A wildly ambitious book by a formidably talented young writer.' - ROBERT...
Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body
Sara is a comedian who has talked and joked about female sexuality, psychology and the media's portrayal of women on stage and screen. While researching her most recent live show,...
Falling Upwards: Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST...
Saving the Daylight: Why We Put the Clocks Forward
Benjamin Franklin conceived of it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endorsed it. Winston Churchill campaigned for it. Kaiser Wilhelm first employed it. Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt went to war with...
How Many Moons Does the Earth Have?: The Ultimate Science Quiz Book
Why did Uuq become Fl? Why is the sky blue? Why is the sky black? What is spaghettification? There's a problem with the typical pub quiz. It always features far...
The Weather Machine: How We See Into the Future
A gripping account of the ingenious minds who gathered together the greatest technological inventions of our species to create a machine that can see into our planet's future with astonishing...
Explain That: 31 Intriguing Reasons Why from The Age and The Sydney
From the nation's most trusted news outlets comes an entertaining and authoritative look at the world around us. Have you ever wondered if time travel is actually possible? Or where...
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
In 2012, Jon Ronson's online identity was stolen. Jon publicly confronted the imposters, a trio of academics who had created a Jon Ronson Twitter bot obsessed by unlikely food combinations...
Oxford Rebels
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The book titled Oxford Rebels by the author Vanda Morton. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Empire Of The Stars: Friendship, Obsession and Betrayal in the Quest
In August 1930, on a boat trip from Bombay to England, the young Indian scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar calculated that certain stars could end their lives by collapsing indefinitely to a...