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Nostalgia Nerd's Gadgets, Gizmos & Gimmicks: A Potted History of Personal Tech
Author: Peter Leigh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 In this eagerly-awaited new book from the author of the best-selling Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech, Peter Leigh takes a fun, informative...
What's the Use?: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
Author: Professor Ian Stewart Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Stewart is Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths' - Alex Bellos 'The instructive equivalent of a Michelin-starred tasting...
Adventures in Human Being
Author: Gavin Francis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 We have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human...
The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of Our Connection to Each Other and the Natural World
Author: Tom Oliver Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A thought-provoking and worthwhile read' THE TIMES 'A timely, challenging book' GUARDIAN '[A] rich, intriguing book' NATURE WE ARE MUCH MORE...
Talking to Robots: How Humans and Machines Will Live Together in the Future
Author: David Ewing Duncan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'If you want to see what that future might look like, Duncan's book is a fun place to start' NPR...
The Keys to Kindness: How to be Kinder to Yourself, Others and the World
Author: Claudia Hammond Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 In The Keys to Kindness Claudia Hammond takes us on an eye-opening tour of kindness: what constitutes kindness (it's not what...
The Social Lives of Animals: How Co-operation Conquered the Natural World
Author: Ashley Ward Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Any writer who can evoke the existential sadness of a lonely cockroach, or make krill thrilling, or describe a snorkelling colleague...
Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth
Author: Claire Horn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Throughout human history, every single one of us has been born from a person. So far. But that is about to...
Nostalgia Nerd's Gadgets, Gizmos & Gimmicks: A Potted History of Personal Tech
Author: Peter Leigh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 In this eagerly-awaited new book from the author of the best-selling Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech, Peter Leigh takes a fun, informative...
What's the Use?: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
Author: Professor Ian Stewart Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Stewart is Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths' - Alex Bellos 'The instructive equivalent of a Michelin-starred tasting...
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
Author: Adam Rutherford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? Why does eugenics still loom...
The Brain: 10 Things You Should Know
Author: Professor Sophie Scott Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Uncover the mind-blowing complexities of the brain and how it affects our personalities, behaviours and more. Written by Professor of...
How Vaccines Work: The Science and History Behind Every Question You've Wanted to Ask
Author: David Miles Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 Vaccines are a debate, whether we want them to be or not. Now more than ever, it's easy to feel overwhelmed...
The Meat Paradox: 'Brilliantly provocative, original, electrifying' Bee Wilson, Financial Times
Author: Rob Percival Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Our future diet will be shaped by diverse forces. It will be shaped by novel technologies and the logic of globalisation,...
Are We Being Watched?: The Search for Life in the Cosmos
Author: Paul Murdin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Are We Being Watched? applies the latest scientific discoveries and theories to enquire whether life exists on other planets and, if...
Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
Author: Nick Lane Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'One of my favourite science writers' - Bill Gates 'Hugely important' - Jim Al-Khalili For decades, biology has been dominated by...
The Magick of Matter: Crystals, Chaos and the Wizardry of Physics
Author: Felix Flicker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 As heard on BBC Radio 4 Start The Week 'Felix Flicker brilliantly reveals the secrets behind the modern-day magic we call...
Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness
Author: Charles Foster Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'A wonderful, wild, dazzling book. You will feel more human for having read it' - Literary Review 'Foster's daringly imaginative exploration...
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics
Author: Adam Rutherford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? Why does eugenics still loom...
Pluses and Minuses: How Maths Makes the World More Manageable
Author: Stefan Buijsman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Thousands of years ago the inhabitants of Mesopotamia became the first to use numbers. Since then, mathematics has been unstoppable. It's...
The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution
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How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet: The perfect gift for animal lovers
Author: Professor Noel Fitzpatrick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 THE MASSIVE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER It has been 30 years since Noel Fitzpatrick graduated as a veterinary surgeon,...
Light to Life: The miracle of photosynthesis and how it can save the planet
Author: Raffael Jovine Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 "Read this book and you will learn how photosynthesis was discovered, how it works, and how we can produce more food...
When We Touch: Handshakes, hugs, high fives and the new science behind why touch matters
Author: Professor Michael Banissy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'A mind-expanding tour of what touch means.' DAVID EAGLEMAN, neuroscientist and author of Incognito and Livewired Why is a hugged...
Geekspeak: Why Life + Mathematics = Happiness
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Crude: The story of oil
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Neither God Nor Devil: Rethinking Our Perception of Wolves
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Alex Through the Looking-Glass: How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life
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Climate Worrier: A Hypocrite's Guide to Saving the Planet
Author: Colm O'Regan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Bestselling author Colm O'Regan is a worrier. A professional one. Caution is his watchword. Risk aversion is his love language. Now...
Race for Tomorrow: A Journey Through the Front Lines of the Climate Fight
Author: Simon Mundy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 As featured on CNN's Amanpour & Company and BBC Radio 4's Start the Week with Andrew Marr One of the Financial...
Great Feuds in Science
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Honey Bee Pests and Diseases: A complete guide to prevention and management
Author: Jean-Pierre Y. Scheerlinck Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Honey Bee Pests and Diseases provides up-to-date information on the management of honey bee diseases found globally, not just in...
A Most Damnable Invention: Dynamites, Nitrates and the Making of the Modern World
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The Best Australian Science Writing 2022
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What Mad Pursuit
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The Neurophysiological Basis of Mind
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Phaenomena: Doppelmayr's Celestial Atlas
Author: Giles Sparrow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A beautiful showcase of Johann Doppelmayr's magnificent Atlas Coelestis that deconstructs its intricately drawn plates and explores its influential ideas. Showcasing...
Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis
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History'S Worst Inventions
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The One Thing You Need to Know: The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in Science
Author: Marcus Chown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 From gravity to black holes, special relativity to global warming, this authoritative and entertaining book from bestselling author Marcus Chown breaks...
Homo Sapiens Rediscovered: The Scientific Revolution Rewriting Our Origins
Author: Paul Pettitt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 An expert palaeoarchaeologist reveals how our understanding of the evolution of our species has been transformed by momentous discoveries and technological...
The One Thing You Need to Know: The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in Science
Author: Marcus Chown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 From gravity to black holes, special relativity to global warming, this authoritative and entertaining book from bestselling author Marcus Chown breaks...
4th Rock from the Sun: The Story of Mars
Author: Nicky Jenner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Mars, the red planet, is ingrained in our culture, from David Bowie's extra-terrestrial spiders to Captain Scarlet to War of the...
A Blueprint for a Safer Planet: How We Can Save the World and Create Prosperity
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What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner
Author: Dan Levitt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular...
50 Ways to Save the Honey Bees: (and Change the World)
Author: J. Scott Donahue Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Fifty fun & buzz-worthy ways to "bee" a local hero! Did you know that honey bees pollinate a third of...
Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II
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The Universe Next Door: A Journey Through 55 Alternative Realities, Parallel Worlds and Possible Futures
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Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Could there be a doorway to the multiverse in our backyard? It's lucky you're here. But for a series of incredible...