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Override: my quest to go beyond brain training and take control of my mind
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Author: Caroline Williams (Science journalist and editor) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Can you really rewire an adult brain? In theory the answer is 'yes', but there's a problem:...
The Second Tree: Stem Cells, Clones, Chimeras, and Quests for
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In the past century and a half, the evolution of biology has outstripped that of any of its subjects. Since Darwin's monumentally influential but rudimentary discoveries, biologists have advanced their...
The Human Touch: Our Part in the Creation of a Universe
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Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
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Woo's Wonderful World of Maths
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The Life Scientific: Inventors
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The Life Scientific: Explorers
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100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport
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The Earth: An Intimate History
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions
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The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World
Author: Ziya TongFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 214mm, 456g, 384 pagesPublished: Canongate Books, United Kingdom, 2020Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to...
Forces of Nature
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The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World
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Aliens and Other Worlds: True Tales from Our Solar System and Beyond
Author: Lisa Harvey-SmithFormat: Hardback, 165mm x 230mm, 410g, 120 pagesPublished: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd, Australia, 2021Did life on Earth arrive on a meteorite from outer space? Are there...
The Year in Space: From the makers of the number-one space podcast, in conjunction with the Royal Astronomical Society
Author: The Supermassive Podcast (Izzie Clarke, Dr Becky Smethurst, Richard Hollingham and Robert Massey) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Is it possible for humans to live on other planets?...
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...
Fantastic Voyage
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions
Author: Kate Summerscale Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANIACSA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAILA WATERSTONES BEST...
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions
Author: Kate SummerscaleFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 196mm, 200g, 256 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANIACSA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES,...
Introducing Evolution: A Graphic Guide
Author: Dylan EvansFormat: Paperback, 118mm x 168mm, 155g, 176 pagesPublished: Icon Books, United Kingdom, 2010The ideal guide to the most important idea ever to appear in the history of science....
Sensational: A New Story of our Senses
Author: Ashley WardFormat: Paperback, 128mm x 198mm, 257g, 320 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2024'A future classic of popular science' Mail on Sunday'A dazzling account' Financial Times'Absorbing, surprising and...
Personality: A User's Guide
Author: Nikita Mikhailov Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'The best introduction to personality psychology I have ever read' Robert Hogan, founder and president, Hogan Assessment Systems We are each...
Blood: The science, medicine and mythology of menstruation
Author: Dr. Jennifer Gunter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 'The world's most famous and outspoken gynaecologist' (The Guardian) fights myths and fearmongering with real science, inclusive facts, and shame-free...
The Truth Detective: A Poker Player's Guide to a Complex World
Author: Alex O'Brien Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 From uncertainty and risk to ambiguity, emotion and non-verbal behaviour, life can be like a game of poker. So approach it...
Sensational: A New Story of our Senses
Author: Ashley Ward Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A future classic of popular science' Mail on Sunday 'A dazzling account' Financial Times 'Absorbing, surprising and at times profound. After...
The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius
Author: Dr. Gail Saltz Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 THE POWER OF DIFFERENT is an illuminating and uplifting examination of the link between brain differences and aptitude. Psychologist and...
The Compact Australian Bird Guide
Author: Jeff Davies Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 264 The Compact Australian Bird Guide is an easy-to-use and beautifully illustrated quick identification guide to all bird species regularly occurring in...
Appetite For Wonder: The Making of a Scientist, An-Bantam Press
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The Ig Nobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable Research
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Why Am I Like This?: The Science Behind Your Weirdest Thoughts & Habits
Author: Jen Martin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Why can't I stop taking photos? Why do I always feel like I'm missing out? Why can't I remember why I...
Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal about our Uniquely Mathematical Mind
Author: Brian Butterworth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Every pet owner thinks their own dog, cat, fish or hamster is a genius. What makes CAN FISH COUNT? so exciting...
Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making
Author: Chris Packham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough's Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Cox's Universe' Guardian...
Cousins: Our Primate Relatives
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Silk & Venom: The incredible lives of spiders
Author: James O'Hanlon Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 There are more than 50 000 species of spiders. They surround us in our daily lives and, contrary to popular belief,...
The Best Australian Science Writing 2023
Author: Donna Lu Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Should we alter animals' DNA to save them from extinction? What secrets will old ice reveal to us about the Earth's...
Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built
Author: William A. Harris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 By the time a baby is born, its brain is equipped with billions of intricately crafted neurons wired together through...
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
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A Human's Guide to the Future
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From Our Own Correspondent: A Decade of Dispatches from Across the World
Author: Polly Hope Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 For more than sixty-five years on the air, From Our Own Correspondent has been one of BBC Radio's flagship programmes. It...
Parallax: The Race to Measure the Cosmos
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DNA: The Secret of Life, Fully Revised and Updated
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The Story of the Brain in 101/2 Cells
Author: Richard Wingate Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 There are more than 100 billion brain cells in our heads, and every single one represents a fragment of thought and...
The Magick of Matter: Crystals, Chaos and the Wizardry of Physics
Author: Felix Flicker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'This is a book about wizardry. It will reveal the secrets of the wizard's art, and how you, too, can learn...
The Life Scientific: Virus Hunters
Author: Anna Buckley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 BBC Radio 4's celebrated THE LIFE SCIENTIFIC has featured some of the world's most renowned experts in the field of deadly...
COVID-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened, and How to Stop the Next One
Author: Debora MacKenzie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Excellent . . . analyses clearly and authoritatively how the coronavirus pandemic played out, what governments should have done, and what...
Human Being: Reclaim 12 Vital Skills We're Losing to Technology
Author: Graham Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 Our increasing reliance on digital technology has had a profound impact on our own abilities as humans. What can we do...
The Story of the Brain in 101/2 Cells
Author: Richard Wingate Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 There are more than 100 billion brain cells in our heads, and every single one represents a fragment of thought and...