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God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science

God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science

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Author: James Hannam Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 The adjective 'medieval' has become a synonym for brutality and uncivilised behaviour. Yet without the work of medieval scholars there could...
The Human Body Coloring Book: From Cells to Systems and Beyond

The Human Body Coloring Book: From Cells to Systems and Beyond

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Author: Coloring Concepts Inc. Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Color your way to understanding the human body and its systems with this interactive study guide from Coloring Concepts, designed...
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains

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New Horizons

New Horizons

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How to Grow a Human: Reprogramming Cells and Redesigning Life

How to Grow a Human: Reprogramming Cells and Redesigning Life

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Author: Philip Ball Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific...
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

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50 Shades of Grey Matter

50 Shades of Grey Matter

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The Second Creation: The Age of Biological Control by the Scientists Who Cloned Dolly

The Second Creation: The Age of Biological Control by the Scientists Who Cloned Dolly

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Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Story of the Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe

Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Story of the Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universe

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Canon

Canon

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Longitude

Longitude

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Author: Dava Sobel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how...
The Science of the Oven

The Science of the Oven

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Author: Herve This (AgroParisTech) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 216 Mayonnaise "takes" when a series of liquids form a semisolid consistency. Eggs, a liquid, become solid as they are heated,...
Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World

Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World

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Author: Mark Denny Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 Ingenium is medieval English vernacular for "an ingenious contrivance." In this fascinating book, physicist Mark Denny considers five such contrivances-the bow...
Hot Carbon: Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science

Hot Carbon: Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science

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Author: Professor John Marra Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 280 There are few fields of science that carbon-14 has not touched. A radioactive isotope of carbon, it stands out for...
The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 5, The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences

The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 5, The Modern Physical and Mathematical Sciences

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Author: Mary Jo Nye (Oregon State University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 708 A narrative and interpretative history of the physical and mathematical sciences from the early nineteenth century to...
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military

Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military

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Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson (American Museum of Natural History) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best-selling author of...
An Optimist's Tour of the Future

An Optimist's Tour of the Future

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Author: Mark Stevenson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Mark Stevenson has been to the future a few years ahead of the rest of us - and reckons it has...
Why We Love: The new science behind our closest relationships

Why We Love: The new science behind our closest relationships

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Author: Anna Machin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'This book opens the Pandora's Box on this most complex and puzzling aspect of what it is to be human' Robin...
Webtopia: The world wide wreck of tech and how to make the net work

Webtopia: The world wide wreck of tech and how to make the net work

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What Remains to be Discovered

What Remains to be Discovered

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A Century of Mendelism in Human Genetics

A Century of Mendelism in Human Genetics

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Into the Grey Zone: Exploring the Border Between Life and Death

Into the Grey Zone: Exploring the Border Between Life and Death

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Author: Dr Adrian Owen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 In 2006 Dr Adrian Owen and his team made medical history. They discovered a new realm of consciousness, somewhere between...
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: And Other Questions About Dead Bodies

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Author: Caitlin Doughty Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Can we give Grandma a Viking funeral? Why don't animals dig up all the graves? Will my hair keep growing in...
The Short Story of Science: A Pocket Guide to Key Histories, Experiments, Theories, Instruments and Methods

The Short Story of Science: A Pocket Guide to Key Histories, Experiments, Theories, Instruments and Methods

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Author: Tom Jackson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 The Short Story of Science is a new introduction to the complete subject of science. Covering 60 key experiments, from Archimedes'...
Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life

Life at the Speed of Light: From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life

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Author: J. Craig Venter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 In 2010, scientists led by J. Craig Venter became the first to successfully create 'synthetic life' -- putting humankind at...
Carotenoids Other Than Vitamin A, 2, Plenary and Selected Lectures Presented at the [Second] International Symposium on Carotenoids Other Than Vitamin A, Held in Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A., 6-9 May 1969

Carotenoids Other Than Vitamin A

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Jung--The Key Ideas: A Teach Yourself Guide

Jung--The Key Ideas: A Teach Yourself Guide

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Author: Ruth Snowden Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Jung--The Key Ideas will quickly familiarize you with the revolutionary thinking of this famous man. It will teach you all the essential...
The Brain That Changes Itself

The Brain That Changes Itself

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Author: Norman Doidge Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Meet the ninety-year-old doctor who is still practicing medicine, the stroke victim who learned to move and talk again and the woman...
Astrobiology: The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe

Astrobiology: The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe

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Author: Andrew May Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 It's one of the most important and fascinating questions human beings can ponder, and astrobiology is the emerging field of science...
The Science of Love and Betrayal

The Science of Love and Betrayal

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Mindsight: Change Your Brain and Your Life

Mindsight: Change Your Brain and Your Life

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A Guide to Modern Science: How Technology Will Shape Our World

A Guide to Modern Science: How Technology Will Shape Our World

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The Physics of Everyday Things: The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day

The Physics of Everyday Things: The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day

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Author: James Kakalios Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Most of us are clueless when it comes to the physics that makes our modern world so convenient. What's the simple...
Behave :The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Behave :The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

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Author: Robert Sapolsky Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 800 Sapolsky's storytelling concept is delightful but it also has a powerful intrinsic logic: he starts by looking at the factors that...
The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves

The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves

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Author: Eric R. Kandel Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Neurological and psychiatric disorders have long been regarded as fundamentally different, depending on whether they appear to affect the brain...
The Book of Humans: A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us

The Book of Humans: A Brief History of Culture, Sex, War and the Evolution of Us

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Author: Adam Rutherford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 WHAT MAKES US HUMAN? Waging war? Sex for pleasure? Creating art? Mastery of fire? In this thrilling tour of the animal...
Quantum Computing: The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution

Quantum Computing: The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution

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Author: Brian Clegg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Computer technology has improved exponentially over the last 50 years. But the headroom for bigger and better electronic solutions is running...
Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality

Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality

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Author: Dr Julia Shaw Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Bisexuality is the largest sexual minority in the world and the least well understood. This book sets out to answer...
The Smell of Fresh Rain: The Unexpected Pleasures of our Most Elusive Sense

The Smell of Fresh Rain: The Unexpected Pleasures of our Most Elusive Sense

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Author: Barney Shaw Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Smell is the most emotional and evocative of our senses: it can bring back memories faster and with more immediacy than...
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes

A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes

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Author: Adam Rutherford Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to be. It...
A Universe from Nothing

A Universe from Nothing

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Author: Lawrence Krauss Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 292 Internationally renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the biggest philosophical questions: Where did our...
The End of Bias: How We Change Our Minds

The End of Bias: How We Change Our Minds

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Author: Jessica Nordell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Unconscious bias: persistent prejudiced behaviour that clashes with our consciously held beliefs. Its effects can be corrosive, even lethal. It robs...
The End of Bias: Can We Change Our Minds?

The End of Bias: Can We Change Our Minds?

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Author: Jessica Nordell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Drawing on ten years of immersion in the topic, Nordell digs into the cognitive science and social psychology that underpin efforts...
Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine

Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine

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Author: Harry Parker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week An eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and AI...
The Genera of Lactic Acid Bacteria Volume 2

The Genera of Lactic Acid Bacteria Volume 2

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Biology of the Skin and Hair Growth: Proceesing of a Symposium Held at Canberra, Australia, August 1964 [SIGNED]

Biology of the Skin and Hair Growth: Proceesing of a Symposium Held at Canberra, Australia, August 1964 [SIGNED]

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The Body: A Guide for Occupants - THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER

The Body: A Guide for Occupants - THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLER

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How Your Brain Works: Inside the Most Complicated Object in the Known Universe

How Your Brain Works: Inside the Most Complicated Object in the Known Universe

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Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 How Your Brain Works explores the amazing world inside your head. Ever wondered what's going on inside your head? The brain...