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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...
Rock Art Science

Rock Art Science

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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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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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The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

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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...
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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On the Origin of Evolution: Tracing 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea' from Aristotle to DNA

On the Origin of Evolution: Tracing 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea' from Aristotle to DNA

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Author: John Gribbin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from...
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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In the Centre of Immensity

In the Centre of Immensity

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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'...
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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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...
New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything

New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything

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Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking. When Edwin Hubble looked into his telescope in the 1920s, he was shocked to find that...
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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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...
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...
The Mice Who Sing For Sex: And Other Weird Tales from the World of Science

The Mice Who Sing For Sex: And Other Weird Tales from the World of Science

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Author: Lliana Bird Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Lliana Bird and Dr Jack Lewis tackle the strange and surreal phenomena from the depths of the oceans to the limits...
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...
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 Best Australian Science Writing 2014

The Best Australian Science Writing 2014

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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...
Life Is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe

Life Is Simple: How Occam's Razor Set Science Free and Shapes the Universe

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Author: Johnjoe McFadden Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 "In short, Life Is Simple is enthralling."--Michael Blastland, Prospect A biologist argues that simplicity is the guiding principle of the universe...
The Doctor

The Doctor

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Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate

Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate

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Author: Paul Halpern Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 In the past decade, Paul Halpern has brought readers three stunning histories of science -- Einstein's Dice and Schroedinger's Cats, The...
Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

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Author: Simon Winchester Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the...
The Planets

The Planets

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Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society

Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society

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The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures

The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures

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