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The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World

The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World

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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...
Reef Life: An Underwater Memoir

Reef Life: An Underwater Memoir

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Author: Callum RobertsFormat: Hardback, 144mm x 222mm, 624g, 368 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2019Reef Life is a marine science memoir - the story of how Britain's pre-eminent marine...
Make Way for the Superhumans: How the science of bio enhancement is transforming our world, and how we need to deal with it

Make Way for the Superhumans: How the science of bio enhancement is transforming our world, and how we need to deal with it

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When We Touch: (SIGNED)

When We Touch: (SIGNED)

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Author: Michael BanissyBinding: HardbackPublished: Orion Publishing, 2023, First Edition, First Impression Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis book explores the importance of physical touch in human interactions, discussing handshakes, hugs,...
In Your Face: The Hidden History of Plastic Surgery and Why Looks Matter

In Your Face: The Hidden History of Plastic Surgery and Why Looks Matter

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The Story of V: Opening Pandora's Box

The Story of V: Opening Pandora's Box

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Two-Week Wait: an IVF story

Two-Week Wait: an IVF story

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Author: Luke C. JacksonFormat: Paperback, 177mm x 234mm, 160 pagesPublished: Scribe Publications, United Kingdom, 2021An original graphic novel based on the IVF stories of its husband-and-wife authors and the 1-in-50...
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

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Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

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Author: Juan Jose MillasFormat: Hardback, 135mm x 216mm, 224 pagesPublished: Scribe Publications, United Kingdom, 2022A New Scientist Book of the Year Prehistory is all around us. We just need to...
Finding North: How Navigation Makes Us Human

Finding North: How Navigation Makes Us Human

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Bomb, Book and Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China

Bomb, Book and Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China

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The Perfect Tonic: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cocktails

The Perfect Tonic: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cocktails

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Author: Camper EnglishFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 320g, 368 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023Shortlisted for the Andre Simon Food & Drink Book AwardAn intoxicating interconnected history of booze and...
The Voyage of the Endeavour: Captain Cook and the Discovery of the Pacific

The Voyage of the Endeavour: Captain Cook and the Discovery of the Pacific

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Knowledge is Power (Icon Science): How Magic, the Government and an Apocalyptic Vision Helped Francis Bacon to Create Modern Science

Knowledge is Power (Icon Science): How Magic, the Government and an Apocalyptic Vision Helped Francis Bacon to Create Modern Science

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The Development of Darwin's Theory: Natural History, Natural Theology, and Natural Selection, 1838-1859

The Development of Darwin's Theory: Natural History, Natural Theology, and Natural Selection, 1838-1859

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Genethics: The Ethics of Engineering Life

Genethics: The Ethics of Engineering Life

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Exploding the Gene Myth: How Genetic Information Is Produced and Manipulated by Scientists, Physicians, Employers, Insurance Companies, Educators, and Law Enforcers

Exploding the Gene Myth: How Genetic Information Is Produced and Manipulated by Scientists, Physicians, Employers, Insurance Companies, Educators, and Law Enforcers

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Blind Watchers of the Sky

Blind Watchers of the Sky

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2040: A Handbook for the Regeneration

2040: A Handbook for the Regeneration

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The Day the Universe Changed

The Day the Universe Changed

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Author: James BurkeBinding: HardbackPublished: BBC Books, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Day the Universe Changed is a captivating ten-part documentary series that explores how scientific and technological...
Man and Meteorites

Man and Meteorites

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Author: Brian PejovicBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames Head, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the fascinating relationship between mankind and meteorites, detailing their significance in history and...
The Anxiety Epidemic: The Causes of our Modern-Day Anxieties

The Anxiety Epidemic: The Causes of our Modern-Day Anxieties

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Author: Graham Davey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Highly commended at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2019 Are we living in an age of unprecedented anxiety, or has...
The Year in Space: From the makers of the number-one space podcast, in conjunction with the Royal Astronomical Society

The Year in Space: From the makers of the number-one space podcast, in conjunction with the Royal Astronomical Society

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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?...
Contributions to the Systematics and Ecology of Aquatic Diptera: A Tribute to Ole A. Sæther

Contributions to the Systematics and Ecology of Aquatic Diptera: A Tribute to Ole A. Sæther

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Author: Trond Andersen (ed)binding: HardbackPublished: Caddis Press, 2007Condition: book: Good, jacket: No dust jacket, page: Good, markings: Previous ownerThis book is a tribute to Ole A. Sæther, featuring contributions on...
The Will: A Dual Aspect Theory (Volume 2)

The Will: A Dual Aspect Theory (Volume 2)

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Author: Brian O'Shaughnessybinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1980Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: No markingsIn Volume 2 of 'The Will: A Dual Aspect Theory', Brian O'Shaughnessy explores...
In His Image: Cloning of a Man

In His Image: Cloning of a Man

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Author: David M. Rorvikbinding: HardbackPublished: H. Hamilton, 1978Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book explores the ethical and scientific implications of cloning, presenting a thought-provoking...
Science in the Netherlands East Indies

Science in the Netherlands East Indies

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Author: L.M.R. Ruttenbinding: HardbackPublished: Published for the convenience of the visitors of the Fourth Pacific Science Congress, [1929]Condition: book: Very good, jacket: No dust jacket, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis...
Worth's Dartmoor

Worth's Dartmoor

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Author: R. Hansford Worthbinding: HardbackPublished: David & Charles Reprint, 1971Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: Previous ownerWorth's Dartmoor is a hardback book that explores the scenic beauty...
A Devil's Chaplain: Selected Writings

A Devil's Chaplain: Selected Writings

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Author: Prof Richard Dawkins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Richard Dawkins is one of the finest minds in science, and in this superb collection of essays and letters, he...
Brief Lives 3 - Newton

Brief Lives 3 - Newton

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Author: Peter Ackroyd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 The third brilliant short biography in Peter Ackroyd's Brief Lives. Newton is a companion volume to Chaucer and Turner. Isaac Newton...
A Devil's Chaplain: Selected Writings

A Devil's Chaplain: Selected Writings

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Author: Prof Richard Dawkins Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 Richard Dawkins is one of the finest minds in science, and in this superb collection of essays and letters, he...
The Ant and the Ferrari

The Ant and the Ferrari

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Trauma: The Search for the Cause of Legionnaires' Disease

Trauma: The Search for the Cause of Legionnaires' Disease

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Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

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Chaos

Chaos

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How Bad Are Bananas?: The carbon footprint of everything - 2020 new edition

How Bad Are Bananas?: The carbon footprint of everything - 2020 new edition

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Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany

Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany

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The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

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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...
Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code

Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code

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Author: Professor Matthew Cobb Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code. This great scientific breakthrough has...
The Accidental Scientist: The Role of Chance and Luck in Scientific Discovery

The Accidental Scientist: The Role of Chance and Luck in Scientific Discovery

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Author: Graeme Donald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Have you ever wondered how the ideas for some things come about? Surprisingly it is often as much down to chance...
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

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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,...
Sensational: A New Story of our Senses

Sensational: A New Story of our Senses

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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...
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain

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Author: Lisa Feldman Barrett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 'Highly accessible, content-rich and eminently readable . . . Fascinating and informative . . . popular science at its best.'...
From Our Own Correspondent: Dispatches of a Decade from Across the World

From Our Own Correspondent: Dispatches of a Decade from Across the World

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Author: Polly Hope Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 For more than sixty years on the air, From Our Own Correspondent has been one of BBC Radio's flagship programmes. It...
Personality: A User's Guide

Personality: A User's Guide

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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...
The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius

The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius

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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...
Blood: The science, medicine and mythology of menstruation

Blood: The science, medicine and mythology of menstruation

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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

The Truth Detective: A Poker Player's Guide to a Complex World

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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...