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Once Upon a Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories

Once Upon a Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic of Stories

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Liftoff: The Story of America's Adventure in Space

Liftoff: The Story of America's Adventure in Space

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Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers

Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers

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Nature's Web: Rethinking Our Place on Earth

Nature's Web: Rethinking Our Place on Earth

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Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science

Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science

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The Fabulous Flemings of Kathmandu

The Fabulous Flemings of Kathmandu

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Robert Whytt: The Soul and the Medicine

Robert Whytt: The Soul and the Medicine

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Claude Bernard & The Experimental Method in Medicine

Claude Bernard & The Experimental Method in Medicine

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John Irvine Hunter of the Sydney Medical School 1898-1924

John Irvine Hunter of the Sydney Medical School 1898-1924

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Ernest Sandford Jackson: The Life and Times of Pioneer Australian Surgeon

Ernest Sandford Jackson: The Life and Times of Pioneer Australian Surgeon

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Mappings

Mappings

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Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World

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Author: Maxim Samson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 Our world has innumerable boundaries, ranging from the obvious - like an ocean - to subtle differences in language or climate....
The Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds

The Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds

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Author: Katie Spalding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit. The...
Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World

Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World

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Author: David Blistein Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 In 2017 over 60,000 Americans died as the result of opioid overdoses, more than died annually in this country during the...
Georges Cuvier Zoologist: A Study in the History of Evolution Theory

Georges Cuvier Zoologist: A Study in the History of Evolution Theory

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A Surgeon in Australia

A Surgeon in Australia

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Oxford Rebels

Oxford Rebels

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The Naturalists: Pioneers of Natural History

The Naturalists: Pioneers of Natural History

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Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur

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Away with All the Pests

Away with All the Pests

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Royal Engineer: A Life of Sir Edmund DuCane

Royal Engineer: A Life of Sir Edmund DuCane

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Living Biographies of Great Scientists

Living Biographies of Great Scientists

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James and John Stuart Mill

James and John Stuart Mill

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Humboldt and the Cosmos

Humboldt and the Cosmos

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Sir John Bland-Sutton 1855-1936

Sir John Bland-Sutton 1855-1936

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Fever Hospital: A History of Fairfield Infectious Diseases HospitaL

Fever Hospital: A History of Fairfield Infectious Diseases HospitaL

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The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration

The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration

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Author: Colin Burgess Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 356 The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the 20th century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, discovery...
Heroes of Science: Botanists, Zoologists, and Geologists

Heroes of Science: Botanists, Zoologists, and Geologists

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Changing Pattern

Changing Pattern

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Frederick Joliot-Curie: The Man and His Theories

Frederick Joliot-Curie: The Man and His Theories

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Einstein in Bohemia

Einstein in Bohemia

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Author: Professor Michael D. Gordin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 360 Physics Today, Notable Books of 2020 A finely drawn portrait of Einstein's sixteen months in Prague In the spring...
This Gulf of Fire: The Destruction of Lisbon, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason

This Gulf of Fire: The Destruction of Lisbon, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and Reason

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Inside the Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Inside the Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Fourcroy: Chemist and Revolutionary 1755-1809 (SIGNED)

Fourcroy: Chemist and Revolutionary 1755-1809 (SIGNED)

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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea

Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea

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Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

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Author: Amit Katwala Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Nominated for the CWA Dagger Award 2023 'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector...
Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

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Author: Amit Katwala Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Nominated for the CWA Dagger Award 2023 'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector...
A Brief History of Science: through the development of scientific instruments

A Brief History of Science: through the development of scientific instruments

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Author: Thomas Crump Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 From earliest pre-history, with the dawning understanding of fire and its many uses, up to the astonishing advances of the twenty-first...
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker

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Author: A N Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life. With the publication of On the...
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

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Practical Matter: Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and Empire, 1687-1851

Practical Matter: Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and Empire, 1687-1851

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The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World

The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World

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Beyond the Wild Blue: History of the U.S.Air Force, 1947-97

Beyond the Wild Blue: History of the U.S.Air Force, 1947-97

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Science Without the Boring Bits: A Curious Chronology of Discovery, Invention and Wild Speculation

Science Without the Boring Bits: A Curious Chronology of Discovery, Invention and Wild Speculation

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Author: Ian Crofton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Forget Boyle's law, polymer chains, cellular respiration and fields of force - here's all the really interesting stuff you never learnt...
Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969-1989

Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969-1989

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Author: Jay Gallentine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 Infinity Beckoned illuminates a critical period of space history when humans dared an expansive leap into the inner solar system. With...
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...
Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles Hutton, Pit Boy, Mathematician and Scientific Rebel

Gunpowder and Geometry: The Life of Charles Hutton, Pit Boy, Mathematician and Scientific Rebel

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Author: Benjamin Wardhaugh Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 August, 1755. Newcastle, on the north bank of the Tyne. In the fields, men and women are getting the harvest in....