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Champions of Illusion: The Best Illusions of the Twenty-First Century
Author: Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 In Champions of Illusion, Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik present a smorgasbord of mystifying images, many selected from...
Einstein's Fridge: The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe
Author: Paul Sen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'Hugely readable and entertaining' JIM AL-KHALILI 'an accessible and crystal-clear portrait of this discipline's breadth, largely told through its...
Do Dice Play God?, The Mathematics of Uncertainty
Author, Ian Stewart (University of Warwick) Format, Hardback Number of Pages, 304 A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictable We would like to believe...
Blueprint for a Battlestar: Serious Scientific Explanations for Sci-Fis Greatest Inventions
Author: Rod Pyle Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Packed with stunning images, including 75 illustrations created exclusively for this book, Blueprint for a Battlestar takes twenty-five remarkable and memorable...
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World
Author: Jevin D. West Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 We think we know bullshit when we hear it, but do we? A spotter's guide to bullshit in...
The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking)
Author: Katie Mack Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 An acclaimed theoretical astrophysicist explores the end of the Universe. When will it take place? How is it likely...
What a Wonderful World: One Man's Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff
Author: Marcus Chown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Does time really exist?...
A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design
Author: Frank Wilczek Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 A Nobel Prize-winning physicist argues that beauty is the fundamental organizing principle for the entire universe In this scientific...
Man vs Big Data: Everyday data explained
Author: Stewart Cowley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Man vs Big Data explains to readers the science and theories that impact on our everyday existence. It taps...
Brief Lives - Newton (Peter Ackroyd)
Author: Peter Ackroyd Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 The third brilliant short biography in Peter Ackroyd's Brief Lives. NEWTON is a companion volume to CHAUCER and TURNER...
Numbers Don't Lie: 71 Things You Need to Know About the World
Author: Vaclav Smil Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Bill Gates' favourite scientist is on a mission to make facts matter Is flying dangerous? How much do the...