Non-Secondhand Books

Author: William Hartston (Author) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Like it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales us with statistical forecasts,...

Author: Peter Godfrey-Smith Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come...

Author: Jaron Lanier Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, & Vox The father...

Author: Ziya Tong Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the x-rays that...

Author: Robert Almeder Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 235 In seeking to defend a form of naturalism that avoids both scientism and the reduction of philosophy to science,...

Author: Peter L. Falkingham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 428 The latest advances in dinosaur ichnology are showcased in this comprehensive and timely volume, in which leading researchers and research...

Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Where did we come from? Where are we going? Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and...

Author: Michael Wall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 We've all asked ourselves the question. It's impossible to look up at the stars and NOT think about it: Are we...

Author: Tim James Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 Space is the biggest, oldest, hottest, coldest, strangest thing a human can study. It's no surprise then, that the...

Author: Gerhard Sonnert Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 427 Popular images of Albert Einstein often depict him as either an almost superhuman solitary genius or as a counter-cultural rebel. In...

Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 What is consciousness? Is it real or just an illusion? And how does it work? What is this strange...

Author: John Gribbin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 'A gripping account of a physicist whose speculations could prove as revolutionary as those of Albert Einstein . ....

Author: Cathy N. Davidson (Distinguished Professor and Director of the Futures Initiative, CUNY Graduate Center) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 88 In this report, Cathy Davidson and David...

Author: Matt Garczynski Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 Spiky friends, from hedgehogs and porcupines to blowfish and sea urchins, frolic through the pages of this adorable flexi...

Author: Daniel Allen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 A collection of anecdotes, facts, figures, folklore and literature, The Nature Magpie is a veritable treasure trove of humanity's...

Author: Klaus Dodds Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Ice has played a prominent role in the history of the earth and its living communities for millennia. We...

Author: Brian Clegg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 Why do your fingers go wrinkly in the bath? How long can a goldfish remember things? Who thought up...

Author: Amir Alexander Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our world On a cloudy day in 1413, a balding young man...

Author: Maggie Ryan Sandford Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 CONSIDER THE PLATYPUS explores the history and features of more than 50 animals to provide insight into our current understanding...

Author: Marcus du Sautoy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 64 Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it... Not falling in love, but counting. Animals and humans...

Author: Ted Gott Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 In Gorilla, Tedd Gott and Kathryn Weir provide a compelling and sometimes disturbing account of our relationship with this...

Author: Adam Dodd Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 From ancient Egyptian deities to German automobiles, beetles have left an indelible mark on human cultures around the world....

Author: Alex Bellos Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 From triangles, rotations and power laws, to fractals, cones and curves, bestselling author Alex Bellos takes you on a journey of...

Author: John Henry Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 Copernicus sowed the seed from which science has grown to be a dominant aspect of modern culture, fundamental in...

Author: Richard Coyne (Professor, Head of the School of Arts, Culture and Environment, The University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 294 Using the...

Author: Paul Parsons Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 13.8 billion years ago, something incredible happened. Matter, energy, space and time all suddenly burst into existence in a cataclysmic event...

Author: Hemant Taneja Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 'A thought-provoking look at the technology that is changing the world of business and the benefits, pitfalls, and challenges...

Author: Marianne Freiberger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 In Understanding Numbers, Marianne Freiberger and Rachel Thomas will show key number patterns and maths principles that are vital...

Author: Marek KukulaFormat: Paperback / softbackNumber of Pages:  The scale of the cosmos can be baffling, with distances so vast and timescales so long that it's easy to dismiss them as...

Author: Katie Daynes Format: Board book Number of Pages: 14 Why is there so much plastic in the world? How does it help us? What's the problem and how can...

Author: Bernie Krause Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 184 A pioneer in the field of soundscape ecology explores the ways in which the voice of the natural world informs many...

Author: Prof. Brian Cox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels. Join us...

Author: Eugenia Cheng Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 "[Cheng] does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works." -- Wall Street Journal How big...

Author: Twigs Way Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Carnations permeate our culture from the wedding bed to the funeral wreath. Derided in Shakespeare as 'nature's bastards', they challenged the...

Author: Shelly Fan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 144 The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production Awards The past sixty years have...

Author: Densey Clyne Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 192 My Encounters with Minibeasts is a collection of stories about insects and spiders by naturalist Densey Clyne, who is...

Author: Tom Jackson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDON In Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the...

Author: Vivian T. Linacre Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 168 An essential collection of articles, tables and notes, to define and explain the modern uses and relationships -...

Author: Neil Gershenfeld Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The 20th century witnessed two digital revolutions. Computing power has revolutionized every industry, from finance to agriculture to pharmaceuticals. We've got...