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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.'...
Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World
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Author: Steven Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'The book is a house of wonders' The New York Times 'Steven Johnson is the Darwin of technology' Walter Issacson, author...
The Eloquence of the Sardine: The Secret Life of Fish & Other Underwater Mysteries
Author: Bill Francois Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Humans have identified just a fraction of the 2.2 million species living in the sea. Roughly 91% of all marine species...
Green and Prosperous Land: A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside
Author: Dieter Helm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'One of the most important books of the decade' Country Life Finally, a practical, realistic plan to rescue, preserve and enhance...
Deep Sea: 10 Things You Should Know
Author: Jon Copley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Uncover what lies at the deepest depths of our oceans... In ten brief and informative essays, marine biologist and TV science...
Sensational: A New Story of our Senses
Author: Ashley Ward Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A future classic of popular science' Mail on Sunday 'A dazzling account' Financial Times 'Absorbing, surprising and at times profound. After...
The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy
Author: AnnaMarie Salai Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 After a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one hundred billion humans go about their...
Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure
Author: Bryn Nelson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 For readers of Giulia Enders' Gut and Bill Bryson's The Body, a surprising, witty and sparkling exploration of the teeming microbiome...
Microlands: The Future of Life on Earth (and Why It's Smaller Than You Think)
Author: J. Craig Venter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'An epic travelogue, brimming with the excitement of discovery. With characteristic panache, Venter unveils the teeming array of bacteria, viruses,...
The Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds
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...
How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions and the Art of Knowing When Not To
Author: Kit Yates Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2023 'Delightfully clear and vivid to read...A splendid book! Philip Pullman 'Absolutely fascinating' James...
Microlands: The Future of Life on Earth (and Why It's Smaller Than You Think)
Author: J. Craig Venter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'An epic travelogue, brimming with the excitement of discovery. With characteristic panache, Venter unveils the teeming array of bacteria, viruses,...
The Genetic Age: Our Perilous Quest To Edit Life
Author: Professor Matthew Cobb Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 A TIMES ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 'The ideal guide to what is not just a fiendishly...
How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions and the Art of Knowing When Not To
Author: Kit Yates Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2023 'Delightfully clear and vivid to read...A splendid book! Philip Pullman 'Absolutely fascinating' James...
The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology
Author: Amy Webb Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Synthetic biology is the technique that enables us not just to read and edit but also write DNA to program living...
Where the Seals Sing
Author: Susan Richardson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 There are fewer grey seals in the world than endangered African elephants, but the British Isles host almost half of this...
How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication
Author: Tom Mustill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'Fascinating' Greta Thunberg 'Extraordinary' Merlin Sheldrake 'A must-read' New Scientist 'Enthralling' George Monbiot 'Brilliant' Philip Hoare Wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill had...
The Dawn of a Mindful Universe: A Manifesto for Humanity's Future
Author: Marcelo Gleiser Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 An award-winning astronomer and physicist's spellbinding and urgent call for a new Enlightenment and the recognition of the preciousness of life...
Advent - Non-Fiction Book Box 2025
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THE Book Advent Calendar for lovers of Non-Fiction books - now available only at bookgrocer.com! This is our Book Advent Calendar Non-Fiction Book Box for 2025. It will contain non-fiction books...
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis
Author: Annie Proulx Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week 'Magnificent' Guardian 'Remarkable ... A compact classic!' Bill McKibben 'I learned something new...
The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction
Author: Gisli Palsson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 328 The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on...
Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines: Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi
Author: Nicholas P. Money Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 The hidden role of fungi inside and all around us. From beneficial yeasts that aid digestion to toxic molds that...
Climate Clangers: The Bad Ideas Blocking Real Action
Author: Jennifer Rayner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 The impacts of climate change keep getting worse, but the typical framing of the problem and the solutions so far being...
Vector: A surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation
Author: Robyn Arianrhod Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 'The story I'll tell here is about the evolution of the way we humans record and make sense of all the...
The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity
Author: Claudia de Rham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 A world-renowned physicist seeks gravity's true nature and finds wisdom in embracing its force in her life. Claudia de Rham...
The Mathematical Mechanic: Using Physical Reasoning to Solve Problems
Author: Mark Levi Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 216 Everybody knows that mathematics is indispensable to physics--imagine where we'd be today if Einstein and Newton didn't have the math to...
The Four Horsemen
Author: Emily Mayhew Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The Four Horsemen - War, Pestilence, Famine and Death - first appeared in the Book of Revelations a thousand years ago,...
The Compassion Project: A case for hope and humankindness from the town that beat loneliness
Author: Julian Abel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'A wonderful book' - Dr. Rangan Chatterjee 'Highly convincing' - Daily Express 'Pioneering' - The Telegraph 'The strength of the book...
Why We Love: The new science behind our closest relationships
Author: Anna Machin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'This book opens the Pandora's Box on this most complex and puzzling aspect of what it is to be human' Robin...
Magnitude: The Scale of the Universe
Author: Kimberly Arcand Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 In MAGNITUDE, Kimberly Arcand and Megan Watzke take us on an expansive journey to the limits of size, mass, distance, time,...
Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control
Author: Paul Dye Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A compelling look inside the Space Shuttle missions that helped lay the groundwork for the Space Age, SHUTTLE, HOUSTON explores the...
The Cartographers
Author: Peng Shepherd Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Some places, you won't find on any maps. Others, are only on maps... Nell Young has lived her life in and...
Turning the Tide on Plastic: How Humanity (And You) Can Make Our Globe Clean Again
Author: Lucy Siegle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Enough plastic is thrown away every year to circle the world 4 times More than 8 million tonnes of plastic enter...
50 Chemistry Ideas You Really Need to Know
Author: Hayley Birch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Chemistry is at the cutting edge of our lives. How does a silicon chip work? How can we harness natural products...
Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control
Author: Paul Dye Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A compelling look inside the Space Shuttle missions that helped lay the groundwork for the Space Age, SHUTTLE, HOUSTON explores the...
How to Be Human: The Ultimate Guide to Your Amazing Existence
Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody,...
Managing PTSD for Health and Social Care Professionals: Help for the Helpers
Author: Dr Jan Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Since early 2020, the already considerable stresses of working in health or social care have been greater than at any...
Liquid Crystals: The Science and Art of a Fluid Form
Author: Esther Leslie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Liquid crystal is a curious phase of matter. It has the ability at once to flow, like water, and to refract,...
The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration
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...
Mercury
Author: William Sheehan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusive, enigmatic world. As seen...
The 2084 Report: A History of Global Warming from the Future
Author: James Powell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 As his health begins to fail, a historian in the year 2084 sets out to document the irreparable damage climate change...
The Mind of a Bee
Author: Lars Chittka Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 344 A rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees. Most of us are aware of the hive mind - the...
The Little Book of Exoplanets
Author: Joshua N. Winn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveries. For centuries, people have speculated...
Fourier Analysis: An Introduction
Author: Elias M. Stein Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 328 This first volume, a three-part introduction to the subject, is intended for students with a beginning knowledge of mathematical analysis...
Diamonds Everywhere: Awe-inspiring astronomy discoveries
Author: Tom Kerss Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Answers to the mysteries of the cosmos for inquiring minds. Explore the entire cosmos in 101 fascinating topics - from mind-blowing...
Counter-Intelligence: What the Secret World Can Teach Us About Problem-solving and Creativity
Author: Robert Hannigan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 From the codebreakers and problem solvers, to the engineers, mathematicians and other problem-solvers - what the secret world can teach us...
Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna and the Future of our Oceans
Author: Karen Pinchin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises...
Nature Fast and Nature Slow: How Life Works, from Fractions of a Second to Billions of Years
Author: Nicholas P. Money Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 This book is a vision of biology set within the entire timescale of the universe. It is about the timing...