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A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
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Author: Rob Dunn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "An arresting vision of this relentless natural world"--New York Times Book Review A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to...
The Wine-Dark Sea Within: A Turbulent History of Blood
Author: Dhun Sethna Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Inspired by Homer's description of the ebb and flow of the "wine dark sea," the ancient Greeks conceived a back-and-forth movement...
Proving Einstein Right: The Daring Expeditions that Changed How We Look at the Universe
Author: Cathie Pelletier Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 In 1916, a nearly unknown German-born theoretical physicist named Albert Einstein had developed his theory of relativity, but hadn't yet been...
Jungle: How Tropical Forests Shaped the World--And Us
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Author: Patrick Roberts Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 "A bold, ambitious and truly wonderful history of the world"--Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees From the age...
Escape from Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do about It
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Author: Erica Thompson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Why mathematical models are so often wrong, and how we can make better decisions by accepting their limits Whether we are...
Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut in Math and Life
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Author: Marcus Du Sautoy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 One of the world's great mathematicians shows why math is the ultimate timesaver--and how everyone can make their lives easier...
A New Deal for Cancer: Lessons from a 50 Year War
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Author: Abbe R Gluck Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 An unprecedented constellation of experts--leading cancer doctors, policymakers, cutting-edge researchers, national advocates, and more--explore the legacy and the shortcomings from...
Hawking Hawking: The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity
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Author: Charles Seife Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Stephen Hawking was widely recognized as the world's best physicist and even the most brilliant man alive-but what if his true...
Missions to Mars: A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft Discovery on the Red Planet
Author: Larry Crumpler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA's most...
Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
Author: Cal Flyn Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 THE SUNDAY TIMES' BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER...
First Steps: How Walking Upright Made Us Human
Author: Jeremy DeSilva Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs. From an evolutionary perspective, this is...
Observing our Solar System: A beginner's guide
Author: Tom Kerss Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 112 The ideal gift for aspiring astronomers. The sights in our Solar System are dynamic reminders of our planet's position...
A Voice in the Wilderness: A Pioneering Biologist Explains How Evolution Can Help Us Solve Our Biggest Problems
Author: Joseph L Graves Jr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Evolution has, ever since its inception, been one of the most ideologically fraught fields in all of science. It...
The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
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Author: Michael E Mann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year award A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have...
The End of Money: The story of bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution
Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. Money laundering... These might sound like plot lines of a thriller, but they are true...
Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live
Author: Nicholas A. Christakis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 APOLLO'S ARROW offers a riveting account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on American society as it unfolded in...
Hot Mess: What on earth can we do about climate change?
Author: Matt Winning Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'A very funny, important and only moderately terrifying clarion call of a book' - Adam Kay 'HOT MESS provides loads of...
Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist
Author: Ed Patrick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'Brilliantly funny.' - Matt Lucas 'You have to read this book.' - Tim Harford 'It's funny, touching and gobsmacking in equal...
Flashes of Creation: George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang Debate
Author: Paul Halpern Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 In the past decade, Paul Halpern has brought readers three stunning histories of science -- Einstein's Dice and Schroedinger's Cats, The...
Hothouse Earth: An Inhabitant's Guide
Author: Bill McGuire Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Hothouse Earth: an Inhabitant's Guide provides a post-COP26 perspective on the climateemergency, acknowledging that it is now practically impossible to keep...
Lightning Often Strikes Twice: The 50 Biggest Misconceptions in Science
Author: Brian Clegg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 You may well be familiar with the fact that lightning, contrary to the popular saying, often strikes the same place twice....
Mathmatters: The Hidden Calculations of Everyday Life
Author: Chris Waring Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Mathmatters is a humorous guide to the hidden calculations that are essential to everything we do. From making a cup of...
The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA
Author: Jorge L. Contreras Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 When attorney Chris Hansen learned that the U.S. government was issuing patents for human genes to biotech companies,...
Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life (Collins Modern Classics)
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...
The Universe: The book of the BBC TV series presented by Professor Brian Cox
Author: Andrew Cohen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes...
Road to Gondwana, the
Author: Bill Morris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 An immersive and fascinating journey into deep time, charting the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana through a billion years of Earth's history....
How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication
Author: Tom Mustill Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'Fascinating' Greta Thunberg 'Extraordinary' Merlin Sheldrake 'A must-read' New Scientist 'Enthralling' George Monbiot 'Brilliant' Philip Hoare As a biologist...
Race for Tomorrow: A Journey Through the Front Lines of the Climate Fight
Author: Simon Mundy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 As featured on CNN's Amanpour & Company and BBC Radio 4's Start the Week with Andrew Marr One of...
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...
Fermat's Last Theorem (Collins Modern Classics)
Author: Simon Singh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 The extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution...
Lifespan: Why We Age - and Why We Don't Have To
Author: Dr David A. Sinclair Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 In this paradigm-shifting book from acclaimed Harvard Medical School doctor and one of TIME magazine's 100 most...
Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps
Author: Seirian Sumner Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 'A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps' DAVE GOULSON, author of...
The Infinite Monkey Cage - How to Build a Universe
Author: Prof. Brian Cox Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels....
The Planets
Author: Professor Brian Cox Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 'So staggering you go "whoa!" every few seconds' Guardian 'Really impressive' Eamonn Holmes, ITV This Morning A companion...
The World of All Creatures Great & Small: Welcome to Skeldale House
Author: All Creatures Great and Small Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Welcome to the wonderful world of Skeldale House: the veterinary surgery and bustling waiting room for the locals...
The Science of Can and Can't: A Physicist's Journey through the Land of Counterfactuals
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Author: Chiara Marletto Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal that the scope of the universe is greater,...
Supernavigators: Exploring the Wonders of How Animals Find Their Way
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Author: David Barrie Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Just astonishing . . . Our natural navigational capacities are no match for those of the supernavigators in this eye-opening book."--Frans...
Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind
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Author: Kitty Ferguson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Kitty Ferguson, the award-winning and international bestselling author of Stephen Hawking's biography, presents an even deeper portrait of the...
Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut
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Author: Samantha Cristoforetti Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti's intimate account of her first journey to the International Space Station, to which she returns in 2022, as...
The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World
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Author: Sarah Stewart Johnson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 "Sarah Stewart Johnson interweaves her own coming-of-age story as a planetary scientist with a vivid history of the exploration of...
Identically Different: Why You Can Change Your Genes
Author: Professor Tim Spector Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 Since the discovery of DNA, scientists have believed that genes are fixed entities that cannot be changed by...
Mathematical Intelligence: What We Have that Machines Don't
Author: Junaid Mubeen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 There's so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to...
Light in the Darkness: Black Holes, The Universe and Us
Author: Professor Heino Falcke Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 As featured in THE EDGE OF ALL WE KNOW - the new Netflix documentary about Black Holes For readers of...
The Genetic Age: Our Perilous Quest To Edit Life
Author: Professor Matthew Cobb Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 'Brilliant .. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough' - Henry Marsh, New Statesman (about The Idea of the Brain)...
Mending the Mind: The Art and Science of Overcoming Clinical Depression
Author: Oliver Kamm Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'A tour de force . . . an important, affecting and effective book' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL '[A] gorgeous and urgent book' STEVEN...
Control: Now the major BBC Radio 4 series BAD BLOOD
Author: Adam Rutherford Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 * FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO ARGUE WITH A RACIST * Throughout history, people have sought to...
Blue: A Scientist's Search for Nature's Rarest Colour
Author: Kai Kupferschmidt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A globe-trotting quest to find blue in the natural world - and to understand our collective obsession with this bewitching colour....
Observing our Solar System: A beginner's guide
Author: Tom Kerss Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 The ideal gift for aspiring astronomers. The sights in our Solar System are dynamic reminders of our planet's position as part...