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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 Many Lives of Carbon
Author: Dag Olav Hessen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 In its pure form carbon can be the soft graphite in a pencil or an immensely hard diamond. It is...
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...
Dinomania: Why We Love, Fear and Are Utterly Enchanted by Dinosaurs
Author: Boria Sax Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 At once reptilian and avian, dinosaurs enable us to imagine a world far beyond the usual boundaries of time, culture and...
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 Sun
Author: Leon Golub Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Essential for life on earth and a major influence on our environment, the Sun is also the most fascinating object in...
House Plants
Author: Mike Maunder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Our penchant for keeping houseplants is an ancient practice dating back to the Pharaohs. House Plants explores the stories behind the...
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...
The Nature of Sex: The Ins and Outs of Mating in the Animal Kingdom
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Restless Creatures: The Story of Life in Ten Movements
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The History of the World in 100 Plants
Author: Simon Barnes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 From the author of The History of the World in 100 Animals, a BBC Radio Four Book of the Week, comes...
It's Up to Us: A Children's Terra Carta for Nature, People and Planet
Author: His Majesty King Charles III Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 64 'Children have a unique curiosity for Nature and for this amazing planet we call home.' So writes HRH...
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...
A Year of Garden Bees and Bugs: 52 stories of intriguing insects
Author: Dominic Couzens Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 A fascinating journey into the secret life of insects, experts Dominic Couzens and Gail Ashton discover 52 minibeasts from around the...
REBOOT: Reclaiming Your Life in a Tech-Obsessed World
Author: Elaine Kasket Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Technology is the mediator and middleman in nearly every relationship we have in modern life. Interwoven within the bonds between parents...
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...
The Moon
Author: Bill Leatherbarrow Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 184 Our nearest celestial neighbour, the Moon, has always been the most conspicuous feature in our night sky. It has compelled observers...
Avian Illuminations: A Cultural History of Birds
Author: Boria Sax Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 Avian Illuminations examines the many roles birds have played in human society, from food, messengers, deities and pets, to omens, muses,...
Who Makes an Ocean?
Author: Sally Nicholls Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 Discover how an ocean is made - and how life developed on Earth - in this stunning picture book by Waterstones...
Join the Greener Revolution: 30 easy ways to live and eat sustainably
Author: Ollie Hunter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Ollie Hunter is back with his second book, Join the Greener Revolution. This time he's tackling sustainability in our day-to-day lives...
Principles of Model Checking
Author: Christel Baier (Technische Universitat Dresden) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 984 A comprehensive introduction to the foundations of model checking, a fully automated technique for finding flaws in hardware...
What's the Use?: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
Author: Professor Ian Stewart Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 What's the Use? asks why there is such a vast gulf between public perceptions of mathematics and reality. It shows...
Climate
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Our Fantastic Planet
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Mountains: Over Australia's Blue Horizon
Author: Alasdair McGregor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 280 Australia's mountains may not stand as tall as the many mightier peaks stretched across other continents, but it is worth posing...
Let's Read Animal Words
Author: Ji Lee Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 40 A creative and fun picture book about the world's most beloved animals! Meet four-legged, two-finned, and webbed-toe friends in this word-as-image...
Hidden Treasure
Author: Elly MacKay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 32 From award-winning author-illustrator Elly MacKay comes a story exploring the little treasures we find in everyday places. When a young treasure...
The Climate Book
Author: Greta Thunberg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 The world's leading climate activist has gathered over one hundred voices to tell the biggest story in the world We still...
Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making
Author: Chris Packham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough's Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Cox's Universe' Guardian...
Patently Absurd: The Most Ridiculous Devices Ever Invented
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Invisible Lines: Boundaries and Belts That Define the World
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....
What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner
Author: Dan Levitt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular...
Welcome to the Universe in 3D: A Visual Tour
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Journey into the vast depths of the observable universe by visualising the most spectacular images in astronomy in stereoscopic 3D....
The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals: Observations from a Family Farm
Author: Rosamund Young Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been...
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
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Heroes of Science: Botanists, Zoologists, and Geologists
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The Polar World
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Beetles of the World: A Natural History
Author: Maxwell V. L. Barclay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Beetles make up about a quarter of known animal species and are arguably the most diverse group of organisms...
Shells of the World: A Natural History
Author: M. G. Harasewych Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A marvellously illustrated natural history of the world's mollusks. Mollusks are invertebrate animals with a remarkable natural history and a...
Wasps of the World: A Guide to Every Family
Author: Simon van Noort Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A richly illustrated guide to wasps around the world. Wasps have been around since before the dinosaurs and are one...
The Lives of Bees: A Natural History of Our Planet's Bee Life
Author: Dr. Christina Grozinger (Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology and Director for the Center for Pollinator Research) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A beautifully illustrated guide to the...
Frogs of the World: A Guide to Every Family
Author: Mark O'Shea Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 A richly illustrated guide to the world's frogs that includes species from every family. With more than 7,600 known species, frogs...
Plankton: A Worldwide Guide
Author: Tom Jackson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Plankton are the unsung heroes of planet Earth. Passive drifters through the world's seas, oceans, and freshwater environments, most are invisible...
The World Atlas of Rivers, Estuaries, and Deltas
Author: Jim Best (Jack C. Threet and Richard L. Threet Professor) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 A stunningly illustrated atlas of the world's rivers, estuaries, and deltas, and their...
The Lives of Sharks: A Natural History of Shark Life
Author: Daniel Abel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A richly illustrated and comprehensive introduction to the world's sharks. Sharks are the top predators in many marine ecosystems. But tales...
The Lives of Butterflies: A Natural History of Our Planet's Butterfly Life
Author: David G. James Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 There are more than fifteen thousand butterfly species in the world, fluttering through a wide variety of habitats. Bright and...
The Lives of Seaweeds: A Natural History of Our Planet's Seaweeds and Other Algae
Author: Julie A. Phillips Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The Lives of Seaweeds presents an inside look at the remarkable world of seaweeds and other algae. Coming in all...