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The Universe
Author: Richard Osborne Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 Where did the universe come from? From early religions through Greek philosophy and Western science, man has always attempted to discover...
3-Minute Stephen Hawking: Digesting his life, theories and influence in 3-minute morsels
Author: Paul Parsons Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 The 3-Minute series offers the essence of the world's most important figures with all the padding removed. It divides up their...
Sword & the Cross: The Conquest of the Sahara
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Fergus Fleming Format: Hardback...
The World Without Us
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The Weather Makers: The Past and Future Impact of Climate Change
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Please Explain
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Author: Karl Kruszelnicki Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Australia's favourite scientist's twenty-sixth book!...
Unexplained Deaths: How one woman changed homicide investigation forever
Author: Bruce Goldfarb Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined...
Why It's Not All Rocket Science: Scientific Theories and Experiments Explained
Author: Robert Cave Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Robert Cave examines 100 extraordinary projects, theories and experiments that have been conducted in the name of science. Some, including various...
Imagination and a Pile of Junk: A Droll History of Inventors and Inventions
Author: Trevor Norton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Although inventors were often scientists or engineers, many were not: Samuel Morse (Morse code) was a painter, Laszlo Biro (the ballpoint...
Northern Lights: The definitive guide to auroras
Author: Tom Kerss Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 112 The perfect gift for anyone with a desire to see the Northern Lights. Discover the incomparable beauty of the...
The Goat
Author: Sue Weaver Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 The Goat: A Natural History offers a complete overview of this captivating creature, from the goatish Greek god Pan, to their...
Look Up: Our story with the stars
Author: Sarah Cruddas Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 'Sarah Cruddas is a gifted writer and Look Up is an inspired book. I am hopeful that we will...
The Earth: From Myths to Knowledge
Author: Hubert Krivine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Our planet's elliptical orbit around the Sun and its billions-of-years existence are facts we take for granted, matters every literate high...
Blueprint: How our childhood makes us who we are
Author: Lucy Maddox Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'The best book I've read this year ... It's written in such a beautiful way' - Dr Suzi Gage,...
Code: STEM: Smart Homes
Author: Max Wainewright Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 Discover how today's amazing inventions and technologies work while developing your coding skills In SMART HOMES, find out about...
Astronomical Mindfulness: Your Cosmic Guide to Reconnecting with the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Planets
Author: Christopher G De Pree Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 Using the power of the sun, moon, stars, and planets, this unique, illustrated guide is filled with...
The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World
Author: Laurence Scott Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 You are a four-dimensional human. A constellation of everyday digital phenomena is rewiring your inner life, increasingly coaxing you...
Get Started in Beekeeping: A practical, illustrated guide to running hives of all sizes in any location
Author: Adrian Waring Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Written by two of the UK's most well-known and respected experts in the beekeeping community, this is a new...
All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change
Author: Michael Klare Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 The Pentagon, unsentimental and politically conservative, might not seem likely to be worried about climate change-still linked, for many people, with...
How Long Is Now?: Fascinating Answers to 191 Mind-Boggling Questions
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Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Big or small, there's an answer to every question, and sometimes there are even a few!How long is now?...
Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
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Author: Rose George Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 An eye-opening exploration of blood, the lifegiving substance with the power of taboo, the value of diamonds and the promise of...
2 Minutes to Sleep: Everyday Self-Care for Busy Lives
Author: Corinne Sweet Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Two minutes is all you need to transform your sleep habits. Sleep is essential to our mental and physical health, yet...
Save the World: There is No Planet B: Things You Can Do Right Now to Save Our Planet
Author: Louise Bradford Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Together, we can change the world There is little doubt that our beautiful planet is now under huge threat;...
Australia Under the Sea 1 2 3
Author: Frane Lessac (Author/Illustrator) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 On a coral reef in the big blue sea, count the ocean creatures 1, 2, 3. Count from...
The Science of Fate: The New Science of Who We Are - And How to Shape our Best Future
Author: Hannah Critchlow Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 'A truly fascinating - if unnerving - read' The Telegraph 'Acute, mind-opening, highly accessible - this book doesn't just...
The Doomsday Calculation: How an Equation That Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know about Life and the Universe
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Author: William Poundstone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: From the author of Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?, a fascinating look at how an equation that foretells the...
Cosmos Possible Worlds
Author: Ann Druyan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Based on National Geographic s internationally-renowned television series, this groundbreaking and visually stunning book explores how science and civilization grew up...
The Industries of the Future
Author: Alec Ross Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 This book answers the question: 'What's next?' The Internet had a world-changing impact on businesses and the global community...
Your Planet Needs You!: An everyday guide to saving the earth
Author: Bernadette Vallely Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 If there was ever a time to stand up for your planet, for Mother Earth, this is the time. But what...
Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Author: Mike Massimino Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Mike Massimino's compelling memoir takes us on a brilliant journey where the nerdiest science meets the most thrilling adventure to reveal...
The Climate is Changing, Why Aren't We?: A practical guide to how you can make a difference
Author: Daisy Kendrick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'An inspirational and motivational must-read, packed with practical tips to push for positive change' Zanna van Dijk The climate is changing,...
Talking to Robots: A Brief Guide to Our Human-Robot Futures
Author: David Ewing Duncan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 What robot and AI systems are being built and imagined right now? What do they say about us,...
The Brain in Minutes
Author: Rita Carter Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 The brain is considered the most complex structure in all of creation. But recent discoveries in neuroscience are now...
Adventures on Earth
Author: Simon Tyler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 Graphic illustrator Simon Tyler explores the extremes of our planet - and the people who venture there - in his bold...
Fat: the Secret Organ: The surprising science behind the most misunderstood part of the body
Author: Mariette Boon Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 The International Bestseller, as featured in The Times Fat is a vital yet hugely under-rated organ. Fat has become...
Who Ate the First Oyster?: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History
Author: Cody Cassidy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? This madcap adventure across...
How to Raise a Tech Genius: Develop Your Child's Computing Skills Without Spending Any Money
Author: Shahneila Saeed Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Teach computing concepts without computers! HOW TO RAISE A TECH GENIUS makes the computing curriculum accessible for parents and...
64 Geeks: The Brains Who Shaped Our World
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Author: Chas Newkey-Burden (Author) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 We wouldn't have Bluetooth or Wi-Fi today without the ingenuity of an actress once described as "the most beautiful woman...
The Lost Orchard: A French chef rediscovers a great British food heritage
Author: Raymond Blanc Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'I began to dream about an orchard filled with thousands of fruit trees... Today we have an orchard with over 150...
Moonshot: Inside Pfizer's Nine-month Race to Make the Impossible Possible
Author: Albert Bourla Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 The exclusive, first-hand, behind-the-scenes story of how Pfizer raced to create the first Covid-19 vaccine, told by Pfizer's CEO...
The Flightless Traveller: 50 modern adventures by land, river and sea
Author: Emma Gregg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Discover how to explore our beautiful world sustainably and responsibly with this trailblazing guide to flight-free travel. Seeking options that are...
Race for Tomorrow: Survival, Innovation and Profit on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis
Author: Simon Mundy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 As heard on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week with Andrew Marr One of the Financial Times' best books...
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...
Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: Extraordinary Journeys into the Human Brain
Author: Dr Allan Ropper Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this...
What We Need to Do Now: For a Zero Carbon Future
Author: Chris Goodall Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 The UK has declared a 'climate emergency' and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. So how do we...
Australia Under the Sea 1 2 3
Author: Frane Lessac (Author/Illustrator) Format: Board book Number of Pages: 30 On a coral reef in the big blue sea, count the ocean creatures 1, 2, 3. Count from one...
10 Short Lessons in Renewable Energy
Author: Stephen Peake Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Professor Stephen Peake takes us on a guided tour of the ten most essential aspects of this timely and fast-moving science,...
50 Things to Do by the Sea
Author: Easkey Britton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 A beautifully presented, practical gift guide for all surf seekers. Explained with fascinating, easy-to-understand commentary from surfer and scientist Easkey Britton...