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Is the Brexit vote successful big data politics or the end of democracy? Why do airlines overbook, and why do banks get it wrong so often? How does big data...

The universe was supposed to be all there was - the whole of existence. For centuries the size of the universe and whether or not it is finite, fascinated scientists...

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The universe was supposed to be all there was - the whole of existence. For centuries the size of the universe and whether or not it is finite, fascinated scientists...

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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....

Author: Brian Clegg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Is the Brexit vote successful big data politics or the end of democracy? Why do airlines overbook, and why do banks...

The ultimate trial of knowledge and cunning, Conundrum features 200 cryptic puzzles and ciphers. The solutions link throughout the book so you need to solve them all to get to...

The ultimate trial of knowledge and cunning, Conundrum features 200 cryptic puzzles and ciphers. The solutions link throughout the book so you need to solve them all to get to...

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Author: Brian Clegg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 Until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light, radio, X-rays and the rest. But gravitational waves...

The Ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. A German mathematician was driven mad by...

Why do your fingers go wrinkly in the bath? What kind of animal can have 21 limbs? Who would really win a fight between a T.Rex and Godzilla? Test your...

Why did Uuq become Fl? Why is the sky blue? Why is the sky black? What is spaghettification? There's a problem with the typical pub quiz. It always features far...

What with machine learning and deep learning, chat bots and robots, generative AI and deep fakes, the modern landscape of artificial intelligence is suddenly a very real place to explore....

Author: Brian Clegg Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 Computer technology has improved exponentially over the last 50 years. But the headroom for bigger and better electronic solutions...

All the matter and light we can see in the universe makes up a trivial five per cent of everything. The rest is hidden. Since the 1970s, astronomers have been...

' COMPREHENSIVE ' The Sunday Times 'BEAUTIFULLY DETAILED' The Guardian 'UTTERLY COMPELLING' Nottingham Forest News 'WONDERFUL' Forbes 'INTIMATE' FourFourTwo 20th Anniversary Edition - Fully revised and updated. In this authoritative,...

Author: William Clegg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: A Lawyer's Stories of Murder, Guilt and Innocence

From shrines to megacities, from paddy fields to high speed trains to the latest in digital technology, Japan is a fascinating mix of the ancient and modern, of East and...

The book titled Cecil Rhodes: Flawed Colossus by the author Brian Roberts. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

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The book titled Ruskin and Tuscany by the author Jeanne Clegg. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the grand tradition of satirical verse, Britannia Bright's Bewilderment in the Wilderness of Westminster presents...

'A powerful and timely book' PETER KENNARD 'Really good read' DERMOT O'LEARY 'Tremendous...it strikes me it fills a gap somehow' AL MURRAY 'Fantastic' DOMINIC SANDBROOK Delve into the history, politics,...

A collection of delightful short stories from one of Ireland's greatest ever writers, Brian Friel 'A fake! A quack! A charlatan! Get a grip on yourself, woman! We'll say another...

Secondhand Drama & Classics Bargain Book Box SP4119 Twenty-four Penguin plays and classics: Chekhov, Ibsen, Pinter, Miller’s Crucible, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Wilde, Ben Jonson, Thornton Wilder, Richard II, three volumes of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the pen of one of history's most formidable statesmen comes a monumental chronicle of civilisation — A History of...

Secondhand Biography & Memoir Bargain Book Box SP4147 Twenty-one biographies and memoirs, nearly all hardback with jackets: Flea’s Acid for the Children, Will Sergeant’s Echoes, Mike Love’s Good Vibrations, Tom...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis lot gathers six gripping works of twentieth century history and biography, opening with Christopher...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the rolling hills and windswept moors of Britain lie secrets that have endured for millennia...

Pre-order the pulse-racing new Jack Ryan thriller, TOM CLANCY THE COLDEST WAR, now! ________________ 'A crackling good read' Washington Post Razio Yamata is one of Japan's most influential industrialists. He...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the Roman invasion to the modern age, The History Today Companion to British History stands as an authoritative and comprehensive reference work...

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Steve Berry decided to do something a little bit different to raise funds for Alzheimer's Research UK. A life-long DOCTOR WHO fan, he began to interview celebrities, writers, actors and...

The first book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print! 'Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier's The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; stained book blockFrom the fog-shrouded courts of Anglo-Saxon England to the gilded splendour of the modern monarchy,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew figures in the annals of colonial administration loom as large — or remain as fascinating — as Sir...

Radclyffe Hall was born in 1884 in Bournemouth in a house of horrors called 'Sunny Lawn'. It was an unhappy childhood, until her father's death when Radclyffe inherited 200,000. She...

A beautiful new limited edition paperback of Restless, published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics list It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russian emigree living in...

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. Now we clung to a battered little boat, 'alone, alone - all, all alone; alone on a wide, wide...

Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious readers and hispanophiles. 'Tremlett is...