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An Astronomer's Tale: A Bricklayer’s Guide to the Galaxy

The inspirational memoir of a former brickie who followed his passion for the stars and built his own observatory. Perfect for readers of Robert Macfarlane,

EVOLUTION

Introducing the latest ideas on how life originated and diversified on earth, this new edition of a classic work provides a concise and engaging summary

Virtually Human: The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality

Virtually Human explores what the not-too-distant future will look like when cyberconsciousness―simulation of the human brain via software and computer technology―become...

On The Beauty Of Science

In this memoir of a long, distinguished career devoted to scientific research, world-renowned mathematician Herbert A. Hauptman recounts both the joys and the disappo...

Science

Science: 50 in 500 Words discusses the most groundbreaking ideas of 50 of the most important scientists who have shaped the world as we know

The Darwins of Shrewsbury

Many people have written biographies of Charles Darwin, but the story of his family and roots in Shrewsbury is little known. This book, containing original

STAR TRAILS

Levys Star Trails column has appeared monthly in 'Sky & Telescope' since 1988. This collection of his 50 favorite essays focuses on the minds and

THE SCIENCE MAGPIE BY Simon Flynn

'Simon Flynn's cornucopia of curious facts, anecdotes, and quotations . . . is sure to entertain and surprise.'—New Scientist From the Large Hadron Collider rap

The Inverted Bowl

The present well-established study of planets orbiting stars other than our Sun, the exoplanets, was reviewed by the author in his earlier book Wandering Stars.

Little Book Of Crime Punishment

We live in a society where every aspect of our everyday lives is governed by the law. We are subject to rules and regulations from

The Real Story of Risk: Adventures in a Hazardous World

We live in a world of risk. It waits for us in our refrigerator and surrounds us on the freeway. It's lurking in our arteries

POCKET GIANTS: ALBER EINS

Everyone has heard of Albert Einstein and everyone knows that he was a genius. Yet only a few people understand his work. In fact, he

The price of altruism

Describes the intellectual journey of eccentric American genius George Price, who tried to answer the evolutionary riddle of why people are nice, and eventually gave

The Long and the Short of It

We've always measured the world around us, from how big things are, to how fast they go, how much they're worth and practically everything in

Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth

The Apollo lunar missions of the 1960s and 1970s have been called the last optimistic acts of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this greatest

The Boy Who Played with Fusion

By the age of 11, Taylor Wilson had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At 13, his grandmother's cancer diagnosis drove him to investigate medical

Skeleton Keys

In this natural and cultural history of bone, Brian Switek explains where our skeletons came from, what they do inside us, and what others can

Discovering the Golden Compass

New to The Golden Compass? Don't feel lost--or alone! This accessible, illustrated guide is the only passport you'll need to Philip Pullman's imaginative world of

Apollo's Fire, a Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination

Michael Sims sets out to open our eyes—literally—to the miraculous events that lie underneath the oldest story on Earth: the passing of a single day.

Aldous Huxley's hands

'Psychedelics, neuroscience, and historical biography come together when a journalist finds a lost photograph of Aldous Huxley and uncovers a hidden side of the celebrate...

American Iron Hand Presses

The technology of iron (replacing wood) created a revolution in printing in the nineteenth century. This important volume covers the great American iron hand presses

BEYOND HUMAN: Science and the Changing Face of Humanity

As the news constantly reminds us, recent advances in the biomedical sciences have brought within reach things that were unthinkable only a few years ago:

Darwin's Religious Odyssey

Draws on newly available material to consider Darwin's personal religious beliefs, profiling him as a man from a specific time in history struggling to harmonize

Transcendental Aspects of Algebraic Cycles

Topics range from introductory lectures on algebraic cycles to more advanced material in this collection of lecture notes from the Proceedings of the Grenoble Summe...

Manchester Gross Sick Facts

Who Shall Take Care of Our Sick?

This rich history chronicles the prominent role of Catholic women religious in establishing the hospitals at the core of New York City's extensive Catholic medical

Reasonableness of Reason: Explaining Rationality Naturalistically

Does reliance on reason require an unreasonable faith in reason? In The Reasonableness of Reason, Professor Hauptli argues that naturalized epistemology enables us to ex...

Climate Change

The story of climate change is the story of all life on Earth. This book shows how the environmental challenges we face are leading to

Our Enigmatic Universe

Three themes permeate Our Enigmatic Universe: that materialism is not the only tenable philosophy for those who take seriously the discoveries of modern science ab...

Here Comes the Sun

Our sun drives the weather, forms the landscape, feeds and fuels - but sometimes destroys - the creatures that live upon it, controls their patterns

Nuclear Power

Covering the formation and creation of nuclear power from its harnessing in the past to its present and future uses, this title is part of

Studia Occitanica: In Memoriam Paul Remy Volume 2

The second of two volumes dedicated to the memory of Paul Remy and having as theme the scientific domain to which he had dedicated his

Dynamics of innovation

Best known as the leading historian of French railways, François Caron has also done significant work on topics as varied as electricity, water and steam

Approaches to Studying World-situated Language Use

The first steps toward merging the cognitive and social approaches to language processing. *** Cartea nu are supracoperta ***

PHILIPS COMPLETE ROAD ATLAS

Deluxe hardback edition - perfect for a gift. Philip's: Britain's clearest maps for motorists. Completely updated and revised for 2017. 'Good balance between detail and

Superhuman

In this inspirational book, New Scientist Managing Editor Rowan Hooper takes us on a tour of the peaks of human achievement. We sit down with

MAN VS MATHS

What is the mathematics behind a twitter trend? Does my food really have an equation? And, is there really an algorithm for Love? Mathematics is

Introducing Darwin: A Graphic Guide

Progress in genetics today would not be possible without Darwin's revolution, but the mysterious man who laid the rational basis for undermining belief in God's

Are Numbers Real?

Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would

Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner

Eaton's Modern Ready Reckoner revives the curiosities of old, mixing it with the delights and complexities of the 21st Century. A nostalgic gift book for

Introducing: Chaos (Graphic Guide)

'Introducing Chaos' explains how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups and downs

Look up

Our story with the stars Most of us have never been to space. To date, of the more than 100 billion humans that have ever

You Are Here: From the Compass to GPS, the History and Future of How We Find Ourselves

The story of the rise of modern navigation technology, from radio location to GPS-and the consequent decline of privacy What does it mean to never

The Self Delusion

We like to believe that we exist as independent selves at the centre of a subjective universe that we are discrete individuals acting autonomously in

Copy, Rip, Burn

Explores the politics of open source software, and how it is forcing us to re-think the idea of intellectual property.

NUMERICON:THE HIDDEN LIVES OF NUMBERS

Numericon tells the stories of the numbers, mathematical discoveries, oddities and personalities that have shaped the way we understand the world around us. Each chapter...

Maths in Bite-sized Chunks

Maths is often cited as the 'most difficult' or 'complex' subject to study, many people admitting to a wariness that was probably ingrained into them

Secret Life of Bones

In The Secret Life of Bones, Brian Switek frames the history of our species through the importance of bone from instruments and jewellery, to objects

Pinpoint : How GPS is Changing Technology, Culture, and Our Minds

A Financial Times Best Book of 2016 A Sunday Times Best Book of 2016 Pinpoint tells the story of GPS, a scientific marvel that enables

Stargazing Month-By-Month Guide to the Night Sky

'I WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY STARGAZING AS THE MONTHS GO BY' Helen Sharman, astronaut 'VERY USEFUL INDEED' Chris Lintott, Sky at Night presenter 'IF YOU

Footprints

In Footprints , David Farrier explores what traces we will leave for the very deep future. From long-lived materials like plastic and nuclear waste, to

Astrobiology

Are we alone in the Universe, or are there as many planets supporting life as there are stars in the sky? It's one of the

Free radicals

Timp de peste un secol, știința și-a cultivat o imagine publică sobră. Dar adevărul este cu totul altul: mulți dintre cei mai de succes oameni

Superpower

The United States is in the midst of an energy transition. We want to embrace renewable energy sources like wind and solar, and rely less

How the World Works: Astronomy

'Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.' Arthur C. Clarke, The Challenge of the Spaceship Astronomy traces one of humanity's oldest obsessions. This

WORLD AT WAR

Foreign Affairs and its parent organization, the Council on Foreign Relations, were founded in the early 1920s by veterans of the Woodrow Wilson administration’s di...

Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything -Hardcover

From a top scientist and the creator of the hugely popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal , a hilariously illustrated investigation into future technol...

Weather

A colourful and accessible guide to meteorology, suitable for the absolute beginner. The weather is always with us and, even in this modern age, affects

Stargazing with Mark Thompson: The Essential Guide to Astronomy

Philip's Stargazing With Mark Thompson provides the perfect introduction to the fascinating hobby of astronomy for beginners, written by TV's favourite astronomer. With ...

The Comet Sweeper

Having escaped domestic servitude in Germany by teaching herself to sing, and established a career in England, Caroline Herschel learned astronomy while helping her brot...

Meet Your Ancestors

Provides an introduction to the whole process of discovering your own family history. Topics covered include searching for birth, marriage and death cerificates, census a...

Florida Marco Polo Guide (Marco Polo Guides)

Experience all Florida's attractions with this up-to-date, authoritative guide,packed with Insider Tips. Most holidaymakers want to have fun and feel relaxedfrom the mom...

The Mathematical Corporation: Where Machine Intelligence and Human Ingenuity Achieve the Impossible

The most powerful weapon in business today is the alliance between the mathematical smarts of machines and the imaginative human intellect of great leaders. Together

Fight for Beauty

Fiona Reynolds proposes a solution that is at once radical and simple - to inspire us through the beauty of the world around us. Delving

Basher Basics

Basher Basics: Space Exploration is a compelling guide to developments right at the forefront of space science. Meet characters who embody the amazing science that

Crop Circles

This is a new way of experiencing the crop circle mystery, through the geometry of the forms revealed in crops. The mathematics is sound and

Eureka!: The Birth of Science (Icon Science) by Andrew Gregory

Medicine, anatomy, astronomy, mathematics and cosmology, science began with the Greeks, and Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes and Hippocrates were amongst its sta...

Go Figure: The Marvellous Maths Workbook

Math is one of those tricky subjects that continues to throw us problems, even after our school days. From splitting the bill in a restaurant,

Look up

'Sarah Cruddas is a gifted writer and Look Up is an inspired book. I am hopeful that we will never stop looking up.' Apollo 11

The Element in the Room : Science-y Stuff Staring You in the Face

Have you ever wanted to perform sonic experiments with your morning coffee? Predict the exact second your unborn child will be born? Spice up your

Space Record Breakers by Anne Rooney

The entire universe is in this book—and budding astronauts and astronomers will be captivated! What planet has the most moons? Who was the first woman

Elementary

Chemistry's most significant chart, the Periodic Table, and its 118 elements, is laid bare in this lively, accessible and compelling expose. The periodic table, created

The Little Book of Big Explorations

Inspiring accounts of remarkable adventures and scientific discoveries that have revolutionized our understanding of our world and tested the limits of human endurance. T...

Chasing the Moon

In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the

The Glass Universe

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves’ The Economist #1

Hot Air

Here, for the first time, climate scientist Peter Stott reveals the bitter fight to get international recognition for what, among scientists, has been known for

Adventures in Human Being

Sunday Times bestsellerWe have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin

The Oil Depletion Protocol

Heinberg describes a unique accord whereby nations would voluntarily reduce their oil production and oil imports according to a consistent, sensible formula, thereby enab...

Goldilocks and the Water Bears

Today we know of only a single planet that hosts life: the Earth. But across a Universe of at least 100 billion possibly habitable worlds,

THE BOOK OF HUMANS

WHAT MAKES US HUMAN? Waging war? Sex for pleasure? Creating art? Mastery of fire? In this thrilling tour of the animal kingdom, Adam Rutherford tells

Uncentering the Earth

În 1543, astronomul polonez Nicolaus Copernic s-a întins pe patul de moarte, ținând în mâini capodopera sa abia publicată Despre revoluțiile sferelor cerești . Plasând

A Scheme of Heaven

Despite a resurgence in popularity, horoscopes are generally considered to be pseudoscience today - but they were once a cutting-edge scientific tool. In this ingenious

Beyond

9.07 a.m., April 12, 1961. A top-secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet

Rise of the Rocket Girls

2016 Goodreads Choice Awards finalist The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space. In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly