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New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything

Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking. When Edwin Hubble looked into his telescope in the 1920s, he was shocked to find that nearly all of the

Jung: The Key Ideas

Jung- The Key Ideas te va familiariza cu gândirea revoluționară a acestui faimos om. Te va învăța totul despre conceptele lui fundamentale, de la inconștientul

Space Exploration

'Explorarea Spațiului' de Carolyn Collins Petersen este o explorare convingătoare a călătoriei umanității în cosmos. Prin povestiri vii și ilustrații bogate, Petersen îi...

Racing Green

Racing Green is the story of how advances in motorsport science are changing the world, helping it become smarter and more environmentally friendly. Motor racing

Alex Through the Looking-glass

From triangles, rotations and power laws, to fractals, cones and curves, bestselling author Alex Bellos takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his

The Graphene Revolution

In 2003, Russian physicists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov found a way to produce graphene – the thinnest substance in the world – by using

Symphony in C: Carbon

Carbon. It is the building block of every cell that makes up every living thing. It is the essential component of the food we eat,

The Infinite Monkey Cage – How to Build a Universe

he Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels. Join us on a hectic leap through

The Brain That Changes Itself

Meet the ninety-year-old doctor who is still practicing medicine, the stroke victim who learned to move and talk again and the woman with half a

The Earth: From Myths to Knowledge

Our planet’s elliptical orbit around the Sun and its billions-of-years existence are facts we take for granted, matters every literate high school student is expected

STORM IN A TEACUP

In Storm in a Teacup , Helen Czerski links the little things we see every day with the big world we live in. Each chapter

Dream Universe

A vivid and captivating narrative about how modern science broke free of ancient philosophy, and how theoretical physics is returning to its unscientific roots In

Little Book of Big Explorations

A collection of 150 mini essays of trailblazing journeys into the unknown that have had a profound effect on our understanding of the world, transformed

How Numbers Work

Discover the incredible connection between numbers and reality itself! Think of a number between one and ten No,hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero

Robot : Meet the Machines of the Future

Robotics is experiencing an explosion - with more than 45 million robots estimated to be in operation by 2019. Robotics and AI will increasingly become

Missions to Mars

In this magnificent compendium, Dr. Crumpler recounts the history of the Red Planet, from the earliest days when ancient astronomers turned their eyes to the

Numberland - The World in Numbers

The world is full of fascinating facts and statistics, but presented without context and in no particular order they can be overwhelming. Numberland: The World

The Universe in Bite-sized Chunks

The sheer scale of the universe can be intimidating, but in this easily digestible book we embark on an incredible journey through all the essential

The Speed of Starlight

Concepută pentru a prezenta fizica într-o lumină cu totul nouă, această carte de științe explorează subiecte legate de fizică, lumină și sunet, alături de ilustrații

Mars Owners' Workshop Manual

The unique Haynes insight into Mars, providing a sister title to Earth Manual and Moon Manual. The recent Ridley Scott/Matt Damon film The Martian, the

Saturn's Moon Titan Owners' Workshop Manual

Titan is a moon of Saturn, most recently explored by the Cassini/Huygens probes. Titan is of huge interest to scientists, as the conditions in its

Megacatastrophes Nine Strange Ways The World Could End

Acerbic dark humour meets hardcore science in this mind-boggling exploration of the nine worst ways the world could end Which will get us first? The

Papyrus

Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand copied on reeds pulled from the Nile were the treasures of the ancient world. Emperors and Pharaohs were

The Magic of Reality

Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was

Atlas Of The Universe

Cartea prezintă tot ce trebuie să știi despre Univers și despre locul Pământului în el. Prezintă înțelegerea Universului și cele mai recente descoperiri referitoare la

How Evolution Explains Everything about Life

How did we get here? It's the journey of a lifetime. All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles

Half Lives

The surprising history of radium in everyday life. The discovery of radium in the late 19th century prompted a flurry of experiments to scope the

Our Mathematical Universe

Why does mathematics explain the universe so well? From the big bang to the distant future via parallel worlds, Max Tegmark proposes a radical idea:

Brain

Congratulations! You're the proud owner of the most complex information processing device in the known universe. The human brain comes equipped with all sorts of

Beneath the Night

From stone age to space age, every human who has ever looked up at the night sky has seen the same stars in the same

The Glass Universe

In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or “human computers,” to interpret the observations their male coun...

Pioneers of Spaceflight

Perfect book for anyone with an interest in space travel and the moon landings.

Symphony in C

Carbon. It's in the fibres in your hair, the timbers in your walls, the food that you eat and the air that you breathe. It's

Everything You Need to Know about the Universe

From planet Earth to the furthest reaches of the known universe, this book lives up to its promise. In these pages you’ll find everything you

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Your body is teeming

Notes from an Apocalypse

Veteran worrier, author of To Be a Machine and father-of-two, Mark O'Connell, meets the anarchists, environmentalists, far-right nut-jobs and super-rich who are preparin...

30-Second Space Travel

From the imaginings of science-fiction writers and scientists through the ages, all the way to the Moon landings, and beyond into the realms of easy

Last Stargazers

Not to mention the stress of handling equipment worth millions. It is a life of unique delights and absurdities … and one that may be

THE SCIENCE BOOK

This highly visual series puts an exhilarating spin on core reference topics. From legendary lost treasures to the deadliest animal predators, and extreme forces to

Move!

'Exercise changes the brain. But which exercises have what effect? Time to get up to speed with the cutting-edge science of the mind-body connection and

Human Origins

Where did we come from? Where are we going? Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to

Waiting for the Albino Dunnock

'A beautiful book' Tim Birkhead, author of BIRD SENSE 'A glorious, beautifully written pilgrimage into the soaring world of birds' Bel Mooney, DAILY MAIL Written

Everything You Need To Know About Everything You Need To Know About Inventions

As well as the groundbreaking inventions, you'll also discover a few of the more quirky creations that have had a surprising impact on our day-to-day

Till The Cows Come Home

The story of the relationship between humankind and cattle, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Counting Sheep. To tell the story of the relationship

When We Walked on the Moon

'When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the surface of the Moon, I cried.' This book tells the story of the Apollo

Genius Inventions

Genius inventions - The stories behind history's greatest technological breakthroughs.

Orbitals, Terms and States

This highly regarded text offers a fine introduction to quantum chemistry, especially for students with a limited mathematical background, and provides an excellent suppl...

What Does Rain Smell Like?

Discover the fascinating answers to the most curious weather questions from two expert meteorologists.

Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain

In seven short chapters (plus a brief history of how brains evolved), this slim, entertaining, and accessible book reveals mind-expanding lessons from the front lines

Space Visual Encyclopedia

From the Big Bang to space exploration and stargazing, young readers will see everything there is to know about space as they blast off on

The Entokil Man

Harold Maxwell-Lefroy, the founder of Rentokil, was a maverick and a man of enormous drive and energy. From an early age he was fascinated with

Testosterone

The biological source of masculinity has inspired fascination, investigation and controversy since antiquity. From the eunuchs in the royal courts of ancient China to th...

Across the Airless Wilds

A few feet away sat the machine that made the achievement possible: an electric go-cart that folded like a business letter, weighed less than eighty

Foundations: An Illustrated Guide to Mathematics

Featuring a giant timeline wallchart, this illustrated guide traces humankind's greatest achievements in mathematics, plotting a journey from innumerate cave-dwellers, t...

The Ultimate Interplanetary Travel Guide

Do you dream of journeying to other worlds? Featuring eight removable NASA posters, gorgeous full-color photography, stunning art, and informative summaries based on 50 y...

The Intimate Universe

Dr Marek Kukula is the Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, where he informs the public and press about all aspects of astronomy, cosmology,

Darwin: The Story of the Man and His Theories of Evolution

Produced in association with the Natural History Museum, London, this stunning volumeoffers an in-depth examination of one of the significant figures in nineteenth- and ...

NATURE OF SEX: The ins and outs of mating in the animal kingdom

Thought about sex today? Of course you have! It's about the most natural thing any animal can do. But have you ever wondered how human

Rad Robots

A light-hearted roundup of robots in popular culture, fiction, films, TV, animation and toys. From the earliest robots through to the 21st century's cutting-edge automati...

From Science Fiction to Science Fact

The iconic futurist artist and designer Syd Mead once described science fiction as 'reality ahead of schedule'. In From Science Fiction to Science Fact, Levy

Conspiracy Theories: Mystery & Secrecy

Cover-ups and mysteries, are they just a mix of wishful thinking and fantasy that grips the attention of millions of people: was JFK assassinated? Were

End Times

Newsweek and Bloomberg popular science and investigative journalist Bryan Walsh explores the history of extinction and offers a cutting-edge examination of existential ri...

Essential Science

Essential Science aims to be the most detailed, accessible and authoritative book of its kind. Each of the 34 discoveries is broken down into seven

Mission

A masterful, genre-defying narrative of the most ambitious science project ever conceived: NASA's deep-space mission to Europa--the Jovian moon where might swim the first...

The Ultimate Guide Space

Discover everything you need to know about space with this remarkable title. This fully-illustrated book contains five colourful acetate pages which allow you to peel

Extinct Boids

When Ceri Levy asked Ralph Steadman to produce one piece of art representing an extinct bird for a recent exhibition, Ghosts of Gone Birds, Ralph

Palimpsest

'Why does writing exist? What does it mean to those who write? Born from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act

How Technology Works

How Technology Works demystifies the machinery that keeps the modern world going, from simple objects such as zip fasteners and can openers to the latest,

Rebel Star

In 1869, a great mystery was born. As astronomers observed a total solar eclipse, for the first time they saw the faint glow of the

Morphing

Cylinders, spheres and cubes are a small handful of shapes that can be defined by a single word. However, most shapes cannot be found in

Bang!! 2: The Complete History of the Universe

In 2004 a rock star, a TV astronomer and a young research astronomer sat down to write the story of the Universe in the order

Theory of Lie Derivatives and Its Applications

Differential geometry has become one of the most active areas of math publishing, yet a small list of older, unofficial classics continues to interest the

Human DNA Manual : Understanding Your Genetic Code

The Human DNA Manual aims to enlighten and entertain the genetically curious layperson on all aspects of our DNA and genetic code. An introductory section

Lonely Planet's Atlas of Adventure

Don't just walk on the wild side - hike, climb, cycle, surf and even parachute. Lonely Planet's Atlas of Adventure is an encyclopedia for thrill-seekers

The Cat in the Box: A History of Science in 100 Experiments

Toată știința se bazează pe curiozitate, ipoteză, experimente și analiză. Această formulă de bază a fost în vigoare de mii de ani și a dus

Fragile Earth

A classic collection of the New Yorker's most urgent and groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of the climate emergency In 1989, just one year

The Stargazer's Companion (Smithsonian)

Discover the wonders of the night sky. This set includes a nature guide, notebook, and constellation chart. Smithsonian Nature Guides: Stars and Planets book i...

Nature's Giants

A beautifully illustrated exploration of the science behind the awe-inspiring giants of past and present The colossal plants and animals of our world--dinosaurs, whales,...

Large Hadron Collider Owners' Workshop Manual

What is the universe made of? How did it start? This Manual tells the story of how physicists are seeking answers to these questions using

The Planets

Bazată pe cele mai recente descoperiri și informații de la NASA, The Planets este o lectură captivantă pentru toți cei interesați de astronomie și explorarea

On the Origin of Species

Contains the text of the sixth edition - the last edition published during Darwin's lifetime and the last to include his own amendments. Conține textul

Science

Discusses key concepts in biology, physics, chemistry, and other scientific fields, and includes fast fact boxes, images and diagrams, and information about key scientist...