Anthropology and the Individual

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

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

Hidden Spring

How does the mind connect to the body? Why does it feel like something to be us? For one of the boldest thinkers in neuroscience,

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

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

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

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:

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

QI: The Third Book Of General Ignorance

The Third Book of General Ignorance adună laolaltă 180 de întrebări, atât noi cât și unele care au figurat deja în seria populară despre QI

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

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

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

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

Really Good Day

When a small vial arrives in her mailbox from 'Lewis Carroll,' Ayelet Waldman is at a low point. Her mood storms have become intolerably severe

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

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 Globotics Upheaval

'It might just save your life - and your children's lives. The Globotics Upheaval is a manifesto for future-proofing our jobs and prosperity' Sunday Times

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

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

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

Criminology: A Complete Introduction (Teach Yourself)

Scris de Peter Joyce, lector de criminologie și cercetător principal, Criminology - A complete introduction este gândită pentru a oferi tot ce aveți nevoie pentru

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

A Study of Numbers

We lack direct consciousness of Space and Time. We can know of them only indirectly by mass, force, and energy, and by the intermediary of

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Darwin Slept Here

For 'Darwin Year,' a fresh-eyed and enchanting journey through South America in his footsteps One snowy day in Ushuaia, Argentina, the self-proclaimed 'southernmost cit...

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...

Apollo 11: The Moon Landing in Real Time

Journey back in time and feel the excitement build in the days before launch and then experience the tension of the dramatic lunar landing and

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

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

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...

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

30-Second Numbers

30-Second Numbers highlights 50 key topics for understanding numbers and how we use them, each explained in half a minute. 30-Second Numbers explores number categories,t...

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

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

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

Cutting-Edge Science

How did the atom bomb help save the elephant? Have we found the secret to eternal youth? Could a parasite be manipulating you right now?

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

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

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,

Pioneers of Spaceflight

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

Genius Inventions

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