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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...

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

My freshman year

'After more than fifteen years of teaching, Rebekah Nathan, a professor of anthropology at a large state university, realized that she no longer understood the

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

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

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

The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State (Hardcover)

Both an indispensable scientific work and a beautiful collection of art, The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State documents and illustrates the

Copy, Rip, Burn

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

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

Vagina

The embarrassment and alienation we often feel when the word 'vagina' comes up in conversation is fairly new. In this book, Naomi Wolf explains why

Psychoanalysis as Biological Science: A Comprehensive Theory

Psihanalistul era un filozof și un artist, abil în descifrarea comunicărilor și comportamentelor intrapsihice ale unui individ. El sau ea s-ar putea baza doar pe

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

Cutting-Edge Science

Beginning and the End of Everything

13.8 billion years ago, something incredible happened. Matter, energy, space and time all suddenly burst into existence in a cataclysmic event that's come to be

First of Everything

The First of Everything follows a context-setting introduction with seven stimulating sections: In the Beginning (The Big Bang to Homo Sapiens), At Home (the first

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...

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

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

Odd Science: Inventions

Inventions aren't always easy. Sometimes a humble leaf can get in the way. Developers have learned that one of the big hold ups in 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 Practical Encyclopedia of Home Remedies & Natural Therapies

This practical guide to natural health-promoting treatments and techniques brings together the very best of traditional therapies for reducing stress, gaining vitality a...

FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM

The story of a puzzle that every child can understand but has baffled mathematicians for 300 years. Aged ten, Andrew Wiles stumbled across the puzzle,

How Many Socks Make a Pair?

How many socks make a pair? The answer is not always two. And behind this question lies a world of maths that can be surprising,

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?

From the phenomenal New Scientist series, with over 2,500,000 copies sold The second compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column

Hypothesis A-Hypothesis B

Essays reflecting the influence of the versatile linguist David M. Perlmutter, covering topics from theoretical morphology to sign language phonology. Anyone who has stud...

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

Ten Short Lessons in Space Travel

As a new age of space exploration dawns, Ten Short Lessons in Space Travel takes a timely look at the ten fundamental lessons in the

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

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...

30-Second Biochemistry

30-Second Biochemistry presents the subject's 50 most important ideas, breaking down the proteins, carbohydrates and more to explain the science of living organisms.

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

What Star?

Have you ever looked up into the sky and thought about the names of star groupings and where they came from? Through glossy pages situated

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

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

Wonderland

What connects Paleolithic bone flutes to the invention of computer software? Or the Murex sea snail to the death of the great American city? How

Brilliant!

To celebrate the awarding of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics to Shuji Nakamura (along with two other Japanese scientists), this newly updated edition profiles

Your Superstar Brain

Your brain makes you who you are - it is the root of your personality and intelligence. It learns languages, creates memories and interprets complex

Defying Gravity

In this book, Robert Kingsley originates an idea for cancelling gravity. In the opening chapter we find him as a child, far from happy, defying

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

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

Embodied Knowledge

The body is the main forum for learning about how to do, think and believe and it is a starting point for the granting and

Manchester Gross Sick Facts

The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling

There is one thing about gambling that everyone knows: the house always wins. Lotteries are set up to guarantee profits, to the state. A craps

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

Sam

A true story of innovation that “reads like a movie” (Seth Godin), centered on a scrappy team of engineers—far from the Silicon Valley limelight—and their

Spaceman

Mike Massimino's compelling memoir takes us on a brilliant journey where the nerdiest science meets the most thrilling adventure to reveal what 'the right stuff'

30-Second Genetics

30-Second Genetics prezintă cele mai extraordinare descoperiri, de la elementele fundamentale ale biologiei celulare până la progresele aproape incredibile ale secvenție...

30-Second Biology

The 50 most thought-provoking theories of life, each explained in half a minute. 30-Second Biology tackles the vital science of life, dissecting the 50 most

Does Anything Eat Wasps

Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them will

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

Equal

'Gracie tells the story of her struggle and eventual triumph as a way of encouraging us, of changing our society, of giving us all courage

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...

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

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

Light in the Darkness

'A fascinating and thought-provoking investigation into the nature of black holes-a blend of the spiritual, the philosophical, and the scientific-from the premier German ...

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:

Frankenstein and the Birth of Science

Romanul lui Mary Shelley „Frankenstein” a fost creat concomitent cu schimbarea rapidă a lumii științifice. „Frankenstein” și „The Birth of Science” îți oferă o perspecti...

Quanderhorn Xperimentations

ADAPTED BACKWARDS VIA THE FUTURE FROM THE RADIO 4 SERIES BEFORE IT WAS MADE A richer, deeper, more comprehensive exploration of the Quanderhorn phenomenon. With

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

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