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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

The Practical Encyclopedia of Home Remedies & Natural Therapies

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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

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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

Evidence of Extraterrestrials

Discover detailed analysis of thirty-six UFO encounters that prove once and for all that extraterrestrials are visiting the Earth. Beginning with historical cases such as...

Satellite

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18 Tiny Deaths

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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

More Knowledge

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CHURCHILL'S FIRST WAR

Just over a century ago British troops were fighting a vicious frontier war against Pashtun tribeman on the North West Frontier -- the great-great-grandfathers of

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)

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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

BRIEF HISTORY OF 3RD REICH

Beginning in the broken aftermath of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles that made German recovery almost impossible, Whittock tells not just

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

Stickmen's Guide to Science and Technology

Neat nuggets of text, colourfully illustrated, break down each subject into a friendly guide to everything you need to know. A must-have addition to any

Stickmen's Guide to How Things Work

Here is a mix of science and fun with a sprinkling of Stickmen s humour throughout. Explore giant tunnel borers, massive strip mining machines, tankers,

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

Losing Earth

By 1979, we knew all that we know now about the science of climate change - what was happening, why it was happening, and how

Numbers

The story of numbers begins with counting 1,2, 3... but it ends with a mind-boggling mass of numbers so densely packed that we can't be

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

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

The Aliens Are Coming! : The Exciting and Extraordinary Science Behind Our Search for Life in the Universe

For millennia, we have looked up at the stars and wondered whether we are alone in the universe. In the last few years, scientists have

Jung: The Key Ideas

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The Intimate Universe : How the stars are closer than you think

The scale of the cosmos can be baffling, with distances so vast and timescales to long that it's easy to dismiss them as being completely

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

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Darwin's Devices

The challenge of studying evolution is that the history of life is buried in the past—we can’t witness the dramatic events that shaped the adaptations

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

THE FLIGHT: CHARLES LINDBERGH'S DARING AND IMMORTAL 1927 TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING

On the rainy morning of May 20, 1927, a little-known American pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh climbed into his single-engine monoplane, The Spirit of St.

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...

I Used to Know That

If memories of learning algebra bring you out in a cold sweat and thoughts of quadratic equations cause you feelings of fear and dread, I

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

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