The Language of Dissent

Critical Thinking For Students Learn The Skills Of Critical Assessment And Effective Argument

The skills of Critical Thinking are important whatever subject you are studying. They enable you to assess what's been said or written by asking the

Thin Blue Lie

“An incisive, muckraking exposé of the ‘police industrial complex.’”—The New York Times Book Review American law enforcement is a system in crisis. After explosive protes...

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

Design a Skyscraper

Why are verticles and reflective symmetry needed to Design a Skyscraper? Find out this an much more in this exciting new title! Featuring maths problems

Hidden Mathematics of Sport

A unique and insightful mathematical approach to the most popular sports A fascinating look at sport, exploring the mathematics behind the action. Includes the best

Ethnic Distinctions, Local Meanings

Focusing on a rural area of south China, Rack shows how so-called ethnic minority cultural events have become occasions for the exploration of personal identity

THE WEATHER BOOK

The Weather Book is a delightful miscellany of everything remotely meteorological. It is jam-packed with enlightening facts, practical diagrams, and clear explanations a...

A Pocket Essential Short History of Alchemy and Alchemists

Această istorie a alchimiei studiază evoluția acestei arte arcane, punând în centru alchimiști celebri și surprinzând efectele pe care aceștia le-au avut asupra științei...

How To Tell A Wizard From A Warlock Lifesaving Differences You Should Know

Just what is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite, a germ and a virus, or rugby league and rugby union? This mad miscellany

Intimate History of Premature Birth

For the first time, Sarah DiGregorio tells the complete story of this science - and the many people it has touched. Weaving her own experiences

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

Death on Earth: Adventures in Evolution and Mortality

Natural selection depends on death little would evolve without it. Every animal on Earth is shaped by its presence and fashioned by its spectre. We

Star Wars Workbooks

Make learning fun with curriculum-based exercises and activities from a galaxy far, far away...

The Genius Factory

În 1980 un milionar american excentric a lansat „banca de spermă pentru Premiul Nobel”, proiectată pentru a crea o nouă generație de supercopii. Plină de

Ingredients

If you want easy answers, this book is not for you. But if you're curious which health studies to trust, what dense scientific jargon really

HOW TO MAKE A TORNADO

This is the newest title in the brilliant and bestselling 'New Scientist' series. Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels,

Tweeting the Universe

În 140 de pagini, doi popularizatori extraordinari prezintă 140 de explicații ale celor mai importante întrebări din fizică - în forma a aproximativ 10 tweet-uri

How to Grow a Human

A cutting-edge examination of what it means to be human and to have a 'self' in the face of new scientific developments in genetic editing,

Hacking Immortality

Cheat death—or at least delay it—with this accessible look into the quest for immortality, and what it means for human civilization. Are humans close to

Bluffer's Guide to the Quantum Universe

Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of quantum physics from Bluffer's Guide to the Quantum Universe.

The Universe Next Door

A journey through 55 alternative realities, parallel worlds and possible futures.It's lucky you're here. But for a series of incredible coincidences and roads not taken,...

Problem Solving Made Easy KS2 Ages 9-11

Help your child be the top of the class with the best-selling home-study series from Carol Vorderman. Carol Vorderman can help your child succeed in

How to Grow a Human

O examinare de ultimă oră a ceea ce înseamnă să fii om și să ai un 'eu' în fața noilor dezvoltări științifice în materie de

Evolutions

'Daring, learned and humane... A revelatory restoration of wonder' Stephen Greenblatt. We no longer think, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched

Footprints

The author surveys the traces we will leave for peoples in the very distant future. He shows that modern civilization has created objects and landscapes

Patrick Moore's Yearbook of Astronomy 2014

The one book no stargazer should be without. This fully updated 2014 edition of this essential guide features a range of specially commissioned articles by

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...

A Little History of Astro-Archaeology

Stonehenge today is a battlefield, not only for police and festivalgoers at midsummer but also for rival camps of archaeologists, astronomers, and other researchers into...

Space Number Crunch!

Space Number Crunch!is a snappily written, fact-packed overview of the world of space, bursting with colourful, punchy data graphics and high-impact artworks. It's guaran...

Food, Inc.

Pentru majoritatea oamenilor, războiul global asupra alimentelor modificate genetic este unul îndepărtat și confuz. Bătăliile se desfășoară în limbajul misterios al gene...

Where The Universe Came From

Cum a început totul? Unde se îndreaptă totul? Acum mai mult de un secol, tânărul Albert Einstein și-a prezentat generala teorie a relativității lumii și

The Math Behind...

'A compilation of everyday events analyzed for their probability of occurring. The odds are determined using mathematical equations and science. An entertaining illustrat...

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 Reality Frame

Împletind marile idei ale științei aici, în opera sa magistrală, Brian Clegg construiește realitatea bucată cu bucată - spațiu, timp, materie, mișcare, forțele fundament...

Tell Me About Science

Science is a wide-ranging and fascinating subject and a key part of the school curriculum. This handy reference guide uses a question and answer format

Blockbuster Science: The Real Science in Science Fiction

If you've ever wondered how much real science goes into movies like Gravity, novels like The Martian, and television shows like Doctor Who, this is

We Are Not Alone

Cu cercetarea sa revoluționară asupra existenței extratereștrilor, „Nu Suntem Singuri” a schimbat pentru totdeauna dezbaterea comunității științifice despre viața în uni...

Beijing & Shanghai: China's Hottest Cities

China’s drive into the 21st century has been fueled by the relationship—and competition—between Beijing, considered by some observers to be the capital of capitals in

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

Bollocks! Why Didn't I Think of That?

Features 101 inventions we could no longer imagine life without.|From the invention of the electric chair to the less offensive post-it note, 'Bollocks! Why Didnt

Spaceport Earth

It's the 21st-century and everything about the space industry is changing, and leading that charge are private sector companies including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff

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

Astrophotography with Mark Thompson

Philip's Astrophotography With Mark Thompson is an essential guide for anyone wishing to photograph or image the stars and planets, written by TV's favourite astronomer....

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

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

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

Satellite

The Martian pentru adolescenți - un thriller spațial epic, extrem de original, cu adevărată știință și frumusețe sfâșietoare. Leul nu a pus niciodată piciorul pe

18 Tiny Deaths

Publisher's Synopsis For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay

More Knowledge

After a decade of successfully tackling the wide-ranging collection of football queries proposed by its readers, guardian.co.uk's dedicated battalion of sleuths continues...

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...

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

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

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 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

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

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...

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

Handling Digital Brains : A Laboratory Study of Multimodal Semiotic Interaction in the Age of Computers

An analysis of how fMRI researchers actively involve their bodies-with hand movements in particular-in laboratory practice. The results of fMRI brain scanning require e...

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

WHEN WE WERE KIDS

When We Were Kids is a book of original essays by celebrated third culture thinkers - scientists who, through their work and writing, are taking