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The Mathematics Devotional: Celebrating the Wisdom and Beauty of Mathematics
Author: Clifford A. Pickover Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 392 From the ingenious author of The Math Book and The Physics Book comes an inspirational volume that celebrates the beauty...
Einstein's War: How Relativity Triumphed Amid the Vicious Nationalism of World War I
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Author: Matthew Stanley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 "Stanley is a storyteller par excellence."--The Washington Post Kirkus Review starred review; Publishers Weekly starred review; Booklist starred review The birth...
The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
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Author: Gino Segre Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Enrico Fermi is unquestionably among the greats of the world's physicists, the most famous Italian scientist since Galileo. Called the Pope...
Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World
Author: David Blistein Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 In 2017 over 60,000 Americans died as the result of opioid overdoses, more than died annually in this country during the...
Mathematical Intelligence: What We Have that Machines Don't
Author: Junaid Mubeen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 There's so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to...
Proof!: How the World Became Geometrical
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Author: Amir Alexander Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our world On a cloudy day in 1413, a balding young man...
The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity
Author: Robin Ince Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 'A delightful and scintillating hymn to science.' - Carlo Rovelli Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a...
The Short Story of the Universe: A Pocket Guide to the History, Structure, Theories and Building Blocks of the Cosmos
Author: Gemma Lavender Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 The Short Story of the Universe is a new introduction to the subject of the universe. Covering 130 key components that...
Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars
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Author: Andrew Rader Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader--an MIT-credentialed scientist, popular podcast host, and SpaceX mission manager--an illuminating chronicle of exploration that spotlights...
Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (For the Cosmically Curious)
Author: Michael Wall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 We've all asked ourselves the question. It's impossible to look up at the stars and NOT think about it: Are we...
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
Author: Adam Rutherford Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 This is a story about you. It is the history of who you are and how you came to...
Gemstones- A Concise Reference Guide
Author: Robin Hansen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Gemstones have been a source of fascination for Millenia, from the icy brilliance of diamond and the soft iridescence of pearl,...
The Earth: From Myths to Knowledge
Author: Hubert Krivine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Our planet's elliptical orbit around the Sun and its billions-of-years existence are facts we take for granted, matters every literate high...
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry,...
The Little Book of the Elements: A Pocket Guide to the Periodic Table
Author: Jack Challoner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Everything in the universe is made up of the elements - including us. Forged in the Big Bang, the elements and...
Astroquizzical - The Illustrated Edition: Solving the Cosmic Puzzles of our Planets, Stars, and Galaxies
Author: Jillian Scudder Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Looking up at the night sky, it is almost impossible to imagine that we can trace our common ancestry with the...
A Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 248 A Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black...
How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication
Author: Tom Mustill Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A must-read' New Scientist 'Fascinating' Greta Thunberg 'Enthralling' George Monbiot 'Brilliant' Philip Hoare A thrilling investigation into the pioneering world of...
Nature Underfoot: Living with Beetles, Crabgrass, Fruit Flies, and Other Tiny Life Around Us
Author: John Hainze Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 An informed and heartfelt tribute to commonly unappreciated plants, insects, and other tiny creatures that reconsiders humanity's relationship to nature "Put...
Through Two Doors At Once
Author: Anil Ananthaswamy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Some of the greatest scientific minds have grappled with this experiment. Thomas Young devised it in the early 1800s to show...
Insects of South-Eastern Australia: An Ecological and Behavioural
Author: Roger Farrow Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Insects of South-Eastern Australia is a unique field guide that uses host plants and behavioural attributes as the starting point for...
Guide to Introduced Pest Animals of Australia
Author: Peter West Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Australia's introduced vertebrate pest species cost at least $1 billion annually in economic, environmental, and social impacts. The Guide to Introduced...
The Brain: 10 Things You Should Know
Author: Professor Sophie Scott Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Uncover the mind-blowing complexities of the brain and how it affects our personalities, behaviours and more. Written by Professor of...
Northern Lights: The definitive guide to auroras
Author: Tom Kerss Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 The perfect gift for anyone with a desire to see the Northern Lights. Discover the incomparable beauty of the Northern Lights...
Common Sense Natural Beekeeping: Sustainable, Bee-Friendly Techniques to Help Your Hives Survive and Thrive
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Author: Kim Flottum Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 128 With Common Sense Natural Beekeeping, learn to keep bees sustainably with limited chemical or human intervention. Today's bees face...
Beachcombing- A guide to seashores of the Southern Hemisphere
Author: Ceridwen Fraser Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 116 If you've ever walked along a beach or rocky shore and peered, poked or wondered at the things cast upon it...
Ouch!: Why Pain Hurts, and Why it Doesn't Have To
Author: Margee Kerr Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 Pain seems like a fairly straightforward experience - you get hurt and it, well, hurts. But how would you...
How to Make the World Add Up: Ten Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers
Author: Tim Harford Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 THE SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER 'Harford is our most likeable champion of reason and rigour... clear, clever and always highly readable'...
The Waltz of Reason: The Entanglement of Mathematics and Philosophy
Author: Karl Sigmund Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 "Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here," Plato warned would-be philosophers. Mathematician Karl Sigmund agrees. In The Waltz of Reason,...
Escape From Shadow Physics: Quantum Theory, Quantum Reality and the Next Scientific Revolution
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Author: Adam Forrest Kay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 'A LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS' - Jean Bricmont The received wisdom in quantum physics is that,...
Trouble with Gravity: Solving the Mystery Beneath Our Feet
Author: Richard Panek Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 An award-winning science writer plumbs the depths of the greatest mystery in physics, showing how gravity has shaped our universe, minds,...
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson (American Museum of Natural History) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 An exploration of the age-old complicity between skywatchers and warfighters, from the best-selling author of...
Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics
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Author: Stephon Alexander Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 "The rabbit hole gets wrestled here. An old school saying applies: the more you know, the more you don't know. Dance...
How Your Brain Works: Inside the Most Complicated Object in the Known Universe
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Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 How Your Brain Works explores the amazing world inside your head. Ever wondered what's going on inside your head? The brain...
Einstein's Shadow: The Inside Story of Astronomers' Decades-Long Quest to Take the First Picture of a Black Hole
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Author: Seth Fletcher Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE Einstein's Shadow follows a team of elite scientists on their historic mission to...
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees
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Author: Thor Hanson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 As seen on PBS's American Spring LIVE, the award-winning author of The Triumph of Seeds and Feathers presents a natural and...
The Art of Logic in an Illogical World
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Author: Eugenia Cheng Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 How both logical and emotional reasoning can help us live better in our post-truth world In a world where fake news...
Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World
Author: Professor Joshua Paul Dale Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And...
Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics
Author: Gregory J. Gbur Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 How do cats land on their feet? Discover how this question stumped brilliant minds and how its answer helped solve...
Cosmic Impact: Understanding the Threat to Earth from Asteroids and Comets
Author: Andrew May Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 176 As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with an asteroid or comet is the new kid on the block,...
Buzz
Author: Adam Langstroth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 Buzz captures bees in all of their moods, from serious (every bee has a job to do) to quirky (they communicate...
Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone
Author: Brian Switek Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Bone is a marvel, an adaptable and resilient building material developed over 500 million years of evolutionary history. It gives our...
Plants of Subtropical Eastern Australia
Author: Andrew Benwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 Plants of Subtropical Eastern Australia describes the rich flora of this biogeographically distinct region located on the east coast of Australia,...
Birds in Their Habitats: Journeys with a Naturalist
Author: Ian Fraser Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 This is a book of the discovery of birds and the places they live. Everywhere we go there are birds, and...
Clearing the Air: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE
Author: Tim Smedley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 **SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2019** 'Read this book and join the effort to...
The Reassembler
Author: James May Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 When we look around our homes, sheds and garages we see an array of objects that spring to life with the...
Cosmos Possible Worlds
Author: Ann Druyan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Based on National Geographic s internationally-renowned television series, this groundbreaking and visually stunning book explores how science and civilization grew up...
Where We Meet the World: The Story of the Senses
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Author: Ashley Ward Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The thrilling story of how our senses evolved and how they shape our encounters with the world Our senses are what...