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Sleepyhead: The Neuroscience of a Good Night's Rest
$12.00
Author: Henry Nicholls Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A narcoleptic's tireless journey through the neuroscience of disordered sleep Whether it's a bout of bad jet lag or a stress-induced...
Elephants: Birth, Death and Family in the Lives of the Giants
Author: Hannah Mumby Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 Elephants are as unique as people. They can be clever and curious or headstrong and impulsive, shy or sociable....
Relax: A User's Guide to Life in the Age of Anxiety
Author: Marianne Freiberger Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 In Understanding Numbers, Marianne Freiberger and Rachel Thomas will show key number patterns and maths principles that are vital...
Imagination and a Pile of Junk: A Droll History of Inventors and Inventions
Author: Trevor Norton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: Although inventors were often scientists or engineers, many were not: Samuel Morse (Morse code) was a painter, Laszlo Biro (the ballpoint pen)...
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...
Where We Meet the World: The Story of the Senses
$15.00
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...
Voices of the Wild: Animal Songs, Human Din, and the Call to Save Natural Soundscapes
Author: Bernie Krause Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 184 A pioneer in the field of soundscape ecology explores the ways in which the voice of the natural world informs many...
How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Predictions and the Art of Knowing When Not To
Author: Kit Yates Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2023 'Delightfully clear and vivid to read...A splendid book! Philip Pullman 'Absolutely fascinating' James...
Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Coronaviruses and Beyond
$12.00
Author: Sonia Shah Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "[A] grounded, bracingly intelligent study."...
Testosterone: The Story of the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us
Author: Carole Hooven Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 'With all the talk about testosterone in sex, sports and politics, we need a good explanation of the science...
Wild Rituals: 10 Lessons Animals Can Teach Us About Connection, Community, and Ourselves
Author: Caitlin O'Connell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 264 Wild Rituals explores how embracing the rituals of the animal kingdom can make us more connected to ourselves, nature, and others....
The Industries of the Future
Author: Alec Ross Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 This book answers the question: 'What's next?' The Internet had a world-changing impact on businesses and the global community...
How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet: The perfect gift for animal lovers
Author: Professor Noel Fitzpatrick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 THE MASSIVE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER It has been 30 years since Noel Fitzpatrick graduated as a veterinary surgeon,...
Join the Greener Revolution: 30 easy ways to live and eat sustainably
Author: Ollie Hunter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 Ollie Hunter is back with his second book, Join the Greener Revolution. This time he's tackling sustainability in our day-to-day lives...
When We Touch: Handshakes, hugs, high fives and the new science behind why touch matters
Author: Professor Michael Banissy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'A mind-expanding tour of what touch means.' DAVID EAGLEMAN, neuroscientist and author of Incognito and Livewired Why is a hugged...
The Sun
Author: Leon Golub Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Essential for life on earth and a major influence on our environment, the Sun is also the most fascinating object in...
Talking to Robots: How Humans and Machines Will Live Together in the Future
Author: David Ewing Duncan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'If you want to see what that future might look like, Duncan's book is a fun place to start' NPR...
Vaxxers: A Pioneering Moment in Scientific History
Author: Sarah Gilbert Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Chosen as a Book of the Year 2021 by the Financial Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Prospect, Guardian and The Times....
Know Thyself: The New Science of Self-Awareness
Author: Stephen M Fleming Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 How do you know when you've studied enough to pass an exam? Should you accept the testimony of an eyewitness?...
Can Fish Count?: What Animals Reveal about our Uniquely Mathematical Mind
Author: Brian Butterworth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Every pet owner thinks their own dog, cat, fish or hamster is a genius. What makes CAN FISH COUNT? so exciting...
Chasing the Moon: The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age
$15.00
Author: Robert Stone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 JFK issued the historic moon landing challenge. These are the stories of the visionaries who helped America complete his vision with...
The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration
Author: Colin Burgess Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 356 The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the 20th century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, discovery...
Mercury
Author: William Sheehan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusive, enigmatic world. As seen...
Why We Love: The new science behind our closest relationships
Author: Anna Machin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'This book opens the Pandora's Box on this most complex and puzzling aspect of what it is to be human' Robin...
Ant Architecture: The Wonder, Beauty, and Science of Underground Nests
Author: Walter R. Tschinkel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 248 Walter Tschinkel has spent much of his career investigating the hidden subterranean realm of ant nests. This wonderfully illustrated book...
The Sky Is for Everyone: Women Astronomers in Their Own Words
Author: Virginia Trimble Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 504 The Sky Is for Everyone is an internationally diverse collection of autobiographical essays by women who broke down barriers and changed...
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
Author: Frans de Waal (Emory University) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Frans de Waal has spent four decades at the forefront of animal research. Following up on the best-selling...
Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain--And How They Guide You
$15.00
Author: Rebecca Schwarzlose Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Enlightening and ambitious... a book that travels into rich terrain, charted by a smart and eager tour guide."--New York Times Book...
Some Assembly Required: Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
$17.50
Author: Neil Shubin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 An exciting and accessible new view of the evolution of human and animal life on Earth. From the author of national...
The Last Winter: The Scientists and Adventurers Trying to Save the World
Author: Porter Fox Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of...
The Secret Life of Genes
Author: Derek Harvey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Genes have a huge impact on who we are, from defining us as humans, to governing how we behave. Whether controlling...
Moonshot: Inside Pfizer's Nine-month Race to Make the Impossible Possible
Author: Brian Clegg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Scientifica Historica is a unique, essay-based review of those books that marked the development of science from classical times to the...
The Origin of Species: (Patterns of Life)
Author: Charles Darwin Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 528 A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet. Designed...
The Greatest Story Ever Told...So Far
Author: Lawrence M. Krauss Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'Probably the most readable, exciting and authoritative writer on science we have. A new Lawrence Krauss book always...
The World of All Creatures Great & Small: Welcome to Skeldale House
Author: All Creatures Great and Small Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Welcome to the wonderful world of Skeldale House: the welcoming veterinary surgery and bustling waiting room for the...
Takeaway Food Packaging Now
Author: Yvett Arzate Gomez Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 With every passing year, the strength of takeaway food packaging design becomes stronger, particularly with the increased popularity and ease...
The Magick of Matter: Crystals, Chaos and the Wizardry of Physics
Author: Felix Flicker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'This is a book about wizardry. It will reveal the secrets of the wizard's art, and how you, too, can learn...
Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less
$15.00
Author: Leidy Klotz Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 "You need to read this book." --Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A great book changes the world you...
Sensational: A New Story of our Senses
Author: Ashley Ward Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'A future classic of popular science' Mail on Sunday 'A dazzling account' Financial Times 'Absorbing, surprising and at times profound. After...
DNA
Author: Dr Kat Arney Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 160 The Compact Guide: DNA provides a fascinating look at the world of the double helix and examines who...
Lights On!: The Science of Power Generation
Author: Mark Denny Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 264 Power generation is a relatively recent concern because humans had little need for sustained power until the dawn of...
The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets
$15.00
Author: Graham Farmelo Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 How math helps us solve the universe's deepest mysteriesOne of the great insights of science is that the universe has an...
On the Trail of Stardust: The Guide to Finding Micrometeorites: Tools, Techniques, and Identification
Author: Jon Larsen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 Stardust-also known as micrometeorites-is the oldest matter anywhere. Nothing has traveled farther to reach Earth. For a century, scientists have searched...
Back to Earth: What Life in Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet-And Our Mission to Protect It
Author: Nicole Stott Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 When NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott first saw the Earth from space, she was filled with awe. Our shared home was a...
Light to Life: The miracle of photosynthesis and how it can save the planet
Author: Raffael Jovine Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 "Read this book and you will learn how photosynthesis was discovered, how it works, and how we can produce more food...
The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet
Author: Arthur Turrell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Is it possible to build a star on earth? When asked what problem he hoped scientists will have solved by the...
Diamonds Everywhere: Awe-inspiring astronomy discoveries
Author: Tom Kerss Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 Answers to the mysteries of the cosmos for inquiring minds. Explore the entire cosmos in 101 fascinating topics - from mind-blowing...
Coal: Nature and Culture
Author: Ralph Crane Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 While concerns about climate change have focused negative attention on the coal industry in recent years, as descendants of the industrial...