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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...
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...
Bedeviled: A Shadow History of Demons in Science
Author: Jimena Canales Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 How scientists through the ages have conducted thought experiments using imaginary entities - demons - to test the laws of nature...
No Shadow of a Doubt: The 1919 Eclipse That Confirmed Einstein's Theory of Relativity
Author: Daniel Kennefick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'One of Nature's Top Ten Books of 2019' 'Finalist for the PROSE Award in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Association...
Welcome to the Universe in 3D: A Visual Tour
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Journey into the vast depths of the observable universe by visualising the most spectacular images in astronomy in stereoscopic 3D....
Quantum Computing: The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution
Author: Brian Clegg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 The ultimate non-technical guide to the fast-developing world of quantum computing. Computer technology has improved exponentially over the last 50 years....
Climate Chaos: Lessons on Survival from Our Ancestors
Author: Brian Fagan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Human-made climate change may have begun in the last two hundred years, but our species has witnessed many eras of climate...
The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World
Author: Ziya Tong Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the x-rays that...
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...
The Eloquence of the Sardine: The Secret Life of Fish & Other Underwater Mysteries
Author: Bill Francois Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Humans have identified just a fraction of the 2.2 million species living in the sea. Roughly 91% of all marine species...
Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna and the Future of our Oceans
Author: Karen Pinchin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises...
Weather
Author: The Royal Meteorological Society Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Weather collects some of the most breathtaking images from Weather Photographer of the Year, the annual competition held by...
Drought Country
Author: Robert Godfree Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Droughts have lurked behind Australia's major nation-shaping moments from European settlement at Port Jackson to Federation. They have caused catastrophic damage...
Birds, Sex and Beauty: The extraordinary implications of Charles
Author: Matt Ridley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 In his new book, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley looks to the peculiar mating rituals of birds to better understand the...
Into the Dream Lab: The New Science of Dreams and Nightmares
Author: Dr Michelle Carr Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 To most, dreams are things that slip away when you re-emerge into the waking world, their remnants jumbled-up and only...
The Biological Universe: Life in the Milky Way and Beyond
Author: Wallace Arthur (National University of Ireland, Galway) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 358 Are we alone in the universe, or are there other life forms 'out there'? This is...
Stochastic Thermodynamics: An Introduction
Author: Luca Peliti Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 The first comprehensive graduate-level introduction to stochastic thermodynamicsStochastic thermodynamics is a well-defined subfield of statistical physics that aims to interpret thermodynamic...
The Science Museum Puzzle Book - Journey into Space: The perfect family puzzle book
Author: The Science Museum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Are you ready to become an astronaut? Then prepare for lift off with The Science Museum Puzzle Book, a unique...
The Social Lives of Animals: How Co-operation Conquered the Natural World
Author: Ashley Ward Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Any writer who can evoke the existential sadness of a lonely cockroach, or make krill thrilling, or describe a snorkelling colleague...
Life, Death and Biscuits
Author: Anthea Allen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A heart-breaking story of courage and compassion from the front line of the toughest battle our nurses...
The Immunity Cookbook: How to Strengthen Your Immune System and Boost Long-Term Health, with 100 Easy Recipes
Author: Kate Llewellyn-Waters Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 If we feel run down and we want to support our immune system, most of us tend to pop some vitamins....
Radical Longevity: The Powerful Plan to Sharpen Your Brain, Strengthen Your Body, and Reverse the Symptoms of Aging
Author: Ann Louise Gittleman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 While many of us are doing all the "right" things to set back the clock now, many of us want...
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...
Lightning Often Strikes Twice: The 50 Biggest Misconceptions in Science
Author: Brian Clegg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 You may well be familiar with the fact that lightning, contrary to the popular saying, often strikes the same place twice....
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...
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....
Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist)
Author: Sarah Chaney Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 *As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour* *A Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022* 'Excellent ... one...
Synchronicity: The Epic Quest to Understand the Quantum Nature of Cause and Effect
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Author: Paul Halpern Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 In Synchronicity Paul Halpern tells the little-known story of the unlikely friendship between the Nobel-prize-winning quantum physicist Wolfgang Pauli and the...
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...
The One Thing You Need to Know: The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in Science
Author: Marcus Chown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 From gravity to black holes, special relativity to global warming, this authoritative and entertaining book from bestselling author Marcus Chown breaks...
Harmless Naturalism: The Limits of Science and the Nature of Philosophy
Author: Robert Almeder Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 235 Does science have all the answers? The view that it does is known as scientific naturalism or scientism, and is now...
Superbugs: Deadly Microbes and the Extraordinary Race for a Cure: A Tale of Human Ingenuity
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Author: Matt McCarthy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 International Bestseller "An amazing, informative book that changes our perspective on medicine, microbes and our future." --Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD,...
A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
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Author: Rob Dunn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "An arresting vision of this relentless natural world"--New York Times Book Review A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to...
This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution
Author: David Sloan Wilson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 From noted evolutionary biologist and the author of Evolution for Everyone comes a paradigm-changing new look at how we can...
Unequal: The Maths of When Things Do and Don't Add Up
Author: Eugenia Cheng Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 At first glance, the concept of equality in maths seems unambiguous. Denoted by two parallel lines, the equals sign looks elegant,...
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...
The Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest Minds
Author: Katie Spalding Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit. The...
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...
Much Like Us: What Science Reveals about the Thoughts, Feelings, and
Author: Norbert Sachser Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 166 What really differentiates us from our relatives in the animal world? And what can they teach us about ourselves? Taking these...
The Universe in Bite-sized Chunks
Author: Colin Stuart Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Since the earliest humans walked the earth, the vast mysteries and wonders of the night sky have fascinated and beguiled us,...
The Genetic Age: Our Perilous Quest To Edit Life
Author: Professor Matthew Cobb Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 A TIMES ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 'The ideal guide to what is not just a fiendishly...
Delicious: The Evolution of Flavor and How It Made Us Human
Author: Rob Dunn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A savoury account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution Nature, it has been said, invites us to...
Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology
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Author: Lisa Margonelli Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 The award-winning journalist Lisa Margonelli, national bestselling author of Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank, investigates...
Zoo Ethics
Author: Jenny Gray Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 If you've visited a zoo and come face-to-face with a magnificent creature, such as a tiger, elephant or gorilla, you may...
Vanished and Vanishing Parrots
Author: Joseph M. Forshaw Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Joseph M. Forshaw, one of the world's leading authorities on parrots, calls attention to the threats they face: they are...
Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-Wanderer in Australia and New Zealand
Author: Joseph M. Forshaw Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 Although not closely related, quail, buttonquail and the Plains-wanderer have much in common. Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and...
To Exist As I Am: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2026
Author: Grace Spence Green Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 What do you do when the life you planned is dramatically interrupted? What does it mean to heal, when the...
Power Trip: The Story of Energy
Author: Michael E. Webber Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 For centuries, human activity has been dominated by the need to fuel human civilization. Energy is unique: no other physical...