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Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense
Author: Saul Perlmutter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 *Out now: a definitive guide to thinking clearly in a world full of overwhelming information* __________ In our deluge of information,...
A Spotter's Guide to the Countryside: Uncovering the wonders of Britain's woods, fields and seashores
Author: John Wright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Discover the answers behind the mysteries of the countryside in all their fascination and beauty... Ever wondered about the masses of...
Beautiful Rocks and How to Find Them: A Modern Rockhound's Guide
Author: Alison Jean Cole Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 New to rockhounding or ready to ramp up your skills? This contemporary guide to rock collecting goes beyond the "where...
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...
So Young, So Sad, So Listen: A Parents' Guide to Depression in Children and Young People
Author: Philip Graham (Institute of Child Health, University College London) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 90 Has your daughter lost her sparkle? Has everyday life become a trial for your...
Country Matters: A Countryside Companion: 74 tips, tales and talking points
Author: Meg Clothier Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Everything you wanted to know about the countryside, but were too afraid to ask 'A joyful companion with surprises and delights...
How Evolution Explains Everything About Life: From Darwin's brilliant idea to today's epic theory
Author: New Scientist Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced...
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...
The Forgotten Sense: The New Science of Smell
Author: Jonas Olofsson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Human olfaction - the sense of smell - enables us to appreciate food and drink, it warns us of dangers and...
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...
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
Author: Jeffrey Kluger Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to...
We Are Electric: The New Science of Our Body's Electrome
Author: Sally Adee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 You may be familiar with the idea of our body's biome - the bacterial fauna that populates our gut and can...
Testing Top Guns: United States Air Force and Navy Test and Evaluation
Author: Jamie Hunter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 This is an unusual and interesting title, which explores a fascinating area of contemporary military aviation on which little, has been...
The Keys to Kindness: How Kindness Unlocks Wellbeing, Success and
Author: Claudia Hammond Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Kindness can be your super-power. It feels good to be kind to others. And it feels good to receive kindness. Making...
Into the Grey Zone: Exploring the Border Between Life and Death
Author: Dr Adrian Owen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 In 2006 Dr Adrian Owen and his team made medical history. They discovered a new realm of consciousness, somewhere between...
The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a
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Author: Steffanie Strathdee Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A "fascinating and terrifying" memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life (Scientific American) - and the discovery...
The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence
Author: Benoit Mandelbrot Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Mathematical superstar and inventor of fractal geometry, Benoit Mandelbrot, has spent the past forty years studying the underlying mathematics of space...
Why Balloons Rise and Apples Fall: The Laws That Make the World Work
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Author: Jeff Stewart Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 'Everything we do is touched by physics. Whether we're on the motorway, at the beach or in the pub, its laws...
The Beekeeper's Field Guide: Everything you need to know, from honey to the hive
Author: Meredith May Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Beekeeping is a popular past time that more and more people are turning to for personal enjoyment, or even small commercial...
Mars: A beginner's guide to exploring the Red Planet
Author: Brendan Owens Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 Perfect for anyone eager to learn more about the Red PlanetDiscover all you need to know about Mars - including the...
Understanding Cancer
Author: Robin Hesketh (University of Cambridge) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 258 One in two of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives and yet many of...
Isaac Chemistry Skills: Essential pre-university physical chemistry
Author: David Follows Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Isaac is a Department for Education project at the University of Cambridge that develops understanding and confidence through problem solving in...
Game Theory Basics
Author: Bernhard von Stengel (London School of Economics and Political Science) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 374 Game theory is the science of interaction. This textbook, derived from courses taught...
Starborn: How the Stars Made Us - and Who We Would Be Without Them
Author: Roberto Trotta Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Gold Winner of the 2025 Nautilus Book Awards 'A stunning and unforgettable voyage...
Pinpoint: How GPS is Changing Our World
Author: Greg Milner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Over the last fifty years, humanity has developed an extraordinary global utility which is omnipresent, universal, and available to all: the...
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...
Understanding Fertility
Author: Gab Kovacs Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 152 Infertility can have devastating physical, emotional and financial effects on people affected. It is a common problem, but can be hard...
Stokes Beginner's Guide to Bats
Author: Kim Williams Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 A pocket-size, brilliantly colorful, simple-to-use guide to bats, containing dozens of full-color photographs that enable readers of all ages to identify...
Hot Air: The Inside Story of the Battle Against Climate Change Denial
Author: Peter Stott Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE 2022 Ours is the age of global warming. Rising sea levels, extreme weather, forest...
The Accidental Scientist: The Role of Chance and Luck in Scientific Discovery
Author: Graeme Donald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Have you ever wondered how the ideas for some things come about? Surprisingly it is often as much down to chance...
How to Expect the Unexpected: The Science of Making Smart Predictions
Author: Kit Yates Format: Paperback 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...
Trippy: The Peril and Promise of Medicinal Psychedelics
Author: Ernesto Londono Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 A moving, tender and thoughtful exploration of a complicated subject. Johann Hari, Sunday Times bestselling author of Stolen Focus and Lost...
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,...
Fifty Words for Snow
Author: Nancy Campbell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 Snow. Every language has its own words for the feather-like flakes that come from the sky. In Japanese we find Yuki-onna...
How to Find a Four-Leaf Clover: What Autism Can Teach Us About Difference, Connection and Belonging
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Author: Jodi Rodgers Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 'We could all use a Jodi in our lives' The New York Times 'A splendid book, full of warmth and understanding'...
Basic Metaverse: How Virtual Worlds Will Change Our Reality and What You Can Do to Unlock Their Potential
Author: David Shrier Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 What is the metaverse? Quite simply, it's a digital platform to help people collaborate, work and play in new ways, in...
The Observant Walker: Wild Food, Nature and Hidden Treasures on the Pathways of Britain
Author: John Wright Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 'Blissfully funny, staggeringly informative, a joyful companion' Caroline Quentin 'Tells the endlessly fascinating tale of Britain's natural history in a way...
Possible: Ways To Net Zero
Author: Chris Goodall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 A carbon neutral future is possible - we have the technology to transform the global economy and guard against the worst...
Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live
Author: Rob Dunn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn takes us to the edge of biology's latest frontier: our own homes. Every house...
The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time
Author: Richard Fisher Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'A beautifully turned, calmly persuasive but urgent book' IAN MCEWAN 'A landmark book that could help to build a much brighter...
When We Touch: Handshakes, hugs, high fives and the new science behind why touch matters
Author: Professor Michael Banissy Format: Paperback 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 World of All Creatures Great & Small: Welcome to Skeldale House
Author: All Creatures Great and Small Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Welcome to the wonderful world of Skeldale House: the veterinary surgery and bustling waiting room for the locals...
Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine
Author: Harry Parker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week An eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and AI...
Psycho-Logical: Why Mental Health Goes Wrong - and How to Make Sense of It
Author: Dean Burnett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 One in four people experience a mental health problem each year, with depression and anxiety alone afflicting over 500 million people....
Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
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Author: Garry Kasparov Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in the history of technology. It...
How Vaccines Work: The Science and History Behind Every Question You've Wanted to Ask
Author: David Miles Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 480 Vaccines are a debate, whether we want them to be or not. Now more than ever, it's easy to feel overwhelmed...
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...
Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Coronaviruses and Beyond
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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."...