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When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon
$15.00
Author: Joshua D Mezrich Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 With When Death Becomes Life, Joshua Mezrich has performed the perfect core biopsy of transplantation--a clear and compelling account of...
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...
The General Rule: A Guide to Customary Weights and Measures
$10.00
Author: Vivian T. Linacre Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 168 An essential collection of articles, tables and notes, to define and explain the modern uses and relationships -...
Chaotic Fishponds and Mirror Universes: The Strange Maths Behind the Modern World
Author: Richard Elwes Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 What can we learn from fish in a pond? How do social networks connect the world? How can artificial...
From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: Disruptive Innovation in the Age of the Internet
$10.00
Author: John Naughton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 384 John Naughton is The Observer's "Networker" columnist, a prominent blogger, and vice president of Wolfson College, Cambridge. The Times...
Run the Storm: A Savage Hurricane, a Brave Crew, and the Wreck of the SS El Faro
Author: George Michelsen Foy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 In the bestselling tradition of The Perfect Storm and The Finest Hours, "an exquisitely written and dramatic book...a literary page-turner"...
Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
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Author: Jaron Lanier Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, & Vox The father...
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...
Uncentering the Earth: Copernicus and The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
$10.00
Author: William T. Vollmann Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 In 1543, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lay on his deathbed, reportedly holding his just-published masterpiece, The Revolutions...
Nowhere Left to Go: How Climate Change Is Driving Species to the Ends of the Earth
Author: Benjamin von Brackel Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 As humans accelerate global warming - while laying waste to the environment to erect cities and roads and clear wilderness...
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...
The Meat Paradox: 'Brilliantly provocative, original, electrifying' Bee Wilson, Financial Times
Author: Rob Percival Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Our future diet will be shaped by diverse forces. It will be shaped by novel technologies and the logic of globalisation,...
Catch Your Breath: The Secret Life of a Sleepless Anaesthetist
Author: Ed Patrick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'Brilliantly funny.' - Matt Lucas 'You have to read this book.' - Tim Harford 'It's funny, touching and gobsmacking in equal...
The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet
$20.00
Author: Michael E Mann Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year award A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have...
A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species
$20.00
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 Book is Not Rubbish: 50 Ways to Ditch Plastic, Reduce Rubbish and Save the World!
Author: Isabel Thomas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 Discover how YOU can ditch plastic, reduce rubbish and become an eco-warrior, not an eco-worrier, with 50 practical tips to really...
Animals
$8.00
Author: 0 Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Being able to identify wild creatures in their natural environment adds an extra dimension to the enjoyment of being outdoors....
The Curiosity Box: The Seashore
Author: Peter Riley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 Have you ever looked at the objects inside a curiosity box? What did you see and what did they...
My First Fact File Oceans: Everything you Need to Know
Author: JEN GREEN Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 48 Set sail on a voyage of discovery with Oceans (My First Fact File). Children will learn about the amazing...
The Genesis Quest: The Geniuses and Eccentrics on a Journey to Uncover the Origin of Life on Earth
Author: Michael Marshall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'The story of the quest to understand life's genesis is a universal one, in which everyone can find pleasure and fascination....
Race for Tomorrow: Survival, Innovation and Profit on the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis
Author: Simon Mundy Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 As featured on CNN's Amanpour & Company and BBC Radio 4's Start the Week with Andrew Marr One of the Financial...
Blueprint: How our childhood makes us who we are
Author: Lucy Maddox Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'The best book I've read this year ... It's written in such a beautiful way' - Dr Suzi Gage,...
This Book is Cruelty-Free: Animals and Us
Author: Linda Newbery Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 208 If you've ever wondered how you can make your diet cruelty-free, whether it's ethical to own a pet, or...
Numb and Number: How to Avoid Being Mystified by the Mathematics of Modern Life
Author: William Hartston (Author) Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Like it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales us with statistical forecasts,...
The Four-Dimensional Human: Ways of Being in the Digital World
Author: Laurence Scott Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 You are a four-dimensional human. A constellation of everyday digital phenomena is rewiring your inner life, increasingly coaxing you...
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...
What's Next?: Even Scientists Can't Predict the Future - or Can They?
Author: Jim Al-Khalili Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 Thought the science of the future was all hoverboards and space travel? Think again. Every day, scientists come up...
The Science of Hope: Eye to Eye with our World's Wildlife
Author: Dr. Wiebke Finkler Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 A breathtaking visual journey exploring why certain animal species capture our attention, and showcasing hopeful conservation efforts around the world....
Blow! Air
$6.00
Author: Nuria Jimenez Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 35 All animals and plants require clean air. In this book, children learn about why we need air, the value...
Scorpion
Author: Louise M. Pryke Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 304 From the dawn of civilization scorpions have captured the human imagination. Yet the scorpion is a misunderstood animal...
Beetle
Author: Adam Dodd Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 From ancient Egyptian deities to German automobiles, beetles have left an indelible mark on human cultures around the world....
Climate Justice: A Man-Made Problem With a Feminist Solution
Author: Mary Robinson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2018 Holding her first grandchild in her arms in 2003, Mary Robinson was struck by...
Physick to Physiology: Tales from an Oxford Life in Medicine
Author: Keith Dorrington Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 A murder in Main Quad, a near demise high on Mont Blanc, the lady who survived hanging and became a celebrity,...
Amphibious Soul: Finding the wild in a tame world
Author: Craig Foster Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 An awe-inspiring narrative about the power of nature and our place within it, from the creator of My Octopus Teacher, filmmaker...
The Meat Paradox: 'Brilliantly provocative, original, electrifying' Bee Wilson, Financial Times
Author: Rob Percival Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 Our future diet will be shaped by diverse forces. It will be shaped by novel technologies and the logic of globalisation,...
Nature Fast and Nature Slow: How Life Works, from Fractions of a Second to Billions of Years
Author: Nicholas P. Money Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 This book is a vision of biology set within the entire timescale of the universe. It is about the timing...
Pelican
Author: Barbara Allen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 With its distinctive, comical walk, large bill and association with the conservation movement, the pelican has attained iconic status. But the...
Sardine
Author: Trevor Day Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 208 The sardine is a paradoxical fish. Seemingly insignificant, its exploitation has made fortunes for some and, when stocks have collapsed, caused...
Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology
$12.00
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...
Night Sky Almanac 2024: A stargazer's guide
Author: Storm Dunlop Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A beautiful gift for anyone interested in the night sky. Follow the progress of constellations throughout the seasons with this beautiful...
Code: STEM: Smart Homes
Author: Max Wainewright Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 32 Discover how today's amazing inventions and technologies work while developing your coding skills In SMART HOMES, find out about...
A World Without "Whom": The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age
Author: Emmy J. Favilla Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Eats, Shoots & Leaves for the internet age As language evolves faster than ever before, what is the...
2024 Guide to the Night Sky: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above Britain and Ireland
Author: Storm Dunlop Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. "This is a great guide to the night sky at a great...
Climate Worrier: A Hypocrite's Guide to Saving the Planet
Author: Colm O'Regan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Bestselling author Colm O'Regan is a worrier. A professional one. Caution is his watchword. Risk aversion is his love language. Now...
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...
50 Things to Do by the Sea
Author: Easkey Britton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 A beautifully presented, practical gift guide for all surf seekers. Explained with fascinating, easy-to-understand commentary from surfer and scientist Easkey Britton,...
Synchronicity: The Epic Quest to Understand the Quantum Nature of Cause and Effect
$22.50
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...
Hawking Hawking: The Selling of a Scientific Celebrity
$20.00
Author: Charles Seife Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Stephen Hawking was widely recognized as the world's best physicist and even the most brilliant man alive-but what if his true...