Sciences and Technology

Georges Ifrah / The Universal History of Numbers II: The Modern Number System (Large Paperback)

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Daniel J. Levitin / A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World

A guide to critical thinking in the 'post-truth' era, from the author of Sunday Times best-seller The Organized MindWe live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too...

Richard Dawkins / God's Utility Function

This chapter from "River Out of Eden" argues that the only purpose of life is the survival of DNA; understand this, and all the inefficiency, unfairness and cruelty in the world makes sense.     All of our books are second hand, and while you...

Richard Horton / MMR: Science & Fiction

The publication of Andrew Wakefield's work in The Lancet in 1998 inadvertently triggered a collapse of public confidence in the MMR vaccine. Six years into this health crisis, a key and much disputed part of the report was retracted. Now The Lancet's...

New Scientist / How Long is Now?: And 191 Other Questions You Never Thought to Ask

How long is 'now'? The short answer is 'somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds'. The long answer involves an incredible journey through neuroscience, our subconscious and the time-bending power of meditation. Living in the present may never feel the same...

Jim Holt / Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story

Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?' remains the most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Moving away from the narrower paths of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking, celebrated essayist Jim Holt traces all our efforts...

Charles Seife / Alpha and Omega - The Seach for the Beginning and the End of the Universe

  Since A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME scientists have been in the midst of a revolution in cosmology. Gradually, astronomers and physicists are answering questions that have plagued mankind since prehistory: how was the universe born, how will it end?...

Carl Djerassi / This Man's Pill: Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill

On October 15, 1951, in a small laboratory in Mexico City, one of the key episodes in 20th century social history the first synthesis of a steroid oral contraceptive--an event that triggered the development of the Pill. Carl Djerassi has been honored...

Paul Davies / About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

An elegant, witty, and engaging exploration of the riddle of time, which examines the consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity and offers startling suggestions about what recent research may reveal.The eternal questions of science and religion...

Christian Rudder / Dataclysm: What our online lives tell us about our offline selves

What is the secret to a stable marriage? How many gay people are still in the closet? Do we truly live in a postracial society? Has Twitter made us dumber? These are just a few of the questions Christian Rudder answers in Dataclysm, a smart,...

Peter Buckley / The Rough Guide to the iPhone (5th)

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Jones Steve / Almost Like a Whale — The Origin of Species Updated

 Steve Jones takes on the challenge of going back to the book of the millennium, Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species. Before The Origin, biology was a set of unconnected facts. Darwin made it into a science, linked by the theory of evolution, the...

Eli Pariser / The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is hiding from you

Imagine a world where all the news you see is defined by your salary, where you live, and who your friends are. Imagine a world where you never discover new ideas. And where you can't have secrets.Welcome to 2011. Google and Facebook are already feeding...

Valerie Illingworth / The Penguin Dictionary of Physics

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Kevin Ashton / How To Fly A Horse - The Secret History of Creation, Inventory and Discovery

In the vein of Susan Cain's Quiet and Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath, How to Fly a Horse is a smart, empowering book that dispels the myths around genius and creativity.There is a myth about how something new comes to be;...

Tim Guest / Second Lives - A Journey Through Virtual Worlds

Every day, millions of people abandon reality for virtual worlds — building houses, making and selling works of art, getting married. On ebay, people sell virtual clothes and rent virtual cars. Tim Guest takes us into the bizarre culture of virtual...

Terry Burrows / Your Life Online

"YourLifeOnline" is a practical handbook to the 'new' internet. Relying increasingly on web-based solutions and removing the need for purchased software, sites in Web 2.0 as it is known are usually based around a single, simple idea and usually encourage...

John Derbyshire / Unknown Quantity - A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra

 This book opens, thirty-eight centuries ago, at the time of Abraham and Isaac. It shows how the invention of algebra was more than the beginning of a specific discipline of mathematics; it was also the birth of a new way of thinking that altered,...

Luke O'Neill / Keep Calm and Trust the Science (Signed by the Author) (Hardback)

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M. Chapple / Wave Motion: Light & Sound (Vintage Paperback)

Vinatge A- Level Physics - Volume 2     All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive.

Ian Miller - A History of Ireland in Ten Body Parts - HB - BRAND NEW

FREE TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST Skulls, heads, hands, height, legs, sex organs, blood, brains, stomachs, ears and corpses – discover Irish history through the prism of the body. From the brutal beheading of the...

John Gribbin / Hothouse Earth: The Greenhouse Effect & Gaia

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Geddes & Grosset: Dictionary of Science

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Howard Rheingold / The Virtual Community - Finding Connection in a Computerized World (Hardback)

Written in the mid 1990's,  just before the internet launched incomparable change across all society.  The author of Virtual Reality explores the network that is redefining the social fabric, discussing the full weight of this phenomenon as it...

James Poskett / Horizons : The Global Origins of Modern Science (Hardback)

“A radical retelling… Poskett deftly blends the achievements of little-known figures into the wider history of science… The book brims with clarity.”— Financial Times The history of science as it has never been told a tale...

Mark W. Doll / Defending the Digital Frontier: A Security Agenda (Hardback)

"The charge of securing corporate America falls upon its business leaders. This book, offered by Ernst & Young and written by Mark Doll, Sajay Rai, and Jose Granado, is not only timely, but comprehensive in outlook and broad in scope. It addresses...

Terry Grossman / Fantastic Voyage : How to Benefit from Cutting Edge Science and Add Years to Your Life (Hardback)

Live long enough to live for ever! Immortality is within our grasp. We are in the early stages of multiple profound revolutions spawned by the intersection of biology, information science and nanotechnology. With the decoding of the genome and our...

Sam Berry / 2020: Twenty Years of Amazing Things That Have Changed Our World (Hardback)

• Can you recall the year that the Dracula fish was discovered?• Do you know the height and location of the world’s tallest building?• Remember the company that discovered a way to convert water and CO2 into fuel?This unique trivia...

Alice Gregory / Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave (Large Paperback)

Sleep plays a crucial role in our waking lives, and we need to start paying it more attention. The latest research tells us that it's essential for learning and memory, for mental health and physical well-being, and yet we tend to only think about it...

Dan Schreiber / The Theory of Everything Else (Large Paperback)

Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Will we ever travel back in time? Are we being visited by extraterrestrials? Will we ever talk to animals? Are we being told the truth? Are mysterious creatures roaming the Earth? And why, when you’re in the...

Andrew Steele / Ageless : The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old

'A startling wake-up call . . . Writing with the vim of a Bill Bryson and the technical knowledge of a scientist, Steele gives us a chance to grasp what's at stake' Independent'An exhilarating journey . . . Steele is a superb guide' Telegraph'A...

Michael Allaby / Facing the Future : The Case for Science

This work seeks to provide a positive picture of science, depicting it as a real hope for the future. Covering 100 topics such as global warming, nuclear power, food additives, pesticides in farming and environmental pollution, it attempts to alleviate...

J.E. Gordon / The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall Through the Floor

Why isn't wood weaker that it is? Why isn't steel stronger? Why does glass sometimes shatter and sometimes bend like spring? Why do ships break in half? What is a liquid and is treacle one? All these are questions about the nature of materials. All of...

Christopher Chabris / The Invisible Gorilla and Other Ways Our Intuition Deceives Us

Reading this book will make you less sure of yourself—and that’s a good thing. In The Invisible Gorilla, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, creators of one of psychology’s most famous experiments, use remarkable stories and...

Nessa Carey / The Epigenetics Revolution : How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance

Nessa Carey presents a compelling story of the most important revolution in modern biology - and what it could mean for humanity. She concludes by investigating the amazing possibilities for the improvement of humankind that epigenetics offers for the...

Michael Frayn / The Human Touch : Our Part in the Creation of a Universe

What would that universe be like if human beings were not here to observe it? Would there be still be numbers, or scientific laws? Would the universe even be vast, without our tininess to give it scale?The author of award winning novels (such...

David Perlmutter / Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain - for Life (Large Paperback)

The bestselling author of "Grain Brain" uncovers the powerful role of gut bacteria in determining your brain s destiny. Debilitating brain disorders are on the rise from children diagnosed with autism and ADHD to adults developing dementia at younger...

Andrew Parker / In the Blink of an Eye : The Cause of the Most Dramatic Event in the History of Life (Hardback)

About 550 million years ago, there was literally an explosion of life forms, as all the major animal groups suddenly and dramatically appeared. Although several books have been written about this surprising event, known as the Cambrian explosion, none...

Lisa Randall / Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World (Hardback)

The latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the its make-up, its evolution and the fundamental forces that determine its operation. Knocking on Heaven's Door is an exhilarating and accessible overview of...

Dr. K. / Hacker's Tales: Stories from the Electronic Front Line (Large Paperback)

The Complete Hacker's Everything You Wanted to Know About Hacking in the Age of the Web (Carlton 2000, 2002), written by the same author sold over 60,000 copies to date. ( The information is more so on the early days of the internet, so almost a...

Bennie Mols, Nieske Vergunst / Hallo Robot: Meet Your New Workmate and Friend (Large Paperback)

How robots will revolutionise our worldSome fear that robots could do half our jobs and even wipe us out. But is that likely? Hallo Robot reveals how robots see, feel, and act -- and what they can and can't do.Instead of harming humans, artificial...

Oliver James / Not in Your Genes: The Real Reasons Children Are Like Their Parents (Large Paperback)

Professor Robert Plomin, the world’s leading geneticist, said in 2014 of his search for genes that explain differences in our psychology: ‘I have been looking for these genes for fifteen years. I don’t have any’.Using a mixture of...

Helen Czerski / Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life (Large Paperback)

This book links the little things – the unexpected pinkness of blueberry jam or the way the air smells before it rains – with the big in a book that will alter the way you see the world. Helen Czerski shows how the familiar, from coffee...

Michael S. Gazzaniga / Nature's Mind - The Biological Roots of Thinking (Large Paperback)

Penguin, 1994 Recent, stunning discoveries suggest that natural selection affects not only physical characteristics but also mental processes, from learning to substance abuse. Michael S. Gazzaniga reveals that just as the environment selects those...

Daniel M. Berman, John T. O'Connor / Who Owns the Sun?: People, Politics, and the Struggle for a Solar Economy (Large Paperback)

In Who Owns the Sun? Daniel Berman and John O'Connor argue that democratic control of solar energy is the key to revitalizing America -- putting power back into the hands of local people. A decentralized solar energy economy will bring thousands of new...

Allan H. Ropper, Brian David Burrell / Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: Extraordinary Journeys into the Human Brain

What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this gripping an illuminating book, a leading neurologist reveals some of the astonishing ways in which a damaged brain can radically alter our lives.Like Alice in Wonderland, Dr...

Stephen Jay Gould / The Richness of Life: A Stephen Jay Gould Reader

There aren't many scientists famous enough in their lifetime to be canonized by the US Congress as one of America's 'living legends'. Yet few would have grudged this accolade to Stephen Jay Gould, whose writings on history - both of the natural world and...

Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar / The Coming Wave: AI, Power and the 21st Century's Greatest Dilemma (Large Paperback)

Cofounder of the pioneering AI company DeepMind sounds the alarm on the unprecedented risks to global order posed by a wave of fast-developing technologies like artificial intelligence and genetic engineeringA stark and urgent warning on the...

Alex Bellos / Alex Through the Looking Glass : How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life (Hardback)

From triangles, rotations and power laws, to fractals, cones and curves, bestselling author Alex Bellos takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit, engaging stories and limitless enthusiasm. As he narrates a series of...

Jeff Jarvis / What Would Google Do? (Hardback)

Eye-opening, thought-provoking, and enlightening.” —USA Today “An indispensable guide to the business logic of the networked era.” —Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody “A stimulating exercise in thinking...

Marc Abrahams / This Is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens, and Other WTF Research (Large Paperback)

Often, thinking seriously about outlandish problems is the only way to make progress in science. The rest of the time, it’s hilarious. Marc Abrahams, the founder of the famous Ig Nobel prizes, offers an addictive, wryly funny exposé of the...

Melvyn Bragg / On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries From Archimedes to DNA (Hardback)

The story of science unfolds in this account of the lives and extraordinary discoveries of 12 of its greatest figures - Archimedes, Galileo, Newton, Lavoisier, Faraday, Darwin, Poincare, Freud, Einstein, Marie Curie and Crick and Watson. Exploring their...