Sciences and Technology

Keelin Shanley / A Light That Never Goes Out : A Memoir (Hardback)

When journalist Keelin Shanley passed away in February aged 51, it was hard to grasp that someone so filled with life was gone. But a light so bright never really goes out, especially since, in her last few months, Keelin wrote a fantastic record of her...

Mollan, Charles ; Davis, William & Finucane, William - Some People and Places in Irish Science and Technology - Pb

Published by the RIA in 1985, this is a paperback listing a number of notable practitioners in Irish sciences , giving a brief biography of each as well as details on their main areas of work, research and discovery.  We are all aware of Ireland's...

Liz Strachan / A Slice of Pi (Hardback)

  A new look at maths without the Boring Bits ...How many trillions are there in a googol? Which fractions are vulgar? What famous mathematician refused to eat beans? And which one never travelled without his pet spider in an ivory box?...

Mike Berners-Lee / There Is No Planet B (Large Paperback)

  Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics - the list of concerns seems endless. But what is most pressing, what are the knock-on effects of our actions, and what should we do first? Do we all need to become...

Bea Johnson / Zero Waste Home

 Zero Waste Home is the ultimate guide to simplified, sustainable living from Bea Johnson, 'the priestess of waste-free living' (The New York Times).Bea Johnson transformed her family's health, finances, and relationships for the better by reducing...

R. A. Penfold / Test Equipment Construction

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Sig Hansen / Deadliest Waters

 Sig Hansen has been a star of the Channel 4's The Deadliest Catchfrom the pilot to the present. Seen in over 150 countries, the show attracts more than 49 million viewers per season, making it one of the most successful series in the history of...

P. C. W. Davies / Superstrings : A Theory of Everything? (Large Paperback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Michael Blastland / The Tiger That Isn't : Seeing Through a World of Numbers(Large Paperback)

  Numbers have become the all-powerful language of public argument. Too often, that power is abused and the numbers bamboozle. This book shows how to see straight through them - and how to seize the power for yourself. Public spending, health...

Julien Evans / Is it on Autopilot? (Large Paperback)

  Written by an airline pilot, this book explains to the reader how aeroplanes fly, how air space and air traffic control work, and all the technical detail behind airliners and aviation in the 1990s.       All of our books...

Stephen Dealler / Lethal Legacy : BSE - The Search for the Truth

  An examination of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), which discusses the characteristics of the disease and the possibilities of widespread infection, and considers the mistakes the British Government made in their early denial of the...

Dara Ó Briain / Beyond the Sky : You and the Universe (Hardback)

 So you want to go into space? WHY?! (No, really - it's sort of aterrible idea. We humans are perfectly designed for life on Earth.We can walk around, breathe, drink water, eat vegetables, readbooks, not get poisoned or crushed to death when we go...

Hans Rosling / Factfulness

 'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world' BILL GATES'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases' BARACK OBAMAThe...

Hawking Stephen / A Briefer History of Time (Hardback)

 Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author's engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the nature of space and time, the...

Jonah Lehrer / The Decisive Moment : How The Brain Makes Up Its Mind

 Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate or we 'blink' and go with our gut. But as scientists break open the mind's black box with the latest tools of...

Fritjof Capra / Web of Life

 The vitality and accessibility of Fritjof Capra's ideas have made him perhaps the most eloquent spokesperson of the latest findings emerging at the frontiers of scientific, social, and philosophical thought. In his international bestsellers "The...

John Carreyrou / Bad Blood : Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

 'I couldn't put down this thriller . . . the perfect book to read by the fire this winter.' Bill Gates, '5 books I loved in 2018'WINNER OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES/MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018The full inside story of the breathtaking...

Jimmy Buchan / Trawlerman : Life at the Helm of the Toughest Job in Britain

  TRAWLERMAN is the memoir of Jimmy Buchan - skipper of the Amity II, a fishing vessel based in Peterhead, Europe's largest fishing port. Jimmy's story is one of incredible highs and lows. It's a life that has been lived on the very crest of...

Mike Berners-Lee / How Bad Are Bananas? : The carbon footprint of everything

  From a text message to a war, from a Valentine's rose to a flight or even having a child, How Bad are Bananas? gives us the carbon answers we need and provides plenty of revelations. By talking through a hundred or so items, Mike Berners-Lee...

Marc Abrahams / This is Improbable : Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens and Other WTF Research

 Marc Abrahams, the mind behind the internationally renowned Ig Nobel Prizes, is on a mission: to gather the bizarre, the questionable, the brilliant, the downright funny, the profound - everything improbable - from the annals of science research...

Brian Swimme / The Universe Story (Large Paperback)

  From the big bang to the present and into the next millenium, The Universe Story unites science and the humanities in a dramatic exploration of the unfolding of the universe, humanity's evolving place in the cosmos, and the boundless...

Will McCallum / How to Give Up Plastic : Simple steps to living consciously on our blue planet

 'We have a responsibility, every one of us' David AttenboroughAround 12.7 million tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean every year, killing over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals. By 2050 there could be more plastic in the ocean than...

Ian Stewart / Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures (Hardback)

  Ian Stewart, author of the bestselling Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, presents a new and magical mix of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. He mingles these with forays into ancient and modern...

Dava Sobel / Longitude (Hardback)

  First published in 1996, Dava Sobel's story of an epic scientific quest - how to calculate longitude. The thorniest scientific problem of the day had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries until John Harrison...

Hilary Rose / Alas, Poor Darwin : Escaping Evolutionary Psychology (Hardback)

  At the beginning of the 21st century genes are used to explain almost every aspect of human life, from social inequalities to health, sexuality and criminality. This book offers a crticism of this so called evolutionary psychology, arguing that...

T Pearse Lyons ( Editor ) - Biotechnology in the Feed industry - 2 Volume Lot - 1987 & 1988 - Alltech

Two hardcover professional scientific publications the proceedings fo the annual conferences held in (animal) feeding and nutrition, and edited by T Pearse Lyons, the Irish born founder of Alltech. 1987 - proceedings of Alltech's 3rd symposium) ...

Matthew Walker / Why We Sleep : The New Science of Sleep and Dreams

 'Astonishing ... an amazing book ... absolutely chocker full of things that we need to know' Chris Evans'Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the planet' Evening StandardTHE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTLS, OBSERVER,...

Michio Kaku / Physics of the Impossible : A Scientific Exploration of the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation and Time Travel

 From cyborgs, starships, UFOs, aliens and antimatter to telepathy, invisibility, psychokinesis and precognition, Michio Kaku's Physics of the Impossible is an exciting look at how science fiction could soon become science fact. Albert Einstein...

Bill Gates / Business at the Speed of Thought : Succeeding in the Digital Economy

 Most companies have a sizeable investment in technology but are realising only 20 per cent of its potential benefit. "Business @ the Speed of Thought" introduces the concept of the digital nervous system which unites all systems and processes under...

Natalie Angier / Woman : An Intimate Geography (Hardback)

 This book brings to the understanding of the female body the talents of one of the most gifted science writers in English. Beginning with the egg & ending with the love of the female body is the template in this witty, searching, gleefully...

Nate Silver / The Signal and the Noise : The Art and Science of Prediction (Hardback)

 Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction about the future. Yet from the global financial crisis to 9/11 to the Fukushima disaster, we often fail to...

Richard Robinson / Why the Toast Always Lands Butter Side Down etc

 The frustrating component of life known as Murphy's (or Sod's) Law is no respecter of persons. The more you aredesperate for things to go right, the more they go wrong. But,is that really the case, and, if so, is there a rational explanation?So:...

The Universe Next Door : A Journey Through 55 Parallel Worlds and Possible Futures

 A journey through 55 alternative realities, parallel worlds and possible futures.It's lucky you're here. But for a series of incredible coincidences and roads not taken, your life could be very different. The same goes for reality. We live in just...

Susan Greenfield / The Human Brain : A Guided Tour (Hardback)

    Locked away in its casing of skull bone, the brain remains a tantalising mystery, despite astounding progress in brain research. This book begins by exploring the different regions of the brain and goes on to examine how certain...

P.C.W. Davies / The Fifth Miracle : Search for the Origins of Life(Hardback)

    Reveals the new theories and discoveries that seem set to transform our understanding of life's role in the cosmos. Davies examines the evidence suggesting that the first organisms lived deep underground and that microbes carried inside...

Simon Singh / The Code Book : The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking (Hardback)

   The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography From the bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book is an enthralling history of codes and code-breaking from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer...

James Gleick / Chaos

   Uncover one of the most exciting frontiers of modern physics in this fascinating, insightful and accessible overview of Chaos theory.'An exceedingly readable introduction to a new intellectual world' ObserverFrom the turbulence of the...

Stephen Hawking / The Grand Design (Large Paperback)

   In the last thirty years of his life Albert Einstein searched for a unified theory - a theory which could describe all the forces of nature in a single framework. But the time was not right for such a discovery in Einstein's day. Neither...

Jane Hawking / Travelling to Infinity

   Now a major motion picture starring Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking and Felicity Jones as his wife Jane. It chronicles their relationship, from his early development of ALS to his success in physicsIn this compelling memoir, Jane Hawking,...

David Attenborough / The First Eden : The Mediterranean World and Man

     Chronicles the history of the Mediterranean, examining how the region became the source of Western society and revealing man's changing attitudes toward the natural world All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get...

D.S Pugh / Organization Theory

 As consumers, clients, customers or, perhaps most significantly, as employers or employees, everyone depends on formal organizations. This resource book explains how such organizations work and why people within them behave in the way they do...

Patrick Dixon / Futurewise

   This is an extraordinary time to be alive. The world is being transformed before our eyes from a technological 21st century society into something altogether new and different. Everyone wants to know what the future holds. On an individual,...

New Scientist / Why Can't Elephants Jump? : and 113 more science questions answered

   Well, why not? Is it because elephants are too large or heavy (after all, they say hippos and rhinos can play hopscotch)? Or is it because their knees face the wrong way? Or do they just wait until no one's looking? Read this brilliant new...

Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures : Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species

    In 1809, when Darwin was born, much of the world was an unexplored wilderness. Our knowledge of the past was nonexistent, and our picture of our species' history little more than a set of fantastic myths and fairytales. But a new era...

Tim Peake / Ask an Astronaut

 The awe-inspiring Sunday Times Bestseller from astronaut Tim PeakeShortlisted for the British Book Award 2018'Amazing . . . A brilliant book' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2Have you ever thought of becoming an astronaut?Ask an Astronaut is Tim Peake's...

Steve Jones / Y: The Descent Of Men

Men, towards the end of the last millennium, felt a sudden tightening of the bowels with the news that the services of their sex had at last been dispensed with. Dolly the Sheep - conceived without male assistance - had arrived. Her birth reminded at...

Mayer Hillman / How We Can Save the Planet

 Mayer Hillman, one of Britain's most original and influential thinkers, here offers the reader both a stunning analysis of the looming environmental catastrophe and a blueprint for avoiding it. The blueprint is practical at a personal level but the...

Randall Munroe / What If? : Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans...

Fred Moody / I Sing the Body Electronic : Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier

    In the computer software world, Microsoft is a colossus. In a quest to uncover the key to its dominance, Fred Moody spent a year with the design team of Explorapedia, and in this text, he lays bare the visionary and turbulent process of...

Derek Rowntree / Statistics without Tears - An Introduction for Non Mathematicians

    This book is written for anyone who needs or wants to know how statistics work. It assumes no expert knowledge, and teaches through words and diagrams rather than through figures, formulae and equations - providing the perfect approach...

Fritjof Capra / The Tao of Physics

    Here is the book that brought the mystical implications of subatomic physics to popular consciousness for the very first time--way back in 1975. This special edition celebrates the thirty-fifth anniversary of this early Shambhala best...

Alex Bellos / Alex Through the Looking-Glass : How Life Reflects Numbers, and Numbers Reflect Life

   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...