Sciences and Technology

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...

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...

Prof Steven Mithen / The Prehistory Of The Mind

 Award-winning science writer Steven Mithen explores how an understanding of our ancestors and their development can illuminate our brains and behaviour todayHow do our minds work? When did language and religious beliefs first emerge? Why was there...

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...

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...

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) ...

Martin Ford / The Rise of the Robots : Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment (Hardback)

 Intelligent algorithms are already well on their way to making white collar jobs obsolete: travel agents, data-analysts, and paralegals are currently in the firing line. In the near future, doctors, taxi-drivers and ironically even computer...

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...

Richard P. Feynman / The Pleasure of Finding Things Out : The Best Short Works of Richard Feynman

      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...

Richard Dawkins / The Ancestor's Tale : A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life

 One of the most brilliant scientists of our age gives us his definitive work: a synthesis of his comprehensive vision of life. THE ANCESTOR'S TALE is a pilgrimage back through time; a journey on which we meet up with fellow pilgrims as we and they...

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...

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...

Gavin Francis / Shapeshifters : A Doctor's Notes on Medicine & Human Change

Stylish and exhilarating... from a wide-ranging mind and a profound humanity... inspiring' Hilary Mantel 'A wonderful series of meditations - clinical, anthropological, literary and deeply humane - on his patients and their illnesses.' Henry Marsh...

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,...

Richard Dawkins / The Magic of Reality

 Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth. These are magical, extraordinary tales. But there is another kind...

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,...

Simon Singh / The Code Book : The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking

 The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographyFrom the best-selling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man's urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer...

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...

Desmond Morris / Peoplewatching : The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language

    Peoplewatching is the culmination of a career of watching people - their behaviour and habits, their personalities and their quirks. Desmond Morris shows us how people, consciously and unconsciously, signal their attitudes, desires and...

Matt Ridley / Genome : The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

   The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue.The genome is our 100,000 or so genes. The genome is the...

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...

Lawrence Potter / Mathematics Minus Fear

    "Every school classroom has a special flavor. And of all these flavors, it is often that of the mathematics classroom that has left the bitterest taste. In here, you face the ordeal of quick-fire questions designed to expose and...

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...

Question Everything : 132 science questions - and their unexpected answers

   The latest in the bestselling New Scientist Last Word seriesAll science begins with questions...- Why is the night sky black, even though it's full of stars? - How do pebbles skim on water? - Why doesn't your own snoring wake you...

World Travel Guides (Irish Independent) (Complete 15 Book Set) Blue Covers

Travel Guides: 1 Florida & the Bahamas 2 Australia 3 Caribbean 4 Thailand 5 USA - West Coast 6 South Africa 7 Western Canada 8 Croatia 9 China 10 Cuba 11 Egypt 12 Mexico 13 Majorca & Minorca 14 USA - East Coast 15 Tenerife

Richard Wiseman / Quirkology : The Curious Science Of Everyday Lives

 Ever wondered why bad musicians always win the Eurovision Song Contest, or how incompetent politicians get elected?You need some Quirkology in your life.While other scientists beaver away on obvious problems, Richard Wiseman has been busy...

Robert P. Crease / A Brief Guide to the Great Equations : The Hunt for Cosmic Beauty in Numbers

 Here are the stories of the ten most popular equations of all time as voted for by readers of Physics World, including - accessibly described here for the first time - the favourite equation of all, Euler's equation. Each is an equation that...

Stephen Hawking / The Grand Design

 When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence for a benevolent creator who set things in motion? Or does science offer another explanation? In The Grand Design, the most recent...

Desmond Morris / The Naked Ape

 FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHORHere is the Naked Ape at his most primal - in love, at work, at war. Meet man as he really is: relative to the apes, stripped of his veneer as we see him courting, making love,...

Phyllis Clinch & R. Charles Mollan ( Editors) - A Profit and Loss Account of Science in Ireland - HB RDS 1983

A collection of essays on industrial and resource development in Ireland, published by the RDS , 1983, with cover design by Brian ó Nualláin , heavy sun fade to spine, some closed tears to dustjacket edges.  Large format hardcover,...

Patterson, Austin M - German English Dictionary for Chemists 3rd ED HB 1963

A hardcover third edition, 1963, of the German to English Dictionary for Chemists ( does not include English to German)  Published by Wiley USA, the first edition had been 1917, and was revised and added to greatly in the two later editions...

Alan Weisman / The World Without Us (Hardback)

 'On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is. Cleans them right off the face of the earth. They all go.' Alan Weisman looks to the future to discover what the world might be like,...

Michael Brooks / 13 Things That Don't Make Sense : The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Time (Large Paperback)

 In 2008, science can only really account for four percent of our universe, and the rest, well, just seems to be missing. The effects of homeopathy don't go away under rigorous scientific conditions. Thirty years on, no one has an explanation for a...

Ben Goldacre / Bad Science (Large Paperback)

 Full of spleen, this will be a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the world of Bad Science. How do we know if a treatment works, or if something causes cancer? Can the claims of homeopaths ever be as true - or as interesting as...

Richard Dawkins / The Selfish Gene

   This million-copy bestseller is universally acclaimed and translated into over twenty languages. "The sort of popular science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius." - "New York Times." "This important book could hardly be more...