Sciences and Technology

Brian Cox / Why Does E=mc2? : (And Why Should We Care?)

  What does E=mc2 actually mean? Dr. Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of twenty-first century science to unpack Einstein's famous equation. Explaining and simplifying notions of energy, mass, and light-while...

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...

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...

Yuval Noah Harari / Homo Deus : A Brief History of Tomorrow

 THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLERSapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going.Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares 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...

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,...

Dava Sobel / Arthritis Exercises

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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...

Gavin Pretor-Pinney / The Cloudspotter's Guide

 'The clouds are nature's poetry, and the most egalitarian of her displays, since everyone has an equally fantastic view of them. Clouds are for dreamers, and their contemplation benefits the soul. Yet their beauty is so everyday as to be in danger...

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...

Tom Forester - The Mircoelectronics Revolution - Vintage 1980 Technology & Predictions

A collection of 1980's essays on the 'silicon chip revolution' - an examination from 1980 on how the industry and technology would alter society and the world of work. A collection of essays from academics, journalists and industry insiders. Some , given...

George Newnes: Aeroplane Maintenance & Operation Magazine Parts 33 - 40 (8 Book Collection)

George Newnes: Aeroplane Maintenance & Operation Magazine Parts 33 - 40

Iain Carson / Zoom : The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future

   If oil is a problem, it seems that cars are the solution. Working on innovative, environmental technologies and entirely new business models, the car industry could be launching society's greatest leap forward in a hundred years. "Zoom"...

Charles Darwin / On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin's seminal formulation of the theory of Evolution, On the Origin of Species continues to be as controversial today as when it was first published. This Penguin Classics edition contains an introduction and notes by William Bynum, and...

Ben Goldacre / Bad Science

Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Since 2003 Dr Ben Goldacre has been exposing dodgy...

Stephen Hawking / Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

Readers worldwide have come to know the work of Stephen Hawking through his phenomenal bestseller A Brief History of Time. Now in his first collection of essays and other pieces - on subjects that range from warmly personal to the wholly scientific-...

Desmond Morris / Babywatching (Hardback)

Paperback edition to this guide to the first 12 months of human life. In a revealing portrait of life, from the baby's point of view, Desmond Morris answers the questions parents ask: Do babies dream? What makes them cry, or smile? How well can they...

David A. Vise / The Google Story

The Google Story" (using logo) is the definitive account of one of the most remarable organizations of our time. Every day over sixty-four million people use Google in more than one hundred languages, running billions of searches for information on...

Robert Winston / The Human Mind

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Dava Sobel / Galileo's DaughterA Drama of Science, Faith and Love

From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was the foremost...

Brian Greene / The Elegant Universe - Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions

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Stephen Hawking / A Brief History of Time

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Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? - and 114 other questions

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Martin Rees / Just Six Numbers

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