Sciences and Technology

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...

David Bodanis / E=mc 2 (Hb) : A Biography of the Worlds Most Famous Equation (Hardback)

 Most people know that Einstein's equation is important but they don't usually know why. This book takes an approach to the equation that concentrates not on the biography of Einstein but on the biography of the equation itself. David Bodanis looks...

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-...

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

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Martin Rees / Just Six Numbers

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