Sciences and Technology

Dwight Spivey / MAC OS X Snow Leopard Portable Genius (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...

Dave Levitan / Not a Scientist: How Politicians Mistake, Misrepresent, and Utterly Mangle Science (Large Paperback)

An eye-opening tour of the political tricks that subvert scientific progress.In 1980, Ronald Reagan created one of the dumbest talking points of all time:“I’m not a scientist, but . . .”Since then, politicians have repeatedly committed...

Robert M. Hazen / The Diamond Makers (Large Paperback)

Since time immemorial, we have treasured diamonds for their exquisite beauty and unrivaled hardness. Yet, most of the earth's diamonds lie deep underground and totally unaccessible to us--if only we knew how to fabricate them! In The Diamond Makers...

Robert Brockway / Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody: The Terrifyingly Real Ways the World Wants You Dead (Large Paperback)

Just when you thought you’d accepted your own mortality . . . Everything Is Going to Kill Everybody is bringing panic back. Twenty illustrated, hilariously fear-inducing 
essays reveal the chilling and very real experiments,...

James Ball / The System: Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us (Large Paperback)

The internet is a network of physical cables and connections, a web of wires enmeshing the world, linking huge data centres to one another and eventually to us. All are owned by someone, financed by someone, regulated by someone.We refer to the internet...

Thomas Lin / The Prime Number Conspiracy: The Biggest Ideas in Math from Quanta (Large Paperback)

Quanta Magazine's stories of mathematical explorations show that "inspiration strikes willy-nilly," revealing surprising solutions and exciting discoveries.These stories from Quanta Magazine map the routes of mathematical exploration, showing...

Albert-László Barabási / The Formula (Large Paperback)

In this pioneering examination of the scientific principles behind success, a leading researcher reveals the surprising ways in which we can turn achievement into success.Too often, accomplishment does not equate to success. We did the work but didn't...

Robert Winston / Bad Ideas ? : An Arresting History of Our Inventions (Large Paperback)

We are born with the instinct to create and invent. Indeed our ability to do so is what separates we humans from the rest of the animal world. The moment man first converted a stone to a useful tool set him on a relentless path toward greater control and...

Antony Latham / The Naked Emperor : Darwinism Exposed (Large Paperback)

This book questions some of the foundation stones of Darwinism, which have become almost scientific 'givens' in recent years. Using detailed biological arguments and his own intricate knowledge of anatomy, Antony Latham challenges the suggestion that the...

Steven Mithen / The Singing Neanderthals - The Origins of Music, Language , Mind and Body (Large Paperback)

A long overdue book... intriguing as well as entertaining - Times Literary SupplementAlong with the concepts of consciousness and intelligence, our capacity for language sits right at the core of what makes us human. But while the evolutionary...

Scientific American / Understanding Nanotechnology (Large Paperback)

Taken from the Greek, nano means 'one billionth part of' a whole; or very, very small. Nanotechnology is the next step after miniaturization. This book explores the cutting edge of a new technology that will find usage in almost every single aspect of...

Eric Lonergan , Corinne Sawers / Supercharge Me: Net Zero Faster (Large Paperback)

Almost everyone agrees on the need to transition the global economy to net zero. But how do we do it? And how do we do it faster ? If you feel demoralized, depressed or confused about the climate crisis this book will provide answers – and ones...

Courtney G. Brooks / Chariots for Apollo: The NASA History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft to 1969 (Large Paperback)

Written by a trio of experts, this is the definitive reference on the Apollo spacecraft and lunar modules. It traces the design of the vehicles, their development, and their operation in space. More than 100 photographs and illustrations...

John M. Ziman / An Introduction to Science Studies: The Philosophical and Social Aspects of Science and Technology (Large Paperback)

Professor Ziman provides a coherent account of the different perspectives on science and technology that are normally studied under various disciplinary heads such as philosophy of science, sociology of science, and science policy. It is intended for...

Colin Tudge / The Variety of Life: A Survey & a Celebration of All the Creatures that Have Ever Lived (Large Paperback)

This text can be read at many levels. Not least it is an extraordinary inventory - an illustrated summary of all the Earthly creatures that have ever lived. Whatever living thing you come across, from E-coli to an oak tree or an elephant, this book will...

Alfred North Whitehead / Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (Large Paperback)

One of the major philosophical texts of the 20th century, Process and Reality is based on Alfred North Whitehead’s influential lectures that he delivered at the University of Edinburgh in the 1920s on process philosophy.Whitehead’s...

Richard Grossinger / Embryos, Galaxies, and Sentient Beings: How the Universe Makes Life (Large Paperback)

Why is the universe conscious? What kindles mind inside matter? Why do fundamentalist sciences and religions never ask these questions? This sequel to Embryogenesis deals with the theoretical issues brought up by Embryogenesis, the relationship between...

Andrew Lih / The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia (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...

David Toolan / At Home in the Cosmos (Large Paperback)

The author brings science and spirituality together to reveal a universe with Christ at the center, and an environment caught in the balance.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture,...

Amir D. Aczel / The Jesuit and the Skull: Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking Man (Large Paperback)

In 1929, French Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a part of a group of scientists that uncovered a skull that became known as Peking Man, a key evolutionary link that left Teilhard torn between science and his ancient faith, and would leave...

Richard Rhodes / Deadly Feasts: The "Prion" Controversy and the Public's Health (Large Paperback)

In this brilliant and gripping medical detective story. Richard Rhodes follows virus hunters on three continents as they track the emergence of a deadly new brain disease that first kills cannibals in New Guinea, then cattle and young people in Britain...

Sean B. Carroll / Endless Forms Most Beautiful: The New Science of Evo Devo (Large Paperback)

A beautiful and very important book.”―Lewis Wolpert, American Scientist For over a century, opening the black box of embryonic development was the holy grail of biology. Evo Devo―Evolutionary Developmental Biology―is the new science that has...

Underwood Dudley / Mathematical Cranks (Large Paperback)

A delightful collection of articles about people who claim they have achieved the mathematically impossible (squaring the circle, duplicating the cube); people who think they have done something they have not (proving Fermat's Last Theorem); people who...

Edward Tenner / Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences (Large Paperback)

In this perceptive and provocative look at everything from computer software that requires faster processors and more support staff to antibiotics that breed resistant strains of bacteria, Edward Tenner offers a virtual encyclopedia of what he calls...

Rudy Rucker / Mind tools: the mathematics of information (Large Paperback)

Mathematics. Highly readable book on the relation between computers and space, logic, number and infinity.     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...

Michael Guillen / Five Equations that Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics (Large Paperback)

A Publishers Weekly best book of 1995! Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the science editor of ABC's Good Morning America, tells the fascinating stories behind five mathematical equations.As a regular contributor to daytime's most...

Mary Blocksma / Uncle John's Presents Necessary Numbers: An Everyday Guide to Sizes, Measures, and More (Large Paperback)

Do numbers leave you feeling -- well, numb? This compendium of fascinating data will bring figures to life while answering lots of questions you've wondered about. Discover which is higher in sodium: fast food french fries, the hamburger, or cherry pie;...

Robert B. Banks / Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics (Large Paperback)

Although we seldom think of it, our lives are played out in a world of numbers. Such common activities as throwing baseballs, skipping rope, growing flowers, playing football, measuring savings accounts, and many others are inherently mathematical. So...

William J. Cook / In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation (Large Paperback)

The story of one of the greatest unsolved problems in mathematicsWhat is the shortest possible route for a traveling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and return to his city of origin? It sounds simple enough, yet the traveling...

David A. Klarner / Mathematical Recreations: A Collection in Honor of Martin Gardner (Large Paperback)

An entertaining tribute to one of the great popularizers of mathematics, this collection features games and puzzles by a cohort of Gardner devotees. In addition to assorted math games and geometrical puzzles, it includes fascinating pieces on two- and...

Hans Christian Von Baeyer / The Fermi Solution: Essays on Science (Large Paperback)

Engrossing journey through the workings of the universe and minds of today's scientific thinkers examines an extraordinary range of topics: from the Superconducting Super Collider and the mysteries of the Big Bang, to strange crystals with impossible...

John Allen Paulos / Once Upon A Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic Of Stories (Large Paperback)

What two things could be more different than numbers and stories? Numbers are abstract, certain, and eternal, but to most of us somewhat dry and bloodless. Good stories are full of they engage our emotions and have subtlety and nuance, but they lack...

David Salsburg / The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century (Large Paperback)

An insightful, revealing history of the magical mathematics that transformed our world. The Lady Tasting Tea is not a book of dry facts and figures, but the history of great individuals who dared to look at the world in a new way.At a summer tea party in...

Harold Evans , Gail Buckland , David Lefer / They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators (Large Paperback)

An illustrated history of American innovators -- some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating -- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown...

William H. Brock / Case of the Poisonous Socks: Tales from Chemistry (Large Paperback)

Light in style, this collection of essays about chemists and their discoveries will interest scientists, teachers, historians and laypeople.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture,...

Steven Squyres / Roving Mars : Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet (Large Paperback)

Steve Squyres is the face and voice of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Squyres dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves as the principal scientist of its $400 million...

Ian Wilmut , Roger Highfield / After Dolly: The Uses And Misuses Of Human Cloning (Large Paperback)

This text provides a timely and important discussion of the potential value of cloning and of the ethical choices that this radical new technology has raised, including the issues surrounding the current status of stem-cell research.     All of...

Dava Sobel / Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love (Large Paperback)

Dramatically recolors the personality and accomplishment of a mythic figure whose seventeenth-century clash with Catholic doctrine continues to define the schism between science and religion.Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the...

Peter Duffett-Smith / Practical Astronomy with your Calculator: Third Edition (Large Paperback)

In its first two editions, Practical Astronomy With Your Calculator enjoyed tremendous success. Using clear and logical     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...

Pat Thomas / What's in This Stuff? (Large Paperback)

What's In This Stuff?' reveals that many widely-used products contain a cocktail of cheap, poorly-tested chemicals that are implicated in long-term health problems. The book examines everything from food additives, beauty products & household...

James R Weidlein / Networking Personal Computers in Organizations (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...

Brendan P. Kehoe / Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide (Large Paperback)

Critics agree-this is still the best introductory guide to the Internet. This national bestseller includes a new section on using the World Wide Web and an appendix on HTMLs (with a pull-out reference card to HTML). Places special emphasis on child...

Peter J Bentley - Artificial Intelligence in Byte-Sized Chunks - PB - BRAND NEW 2024

Artificial intelligence is headline news with the launch of the latest online services such as ChatGPT and Google Bard. But when did we start making computers mimic the human mind? And what is the reality of the capabilities of AI now, and in the...

Jacob Palme / Electronic Mail (Hardback)

This work provides a thorough overview of the technical and social aspects of electronic mail. It analyzes the problems, solutions and effects of e-mail and includes coverage of the market for e-mail, the ethical and legal aspects of it, recent research...

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...

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...

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)

      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...

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...