Sciences and Technology

Victor Kaptelinin, Bonnie A. Nardi / Acting With Technology: Activity Theory And Interaction Design (Hardback)

A systematic presentation of activity theory, its application to interaction design, and an argument for the development of activity theory as a basis for understanding how people interact with technology.Activity theory holds that the human mind is the...

Michael Pollan / How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics (Hardback)

Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most admired writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousnessWhen LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to researchers, scientists and doctors as...

Gene I. Rochlin / Trapped in the Net (Hardback)

Voice mail. E-mail. Bar codes. Desktops. Laptops. Networks. The Web. In this exciting book, Gene Rochlin takes a closer look at how these familiar and pervasive productions of computerization have become embedded in all our lives, forcing us to narrow...

John R. Anderson / Learning and Memory: An Integrated Approach (Hardback)

From one of the leading researchers in the field of human memory comes the new edition of a truly integrative perspective on learning and memory! Rather than forge a simple synthesis, Anderson integrates learning research on animals and memory research...

Philip E. Agre / Technology and Privacy: The New Landscape (Hardback)

Privacy is the capacity to negotiate social relationships by controlling access to personal information. As laws, policies, and technological design increasingly structure people's relationships with social institutions, individual privacy faces new...

Peter Bogh Andersen / The Computer as Medium (Hardback)

Computers are developing into a powerful medium integrating film, pictures, text, and sound, and the use of computers for communication and information is rapidly expanding. The Computer as Medium brings insights from art, literature, and theater to bear...

Yrjo Engersrom / Cognition and Communication at Work (Hardback)

This book brings together contributions from researchers within anthropology, psychology, communications, sociology, and cognitive science who are interested in redefining the methods and topics that constitute the study of work. They investigate work...

Abigail J. Sellen, Richard H. R. Harper / The Myth of the Paperless Office (Hardback)

Over the past thirty years, many people have proclaimed the imminent arrival of the paperless office. Yet even the World Wide Web, which allows almost any computer to read and display another computer's documents, has increased the amount of printing...

Marleen Huysman / Communities and Technologies (Hardback)

The book contains 24 research articles related to the emerging research field of Communities and Technologies (C&T). The papers treat subjects such as online communities, communities of practice, Community support systems, Digital Cities, regional...

Richard H.R. Harper / Trust, Computing, and Society (Hardback)

The Internet has altered how people engage with each other in myriad ways, including offering opportunities for people to act distrustfully. This fascinating set of essays explores the question of trust in computing from technical, socio-philosophical,...

Bill Lessard & Steve Baldwin / Net Slaves : True Tales of Working the Web (Hardback)

Exposes the dark side of the booming technology industry in the last decades which has thousands of poorly-paid employees working extended hours in cyber-sweatshops. Originally published 1998.      All of our books are second hand, and...

National Research Council / Flight to the Future: Human Factors in Air Traffic Control (Hardback)

Despite the strong safety record of the national airspace system, serious disruptions occasionally occur, often as a result of outdated or failed equipment. Under these circumstances, safety relies on the skills of the controllers and pilots and on...

Russell Foster / Life Time - The Science of the Body Clock(Hardback)

** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **GIVE THEM THE GIFT OF A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP WITH THIS GUIDE TO THE SCIENCE OF THE BODY CLOCK!' A superlative guide to some of the most intriguing questions of human existence' Bill Bryson In the twenty-first century, we...

Marshall McLuhan - The Gutenberg Galaxy - Vintage PB 1969

The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man is a 1962 book by Marshall McLuhan, in which he analyzes the effects of mass media, especially the printing press, on European culture and human consciousness. It popularized the term global village,...

Keith Gunderson / Mentality and Machines (Vintage Paperback)

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J. E. Gordon / Structures : Or Why Things Don't Fall Down - PB

In "The New Science of Strong Materials" the author made plain the secrets of materials science. In this volume he explains the importance and properties of different structures. Pelican PB 1980, originally 1978      

Jerome R. Ravetz / The No-Nonsense Guide to Science

In this No-Nonsense Guide Jerome Ravetz introduces a new way of thinking about science, moving away from simplistic ideas of perfect certainty and objectivity. The book gives a fresh look at science's history, with a guide to the key theories, and...

Alex Boese / Psychedelic Apes: From Parallel Universes to Atomic Dinosaurs – the Weirdest Theories of Science and History

What if we’re living inside a black hole? What if we’ve already found extraterrestrial life? What if the dinosaurs died in a nuclear war? What if Jesus Christ was actually a mushroom? Psychedelic Apes delves into the curious scientific...

Anil Ananthaswamy / The Edge of Physics: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Cosmology

In this deeply original book, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy sets out in search of the telescopes and detectors that promise to answer the biggest questions in modern cosmology. Why is the universe expanding at an ever faster rate? What is the...

Simon Singh / The Code Book (Signed by the Author) (Hardback)

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Stephen Jay Gould / The Mismeasure of Man

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Arno Karlen / Plague's Progress - A Social History of Man and Disease

A disturbing report of the global crisis of new and resurgent diseases. This account investigates how and why diseases such as AIDS, Legionnaires' disease, Ebola, TB, and new forms of cholera and malaria occur. Karlen charts humanity's relationship with...

New Scientist Instant Expert: The End of Money (Large Paperback)

The story of the development of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution.      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...

Margaret K Sands / Problems in Plant Physiology (Large Paperback)

Published by Hodder, 1988 ( originally 1983)  Plant biology.      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...

David Peak / Chaos Under Control: The Art and Science of Complexity (Large Paperback)

Chaos Under Control introduces the rich concepts driving the new science of complexity. Here you will discover the principles behind some of the most talked-about research findings of our time and see some astonishing examples and applications. Their...

John Fauvel / Let Newton Be! - A New Perspective on his Life and Works(Coffee Table Book)

Over the three hundred years since the publication of his Principia Mathematica , Newton has come to symbolize the ideal of scientist and mathematician par excellence . Let Newton Be! (the title comes from a famous couplet by Alexander Pope) explores the...

A.W.F. Edwards / Cogwheels of the Mind: The Story of Venn Diagrams (Coffee Table Book)

Used today in spheres of life as diverse as business strategy, creative writing, medicine, computer science, and theoretical physics, Venn diagrams possess fascinating properties. The basic Venn diagram is both elegantly simple―three overlapping circles...

Chris Eliasmith / How to Build a Brain: A Neural Architecture for Biological Cognition (Coffee Table Book)

One goal of researchers in neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence is to build theoretical models that are able to explain the flexibility and adaptiveness of biological systems. How to build a brain provides a detailed guided exploration...

Frank Swain / How to Make a Zombie : The Real Life (and Death) Science of Reanimation and Mind Control

The search for the means to control the bodies and minds of our fellow humans has been underway for millennia, from the sleep-inducing honeycombs that felled Pompey’s army to the Voodoo potions of Haiti. Now, Frank Swain, the force behind Science...

Carl Zimmer / EVOLUTION :The Triumph of an Idea (Coffee Table Book)

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Esther Dyson / Release 2.0 - A Design for Living in the Digital Age(Hardback)

Published 1997 - at the very early days of the internet becoming a mass use technology.  So this reads more like ' what the author got right, from the perspective of nearly 3-0 years on'  Written with an insider's knowledge and a ready wit, and...

Richard Elwes / The Maths Handbook: Everyday Maths Made Simple (Large Paperback)

This is the perfect introduction for those who have a lingering fear of math. If you think that math is difficult, confusing, dull or just plain scary, then "The Math Handbook" is your ideal companion." " Covering all the basics including fractions,...

Storm Dunlop / Night Sky

The first true beginner's guide to astronomy, Night Sky provides an introduction to the subject that is both colorful and accessible. Containing all the information you need to be able to recognize each constellation, this is the ideal companion to...

D.T. Max / The Family That Couldn't Sleep : Unravelling a Venetian Medical Mystery

For two hundred years a noble Venetian family has suffered from an inherited disease that strikes their members in middle age, stealing their sleep, eating holes in their brains, and ending their lives in a matter of months. In Papua New Guinea, a...

Georgina Ferry / Dorothy Hodgkin : A Life

Dorothy Hodgkin was an eminent crystallographer whose research contributed to an extraordinary period of scientific discovery. She was also passionate about international affairs and an active peace campaigner. This biography reveals the inner life...

Peter MacBride / Teach Yourself Windows Vista

Don't get vexed by Vista! Written especially for the newuser at home or in the office, Teach Yourself Windows Vista helps you maximize thisnext generation of Windowswith confidence. The user-friendlyguide explains everythingfrom getting online...

Robert M. Youngson / Collins Dictionary of Human Biology

Human Biology is a key subject of study in all the subjects related to medicine from radiology to pharmacology. This is the first student dictionary devoted to the subject. In over 6,000 entries, this dictionary covers the topics necessary in...

James A. Coleman / Relativity for the Layman

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Karolyn Shindler / Discovering Dorothea : The Life of the Pioneering Fossil-hunter Dorothea Bate

In 1898, a 19-year-old girl marched into the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, England and demanded a job. At the time, no women were employed there as scientists. For the determined Dorothea Bate, however, this was the first step in an...

Collins Gem: Basic Facts Chemistry

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Collins Gem: Basic Facts Biology

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Stephen Baker / They've Got Your Number: Data, Digits and Destiny

In a world teeming with data, we ourselves become the maths gurus' most prized specimens. In "They've Got Your Number", Stephen Baker takes us on a guided tour (no maths required) through an unprecedented new era, in which mathematicians are starting...

Melvyn Bragg / On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and their Discoveries, from Archimedes to DNA

The fascinating story of science unfolds in this account of the lives and extraordinary discoveries of twelve of its greatest figures - Archimedes, Galileo, Newton, Lavoisier, Faraday, Darwin, Poincaré, Freud, Einstein, Marie Curie and Crick...

Gregory Chaitin / Meta Math! : The Quest for Omega

Gregory Chaitin, one of the world’s foremost mathematicians, leads us on a spellbinding journey, illuminating the process by which he arrived at his groundbreaking theory.Chaitin’s revolutionary discovery, the Omega number, is an exquisitely...

Simon Conway-Morris / The Crucible of Creation: The Burgess Shale and the Rise of Animals

In The Crucible of Creation , paleontologist Simon Conway Morris describes the marvelous finds of the Burgess Shale--a fantastically rich deposit of bizarre and bewildering Cambrian fossils, located in Western Canada.Conway Morris is one of the few...

Stuart Hollingdale / Makers of Mathematics

This is an account of the history of mathematics as it is revealed in the lives and writings of the most distinguished practitioners of the art, such as Archimedes, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Leibniz, Euler, Gauss, Hamilton and Einstein. In...

Peter Cope / Teach Yourself Digital Video and PC Editing

Desktop video or PC-based digital video is regarded as the next big thing for desktop computers in the consumer market. Following on from the adoption of personal computers for DTP and digital photography, desktop video offers the general consumer...

Kieron O'Hara, Nigel Shadbolt / The Spy In The Coffee Machine: The End of Privacy as We Know it

What do you know about the new surveillance state that has been created in the wake of pervasive computing – that is, the increasing use of very small and simple computers in all sorts of host – from your computer to your coat? Well,...

Matt Ridley / Francis Crick : Discoverer of the Genetic Code

Acclaimed author Matt Ridley traces the colourful life of the man who discovered the structure of DNA, the building blocks of life. Building on a biographical tradition that can be traced back to Aubrey's ‘Brief Lives’, Dr Johnson's...

Neil Shubin / The Universe Within

In The Universe Within, with his trademark clarity and exuberance, Shubin takes an even more expansive approach to the question of why we look the way we do. Starting once again with fossils, he turns his gaze skyward, showing us how the...

Martin Rees / Before the Beginning : Our Universe and Others

One of the most creative and original of contemporary scientists draws together recent advances in astrophysics and up-to-the-minute research to cast a piercing light on man's place in the cosmos.         All of our books are...

Edward O. Wilson / The Future of Life

A magisterial accomplishment: both a moving description of our biosphere and a guidebook for the protection of all its species, including humankind.From one of the world's most influential scientists (and two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning author)...