Sciences and Technology

Robert Matthews / Q&A: Cosmic Conundrums and Everyday Mysteries of Science

 What would happen if you fell into a black hole? Which properties give you the best chance of winning at Monopoly? Why is it always difficult to get ketchup to come out of a full bottle? From the farthest reaches of the universe to the mysterious...

Battelle John / The Search - How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transfo (Hardback)

 The rise of Google is one of the most amazing stories of our time. Jumping into the search industry long after Yahoo!, AltaVista, Lycos, and other competitors, Google offered a radical new approach to search, redefined the idea of viral marketing,...

Steve Jones / The Single Helix: A Turn Around the World of Science (Hardback)

 Steve Jones’ barnstorming survey is science writing at its best, veering nimbly from the chemistry of gold to the failures of funding, the chaos in the heavens to the fight against creationism, the optical illusions of tartan plaid to the...

Marcus Chown / Tweeting the Universe: Very Short Courses on Very Big Ideas (Hardback)

 In 140 pages, two masterly popularisers present 140 explanations of the biggest questions in physics - in the form of 10 or so tweets per page. They set themselves the challenge of boiling down what is essential on each subject into sentences of...

Judy Cannato / Field of Compassion: How the New Cosmology Is Transforming Spiritual Life (Large Paperback)

 The best-selling author of Radical Amazement articulates a transforming vision of spirituality that examines the intricate connectedness of the physical and spiritual worlds, a phenomenon she calls the "field of compassion." In the tradition of...

Luke Heaton / A Brief History of Mathematical Thought: Key concepts and where they come from

  Mathematics is a product of human culture which has developed along with our attempts to comprehend the world around us. In A Brief History of Mathematical Thought, Luke Heaton explores how the language of mathematics has evolved over time,...

David H. Levy / Comets: Creators and Destroyers (Large Paperback)

 David Levy brings these "ghostly apparitions" to life. With fascinating scenarios both real and imagined, he shows how comets have wreaked their special havoc on Earth and other planets. Beginning with ground zero as comets take form, we track the...

Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut : The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback)

 Reveals scientific principles behind familiar objects and activities, rendering the scientific process accessible through explanations of how such activities as shopping, boiling an egg, throwing a boomerang, and sports are connected to key...

Erwin Brecher / How Do You Survive on an Iceberg? (Hardback)

 Astound your friends! Impress party guests! Annoy your relatives! This book contains 101 fascinating science puzzles. The answer to each problem explains a scientific principle in easy-to-understand terms, so not only are you solving puzzles, you...

Mark Ward / Virtual Organisms (Hardback)

   This text is a "tour d'horizon" of who is developing what artificial life around the world today. The author has interviewed the leading researchers and developers of artificial life and has some scary predictions for the directions in...

Brian Chen / Always On (Large Paperback)

 Even Steve Jobs didn't know what he had on his hands when he announced the original iPhone as a combination of a mere "three revolutionary products"- an iPod, a cell phone, and a keyboard-less handheld computer. Once Apple introduced the App Store...

Philip's Stargazing with a Telescope

 A brand new edition of this Philip's bestseller, fully updated to include the latest telescopes and accessories on the market.Many people dream of exploring the heavens with a telescope, and some spend quite large sums of money in realizing this...

Karl Sabbagh / Dr. Riemann's Zeros

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Dick Ahlstrom / Flashes of Brilliance: The Cutting Edge of Irish Science (Large Paperback)

 This is an illustrated collection of articles by award-winning journalist Dick Ahlstrom, science editor of the 'Irish Times', on the men and women who are transforming Irish science. It serves as an anthology of Irish science, accessibly...

John J. May / The Origin of Specious Nonsense (Large Paperback)

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Richard P. Feynman / Qed : The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

 In QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter Richard P. Feynman explains, in his lucid and witty style, the revolutionary scientific theory that won him the Nobel Prize. Quantum electrodynamics - or QED for short - is the theory that explains...

John Gribbin / Galileo in 90 Minutes

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Matt Brown / Everything You Know About Planet Earth is Wrong (Hardback)

   A fascinating and humorous read that debunks the surprising myths about the world we always believed. The latest addition to the popular Everything You Know series, this book will blow apart your beliefs in the world's physical and social...

Michael Bright / Private Life Of Sharks (Hardback)

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Peter Lynch / That's Maths : The Mathematical Magic in Everyday Life (Hardback)

 From atom bombs to rebounding slinkies, open your eyes to the mathematical magic in the everyday. Mathematics isn't just for academics and scientists, a fact meteorologist and blogger Peter Lynch has spent the past several years proving through...

Robin Scagell / Philip's Stargazing with a Telescope

   Many people dream about exploring the heavens with a telescope but are often disappointed because they do not know how to use one properly. This guide reveals what to expect from a telescope and how to choose the right one, and gives...

Robert Winston / The Human Mind (Hardback)

 Where does our personality come from? Can we explain love at first sight? What do me mean by "intelligence" or "genius"? Can science explain intuition or de-ja-vu? Do we all have the potential to be a Tolstoy, Einstein or Mozart? Focusing on our...

Bill Bryson / The Body : A Guide for Occupants (Hardback)

 THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019_______'A directory of wonders.' - The Guardian'Jaw-dropping.' - The Times'Classic, wry, gleeful Bryson...an entertaining and absolutely fact-rammed book.' - The...

James Watson / DNA : The Secret of Life

 James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and author of the international bestseller The Double Helix, tells the story of the amazing molecule since its discovery fifty years ago, following modern genetics from his own Nobel...

Aoife Abbey / Seven Signs of Life : Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor (Hardback)

 'A sensitive, honest, unsentimental and, yes, brave piece of writing that makes for compulsive reading' Nigella LawsonGrief. Anger. Joy. Fear. Distraction. Disgust. Hope. All emotions we expect to encounter over our lifetime.But what if this was...

Nick Arnold / Horrible Science: Chemical Chaos (Large Paperback)

 In HORRIBLE SCIENCE: CHEMICAL CHAOS forget the fiendish formulasand take a look at the nasty bits you REALLY want to know about -thebubbling green mixtures, the vile and poisonous potions, thehorrible smells, bangs and blasts. Discover how the...

Dr. Simon Singh / Fermat's Last Theorem (Hardback)

 In 1963 a schoolboy browsing in his local library stumbled across a great mathematical problem: Fermat's Last Theorem, a puzzle that every child can now understand, but which has baffled mathematicians for over 300 years. Aged just ten, Andrew...

John Brokman / What is Your Dangerous Idea? : Today's Leading Thinkers on the Unthinkable (Hardback)

 The history of science is replete with ideas that were considered socially, morally or emotionally dangerous in their time. The Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are obvious examples -- radical, brilliant insights that did not so much push the...

Moira Stephen / Teach Yourself Basic Computer Skills

  "Teach Yourself Basic Computer Skills" is perfect for any new computer user who wants to get up and running, quickly and simply. For beginners, it is a cost-effective alternative to buying an expensive manual for each application. The book is...

Andrew Keen / The Cult of the Amateur

 A new, updated edition, with a new foreword of Andrew Keen's witty and provocative polemic against the rise of user-generated content and the anything goes standards of much online publishing, which set the blogosphere and media alight on...

B. Jack Copeland / Turing

 Alan Turing is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. But who was Turing, and what did he achieve during his tragically short life of 41 years? Best known as the genius who broke Germany's most secret codes during the war...

Nina Garcia / The One Hundred (Hardback)

  As the Fashion Director at "Elle" magazine, Nina has learned an indispensable fact - women love lists. They love making them, reading about them, following them, crossing each item off, etc. "The One Hundred" will be a thoroughly researched...

Dara O'Briain / Is There Anybody Out There? (Hardback)

 Science fiction meets science fact in thisfully illustrated hilarious book from one of the UK and Ireland'sbest-loved comedians.Genuinely qualifiedspace expert, Dara O Briain, is here with allthe answers to help you sort your science fiction from...

Alan Weisman / The World Without Us

 "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."What if mankind disappeared right now, forever ... what would happen to the...

Don Tapscott / Wikinomics

 An International Bestseller.An Economist Book of the Year.A Financial Times Book of the Year.Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year.Wikinomics shows how businesses can collaborate creatively with their customers to succeed in...

John Gribbin / The Future Now : Predicting the 21st Century

  Written in the late 1990's - distinguished academics and writers offer their predictions for the world's future across a range of social economic, political, geographical and technological subjects. Contributors include: John Gribbin with an...

Steve Jones / The Single Helix : A Turn Around the World of Science

 THE SINGLE HELIX is a miscellany of a hundred easy pieces about science. It brings to life a vast diversity of subjects, united under the banner of scientific truth - the universal solvent that brings clarity to almost all the mysteries of the...

Karl Sabbagh / The Hair of the Dog : And Other Scientific Surprises

 Science is full of surprises: the peculiar peepshow beginnings of baby incubators; the unexpected positive fallout from the H-bomb; the dinosaurs that caused sonic booms; the irrational nature of the number pi; the fifth taste sensation lurking in...

Joseph Schwartz / Einstein For Beginners (Large Paperback)

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Colin Black / Gas Man (Large Paperback)

 10... 9... 8... 7... 6...That's about as far as you get, counting backwards, as you wait for surgery to begin - and that's all most people know about what I do.But what happens between you conking out and waking up? And what does the anaesthetist...

Sally Magnusson / Where Memories Go

 'A fine book' The Sunday Times'Powerful' Guardian'Wonderful' The Telegraph'Moving, funny, warm' Mail on Sunday'Brave, compassionate, tender and honest' Metro'This book began as an attempt to hold on to my witty, storytelling mother with the one...

Randall Stross / Planet Google

 Google has a dream: to manage the entire world's information. The company wants to access every single bit of it it can - from news, to financial and historical data; from the content of books, films and TV, to a complete record of the Earth's...

Max Skittle / The Secret Doctor

 Welcome to the life of Dr Max Skittle. Therapist, relationship counsellor, social worker, friend, parent-figure - and, yes: doctor.Join Max - and his patients - as he takes us on a rollercoaster journey through a year in the life of a doctor: from...

Martin Ford / The Rise of the Robots

 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...

Oliver Sacks / Uncle Tungsten

 In Uncle Tungsten Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped family who fostered his early fascination with chemistry. There follow his years at boarding school where, though unhappy,...

Esther Perel / Mating in Captivity :

 When you love someone, how does it feel? And when you desire someone, how is it different?In Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel looks at the story of sex in committed couples. Modern romance promises it all - a lifetime of togetherness, intimacy and...

S. M. H. Collin / Dictionary of Computing: Over 10,000 Terms Clearly Defined

  The dictionary's definitions in clear, simple English are easy to understand for readers without a background in computing and for native and non-native English speakers alike. Each entry includes an example sentence to show how the term is...

Klaus-Dieter John / I Have Seen God

 Klaus-Dieter and Martina John had a vision; to build a top quality health facility for the Indians of the Peruvian Andes. Neglected and marginalised, these people suffer appallingly from the diseases of poverty. Klaus and Martina were highly...

Extinction Rebellion / This Is Not A Drill

 Extinction Rebellion are inspiring a whole generation to take action on climate breakdown.Now you can become part of the movement - and together, we can make history.It's time. This is our last chance to do anything about the global climate and...

Rachel Clarke / Your Life In My Hands

 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'I am a junior doctor. It is 4 a.m. I have run arrest calls, treated life-threatening bleeding, held the hand of a young woman dying of cancer, scuttled down miles of dim corridors wanting to sob with sheer exhaustion,...

David Beaty / The Naked Pilot (Large Paperback)

  Investigations into the causes of aircraft accidents have for decades focused on what happened and who did it - very rarely Why? It is the question Why? that David Beaty has addressed here, fighting the misnomer of 'pilot error' and propounding...

Chas Newkey-Burden / 64 Geeks: Meet the Brains Who Changed the World (Hardback)

 We wouldn't have Bluetooth or Wi-Fi today without the ingenuity of an actress once described as "the most beautiful woman in the world."And we might have had mobile messaging as early as 1901, were it not for the fickleness of a banker.From...