Sciences and Technology

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...

John Carey / The Faber Book of Science (Hardback)

 Covering hunting spiders and black holes, gorillas and stardust, protons, photons and neutrinos, this anthology plots the development of modern science from Leonardo da Vinci to chaos theory. It consists of accounts by scientists themselves -...

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...

Simon Garfield / Timekeepers : How the World Became Obsessed With Time (Hardback)

 Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to...

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...

Iwona Abrams / Introducing Chaos (Large Paperback)

 Providing an introduction to the controversial field of chaos theory, this text shows how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups and downs of the stock market. It also...

Gerd Leonhard / Technology vs. Humanity : The coming clash between man and machine (Large Paperback)

 Futurist Gerd Leonhard breaks new ground again by bringing together mankind     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...

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...

Alexandra Feachem / The Infinite Monkey Cage - How to Build a Universe (Hardback)

 The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels. Join us on a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to...

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...

Dara O Briain / Secret Science : the Amazing World Beyond Your Eyes (Large Paperback)

  Children might think everyday life is boring but hoo-ee, are they wrong!Science is a non-stop EVERYWHERE, EVERYTHING adventure with some incredibly cool stuff going on, too. You've got your incredible brain, which has worked out how to read these...

Paul O'Reilly / The Watt Footprint : The Smart Citizen's Guide to Save Energy in the Built Environment (Large Paperback)

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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...

David Attenborough / A Life on Our Planet (Large Paperback)

 See the world. Then make it better.I am David Attenborough. At time of writing, I am 93 years old. I've had an extraordinary life. It's only now that I appreciate how extraordinary.As a young man, I felt I was out there in the wild, experiencing...

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...

Richard Preston / First Light

  At seven storeys high and with a two-hundred-inch mirror which took fourteen years to cast, the Hale telescope is the biggest and heaviest working instrument of its kind in the world. It can peer into the farthest recesses of space and may hold...

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...

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...

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,...

Alex Montwill / Let There Be Light (Large Paperback)

  This book is the first of its kind to devote itself at this level to the key role played by light and electromagnetic radiation in the universe. Readers are introduced to philosophical hypotheses such as the economy, symmetry, and universality...

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...

C.O Carter - Human Heredity - Vintage Pelican PB 1972 ( Originally 1962)

Condition - crease to front cover, tanning to page block and previous owners name written neatly in pen on front endpaper. Pelican blue spine and cover.  Carter provides the reader with a basic lesson in statistics and probability using real life...

Moroney, M.J - Facts From Figures - 3rd Edition - Vintage Pelican PB 1963 ( Originally 1951)

Explaining logically with lots of practical examples the use and abuse of statistics and how to apply them to real life situations to enable you to understand data better enabling you to assess what the data actually means.It does pre-date computers...

T.F Gaskell- The Gulf Stream - HB 1972 - Oceanography & Exploration

In an age when man has turned his face from the earth towards the mysteries of other planets, it is amazing to find that large areas of the earth's surface remain uncharted and even unexplored. Oceans cover two thirds of the earth and beneath their...

Tristan Gooley / How To Read Water

 From the bestselling author of THE WALKER'S GUIDE TO OUTDOOR CLUES AND SIGNSA must-have book for walkers, sailors, swimmers, anglers and everyone interested in the natural world, in How To Read Water, Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley shares...

Jonathan Nossiter / Liquid Memory : Why Wine Matters (Hardback)

 Jonathan Nossiter had his first taste of wine at the age of three in Paris, from his father's finger. For him, wine is 'memory in its most liquid and dynamic form,' as essential an expression of culture as film, books or painting.From the wine...

John Brockman / Science, Mind and Cosmos

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Viktor Mayer-Schonberger / Big Data

  A New York Times bestseller. Longlisted for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. Since Aristotle, we have fought to understand the causes behind everything. But this ideology is fading. In the age of big data, we...

Ken Auletta / Googled : The End of the World as We Know It (Large Paperback)

 There are companies that create waves and those that ride or are drowned by them. This is a ride on the Google wave, and the fullest account of how it formed and crashed into traditional media businesses. With unprecedented access to Google's...

Henry Marsh / Admissions : A Life in Brain Surgery (Large Paperback)

 Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating highs and devastating lows, but his love for the practice of neurosurgery has never wavered. Prompted by his retirement from his full-time job in the...

Dara Ó Briain / Secret Science: The Amazing World Beyond Your Eyes (Hardback)

 The second hilarious book for curious kids from the UKand Ireland's best-loved comedian, Dara O Briain!So you think everyday life is boring?! WHAT?! Hoo-ee,are you wrong!No, seriously. There's so much EXTRAORDINARY science goingon right from the...

Roger Cook / Dangerous Ground : The Inside Story of Britain's Leading Investigative Journalist (Hardback)

 In 25 years of investigative reporting, Roger Cook has been knocked unconscious a dozen times, hospitalized on almost thirty occasions, and has had 23 bones broken by those who have resented his ruthless persistence - or just objected to the fact...

Michael Cunningham / How to (Almost) Make Friends on the Internet (Hardback)

 'Will have you in stitches' The Irish Times'He's almost certainly not the hero you ordered, but he's the hero we need right now' Dave Gorman'I nearly stopped breathing twice as I was laughing so much. Glorious." Dom Joly'Probably the funniest thing...

Nick Arnold / Blood Bones and Body Bits and Chemical Chaos (Hardback)

  In "Blood, Bones and Body Bits", the reader can test theories of brain power, discover the secrets of strange scientists, and learn how to diagnose diseases. "Chemical Chaos" describes experiments that the reader can try in the comfort of the...

John Brenkus / The Perfection Point (Large Paperback)

 The Perfection Point is a pacy and fascinating look at the science behind the extremes of human performance, which identifies the absolute limits the human body can go to, whether it is running, lifting, throwing or even holding one's breath.It is...

Bill Bryson / The Body (Large Paperback)

 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...

Ian Stewart / Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities (Hardback)

 School maths is not the interesting part. The real fun is elsewhere. Like a magpie, Ian Stewart has collected the most enlightening, entertaining and vexing 'curiosities' of maths over the years...Now, the private collection is displayed in his...

New Scientist: Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? and 101 Other Intriguing Science Questions (Hardback)

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Christopher Booker / The Real Global Warming Disaster (Hardback)

  Booker focuses his attention on the mother of all environmental scares: global warming. This original book considers one of the most extraordinary scientific and political stories of our time: how in the 1980s a handful of scientists came to...

Mark O'Connell / To Be a Machine (Large Paperback)

 Shortlisted for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2017What is transhumanism? Simply put, it is a movement whose aim is to use technology to fundamentally change the human condition, to improve our bodies and minds to the point where we...

John Naisbitt / High Tech (Large Paperback)

  This text offers perspectives and insights on the interplay between technology and people. It is a compelling tour of our contemporary "technology immersion", and the author sets out to explain the new dynamics of our cultures, where each of us...

Chris Goodall / Ten Technologies To Save The Planet (Large Paperback)

 Everyone agrees we need to slash global greenhouse emissions. But how do we actually achieve that? Politicians can set targets and consumers can try to live greener lives. But the world will only avoid runaway global warming with the help of...

James Gatenby / Digital Photography and Computing for the Older Generati

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Susin Nielsen / We Are All Made of Molecules (Large Paperback)

 There are two sides to every storyStewart is geeky, gifted but socially clueless. His mom has died and he misses her every day.Ashley is popular, cool but her grades stink. Her dad has come out and moved out - but not far enough.Their worlds are...

Charles Leadbeater / We-Think

  Society is no longer based on mass consumption but on mass participation. New forms of collaboration - such as Wikipedia and YouTube - are paving the way for an age in which people want to be players, rather than mere spectators, in the...

Nick Trout / Tell Me Where It Hurts

 It's 2:47am when Dr Nick Trout, a British vet working in Boston, USA, is abruptly woken and called in to the Angell Memorial Animal Hospital to see if he can save the life of Sage, a ten year-old German Shephard with a critical stomach condition...