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Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. 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Embarrasments come in various sizes, but few can rival in sheer, mind-blowing magnitude, some of the mistakes that have been perpetrated in the name of scientific advance. In the past... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16410E Cody Cassidy & Paul Doherty / And Then You're Dead: A Scientific Exploration of the World's Most Interesting Ways to Die "Entertaining - if harrowing." - New York Times Book Review What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only Speedos? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16150E Mark Stevenson / An Optimists Tour of the Future 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... 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Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... 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MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16494E Robert M. Youngson / Scientific Blunders A brief history of how wrong scientists can sometimes be. Embarrasments come in various sizes, but few can rival in sheer, mind-blowing magnitude, some of the mistakes that have been perpetrated in the name of scientific advance. In the past... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16410E Cody Cassidy & Paul Doherty / And Then You're Dead: A Scientific Exploration of the World's Most Interesting Ways to Die "Entertaining - if harrowing." - New York Times Book Review What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only Speedos? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16150E Mark Stevenson / An Optimists Tour of the Future 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... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43145E Keith Brindley / Starting Electronics (Large Paperback) A practical how-to guide to electronics construction and the design of simple circuitsStarting Electronics is unrivalled as a highly practical introduction for hobbyists, students and technicians. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43075E Andrew Keen / How to Fix the Future - Staying Human in the Digital Age (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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42979E Harold Klawans / Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology (Large Paperback) A master neurologist's clinical tales―both funny and profound―of the evolution of the brain. As a sympathetic―and brilliant―brain detective, Harold Klawans treated people with a huge array of troubles, all of which boiled down to one complaint: something... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x57999H Ben Goldacre / I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That (Large Paperback) The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42634E Deborah Cadbury / The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World (Large Paperback) The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42474E John Gribbin / Science: A History 1543-2001 (Large Paperback) An overview of the history of science from 1553 to 2001. 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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... 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Quick view Details sku: x37914E Erwin Brecher / How Do You Survive on an Iceberg? (Hardback) MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view Details sku: x37793E Mark Ward / Virtual Organisms (Hardback) MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view Details sku: x37682E Brian Chen / Always On (Large Paperback) MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view Details sku: X44525E Dick Ahlstrom / Flashes of Brilliance: The Cutting Edge of Irish Science (Large Paperback) MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 17537E John L. Casti / Paradigms Lost - Images of Man in the Mirror of Science Within the forum of a mock trial, an eminent mathematician argues for the defense and prosecution, then renders the verdict on the origin of life, sociobiology, language acquisition, artificial intelligence, extraterrestrial life, and quantum... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16494E Robert M. Youngson / Scientific Blunders A brief history of how wrong scientists can sometimes be. Embarrasments come in various sizes, but few can rival in sheer, mind-blowing magnitude, some of the mistakes that have been perpetrated in the name of scientific advance. In the past... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16410E Cody Cassidy & Paul Doherty / And Then You're Dead: A Scientific Exploration of the World's Most Interesting Ways to Die "Entertaining - if harrowing." - New York Times Book Review What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only Speedos? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16150E Mark Stevenson / An Optimists Tour of the Future 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... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43145E Keith Brindley / Starting Electronics (Large Paperback) A practical how-to guide to electronics construction and the design of simple circuitsStarting Electronics is unrivalled as a highly practical introduction for hobbyists, students and technicians. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43075E Andrew Keen / How to Fix the Future - Staying Human in the Digital Age (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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42979E Harold Klawans / Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology (Large Paperback) A master neurologist's clinical tales―both funny and profound―of the evolution of the brain. As a sympathetic―and brilliant―brain detective, Harold Klawans treated people with a huge array of troubles, all of which boiled down to one complaint: something... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x57999H Ben Goldacre / I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That (Large Paperback) The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42634E Deborah Cadbury / The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World (Large Paperback) The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42474E John Gribbin / Science: A History 1543-2001 (Large Paperback) An overview of the history of science from 1553 to 2001. 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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... 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MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... 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MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16410E Cody Cassidy & Paul Doherty / And Then You're Dead: A Scientific Exploration of the World's Most Interesting Ways to Die "Entertaining - if harrowing." - New York Times Book Review What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only Speedos? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16150E Mark Stevenson / An Optimists Tour of the Future 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... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43145E Keith Brindley / Starting Electronics (Large Paperback) A practical how-to guide to electronics construction and the design of simple circuitsStarting Electronics is unrivalled as a highly practical introduction for hobbyists, students and technicians. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43075E Andrew Keen / How to Fix the Future - Staying Human in the Digital Age (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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42979E Harold Klawans / Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology (Large Paperback) A master neurologist's clinical tales―both funny and profound―of the evolution of the brain. As a sympathetic―and brilliant―brain detective, Harold Klawans treated people with a huge array of troubles, all of which boiled down to one complaint: something... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x57999H Ben Goldacre / I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That (Large Paperback) The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42634E Deborah Cadbury / The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World (Large Paperback) The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42474E John Gribbin / Science: A History 1543-2001 (Large Paperback) An overview of the history of science from 1553 to 2001. 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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... 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MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view Details sku: X44525E Dick Ahlstrom / Flashes of Brilliance: The Cutting Edge of Irish Science (Large Paperback) MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 17537E John L. Casti / Paradigms Lost - Images of Man in the Mirror of Science Within the forum of a mock trial, an eminent mathematician argues for the defense and prosecution, then renders the verdict on the origin of life, sociobiology, language acquisition, artificial intelligence, extraterrestrial life, and quantum... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16494E Robert M. Youngson / Scientific Blunders A brief history of how wrong scientists can sometimes be. Embarrasments come in various sizes, but few can rival in sheer, mind-blowing magnitude, some of the mistakes that have been perpetrated in the name of scientific advance. In the past... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16410E Cody Cassidy & Paul Doherty / And Then You're Dead: A Scientific Exploration of the World's Most Interesting Ways to Die "Entertaining - if harrowing." - New York Times Book Review What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only Speedos? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16150E Mark Stevenson / An Optimists Tour of the Future 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... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43145E Keith Brindley / Starting Electronics (Large Paperback) A practical how-to guide to electronics construction and the design of simple circuitsStarting Electronics is unrivalled as a highly practical introduction for hobbyists, students and technicians. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43075E Andrew Keen / How to Fix the Future - Staying Human in the Digital Age (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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42979E Harold Klawans / Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology (Large Paperback) A master neurologist's clinical tales―both funny and profound―of the evolution of the brain. As a sympathetic―and brilliant―brain detective, Harold Klawans treated people with a huge array of troubles, all of which boiled down to one complaint: something... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x57999H Ben Goldacre / I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That (Large Paperback) The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42634E Deborah Cadbury / The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World (Large Paperback) The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42474E John Gribbin / Science: A History 1543-2001 (Large Paperback) An overview of the history of science from 1553 to 2001. 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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... 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How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16150E Mark Stevenson / An Optimists Tour of the Future 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... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43145E Keith Brindley / Starting Electronics (Large Paperback) A practical how-to guide to electronics construction and the design of simple circuitsStarting Electronics is unrivalled as a highly practical introduction for hobbyists, students and technicians. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the... 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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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... 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Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... 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MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: 16494E Robert M. Youngson / Scientific Blunders A brief history of how wrong scientists can sometimes be. Embarrasments come in various sizes, but few can rival in sheer, mind-blowing magnitude, some of the mistakes that have been perpetrated in the name of scientific advance. In the past... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16410E Cody Cassidy & Paul Doherty / And Then You're Dead: A Scientific Exploration of the World's Most Interesting Ways to Die "Entertaining - if harrowing." - New York Times Book Review What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only Speedos? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16150E Mark Stevenson / An Optimists Tour of the Future 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... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43145E Keith Brindley / Starting Electronics (Large Paperback) A practical how-to guide to electronics construction and the design of simple circuitsStarting Electronics is unrivalled as a highly practical introduction for hobbyists, students and technicians. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43075E Andrew Keen / How to Fix the Future - Staying Human in the Digital Age (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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42979E Harold Klawans / Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology (Large Paperback) A master neurologist's clinical tales―both funny and profound―of the evolution of the brain. As a sympathetic―and brilliant―brain detective, Harold Klawans treated people with a huge array of troubles, all of which boiled down to one complaint: something... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x57999H Ben Goldacre / I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That (Large Paperback) The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42634E Deborah Cadbury / The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World (Large Paperback) The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42474E John Gribbin / Science: A History 1543-2001 (Large Paperback) An overview of the history of science from 1553 to 2001. 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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: 16410E Cody Cassidy & Paul Doherty / And Then You're Dead: A Scientific Exploration of the World's Most Interesting Ways to Die "Entertaining - if harrowing." - New York Times Book Review What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only Speedos? How long could you last if you stood on the surface of the sun? How far could you actually get... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 16150E Mark Stevenson / An Optimists Tour of the Future 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... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43145E Keith Brindley / Starting Electronics (Large Paperback) A practical how-to guide to electronics construction and the design of simple circuitsStarting Electronics is unrivalled as a highly practical introduction for hobbyists, students and technicians. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43075E Andrew Keen / How to Fix the Future - Staying Human in the Digital Age (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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42979E Harold Klawans / Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology (Large Paperback) A master neurologist's clinical tales―both funny and profound―of the evolution of the brain. As a sympathetic―and brilliant―brain detective, Harold Klawans treated people with a huge array of troubles, all of which boiled down to one complaint: something... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x57999H Ben Goldacre / I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That (Large Paperback) The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42634E Deborah Cadbury / The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World (Large Paperback) The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42474E John Gribbin / Science: A History 1543-2001 (Large Paperback) An overview of the history of science from 1553 to 2001. 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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... 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Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42979E Harold Klawans / Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology (Large Paperback) A master neurologist's clinical tales―both funny and profound―of the evolution of the brain. As a sympathetic―and brilliant―brain detective, Harold Klawans treated people with a huge array of troubles, all of which boiled down to one complaint: something... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x57999H Ben Goldacre / I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That (Large Paperback) The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists... 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Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. 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Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... 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Quick view sku: x43145E Keith Brindley / Starting Electronics (Large Paperback) A practical how-to guide to electronics construction and the design of simple circuitsStarting Electronics is unrivalled as a highly practical introduction for hobbyists, students and technicians. Keith Brindley introduces readers to the functions of the... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x43075E Andrew Keen / How to Fix the Future - Staying Human in the Digital Age (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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42979E Harold Klawans / Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology (Large Paperback) A master neurologist's clinical tales―both funny and profound―of the evolution of the brain. As a sympathetic―and brilliant―brain detective, Harold Klawans treated people with a huge array of troubles, all of which boiled down to one complaint: something... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x57999H Ben Goldacre / I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That (Large Paperback) The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42634E Deborah Cadbury / The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World (Large Paperback) The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable... 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I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... 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And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: x43075E Andrew Keen / How to Fix the Future - Staying Human in the Digital Age (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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42979E Harold Klawans / Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology (Large Paperback) A master neurologist's clinical tales―both funny and profound―of the evolution of the brain. As a sympathetic―and brilliant―brain detective, Harold Klawans treated people with a huge array of troubles, all of which boiled down to one complaint: something... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x57999H Ben Goldacre / I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That (Large Paperback) The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42634E Deborah Cadbury / The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World (Large Paperback) The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42474E John Gribbin / Science: A History 1543-2001 (Large Paperback) An overview of the history of science from 1553 to 2001. 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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: x42979E Harold Klawans / Strange Behavior: Tales of Evolutionary Neurology (Large Paperback) A master neurologist's clinical tales―both funny and profound―of the evolution of the brain. As a sympathetic―and brilliant―brain detective, Harold Klawans treated people with a huge array of troubles, all of which boiled down to one complaint: something... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x57999H Ben Goldacre / I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That (Large Paperback) The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42634E Deborah Cadbury / The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World (Large Paperback) The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42474E John Gribbin / Science: A History 1543-2001 (Large Paperback) An overview of the history of science from 1553 to 2001. 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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... 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Quick view sku: x57999H Ben Goldacre / I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That (Large Paperback) The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks and journalists... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42634E Deborah Cadbury / The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World (Large Paperback) The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42474E John Gribbin / Science: A History 1543-2001 (Large Paperback) An overview of the history of science from 1553 to 2001. 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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... 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Quick view sku: x42634E Deborah Cadbury / The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry and the Discovery of the Prehistoric World (Large Paperback) The story of two nineteenth-century scientists who revealed one of the most significant and exciting events in the natural history of this planet: the existence of dinosaurs. In 'The Dinosaur Hunters' Deborah Cadbury brilliantly recreates the remarkable... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x42474E John Gribbin / Science: A History 1543-2001 (Large Paperback) An overview of the history of science from 1553 to 2001. 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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: x42474E John Gribbin / Science: A History 1543-2001 (Large Paperback) An overview of the history of science from 1553 to 2001. 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... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: x41369E Robert Plomin / Blueprint: How DNA makes us who we are (Hardback) 'A clear and engaging explanation of one of the hottest fields in science' Steven PinkerOne of the world's top behavioural geneticists argues that we need a radical rethink about what makes us who we areThe blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1%... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... 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Quick view sku: x41323E Charlie McDonnell / Fun Science: A Guide to Life, the Universe and Why Science Is So Awesome (Hardback) Welcome, fellow humans (and others), to the the world of FUN SCIENCE! I'm Charlie, also known across the internet as charlieissocoollike.In my book, I'll be taking you on an awesome journey through the cosmos, beginning with the Big Bang through to the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... 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Quick view sku: x41319E Stephen R. Palumbi / The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change (Hardback) A critical look at evolution examines the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years, the speedy process that causes drugs to fail because a disease evolves too quickly, and how human impact effects our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... 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Quick view sku: x41282E Erwin Brecher / Are There Rainbows on the Moon ? (Hardback) More than 200 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based exclusively... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... 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Quick view sku: x41226E Robert Vamosi / When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of Our Infatuation With New Technologies (Hardback) Technology is evolving faster than we are. As our mobile phones, mp3 players, cars, and digital cameras become more and more complex, we understand less and less about how they actually work and what personal details these gadgets might reveal about us... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: x41218E Sean B. Carroll / Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species (Hardback) Tells the stories of the most dramatic adventures and important discoveries in two centuries of natural history - from Alexander von Humboldt's epic journeys in South America to the hi-tech genome-reading projects making headlines today - and how they... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: x41191E Deborah Blum / Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women (Hardback) A Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer presents a provocative, humorous analysis of the biology of gender, handling such topics as why adolescents males and females gossip differently and why relationships break up. All of our... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: x41056E Steve Jones / Language of the Genes (Hardback) Steve Jones's highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep.'An essential sightseer's guide to our own genetic terrain.' Peter Tallack,... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: x41036E Rik Smits / The Puzzle of Left-Handedness (Hardback) Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have both signed bills into law with their left hands. And being left-handed certainly did not hold back the artistic achievements of Michelangelo or Raphael. And the dexterous guitar playing of Jimmi Hendrix may only have... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40920E Gerd Kempermann / Adult Neurogenesis - Stem Cells and Neuronal Development in the Adult Brain(Hardback) The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40697E Len Fisher / How to Dunk a Doughnut - The Science of Everyday Life (Hardback) In 1998 Len Fisher attracted world-wide attention with his experiments on the physics of biscuit dunking. These won him a spoof IgNobel Prize, a letter of commendation from the royal society and a nomination as an enemy of the people by the Times... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40692E Frank Rose / Into The Heart Of The Mind - A Quest For Artificial Intelligence(Hardback) An account of the early years of computing and the development of and roots of very limited 'self aware' technology up to the 1990's . All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40415E Guy Croton / Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing (Hardback) The Wrinklies' Guide to Home Computing shows that you can teach an old dog new tricks—of the virtual kind. If you think a "hard drive" is a journey beyond the local shop or that "software" is something that your other half puts on before bed at... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40301E Walter Bodmer & Robin McKie / Book Of Man : The Human Genome Project (Hardback) 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... MSRP: Now: £3.57 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 88674E Arthur Goldwag / Isms and Ologies Crackpot convictions, perplexing philosophies, tricky tenets, and wacky Weltanschauungs - 'Isms & Ologies' lists them all, and explains their significance and salient features clearly and accessibly. All of our books are second... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view sku: x40170E Greg Emmanuel / Extreme Encounters (Large Paperback) Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand,... MSRP: Now: £3.13 Add to Cart Quick view sku: 87846E Jon Agar / Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone Until not very long ago the mobile phone was expensive and the preserve of a rich few. Today the cellphone is everywhere―so common it goes unnoticed. Jon Agar tells the fascinating story behind the rise and rise of this incredible little device... MSRP: Now: £2.23 Add to Cart Quick view
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