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Inferior: The True Power of Women and the Science That Shows it

Inferior: The True Power of Women and the Science That...

Author: Angela Saini
ISBN: 9780008172039
Format: Paperback
$24.99

‘Inferior is more than just a book. It’s a battle cry – and right now, it’s having a galvanising effect on its core...  Read More >>

Astroquizzical: A Curious Journey Through Our Cosmic Family Tree

Astroquizzical: A Curious Journey Through Our Cosmic...

Author: Jillian Scudder ,  Rachel Atkins
ISBN: 9781785783340
Format: Hardback
$39.99

A quirky layperson's guide to how things work in the Universe and why things are the way they are, from shooting...  Read More >>

Quantum Physics, Mini Black Holes, and the Multiverse: Debunking Common Misconceptions in Theoretical Physics

Quantum Physics, Mini Black Holes, and the Multiverse:...

Author: Yasunori Nomura ,  Bill Poirier
ISBN: 9783319417080
Format: Hardback
$103.47

Carroll ""The Multiversal book series is equally unique, providing book-length extensions of the lectures with...  Read More >>

The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity

The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and...

Author: Byron Reese ,  Danny Campbell
ISBN: 9781508257059
Format: Audio
$131.97

This assessment of the revolutionary potential of artificial intelligence and robotics traces how technology arrived...  Read More >>

Beyond Imagination: The ethics and applications of nanotechnology and bio-economics in South Africa

Beyond Imagination: The ethics and applications of nanotechnology...

Author: MISTRA
ISBN: 9780639923802
Format: Paperback
$146.36

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Hormonal: How Hormones Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, and Make Us Wiser

Hormonal: How Hormones Drive Desire, Shape Relationships,...

Author: Martie Haselton
ISBN: 9781786072542
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Provocative, ground-breaking and entertaining, the world’s leading expert on sexuality and the ovulation cycle reveals...  Read More >>

The Health of Nations: The Campaign to End Polio and Eradicate Epidemic Diseases

The Health of Nations: The Campaign to End Polio and...

Author: Karen Bartlett
ISBN: 9781786072665
Format: Paperback
$22.99

A thrilling account of the war against infectious disease and how we can win the battles to come  Read More >>

The Inner Life of Animals: Surprising Observations of a Hidden World

The Inner Life of Animals: Surprising Observations of...

Author: Peter Wohlleben
ISBN: 9781784705954
Format: Paperback
$26.99

We tend to assume that we are the only living things able to experience feelings but have you ever wondered what’s...  Read More >>

To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death

To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians,...

Author: Mark O'Connell
ISBN: 9781783781980
Format: Paperback
$24.99

An exploration of transhumanism: the philosophical and technological movement that is working on an update of the...  Read More >>

Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture

Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science,...

Author: Peter L. Galison ,  Gerald Holton
ISBN: 9780691177908
Format: Paperback
$62.99

More than fifty years after his death, Albert Einstein's vital engagement with the world continues to inspire others,...  Read More >>

Writers and Their Mothers

Writers and Their Mothers

Author: Dale Salwak
ISBN: 9783319683478
Format: Hardback
$50.46

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James Watt, Chemist: Understanding the Origins of the Steam Age

James Watt, Chemist: Understanding the Origins of the...

Author: David Philip Miller
ISBN: 9780822965305
Format: Paperback
$145.20

In the Victorian era, James Watt became an iconic engineer, but in his own time he was also an influential chemist....  Read More >>

This Idea Is Brilliant: Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know

This Idea Is Brilliant: Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated...

Author: John Brockman
ISBN: 9780062698216
Format: Paperback
$50.13

From the bestselling editor of This Explains Everything, 206 of the world's most brilliant minds tackle Edge.org's...  Read More >>

Applied Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

Applied Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Alain Goriely (Professor of Mathematical Modelling, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780198754046
Format: Paperback
$17.95

Applied mathematics plays a role in many different fields, especially the sciences and engineering. Goriely explains...  Read More >>

Bored and Brilliant: How Time Spent Doing Nothing Changes Everything

Bored and Brilliant: How Time Spent Doing Nothing Changes...

Author: Manoush Zomorodi
ISBN: 9781509841165
Format: Hardback
$39.99

An award-winning journalist uncovers the truth about boredom and why it's the key to your creativity  Read More >>

Atoms, Mechanics, and Probability: Ludwig Boltzmann's Statistico-Mechanical Writings - An Exegesis

Atoms, Mechanics, and Probability: Ludwig Boltzmann's...

Author: Olivier Darrigol (Research Director, Research Director, Centre National de la Recherce Scientifique: SPHERE)
ISBN: 9780198816171
Format: Hardback
$117.95

A study of Ludwig Boltzmann's oeuvre in early statistical mechanics. It is designed to reveal Boltzmann's true endeavors...  Read More >>

Biofuels: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Global Warming: Next Generation Biofuels and Role of Biotechnology

Biofuels: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Global Warming:...

Author: Ashwani Kumar ,  Shinjiro Ogita
ISBN: 9788132237617
Format: Hardback
$517.47

Presenting global biofuel perspectives, it examines various issues related to sustainable development of biofuels...  Read More >>

The Rise of Yeast: How the sugar fungus shaped civilisation

The Rise of Yeast: How the sugar fungus shaped civilisation...

Author: Nicholas P. Money (Professor of Botany and Western Program Director at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio)
ISBN: 9780198749707
Format: Hardback
$51.95

Yeast is humankind's favourite microbe, our partner in brewing, baking, and winemaking. Nicholas P. Money tells...  Read More >>

Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed

Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed

Author: Will Storr
ISBN: 9781447283669
Format: Paperback
$31.02

Selfie explains how the West became self-obsessed and reveals the danger of this modern obsession – a ‘fascinating’...  Read More >>

Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile Material That Will Revolutionize the World

Graphene: The Superstrong, Superthin, and Superversatile...

Author: Les Johnson ,  Joseph E. Meany
ISBN: 9781633883253
Format: Paperback
$38.99

What if you discovered an infinitesimally thin material capable of conducting electricity, able to suspend millions...  Read More >>

Close Encounters with Humankind: A Paleoanthropologist Investigates Our Evolving Species

Close Encounters with Humankind: A Paleoanthropologist...

Author: Sang-Hee Lee ,  Shin-Young Yoon
ISBN: 9780393634822
Format: Hardback
$44.95

In this captivating bestseller, Korea’s first paleoanthropologist offers fresh insights into humanity’s dawn and...  Read More >>

Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations

Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations...

Author: Amy Chua
ISBN: 9781526602053
Format: Paperback
$38.79

From international bestselling author Amy Chua, a bracing and original look at the tension between our tribal instincts...  Read More >>

Perspectives on Science and Culture

Perspectives on Science and Culture

Author: Kris Rutten ,  Stefaan Blancke
ISBN: 9781557537973
Format: Paperback
$104.00

Explores the intersection between scientific understanding and cultural representation from an interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

The Butterfly Hunter: The Life of Henry Walter Bates

The Butterfly Hunter: The Life of Henry Walter Bates...

Author: Dr Anthony Crawforth
ISBN: 9781908684585
Format: Paperback
$37.99

This is the epic, true and long overdue story of the young explorer who put forward the first ever case for the...  Read More >>

Richard Feynman: A Life in Science

Richard Feynman: A Life in Science

Author: John Gribbin ,  Mary Gribbin
ISBN: 9781785783722
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A new edition of the acclaimed biography of the Nobel prize-winner published for the 100th anniversary of Feynman's...  Read More >>

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