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What Doesn't Kill Us: how freezing water, extreme altitude, and environmental conditioning will renew our lost evolutionary strength

What Doesn't Kill Us: how freezing water, extreme altitude,...

Author: Scott Carney ,  Wim Hof
ISBN: 9781925321999
Format: Paperback
$32.99

What are our bodies really capable of?  Read More >>

The Case Against Fragrance

The Case Against Fragrance

Author: Kate Grenville
ISBN: 9781925355956
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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The Tides of Mind: Uncovering the Spectrum of Consciousness

The Tides of Mind: Uncovering the Spectrum of Consciousness...

Author: David Gelernter (Yale University)
ISBN: 9781631492495
Format: Paperback
$47.39

""The arch-genius…has some radical ideas about the supremacy of the human mind…[Gelernter] is a computer virtuoso...  Read More >>

The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer

The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living...

Author: Dr Elizabeth Blackburn ,  Dr Elissa Epel
ISBN: 9780297609230
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A groundbreaking book on how to slow down the ageing process and lengthen life.  Read More >>

Soul Made Flesh: How The Secrets of the Brain were uncovered in Seventeenth Century England

Soul Made Flesh: How The Secrets of the Brain were uncovered...

Author: Carl Zimmer
ISBN: 9781784757038
Format: Paperback
$24.99

At the beginning of Europe's turbulent seventeenth century, no one knew how the brain worked. By the century's close,...  Read More >>

The Turing Guide

The Turing Guide

Author: Jack Copeland (Distinguished Professor in Arts, University of Canterbury, NZ) ,  Jonathan Bowen (Emeritus Professor of Computing, London South Bank University)
ISBN: 9780198747833
Format: Paperback
$53.95

This carefully edited resource brings together contributions from some of the world's leading experts on Alan Turing...  Read More >>

Evolution (A Ladybird Expert Book)

Evolution (A Ladybird Expert Book)

Author: Professor Steve Jones
ISBN: 9780718186289
Format: Hardback
$19.99

An accessible, authoritative introduction for adult readers Evolution is the third book of a new series of titles...  Read More >>

The Cradle of Humanity: How the changing landscape of Africa made us so smart

The Cradle of Humanity: How the changing landscape of...

Author: Mark Maslin (Professor of Geography, University College London)
ISBN: 9780198704522
Format: Hardback
$52.95

What drove the evolution of humans, with our uniquely big brains? The Cradle of Humanity presents fascinating and...  Read More >>

The Turing Guide

The Turing Guide

Author: Jack Copeland (Distinguished Professor in Arts, University of Canterbury, NZ) ,  Jonathan Bowen (Emeritus Professor of Computing, London South Bank University)
ISBN: 9780198747826
Format: Hardback
$340.95

This carefully edited resource brings together contributions from some of the world's leading experts on Alan Turing...  Read More >>

Quantum Mechanics (A Ladybird Expert Book)

Quantum Mechanics (A Ladybird Expert Book)

Author: Jim Al-Khalili
ISBN: 9780718186272
Format: Hardback
$19.99

An accessible, authoritative introduction for adult readers Quantum Mechanics is the second book of a new series...  Read More >>

Climate Change (A Ladybird Expert Book)

Climate Change (A Ladybird Expert Book)

Author: HRH Prince Charles, former Prince of Wales ,  Tony Juniper
ISBN: 9780718185855
Format: Hardback
$29.99

An accessible and authoritative introduction to Climate Change for adult readers Part of the new Ladybird Expert...  Read More >>

The Genome Factor: What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History, and the Future

The Genome Factor: What the Social Genomics Revolution...

Author: Dalton Conley ,  Jason Fletcher
ISBN: 9780691164748
Format: Hardback
$54.99

For a century, social scientists have avoided genetics like the plague. But the nature-nurture wars are over. In...  Read More >>

Island on Fire: The extraordinary story of Laki, the volcano that turned eighteenth-century Europe dark

Island on Fire: The extraordinary story of Laki, the...

Author: Alexandra Witze ,  Jeff Kanipe
ISBN: 9781781252666
Format: Paperback
$27.99

The 1783 eruption of Laki led to Europe's year without summer - and it is due again soon.  Read More >>

The Confidence Game: The Psychology of the Con and Why We Fall for It Every Time

The Confidence Game: The Psychology of the Con and Why...

Author: Maria Konnikova
ISBN: 9781782113911
Format: Paperback
$24.99

An investigation into the minds, motives and methods of con artists by a New York Times bestselling psychologist....  Read More >>

Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends...and Pseudoscience Begins

Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science...

Author: Charles M. Wynn (Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry, Eastern Connecticut State University) ,  Arthur W. Wiggins (Professor of Physics, Professor of Physics, Oakland Community College)
ISBN: 9780190620295
Format: Hardback
$124.95

""Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction"" carefully deconstructs five examples of pseudoscience--UFOs, out-of-body...  Read More >>

Eclipse -- Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon

Eclipse -- Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon

Author: Frank Close (Professor, Professor, University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780198795490
Format: Hardback
$34.95

In August 2017, 100 million will gather across the USA to watch a total solar eclipse. This book, written by the...  Read More >>

Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI reveals what really goes on in our minds

Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI reveals what really...

Author: Barbara J. Sahakian (Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge) ,  Julia Gottwald (PhD student at Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780198752882
Format: Hardback
$45.95

The potential of fMRI is extraordinary. It allows us to observe brain activity in real time, build an understanding...  Read More >>

The Nine Waves of Creation: Quantum Physics, Holographic Evolution, and the Destiny of Humanity

The Nine Waves of Creation: Quantum Physics, Holographic...

Author: Carl Johan Calleman, PhD ,  Barbara Hand Clow
ISBN: 9781591432777
Format: Paperback
$43.96

A guide to aligning your life with the frequencies of the Nine Waves of Creation  Read More >>

Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive

Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive...

Author: Charles Duhigg
ISBN: 9781847947437
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye

Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye

Author: Michael Shermer
ISBN: 9781250119636
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Collected essays from bestselling author Michael Shermer's celebrated columns in Scientific American.  Read More >>

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness...

Author: Lisa Randall
ISBN: 9780099593560
Format: Paperback
$27.99

The most thrilling, genre-busting, unlikely science book you’ll ever read, from the world-renowned, multi-award-winning,...  Read More >>

William Robert Grove: Victorian Gentleman of Science

William Robert Grove: Victorian Gentleman of Science...

Author: Iwan Rhys Morus
ISBN: 9781786830043
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable discoveries and recoveries from the frontiers of neuroplasticity,

The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable discoveries and...

Author: Norman Doidge
ISBN: 9781925321814
Format: Paperback
$35.00

"This book is about the discovery that the human brain has its own unique way of healing. For centuries we believed...  Read More >>

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