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The Story of the Brain in 10½ Cells

The Story of the Brain in 10½ Cells

Author: Richard Wingate
ISBN: 9781788162968
Format: Hardback
$32.99

Peer into a microscopic world - and fall in love with the beauty of the brain  Read More >>

Evolution: The Human Story

Evolution: The Human Story

Author: Dr Alice Roberts
ISBN: 9780241636923
Format: Hardback
$55.00

The story of homo sapiens from the very beginning Travel back in time almost eight million years to explore the...  Read More >>

Life. Death. Immortality.: The Reign of the Genome

Life. Death. Immortality.: The Reign of the Genome

Author: Gennadiy Zhegunov ,  Denys Pogozhykh
ISBN: 9783031275517
Format: Hardback
$142.29

What are life and death? And meanwhile, human attempts to vanquish death and achieve immortality continue apace....  Read More >>

Demystifying Orchid Pollination: Stories of sex, lies and obsession

Demystifying Orchid Pollination: Stories of sex, lies...

Author: Adam P. Karremans
ISBN: 9781842467848
Format: Hardback
$65.00

The fascinating natural history of orchids and the extraordinary means by which they reproduce.  Read More >>

Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?

Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That...

Author: Chris van Tulleken
ISBN: 9781529900057
Format: Hardback
$59.99

An event publication that promises to change how we eat, saving ourselves and the planet at the same time. An eye-opening...  Read More >>

Baby Brain: The surprising neuroscience of how pregnancy and motherhood sculpt our brains and change our minds (for the better)

Baby Brain: The surprising neuroscience of how pregnancy...

Author: Dr Sarah McKay ,  Fiona Macleod
ISBN: 9780733648984
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Baby brain, contrary to its reputation for forgetfulness and brain...  Read More >>

How Nature Keeps Time: Understanding Life Events in the Natural World

How Nature Keeps Time: Understanding Life Events in...

Author: Helen Pilcher
ISBN: 9781399408233
Format: Hardback
$43.96

An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to timespans in the natural world, featuring more than 80 beautifully...  Read More >>

From Edison To Leds: The Science And Story Of Light Sources

From Edison To Leds: The Science And Story Of Light...

Author: Faiz Rahman (Ohio Univ, Usa)
ISBN: 9789811268274
Format: Paperback
$153.12

Visible light has an inescapable presence all around us. We have generated light from prehistoric times using a...  Read More >>

From Edison To Leds: The Science And Story Of Light Sources

From Edison To Leds: The Science And Story Of Light...

Author: Faiz Rahman (Ohio Univ, Usa)
ISBN: 9789811267581
Format: Hardback
$337.92

Visible light has an inescapable presence all around us. We have generated light from prehistoric times using a...  Read More >>

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

Author: Oliver Sacks
ISBN: 9781529087444
Format: Paperback
$24.99

From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.  Read More >>

The Possibility of Life: Searching for Kinship in the Cosmos

The Possibility of Life: Searching for Kinship in the...

Author: Jaime Green
ISBN: 9780715654811
Format: Hardback
$49.99

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Anaximander: And the Nature of Science

Anaximander: And the Nature of Science

Author: Carlo Rovelli ,  Marion Lignana Rosenberg
ISBN: 9780241655856
Format: Paperback
$35.00

THIS BOOK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.  Read More >>

Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe

Frequently Asked Questions About the Universe

Author: Daniel Whiteson ,  Jorge Cham
ISBN: 9781529331066
Format: Paperback
$24.99

An eminent physicist at CERN and the cartoonist behind the hugely successful PhD Comics answer the most important,...  Read More >>

How the Mind Changed: A Human History of our Evolving Brain

How the Mind Changed: A Human History of our Evolving...

Author: Joseph Jebelli
ISBN: 9781529300154
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The extraordinary story of how the human brain evolved . . . and is still evolving.  Read More >>

Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love

Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things...

Author: James Hamilton-Paterson
ISBN: 9781804545768
Format: Paperback
$32.99

James Hamilton-Paterson investigates the 'innocent' habits of consumers and how they contribute vastly to climate...  Read More >>

Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love

Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things...

Author: James Hamilton-Paterson
ISBN: 9781803285528
Format: Hardback
$42.99

James Hamilton-Paterson investigates the 'innocent' habits of consumers and how they contribute vastly to climate...  Read More >>

Fossil Legends of the First Americans

Fossil Legends of the First Americans

Author: Adrienne Mayor
ISBN: 9780691245614
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Beginning in the East, with its Ice Age monsters, and ending in the West, where dinosaurs lived and died, this richly...  Read More >>

The Secret Life Of Secrets: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-being, Relationships, and Who We Are

The Secret Life Of Secrets: How Our Inner Worlds Shape...

Author: Michael Slepian
ISBN: 9781472145161
Format: Paperback
$24.99

An eye-opening look at why we keep the secrets we keep, how to better understand and cope with them, and when (and...  Read More >>

Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture

Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations...

Author: Andreas Wagner
ISBN: 9780861545278
Format: Hardback
$39.99

Why do some of nature’s marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun?  Read More >>

Quantum Physics Made Me Do It: An irreverent guide to the world's most successful scientific theory - and what it means for you

Quantum Physics Made Me Do It: An irreverent guide to...

Author: Jérémie Harris
ISBN: 9781035402090
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Quantum Physics Made Me Do It: An irreverent guide to the world's most successful scientific theory - and what it means for you

Quantum Physics Made Me Do It: An irreverent guide to...

Author: Jérémie Harris
ISBN: 9781035402083
Format: Hardback
$55.00

What the most successful scientific theory in history teaches us about being human.  Read More >>

Things to do with Plants: 51 ways to connect with the botanical world

Things to do with Plants: 51 ways to connect with the...

Author: Emma Crawforth
ISBN: 9781842467794
Format: Hardback
$45.00

A guide to the ways in which plants enhance our daily lives and inspire our creativity.  Read More >>

Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction

Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction...

Author: Michael Archer ,  Suzanne J. Hand
ISBN: 9780643108059
Format: Hardback
$99.99

Discover some of the most extraordinary prehistoric creatures the world has ever seen.  Read More >>

The Uncertainty Effect: How to Survive and Thrive Through the Unexpected

The Uncertainty Effect: How to Survive and Thrive Through...

Author: Michelle Lazarus
ISBN: 9781922633415
Format: Paperback
$34.99

In an age of pandemic and economic precarity, how can we learn to embrace uncertainty in our workplaces, schools...  Read More >>

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