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A Brief History of Computing

A Brief History of Computing

Author: Gerard O'Regan
ISBN: 9781447123583
Format: Hardback
$145.17

This lively and fascinating text traces the key developments in computation – from 3000 B.C. Topics and features:...  Read More >>

Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory

Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory...

Author: Avner Ash ,  Robert Gross
ISBN: 9780691151199
Format: Hardback
$79.07

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Albert Einstein Memorial Lectures

Albert Einstein Memorial Lectures

Author: Raphael Mechoulam (Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem, Israel) ,  Jacob D Bekenstein (Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem, Israel)
ISBN: 9789814329422
Format: Hardback
$232.32

Consists of a selection of Albert Einstein Memorial Lectures that covers a broad spectrum of subjects in physics,...  Read More >>

The Aha! Moment: A Scientist's Take on Creativity

The Aha! Moment: A Scientist's Take on Creativity

Author: David Jones
ISBN: 9781421403311
Format: Paperback
$64.99

As Jones shows, it can often pay to take an absurd idea seriously.  Read More >>

Chemie des Bauwesens: Band 1: Anorganische Chemie

Chemie des Bauwesens: Band 1: Anorganische Chemie

Author: K. Krenkler
ISBN: 9783642814761
Format: Paperback
$158.37

Fur die meisten Menschen ist die Chemie ""ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln"", und mancher Bauingenieur mag sich bei dem...  Read More >>

The Aha! Moment: A Scientist's Take on Creativity

The Aha! Moment: A Scientist's Take on Creativity

Author: David Jones
ISBN: 9781421403304
Format: Hardback
$158.00

As Jones shows, it can often pay to take an absurd idea seriously.  Read More >>

Uncommon Sense

Uncommon Sense

Author: J. Robert Oppenheimer
ISBN: 9781468467376
Format: Paperback
$290.37

J. Robert Oppenheimer, a leading physicist in the Manhattan Project, recognized that scientific inquiry and discovery...  Read More >>

The Mind's Own Physician: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the Healing Power of Meditation

The Mind's Own Physician: A Scientific Dialogue with...

Author: Jon Kabat-Zinn ,  Richard J Davidson
ISBN: 9781572249684
Format: Hardback
$65.87

The science behind how mindfulness meditation can heal the human mind.  Read More >>

Infinite Reality: The Hidden Blueprint of Our Virtual Lives

Infinite Reality: The Hidden Blueprint of Our Virtual...

Author: Jim Blascovich ,  Jeremy Bailenson
ISBN: 9780061809514
Format: Paperback
$42.21

Explores what emerging computer technologies and their radical applications mean for the future of human life and...  Read More >>

Unnatural: The Heretical Idea of Making People

Unnatural: The Heretical Idea of Making People

Author: Philip Ball
ISBN: 9780099551836
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Unnatural delves beneath the surface of the cultural history of 'anthropoeia' - the artificial creation of people...  Read More >>

Physics of the Future: The Inventions That Will Transform Our Lives

Physics of the Future: The Inventions That Will Transform...

Author: Michio Kaku
ISBN: 9780141044248
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance

The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting...

Author: Nessa Carey
ISBN: 9781848313477
Format: Paperback
$29.99

The most important revolution in modern biology - and what it means for humanity.  Read More >>

Science in Seconds: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an Instant

Science in Seconds: 200 Key Concepts Explained in an...

Author: Hazel Muir
ISBN: 9781780871448
Format: Paperback
$29.99

The quickest ever way to learn everything, from the physics of black holes to quantum computing.  Read More >>

Everything is Obvious: Why Common Sense is Nonsense

Everything is Obvious: Why Common Sense is Nonsense...

Author: Duncan J. Watts
ISBN: 9781848872165
Format: Paperback
$32.99

From one of the world's most influential and cited sociologists, Everything is Obvious reveals how variable is human...  Read More >>

Human and Nature Minding Automation: An Overview of Concepts, Methods, Tools and Applications

Human and Nature Minding Automation: An Overview of...

Author: Spyros G. Tzafestas
ISBN: 9789400731271
Format: Paperback
$448.77

Mahbub ul Hag Founder of the Human Development Report Theaimofthisbookis toprovidea compiledset ofconcepts,principles,methods...  Read More >>

The 4-Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality

The 4-Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and...

Author: Richard Panek
ISBN: 9781851688968
Format: Paperback
$25.85

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How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog

How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog

Author: Chad Orzel
ISBN: 9780465023318
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Everyone talks to their pets; Chad Orzel tells his about relativity.  Read More >>

Edelsteine: Brillante Zeugen für die Erforschung der Erde

Edelsteine: Brillante Zeugen für die Erforschung der...

Author: Florian Neukirchen
ISBN: 9783827429216
Format: Paperback
$79.17

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The Brain and the Meaning of Life

The Brain and the Meaning of Life

Author: Paul Thagard
ISBN: 9780691154404
Format: Paperback
$42.99

Answers some of the most pressing questions about life's nature and value. This title argues that evidence requires...  Read More >>

Who's #1?: The Science of Rating and Ranking

Who's #1?: The Science of Rating and Ranking

Author: Amy N. Langville ,  Carl D. Meyer
ISBN: 9780691154220
Format: Hardback
$54.99

A website's ranking on Google can spell the difference between success and failure for a new business. This title...  Read More >>

Here on Earth: A Twin Biography of the Planet and the Human Race

Here on Earth: A Twin Biography of the Planet and the...

Author: Tim Flannery
ISBN: 9780241950739
Format: Paperback
$41.37

Discovers the source of life and how it has developed into the wonder around us today. From ant-colonies to zinc...  Read More >>

Neutrino

Neutrino

Author: Frank Close (Professor of Theoretical Physics, Oxford University, and Fellow in Physics, Exeter College, Oxford)
ISBN: 9780199695997
Format: Paperback
$23.95

Neutrinos are as near to nothing as anything we know, and so elusive that they are almost invisible. Frank Close...  Read More >>

Sand and Silicon: Science that Changed the World

Sand and Silicon: Science that Changed the World

Author: Denis McWhan (Retired from Bell Telephone Laboratories and Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
ISBN: 9780199640270
Format: Hardback
$147.95

This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives. Over the last century science taught us...  Read More >>

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