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Number 9: In Search for the Sigma Code

Number 9: In Search for the Sigma Code

Author: Cecil Balmond
ISBN: 9783791340678
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Tells the story of Enjil, a boy mathematician who is challenged by a spirit to solve the riddle, 'What is the fixed...  Read More >>

Quirkology

Quirkology

Author: Richard Wiseman
ISBN: 9780465010233
Format: Paperback
$44.85

An award-winning psychologist exposes the truth behind lifes little oddities, absurdities, and scams-including astrology,...  Read More >>

Hubble: Imaging Space and Time

Hubble: Imaging Space and Time

Author: David H. DeVorkin
ISBN: 9781426203220
Format: Hardback
$132.00

A wealth of astonishing images leads us to the very edge of known space, setting the stage for the new James Webb...  Read More >>

The Fiction and Reality of Jan Struys: A Seventeenth-Century Dutch Globetrotter

The Fiction and Reality of Jan Struys: A Seventeenth-Century...

Author: K. Boterbloem
ISBN: 9780230553187
Format: Hardback
$224.40

Dutch Sailmaker and sailor Jan Struys' (c.1629-c.1694) account of his various overseas travels became a bestseller...  Read More >>

Creation or Evolution

Creation or Evolution

Author: Denis Alexander
ISBN: 9780825462924
Format: Paperback
$50.13

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The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?

The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in...

Author: Jan Zalasiewicz (Lecturer in Geology at the University of Leicester)
ISBN: 9780199214976
Format: Hardback
$92.27

If aliens came to Earth 100 millions years in the future, what traces would they find of long-extinct humanity's...  Read More >>

The Hungry Scientist Handbook:Electric Birthday Cakes, Edible Origami, a nd Other DIY Projects for Techies, Tinkerers, and Foodies

The Hungry Scientist Handbook:Electric Birthday Cakes,...

Author: Patrick Buckley ,  Lily Binns
ISBN: 9780061238680
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Taps into the DIY technology trend. This title compiles the projects created by mechanical engineer Patrick Buckley...  Read More >>

Great British Weather Disasters

Great British Weather Disasters

Author: Philip Eden
ISBN: 9780826476210
Format: Hardback
$92.27

What then is the place of weather disasters in our climate? Are they freaks or a necessary part of the whole? How...  Read More >>

New Theories of Everything

New Theories of Everything

Author: Barrow
ISBN: 9780199548170
Format: Paperback
$23.95

Will we ever discover a scientific theory that tells us everything that has happened, and everything that will happen,...  Read More >>

The Noble Lie: When Scientists Give the Right Answers for the Wrong Reasons

The Noble Lie: When Scientists Give the Right Answers...

Author: Gary Greenberg
ISBN: 9780470072776
Format: Hardback
$68.51

""What is an illness? What is good health? What, for that matter, is medical science really for? Greenberg will...  Read More >>

Epic Rivalry: The Inside Story of the Soviet and American Space Race

Epic Rivalry: The Inside Story of the Soviet and American...

Author: Von Hardesty ,  Gene Eisman
ISBN: 9781426203213
Format: Paperback
$44.75

National Geographic recaptures this gripping moment in the human experience with a lively and compelling new account....  Read More >>

Mathematische Rätsel für Liebhaber

Mathematische Rätsel für Liebhaber

Author: Peter Winkler ,  H. Höfner
ISBN: 9783827420343
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Peter Winkler, der bekannte Mathematiker und Rätselexperte, veröffentlicht in diesem Buch seine Rätselsammlung,...  Read More >>

Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius

Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius

Author: Hans C. Ohanian (University of Vermont)
ISBN: 9780393062939
Format: Hardback
$65.87

Fresh insights into aspects of Einstein we don't usually consider: his mistakes and the role they...  Read More >>

Chasing Science at Sea

Chasing Science at Sea

Author: Ellen Prager
ISBN: 9780226678702
Format: Hardback
$59.40

Immerses readers in the world of those who regularly go to sea - aquanauts living underwater, marine biologists...  Read More >>

The Bluffer's Guide to Rocket Science

The Bluffer's Guide to Rocket Science

Author: Peter Berlin
ISBN: 9781906042110
Format: Paperback
$20.99

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A Briefer History of Time

A Briefer History of Time

Author: Leonard Mlodinow ,  Stephen Hawking
ISBN: 9780593056974
Format: Paperback
$27.99

Addresses the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, the history and future of the universe. This...  Read More >>

Magick Works: Stories of Occultism in Theory & Practice

Magick Works: Stories of Occultism in Theory & Practice...

Author: Peter J Carroll ,  Julian Vayne
ISBN: 9781869928469
Format: Paperback
$38.81

Includes essays from the path of Pleasure, Freedom and Power. This title explores the tantric use of ketamine; social...  Read More >>

The Myth of Mars and Venus: Do men and women really speak different languages?

The Myth of Mars and Venus: Do men and women really...

Author: Deborah Cameron (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780199550999
Format: Paperback
$29.95

Cameron debunks the myths about language and the sexes propagated in recent popular writing by drawing on more than...  Read More >>

Silent Fields: The Long Decline of a Nation's Wildlife

Silent Fields: The Long Decline of a Nation's Wildlife...

Author: Roger Lovegrove
ISBN: 9780199548156
Format: Paperback
$68.64

Since time immemorial mankind has taken it upon himself to wage war against nature - against those species of birds...  Read More >>

The Scientist As Rebel

The Scientist As Rebel

Author: Freeman J. Dyson
ISBN: 9781590172940
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Dyson profiles scientists-Newton Einstein, Teller, Feynman-whose independent thought allowed them to make great...  Read More >>

The Mad Science Book: Experiments from the Wilder Side of Science

The Mad Science Book: Experiments from the Wilder Side...

Author: Reto Schneider
ISBN: 9781847244949
Format: Hardback
$44.99

A compelling and entertaining ramble across the wilder fringes of science. 100 chronologically arranged accounts...  Read More >>

How Long Is a Piece of String?: More Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life

How Long Is a Piece of String?: More Hidden Mathematics...

Author: Rob Eastaway ,  Jeremy Wyndham
ISBN: 9781861056252
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Why do weather forecasters get it wrong? What are the best tactics for playing ""Who Wants to be a Millionaire?""...  Read More >>

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