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The Music of the Primes: Why an Unsolved Problem in Mathematics Matters

The Music of the Primes: Why an Unsolved Problem in...

Author: Marcus du Sautoy
ISBN: 9781841155807
Format: Paperback
$24.99

20 years later The Music of the Primes is still a groundbreaking popular science book. This new edition features...  Read More >>

Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin

Backroom Boys: The Secret Return of the British Boffin...

Author: Francis Spufford (author) ,  Francis Spufford (author)
ISBN: 9780571214976
Format: Paperback
$27.99

Offers an account of how British boffins triumphed across the decades in creating everything from computer games...  Read More >>

The Seven Daughters Of Eve

The Seven Daughters Of Eve

Author: Bryan Sykes
ISBN: 9780552152181
Format: Paperback
$24.99

This title provides an evaluation of our genetic origins.  Read More >>

Einstein And Our World: Control of Nature

Einstein And Our World: Control of Nature

Author: David C. Cassidy
ISBN: 9781591022565
Format: Paperback
$58.03

Provides an account of the impact of Einstein's work and outlook upon contemporary culture and upon the scientific...  Read More >>

Evolution's Captain

Evolution's Captain

Author: Peter Nichols
ISBN: 9780060088781
Format: Paperback
$39.57

Follows the story of Robert FitzRoy, the captain of the HMS Beagle, who enlisted Charles Darwin as a companion for...  Read More >>

South Africa's Top Science Sites

South Africa's Top Science Sites

Author: Philip Harrison
ISBN: 9780864865632
Format: Paperback
$30.92

The whole series is the author who knows and believes that in South Africa there are many, many areas that are as...  Read More >>

Trikojus: A Scientist for Interesting Times

Trikojus: A Scientist for Interesting Times

Author: Ross Humphreys
ISBN: 9780522850956
Format: Hardback
$71.28

Professor, Victor Trikojus exerted enormous influence on the development of biochemistry in Australia. His forceful...  Read More >>

The Bugs in Darwin's Bed

The Bugs in Darwin's Bed

Author: Bryan Harbottle
ISBN: 9781844012831
Format: Paperback
$55.31

The unshackling of science from religious intolerance is the theme of Bryan Harbottle's fascinating and scholarly...  Read More >>

Poison Evidence

Poison Evidence

Author: Michael S. Dahl
ISBN: 9780736826976
Format: Hardback
$70.36

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Is Nothing Sacred?

Is Nothing Sacred?

Author: Ben Rogers
ISBN: 9780415304849
Format: Paperback
$81.99

A controversial debate on the place of values in a secular age, between some of the most outstanding thinkers of...  Read More >>

Is Nothing Sacred?

Is Nothing Sacred?

Author: Ben Rogers
ISBN: 9780415304832
Format: Hardback
$231.00

A controversial debate on the place of values in a secular age, between some of the most outstanding thinkers of...  Read More >>

Anthrax: A History

Anthrax: A History

Author: Richard M. Swiderski
ISBN: 9780786418916
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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The Essential Difference: Male And Female Brains And The Truth About Autism

The Essential Difference: Male And Female Brains And...

Author: Simon Baron-Cohen
ISBN: 9780465005567
Format: Paperback
$42.11

The science behind Mars and Venus, including the surprising link between the extreme male brain and autism  Read More >>

Mirror, Mirror: A History Of The Human Love Affair With Reflection

Mirror, Mirror: A History Of The Human Love Affair With...

Author: Mark Pendergrast
ISBN: 9780465054718
Format: Paperback
$44.88

The fascinating tale of one of the most remarkable inventions in human history and its effects on myth, religion,...  Read More >>

How to Hunt Ghosts: A Practical Guide

How to Hunt Ghosts: A Practical Guide

Author: Joshua P. Warren
ISBN: 9780743234931
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Synopsis coming soon.......  Read More >>

Great Physicists: The Life and Times of Leading Physicists from Galileo to Hawking

Great Physicists: The Life and Times of Leading Physicists...

Author: Cropper
ISBN: 9780195173246
Format: Paperback
$47.95

Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the pantheon...  Read More >>

Free Energy Pioneer: John Worrell Keely

Free Energy Pioneer: John Worrell Keely

Author: Thoe Paijmans
ISBN: 9781931882330
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Takes readers on a journey through the free-energy research underground and the secret traditions of Occult Technology,...  Read More >>

Enough: Genetic Engineering and the End of Human Nature

Enough: Genetic Engineering and the End of Human Nature...

Author: Bill McKibben
ISBN: 9780747565437
Format: Paperback
$20.67

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Out of Eden:  The Peopling of the World

Out of Eden: The Peopling of the World

Author: Stephen Oppenheimer
ISBN: 9781841198941
Format: Paperback
$38.79

Revelatory story of how all modern non-Africans sprang from a single exodus out of Africa just 85,000 years ago...  Read More >>

Science and Sensibility: The Elegant Logic of the Universe

Science and Sensibility: The Elegant Logic of the Universe...

Author: Keith J. Laidler
ISBN: 9781591021384
Format: Hardback
$60.99

Aims to provide a grounding in science literacy for the general lay reader. This book reviews the major contributions...  Read More >>

My Book of Science Experiments: Hundreds of Experiments You Can Do at Home

My Book of Science Experiments: Hundreds of Experiments...

Author: Nicola Baxter
ISBN: 9781843223481
Format: Paperback
$29.04

This book contains over 200 experiments you can do at home. Each section investigates a different area of science,...  Read More >>

Turn it Loose: The Scientist in Absolutely Everybody

Turn it Loose: The Scientist in Absolutely Everybody...

Author: Diane Swanson
ISBN: 9781550378504
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Fascinating stories about real people from many times and places who as children showed that scientific thinking...  Read More >>

The DNA Mystique: The Gene as a Cultural Icon

The DNA Mystique: The Gene as a Cultural Icon

Author: Dorothy Nelkin ,  M. Susan Lindee
ISBN: 9780472030040
Format: Paperback
$68.51

Explores the values, assumptions, and consequences of the circulation of DNA in popular culture  Read More >>

Are Universes Thicker Than Blackberries?: Discourses on Godel, Magic Hexagrams, Little Red Riding Hood, and Other Mathematical and Pseudoscientific Topics

Are Universes Thicker Than Blackberries?: Discourses...

Author: Martin Gardner
ISBN: 9780393325720
Format: Paperback
$24.95

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The Ontogenetic Basis of Human Anatomy: A Biodynamic Approach to Development from Conception to Birth

The Ontogenetic Basis of Human Anatomy: A Biodynamic...

Author: Erich Blechschmidt ,  Brian Freeman
ISBN: 9781556435072
Format: Hardback
$59.99

This renowned embryologist's vision of human development beginning with the conceptus summarises the essential dynamics...  Read More >>

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