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Why We Die: And How We Live: The New Science of Ageing and Longevity

Why We Die: And How We Live: The New Science of Ageing...

Author: Venki Ramakrishnan
ISBN: 9781529369243
Format: Hardback
$59.99

A major exploration of the science of why and how we age and die - from a Nobel Prize-winning biologist and former...  Read More >>

Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin and the War Between Science and Religion

Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin and the War Between...

Author: Michael Taylor
ISBN: 9781847926791
Format: Paperback
$36.99

From fossil-hunting to the end of faith- a gripping narrative history of the seventy-five-year culture war that...  Read More >>

Death As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

Death As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

Author: Juan José Millás ,  Juan Luis Arsuaga
ISBN: 9781914484858
Format: Paperback
$43.96

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Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin and the War Between Science and Religion

Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin and the War Between...

Author: Michael Taylor
ISBN: 9781847926784
Format: Hardback
$55.00

A narrative history of the discovery of dinosaurs and how they toppled religion and transformed the world In 1811,...  Read More >>

How to be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins

How to be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins

Author: Helena de Bres ,  Julia de Bres
ISBN: 9781526179869
Format: Hardback
$44.99

This illuminating, entertaining book offers philosophical and personal reflections on twinhood and how it can help...  Read More >>

The Vaccine: Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Vaccine: Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19...

Author: Joe Miller ,  Ugur Sahin
ISBN: 9781802791365
Format: Paperback
$33.61

The story of the Pfizer vaccine discovery. The Vaccine draws back the curtain on one of the most important medical...  Read More >>

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Author: Rebecca Skloot
ISBN: 9781035038619
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The internationally bestselling story of a young woman whose death in 1951 changed medical science for ever . ....  Read More >>

Pathless Forest: The Quest to Save the World’s Largest Flowers

Pathless Forest: The Quest to Save the World’s Largest...

Author: Dr Chris Thorogood
ISBN: 9780241632628
Format: Hardback
$55.00

An acclaimed botanist's obsessive search across the rainforests of SE Asia for the rare and endangered, parasitic...  Read More >>

42 Reasons to Hate the Universe: (And One Reason Not To)

42 Reasons to Hate the Universe: (And One Reason Not...

Author: Chris Ferrie ,  Wade David Fairclough
ISBN: 9781728272825
Format: Paperback
$32.99

From bestselling author Chris Ferrie comes an out of this world pop science space book on how the universe is, indeed,...  Read More >>

Learning to Think.: A broken system kept her trapped, education helped her break free

Learning to Think.: A broken system kept her trapped,...

Author: Tracy King
ISBN: 9780857527431
Format: Hardback
$39.99

The most exciting memoir to launch in 2024 - Educated meets Lowborn and more. A stunning coming-of-age story. When...  Read More >>

The Science Museum Physics 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Key Concepts

The Science Museum Physics 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A...

Author: David Sang
ISBN: 9780241594926
Format: Hardback
$27.99

Get to grips with the essential topics in physics today through 100 key ideas, each one explained clearly in 100...  Read More >>

The Science Museum Stephen Hawking Genius at Work: Explore His Life, Mind and Science Through the Objects in His Study

The Science Museum Stephen Hawking Genius at Work: Explore...

Author: Roger Highfield ,  Sir Roger Penrose
ISBN: 9780241630662
Format: Hardback
$42.99

"An intimate exploratory tour of Stephen Hawking's office, providing a unique insight into the mind of a genius...  Read More >>

Simply AI: Facts Made Fast

Simply AI: Facts Made Fast

Author: DK
ISBN: 9780241694176
Format: Hardback
$22.99

LESS CHAT! MORE CHATBOT! Understanding AI has never been easier. Combining bold graphics with easy-to-understand...  Read More >>

The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter

The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search...

Author: Govert Schilling ,  Avi Loeb
ISBN: 9780674295490
Format: Paperback
$34.95

If existing models of the structure of the universe are correct, then 85 percent of the cosmos comprises a substance...  Read More >>

The Race Against Time: Adventures in Late-Life Running

The Race Against Time: Adventures in Late-Life Running...

Author: Richard Askwith
ISBN: 9781529112368
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A transformational quest for the secrets of happy, healthy, whole-life running that will change the way you think...  Read More >>

Identity, Culture, and the Science Performance, Volume 1: From the Lab to the Streets

Identity, Culture, and the Science Performance, Volume...

Author: Vivian Appler (University of Georgia, USA) ,  Meredith Conti (University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA)
ISBN: 9781350234116
Format: Paperback
$59.99

Identity, Culture, and the Science Performance, Volume 1: From the Lab to the Streets is the first of two volumes...  Read More >>

Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us

Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How it Shapes...

Author: Dr Charan Ranganath
ISBN: 9780571374151
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A radical reexamination of memory, by the pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher....  Read More >>

Cannabis (seeing through the smoke): The New Science of Cannabis and Your Health

Cannabis (seeing through the smoke): The New Science...

Author: Professor David Nutt
ISBN: 9781529360523
Format: Paperback
$26.99

The definitive guide to Cannabis, from world-renowned Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, David Nutt.  Read More >>

Personality: A User's Guide

Personality: A User's Guide

Author: Nikita Mikhailov ,  Georgi Yankov
ISBN: 9781472147936
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A fun and accessible user's guide to your personality, assessing all the evidence and competing theories.  Read More >>

Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond

Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World...

Author: Kathryn Harkup
ISBN: 9781472982254
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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The One: How an Ancient Idea Holds the Future of Physics

The One: How an Ancient Idea Holds the Future of Physics...

Author: Heinrich Päs
ISBN: 9781837730308
Format: Paperback
$28.99

A particle physicist makes the scientific case for an ancient idea about thenature of the universe: that all is...  Read More >>

Mind Callisthenics: Make Your Mind Strong

Mind Callisthenics: Make Your Mind Strong

Author: Francis Yates
ISBN: 9781399976299
Format: Paperback
$39.57

"""Mind Callisthenics: Make Your Mind Strong"" is a transformative guide that introduces a unique approach to enhancing...  Read More >>

Dear Oliver: An unexpected friendship with Oliver Sacks

Dear Oliver: An unexpected friendship with Oliver Sacks...

Author: Susan R. Barry
ISBN: 9781804184905
Format: Hardback
$34.99

"When Susan Barry first wrote to Oliver Sacks, she never expected a response, let alone the deep friendship that...  Read More >>

The Tomb of the Mili Mongga: Fossils, Folklore, and Adventures at the Edge of Reality

The Tomb of the Mili Mongga: Fossils, Folklore, and...

Author: Samuel Turvey
ISBN: 9781399409773
Format: Hardback
$39.99

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