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How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems from Randall Munroe of xkcd

How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World...

Author: Randall Munroe
ISBN: 9781473680340
Format: Paperback
$24.99

'RIDICULOUS, DELIGHTFUL AND, DAMN IT, EDUCATIONAL' Sunday Times, Books of the Year. Welcome to the world's most...  Read More >>

How Bad Are Bananas?: The carbon footprint of everything - 2020 new edition

How Bad Are Bananas?: The carbon footprint of everything...

Author: Mike Berners-Lee
ISBN: 9781788163811
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Ten years on from first publication, a new edition of this invaluable and entertaining guide that shows just what...  Read More >>

The Kindness of Strangers: How a Selfish Ape Invented a New Moral Code

The Kindness of Strangers: How a Selfish Ape Invented...

Author: Michael E. McCullough
ISBN: 9781786078186
Format: Hardback
$39.99

Why do we give a damn about strangers?  Read More >>

The Little Book of the Elements: A Pocket Guide to the Periodic Table

The Little Book of the Elements: A Pocket Guide to the...

Author: Jack Challoner
ISBN: 9781911610571
Format: Hardback
$17.99

This little book unlocks each element's colourful history and highlights astonishing facts.  Read More >>

I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe.

I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe.

Author: Stefanie Posavec ,  Miriam Quick
ISBN: 9780241408759
Format: Hardback
$35.00

A love letter to book design, which - through fascinating data measurements - unlocks an understanding of the world...  Read More >>

The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars

The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars

Author: Jo Marchant
ISBN: 9781786894021
Format: Hardback
$39.99

A journey through the history of science and man's relationship with the night sky and the cosmos beyond, from the...  Read More >>

Outbreak in the Village: A Family Doctor's Lifetime Study of Whooping Cough

Outbreak in the Village: A Family Doctor's Lifetime...

Author: Douglas Jenkinson
ISBN: 9783030454845
Format: Hardback
$64.66

Told in an amiable, engaging voice with an expert balance of levity and earnestness, this story will charm casual...  Read More >>

The Chemistry of Cola: Discover and Learn with 21 Experiments

The Chemistry of Cola: Discover and Learn with 21 Experiments...

Author: Jamie Gallagher
ISBN: 9781486313556
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Learn the principles of chemistry and become a kitchen scientist with 21 fun experiments.  Read More >>

The Biology of Bananas: Discover and Learn with 22 Experiments

The Biology of Bananas: Discover and Learn with 22 Experiments...

Author: Katie Steckles
ISBN: 9781486313563
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Learn about biology and become a kitchen scientist with 22 fun experiments.  Read More >>

The Doctor Who Fooled the World

The Doctor Who Fooled the World

Author: Brian Deer
ISBN: 9781925713688
Format: Paperback
$35.00

A reporter uncovers the secrets behind the scientific scam of the century. A reporter uncovers the secrets behind...  Read More >>

The Inside Out of Flies

The Inside Out of Flies

Author: Erica McAlister
ISBN: 9781486313808
Format: Hardback
$34.99

Get 'under the bonnet' and discover the engineering miracles embodied in flies.  Read More >>

Star Crossed: The Story of Astronaut Lisa Nowak

Star Crossed: The Story of Astronaut Lisa Nowak

Author: Kimberly C. Moore
ISBN: 9780813066547
Format: Hardback
$73.92

Explores the often-overlooked psychological health of astronauts, examining how they are cared for and what changes...  Read More >>

Discovering Cosmetic Science

Discovering Cosmetic Science

Author: Stephen Barton (Skin Thinking Ltd., UK) ,  Allan Eastham (Cosmarida, UK)
ISBN: 9781782624721
Format: Paperback
$69.84

Welcome to this ‘novice’s guide’. At last a book that explains the real science behind the cosmetics we use.  Read More >>

Redesigning Life: How genome editing will transform the world

Redesigning Life: How genome editing will transform...

Author: John Parrington (University Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780198766834
Format: Paperback
$29.95

Genetic engineering allows the production of the human insulin protein for diabetics, the modification of crops,...  Read More >>

Mysteries of the Quantum Universe

Mysteries of the Quantum Universe

Author: Thibault Damour ,  Mathieu Burniat
ISBN: 9780141985176
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The bestselling French graphic novel about the mind-bending world of quantum physics- Tintin meets Brian Cox Famous...  Read More >>

Zecken, Milben, Fliegen, Schaben ...: Schach dem Ungeziefer

Zecken, Milben, Fliegen, Schaben ...: Schach dem Ungeziefer...

Author: Heinz Mehlhorn ,  Birgit Mehlhorn
ISBN: 9783662615416
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Ungeziefer und ungebetene Besucher, die in Haus und Wohnung krabbeln und fliegen, sind oft harmlos, können allerdings...  Read More >>

Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years

Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years...

Author: Ian Goldin ,  Robert Muggah
ISBN: 9781529124194
Format: Hardback
$49.99

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Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here’s the Science: A scientist’s guide to the biggest challenges facing our species today

Never Mind the B#ll*cks, Here’s the Science: A scientist’s...

Author: Luke O'Neill
ISBN: 9780717186396
Format: Hardback
$59.49

Professor Luke O’Neill, one of the leading voices of authority during the Covid 19 Pandemic, grapples with life’s...  Read More >>

Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn

Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn

Author: Sanjay Sarma ,  Luke Yoquinto
ISBN: 9781472139115
Format: Paperback
$36.99

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Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything

Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost)...

Author: Robert Hazen
ISBN: 9780008292416
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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