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The Secret Life Of Secrets: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-being, Relationships, and Who We Are

The Secret Life Of Secrets: How Our Inner Worlds Shape...

Author: Michael Slepian
ISBN: 9781472145161
Format: Paperback
$24.99

An eye-opening look at why we keep the secrets we keep, how to better understand and cope with them, and when (and...  Read More >>

Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations in Nature and Culture

Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations...

Author: Andreas Wagner
ISBN: 9780861545278
Format: Hardback
$39.99

Why do some of nature’s marvels have to wait millions of years for their time in the sun?  Read More >>

Quantum Physics Made Me Do It: An irreverent guide to the world's most successful scientific theory - and what it means for you

Quantum Physics Made Me Do It: An irreverent guide to...

Author: Jérémie Harris
ISBN: 9781035402090
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Quantum Physics Made Me Do It: An irreverent guide to the world's most successful scientific theory - and what it means for you

Quantum Physics Made Me Do It: An irreverent guide to...

Author: Jérémie Harris
ISBN: 9781035402083
Format: Hardback
$55.00

What the most successful scientific theory in history teaches us about being human.  Read More >>

Things to do with Plants: 51 ways to connect with the botanical world

Things to do with Plants: 51 ways to connect with the...

Author: Emma Crawforth
ISBN: 9781842467794
Format: Hardback
$45.00

A guide to the ways in which plants enhance our daily lives and inspire our creativity.  Read More >>

Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction

Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction...

Author: Michael Archer ,  Suzanne J. Hand
ISBN: 9780643108059
Format: Hardback
$99.99

Discover some of the most extraordinary prehistoric creatures the world has ever seen.  Read More >>

The Uncertainty Effect: How to Survive and Thrive Through the Unexpected

The Uncertainty Effect: How to Survive and Thrive Through...

Author: Michelle Lazarus
ISBN: 9781922633415
Format: Paperback
$34.99

In an age of pandemic and economic precarity, how can we learn to embrace uncertainty in our workplaces, schools...  Read More >>

When We Touch: Handshakes, hugs, high fives and the new science behind why touch matters

When We Touch: Handshakes, hugs, high fives and the...

Author: Professor Michael Banissy
ISBN: 9781398708730
Format: Paperback
$34.99

The ground-breaking exploration of a universal subject - how touch is at the centre of our lives, health and wellbeing....  Read More >>

The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time

The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World...

Author: Richard Fisher
ISBN: 9781472285225
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A wide-ranging and intelligent exploration of the importance of long-term thinking in politics, science, business...  Read More >>

Racing Green: How Motorsport Science Can Save the World – THE RAC MOTORING BOOK OF THE YEAR

Racing Green: How Motorsport Science Can Save the World...

Author: Kit Chapman
ISBN: 9781472982193
Format: Paperback
$22.99

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Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps

Endless Forms: Why We Should Love Wasps

Author: Seirian Sumner
ISBN: 9780008394516
Format: Paperback
$22.99

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When We Touch: Handshakes, hugs, high fives and the new science behind why touch matters

When We Touch: Handshakes, hugs, high fives and the...

Author: Professor Michael Banissy
ISBN: 9781398708723
Format: Hardback
$45.00

The ground-breaking exploration of a universal subject - how touch is at the centre of our lives, health and wellbeing....  Read More >>

The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time

The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World...

Author: Richard Fisher
ISBN: 9781472285218
Format: Hardback
$59.99

A wide-ranging and intelligent exploration of the importance of long-term thinking in politics, science, business...  Read More >>

Planet Insect: How insects conquered the Earth

Planet Insect: How insects conquered the Earth

Author: Steve Nicholls
ISBN: 9781838934767
Format: Hardback
$69.99

An ambitious and beautifully illustrated account of the evolution and biology of insects. Insects are the busy,...  Read More >>

Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making

Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making...

Author: Anna Ploszajski
ISBN: 9781472971081
Format: Paperback
$33.61

A fresh perspective on materials science, involving the craftspeople who have built their careers around working...  Read More >>

How Does Sunshine Become Electricity

How Does Sunshine Become Electricity

Author: Junhao Chu (Chinese Academy Of Sciences, China) ,  Bo Hai (Shanghai Media Group (Smg), China)
ISBN: 9789811246852
Format: Paperback
$63.36

In recent decades, scientists have done a lot of research to find ways to make use of solar energy. One of the most...  Read More >>

Fusion's Promise: How Technological Breakthroughs in Nuclear Fusion Can Conquer Climate Change on Earth (And Carry Humans To Mars, Too)

Fusion's Promise: How Technological Breakthroughs in...

Author: Matthew Moynihan ,  Alfred B. Bortz
ISBN: 9783031229053
Format: Paperback
$77.60

The principles behind fusion are understood, but the technology is far from being fully realized, and governments,...  Read More >>

Sounds Wild and Broken

Sounds Wild and Broken

Author: David George Haskell
ISBN: 9780571362097
Format: Paperback
$33.61

An awe-inspiring exploration of the sounds of the living Earth, and the joys and threats of human music, language...  Read More >>

Science And Buddhism: Dialogues

Science And Buddhism: Dialogues

Author: Tsutomu (Jixin) Kambe (-)
ISBN: 9789811258510
Format: Hardback
$153.12

While the Origin of Life on Earth is explored by modern sciences based both on experimental and observational methods,...  Read More >>

The Mysteries of Chemistry

The Mysteries of Chemistry

Author: Loft Publications
ISBN: 9789460650673
Format: Paperback
$46.45

Chemistry is one of the most important discovery areas in the world. Its interactions and the changes it undergoes...  Read More >>

Through Two Doors at Once: The Enigmatic Story of our Quantum Reality

Through Two Doors at Once: The Enigmatic Story of our...

Author: Anil Ananthaswamy
ISBN: 9780715654934
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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The Science of Music: How Technology has Shaped the Evolution of an Artform

The Science of Music: How Technology has Shaped the...

Author: Andrew May
ISBN: 9781785789915
Format: Paperback
$25.99

Music is shaped by the science of sound.  Read More >>

How Vaccines Work: The Science and History Behind Every Question You’ve Wanted to Ask

How Vaccines Work: The Science and History Behind Every...

Author: David Miles
ISBN: 9780349428901
Format: Paperback
$34.99

An illuminating, reassuring guide to vaccination enriched with the latest science  Read More >>

The Insect Crisis: Our Fragile Dependence on the Planet's Smallest Creatures

The Insect Crisis: Our Fragile Dependence on the Planet's...

Author: Oliver Milman (author)
ISBN: 9781838951191
Format: Paperback
$24.99

How would we live if insects no longer existed?  Read More >>

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