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How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks of Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math from Nerd Nite

How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi: Collected Quirks...

Author: Kristen Orr ,  Matt Wasowski
ISBN: 9781250288349
Format: Hardback
$49.99

In the vein of popular-science bestsellers such as Atlas Obscura and What If?, the co-founders of the global science...  Read More >>

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 2: Quanta and Fields

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 2: Quanta and Fields...

Author: Sean Carroll
ISBN: 9780861546480
Format: Hardback
$42.99

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Power of the Invisible: The Quantessence of Reality

Power of the Invisible: The Quantessence of Reality...

Author: Sander Bais
ISBN: 9789048562879
Format: Hardback
$193.93

Quantum Physics is the solid basis of most of our understanding of nature and has been the driver of many technological...  Read More >>

The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery

The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery

Author: Adam Gopnik
ISBN: 9781529414653
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Bestselling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik embarks on a wildly creative inquiry into perhaps the oldest...  Read More >>

Last Word's Uncommon Women

Last Word's Uncommon Women

Author: Celia Hayley
ISBN: 9781474607643
Format: Hardback
$55.00

The official companion book to BBC Radio 4's Last Word, a rich tapestry of women's lives in the 20th and 21st centuries...  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: 9781035402106
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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

Selfish Genes to Social Beings: A Cooperative History of Life

Selfish Genes to Social Beings: A Cooperative History...

Author: Jonathan Silvertown (Honorary Professor, Honorary Professor, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Edinburgh)
ISBN: 9780198876397
Format: Hardback
$42.95

Selfish Genes to Social Beings is a new history of life told from a different perspective: cooperation. Beginning...  Read More >>

Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love

Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things...

Author: James Hamilton-Paterson
ISBN: 9781803285535
Format: Paperback
$22.99

James Hamilton-Paterson investigates the 'innocent' habits of consumers and how they contribute vastly to climate...  Read More >>

Square Root Of Einstein, The: The Mysterious Connections In Our Universe

Square Root Of Einstein, The: The Mysterious Connections...

Author: Christopher White (Queen Mary Univ Of London, Uk)
ISBN: 9781800615526
Format: Paperback
$73.92

What is our universe made of? How did it get here, and how will it end? Why are many scientists currently so excited...  Read More >>

Square Root Of Einstein, The: The Mysterious Connections In Our Universe

Square Root Of Einstein, The: The Mysterious Connections...

Author: Christopher White (Queen Mary Univ Of London, Uk)
ISBN: 9781800615427
Format: Hardback
$179.52

What is our universe made of? How did it get here, and how will it end? Why are many scientists currently so excited...  Read More >>

Chemistry for Breakfast: The Amazing Science of Everyday Life

Chemistry for Breakfast: The Amazing Science of Everyday...

Author: Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim ,  Claire Lenkova
ISBN: 9781778401916
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A whirlwind romp through everyday science, perfect for fans ofHow Stuff Works,Stuff You Should Know and Netflix's Explained...  Read More >>

Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses

Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses...

Author: David Scheel
ISBN: 9781529392647
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A riveting new exploration of the octopus from the world-leading expert, marine biologist David Scheel. For fans...  Read More >>

Alien Earths: Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

Alien Earths: Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

Author: Lisa Kaltenegger
ISBN: 9780241680988
Format: Hardback
$55.00

The world expert explains how we hunt new planets, then search them to find if we're alone in the universe For...  Read More >>

This Is Why You Dream: What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals About Your Waking Life

This Is Why You Dream: What Your Sleeping Brain Reveals...

Author: Rahul Jandial
ISBN: 9780593655719
Format: Hardback
$76.56

A fascinating dive into the purpose and potential of dreams Dreaming is one of the most deeply misunderstood functions...  Read More >>

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness: Our leading theories of how your brain really works

Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness: Our leading...

Author: Patrick House
ISBN: 9781035400041
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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The Immune Mind: The new science of health

The Immune Mind: The new science of health

Author: Monty Lyman
ISBN: 9781911709176
Format: Paperback
$36.99

Delving into the recent discovery of the brain's immune system, Dr Monty Lyman reveals the extraordinary implications...  Read More >>

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

Sleeping Beauties: The Mystery of Dormant Innovations...

Author: Andreas Wagner
ISBN: 9780861548064
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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

Pathogenesis: How germs made history

Pathogenesis: How germs made history

Author: Jonathan Kennedy
ISBN: 9781804991893
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Humans did not make history - we played host. This major new history of the world, a Radio 4 Book of the Week, has...  Read More >>

On the Origin of Time

On the Origin of Time

Author: Thomas Hertog
ISBN: 9781804991121
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A new theory of the universe, twenty years in the making, by Stephen Hawking and his close collaborator Thomas Hertog....  Read More >>

The Immune Mind: The new science of health

The Immune Mind: The new science of health

Author: Monty Lyman
ISBN: 9781911709169
Format: Hardback
$59.99

Delving into the recent discovery of the brain's immune system, Dr Monty Lyman reveals the extraordinary implications...  Read More >>

How Fast Did T. rex Run?: Unsolved Questions from the Frontiers of Dinosaur Science

How Fast Did T. rex Run?: Unsolved Questions from the...

Author: David Hone
ISBN: 9780691244723
Format: Paperback
$50.03

The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of dinosaurs In just the past twenty years, we...  Read More >>

New Book of Optical Illusions

New Book of Optical Illusions

Author: Georg Ruschemeyer
ISBN: 9781770855922
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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The Royal Institution: Director's Choice

The Royal Institution: Director's Choice

Author: Katherine Mathieson
ISBN: 9781785515309
Format: Paperback
$19.99

In this enjoyable guide to the Royal Institution, Director Katherine Mathieson shares her favourite features associated...  Read More >>

Metamorphosis: How insects are changing our world

Metamorphosis: How insects are changing our world

Author: Erica McAlister ,  Adrian Washbourne
ISBN: 9781486318902
Format: Hardback
$34.99

Delve into the weird and wondrous world of insects, and what we can learn from them.  Read More >>

Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life

Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life...

Author: Nell Greenfieldboyce
ISBN: 9780393882346
Format: Hardback
$46.95

An astonishing debut from the beloved NPR science correspondent: intimate essays about the intersection of science...  Read More >>

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