(Paperback)
By: Paul J. Nahin
ISBN: 9780691207858
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Ian Robertson
ISBN: 9781787633728
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2021
UK Publication Date: 3rd June 2021
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Confidence lies at the core of what makes things happen.
Exploring the science and neuroscience behind confidence that has emerged over the last decade, clinical psychologist and neuroscientist Professor Ian Robertson tells us how confidence plays out in our minds, our brains and indeed our bodies.
(Hardback)
By: Rob Eastaway
ISBN: 9781911622260
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2021
UK Publication Date: 15th April 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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A fascinating book, from a leading maths educator and demystifier, that shows how maths is relevant to our everyday lives.
(Paperback)
By: Jordan Ellenberg
ISBN: 9780718196042
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
UK Publication Date: 26th May 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Explores the mathematician's method of analyzing life, from the everyday to the cosmic, showing us which numbers to defend, which ones to ignore and when to change the equation entirely. This book tells us that maths touches on everything we do, and a little mathematical knowledge reveals the hidden structures that lie beneath the chaotic surface.
(Hardback)
By: DK
ISBN: 9780241287279
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2018
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2018
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Vaclav Smil
ISBN: 9780241989678
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 6th October 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Theodore Gray
ISBN: 9780316445436
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
UK Publication Date: 28th November 2019
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
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Million-copy bestselling author of The Elements, Molecules and Reactions Theodore Gray applies his trademark mix of engaging stories, real-time experiments and stunning photography to the inner workings of machines, big and small, revealing the extraordinary science, beauty and rich history of everyday things.
(Paperback)
By: Theodore Gray
ISBN: 9780316445443
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 5th May 2022
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
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"Another masterpiece" (BoingBoing), by Theodore Gray, How Things Work explores the inner workings of machines, big and small, revealing the extraordinary science, beauty, and rich history of everyday things.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Melanie Challenger
ISBN: 9781786895752
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2022
UK Publication Date: 3rd February 2022
Publisher: Canongate Books
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Combining popular science, history and moral philosophy, this is a wide-ranging and radical take on the human story and what it means for us today.
(Paperback)
By: Kit Yates
ISBN: 9781529408690
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 15th August 2024
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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A fascinating exploration of how we can make better, accessible, mathematically-informed predictions about the world around us.
(Hardback)
By: Ryan North
ISBN: 9780753552568
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2018
UK Publication Date: 20th September 2018
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Chad Orzel
ISBN: 9780465023318
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2012
UK Publication Date: 28th February 2012
Publisher: Basic Books
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Everyone talks to their pets; Chad Orzel tells his about relativity.
(Paperback)
By: Kristen Orr
ISBN: 9781250374462
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
Publisher: St Martin's Press
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(Paperback)
By: Nathan Lents
ISBN: 9781474608350
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2020
UK Publication Date: 28th May 2020
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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An illuminating, entertaining tour of the physical imperfections, from faulty knees to junk DNA, that make us human - and a unique approach to telling our evolutionary history
(Hardback)
By: Llus Quintana-Murci
ISBN: 9780241609156
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 31st October 2024
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback, Main)
By: Harry Parker
ISBN: 9781788163118
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 2nd February 2023
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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An eye-opening account of how robotics, computing and AI are altering our understanding of what it means to be human - from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Soldier
(Paperback)
By: Ed Yong
ISBN: 9781784700171
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
UK Publication Date: 7th September 2017
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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I Contain Multitudes is science journalism at its best' Bill Gates
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017
(Hardback)
By: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
ISBN: 9781647820558
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
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(Hardback)
By: Philipp Dettmer
ISBN: 9781529360684
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 2nd November 2021
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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A gorgeously-illustrated deep dive into the immune system that will forever change how you think about your body - how it works and why it is both your greatest ally and most dangerous enemy - from the creator of the popular science YouTube channel Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell.
(Paperback)
By: Jane Monckton Smith
ISBN: 9781526613226
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2022
UK Publication Date: 17th March 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Hardback)
By: Paul J. Nahin
ISBN: 9780691166933
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Jules Howard
ISBN: 9781783968275
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited
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Each animal on the planet owes its existence to one very simple but crucial piece of evolutionary engineering: the egg.
Its time to tell a new story of life on Earth.
(Paperback)
By: Jonathan Scott
ISBN: 9781472979834
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 26th September 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Dr Larry Marshall
ISBN: 9781486316373
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
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This thought-provoking work shows how Australia's world-class science can navigate successfully across the 'Valley of Death' to become successful innovations and grow our economy.
