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By: David Darling
ISBN: 9781786075086
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2019
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The follow-up to the highly successful Weird Maths takes us deeper into the wonderful weirdness of mathematics
(Paperback)
By: David Darling
ISBN: 9781786078056
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
UK Publication Date: 4th February 2021
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The startlingly young genius and his professor delve into the rich and strange world of mathematics
(Paperback)
By: Sam Wang
ISBN: 9781846040771
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jun 2008
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Does cramming for an exam work Why can't you tickle yourself Can you improve your brain with video games Why is looking at a photograph harder than playing chess This book answers various questions about how that amazing three pounds in your skull works - and how you can help it work better.
(Paperback)
By: Jonathan Balcombe
ISBN: 9781786072092
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2017
UK Publication Date: 5th October 2017
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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Balcombe vividly shows that fish have feelings and deserve consideration and protection like other sentient beings His Holiness the Dalai Lama
(Paperback, Main)
By: Tony Juniper
ISBN: 9781846685606
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2013
UK Publication Date: 10th January 2013
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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The true value of ecosystems to world economies.
(Hardback)
By: Randall Munroe
ISBN: 9781473680623
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 13th September 2022
Publisher: John Murray Press
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From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, and the Sunday Times bestseller What If, even more hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.
(Paperback)
By: Gregory Berns
ISBN: 9781786074898
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th February 2019
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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Does your dog really love you Neuroscientist Gregory Berns used an MRI machine to find out
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By: Jim Al-Khalili
ISBN: 9781781258958
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
UK Publication Date: 5th October 2017
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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Want to know what's next for the human race Step into Jim Al-Khalili's time machine ...
(Hardback)
By: Professor Michael Banissy
ISBN: 9781398708723
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th March 2023
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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The ground-breaking exploration of a universal subject - how touch is at the centre of our lives, health and wellbeing.
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By: Martin Gardner
ISBN: 9780374532413
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2010
Publisher: Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
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Originallly published in hardcover in 2009 by Hill and Wang.
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By: George Lakoff
ISBN: 9780465037711
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2001
Publisher: Basic Books
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Renowned linguist George Lakoff pairs with psychologist Rafael Nunez in the first book to provide a serious study of the cognitive science of mathematical ideas.
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By: Lewis Wolpert
ISBN: 9780571279258
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2014
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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A lively and engaging contribution to the sex and gender debate, from Lewis Wolpert, acclaimed author and developmental biologist.
(Hardback)
By: Rob Eastaway
ISBN: 9781911622277
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2020
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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An entertaining guide to how maths is relevant to our everyday lives.
(Hardback)
By: Alom Shaha
ISBN: 9781529348163
Readership/Audience: Primary and Secondary Educational
Publication Date: Dec 2023
UK Publication Date: 17th August 2023
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Everything you once learnt in science class, but have definitely forgotten along the way
(Paperback)
By: Jesse Bering
ISBN: 9780552165792
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Sep 2013
UK Publication Date: 18th July 2013
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Why do testicles hang the way they do Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm What does it feel like to want to kill yourself Does 'free will' really exist And why is the penis shaped like that anyway This title deals with these questions.
(Paperback)
By: Katherine Ormerod
ISBN: 9781788401302
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2020
UK Publication Date: 2nd January 2020
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
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A no-holds-barred, no-filter look at what social media is doing to us as a society, and how we can deconstruct the online fantasy to change our own attitudes about modern womanhood.
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By: Anna Machin
ISBN: 9781474618038
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 5th January 2023
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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A deep dive into the science of love, from polyamory to our love of pets, this book will change the way we think about ourselves, our relationships and what it means to be human.
(Hardback, Main)
By: Dr Charan Ranganath
ISBN: 9780571374144
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
UK Publication Date: 14th March 2024
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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A radical reexamination of memory, by the pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher.
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By: New Scientist
ISBN: 9781473642713
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2016
Publisher: John Murray Press
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Why do birds sing at dawn What's the slowest a plane can fly without stalling and falling out of the sky And how long can you keep a tiger cub as a pet Will We Ever Speak Dolphin has the answers to these questions and many more.
By 2012, over two million copies of the New Scientist 'Last Word' series had been sold.(Paperback)
By: Natalie Angier
ISBN: 9781844089901
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2014
UK Publication Date: 7th August 2014
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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NOW REVISED AND UPDATED.
'A glorious, fascinating encyclopaedic look at the wonder of the female body.' WOMAN'S JOURNAL
(Paperback)
By: Stephen Jay Gould
ISBN: 9780099273455
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2000
UK Publication Date: 3rd August 2000
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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In this book Stephen Jay Gould explores what the Burgess Shale might tell us about evolution and the nature of history.
The Darwinian theory of evolution is a well-known, well-explored area.
(Paperback)
By: Prof Steven Pinker
ISBN: 9780753810255
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2001
UK Publication Date: 5th October 2000
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
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An account of how language actually works.
(Paperback)
By: Franklin Foer
ISBN: 9781784707347
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 2018
UK Publication Date: 27th September 2018
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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A timely and powerful must-read on how the big tech companies are damaging our culture and what we can do to fight their influence
Four titanic corporations are now the most powerful gatekeepers the world has ever known.
(Hardback)
By: Chris Impey
ISBN: 9780262047661
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 5th April 2023
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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"WORLDS WITHOUT END: EXOPLANETS, HABITABILITY, AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY will present the scientific missions exploring exoplanets through the lens of habitability and our survival in the universe"--
