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By: Bill Bryson
ISBN: 9780008301620
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2019
UK Publication Date: 7th February 2019
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated book tells the story of science and the Royal Society, from 1660 to the present.
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By: Charles Spence
ISBN: 9780241361153
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 27th January 2022
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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By: Jackie Higgins
ISBN: 9781529030815
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 12th May 2022
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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An enthralling examination of some of the most remarkable creatures in the animal kingdom, and what they tell us about what it means to be human.
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By: Guy Leschziner
ISBN: 9780008615703
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Pride. Envy. Lust. Anger.
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By: Aarathi Prasad
ISBN: 9780008451882
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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There is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future.
Aarathi Prasads Silk is a gorgeous new history weaving together the story of a unique material that has fascinated the world for millennia.
(Hardback)
By: DK
ISBN: 9780241722756
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2025
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Deborah Cadbury
ISBN: 9780007209941
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2006
UK Publication Date: 7th August 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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From the author of Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, the paperback edition of the TV tie-in charting the shocking but true story behind the space race and the ruthless, brilliant scientists who fuelled it.
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By: Editors of Portable Press
ISBN: 9781626869820
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
Publisher: Canterbury Classics
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By: Kit Chapman
ISBN: 9781472953926
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2021
UK Publication Date: 21st January 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Takes an in-depth look at how elements are discovered, why they matter and where they will take us, with a particular focus on the new 'superheavy' elements discovered very recently
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By: Elizabeth Stokoe
ISBN: 9781472140838
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2020
UK Publication Date: 11th June 2020
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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This book will change the way you think about talk. It will explain the big pay-offs to understanding conversation scientifically.
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By: Paul Parsons
ISBN: 9781782439561
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2018
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
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The Beginning and the End of Everything is the whole story as we currently understand it from nothing, to the birth of our universe, to its ultimate fate. Authoritative and engaging, Paul Parsons takes us on a rollercoaster ride through billions of light years to tell the story of the Big Bang, from birth to death.
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By: James E. Dobson
ISBN: 9781517914219
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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"Today's most advanced neural networks and sophisticated image-analysis methods come from 1950s and '60s Cold War culture-and many biases and ways of understanding the world from that era persist along with them. The Birth of Computer Vision uncovers these histories and finds connections between the algorithms, people, and politics at the core of automating perception today"--
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By: Helen Scales
ISBN: 9781472966889
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 4th August 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback, Revised Edition)
By: Chris Stringer
ISBN: 9780500288986
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2011
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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Human domination of our earth is now so complete that it is easy to forget how recently our role in the history of our planet began: the earliest apes evolved around 20 million years ago, yet homo sapiens has existed for a mere 160,000 years. This title explores various aspects of the study of ape and human evolution.
(Paperback, New edition)
By: Theodore Andrea Cook
ISBN: 9780486237015
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2003
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
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Classic examination of the function of the spiral, or helix, in nature and art examines shells, leaves, human body, drawings of Leonardo, Leaning Tower of Pisa. 1914 edition. 426 illustrations.
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By: Joe Schwarcz
ISBN: 9781550224429
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2001
Publisher: ECW Press,Canada
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By: Robert Temple
ISBN: 9781740665339
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
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Undisputed masters of invention and discovery, the ancient Chinese were the first to drill for oil, to discover the circulation of the blood and even to isolate sex hormones. From the suspension bridge and fishing reel, to the decimal system and grenades. China's contribution in engineering medicine, etc. helped inspire the West.
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By: Robert Lanza
ISBN: 9781953295804
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 16th November 2021
Publisher: BenBella Books
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(Paperback)
By: Lawrence M. Krauss
ISBN: 9781471138553
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2018
UK Publication Date: 25th January 2018
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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(Hardback)
By: Rob Eastaway
ISBN: 9781911622284
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
UK Publication Date: 10th June 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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This fascinating book takes a novel and intriguing look at sport, by exploring the mathematics behind the action.
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By: Dean Burnett
ISBN: 9781783350827
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
UK Publication Date: 2nd March 2017
Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
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From the hugely popular Guardian science blogger, a surprising, funny and mind-bending examination of how and why the brain sabotages our behaviour.
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By: David Robert Grimes
ISBN: 9781471178283
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2020
UK Publication Date: 29th October 2020
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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How critical thinking and scientific method can help us to make the right decisions and spot fake news.
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By: Jenny Uglow
ISBN: 9780571216109
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2005
UK Publication Date: 4th September 2003
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the centre of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world.
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By: Tim Lewens
ISBN: 9780141977423
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 2015
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Drawing on the insights of towering figures like Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn, this book shows how key questions in science matter, often in personal, practical and political ways.
