(Paperback)
By: Charles Spence
ISBN: 9780241977743
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2018
UK Publication Date: 3rd May 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Robin Hansen
ISBN: 9781486315246
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
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A dazzling insight into the unique beauty, properties and history of the gemstones of the world.
(Paperback)
By: Kathy Willis
ISBN: 9781526664907
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Alisa Bryce
ISBN: 9781922458650
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
Publisher: Text Publishing
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An Aussie scientist digs up some dirt about the history and science of soil
(Paperback)
By: Rudi Westendorp
ISBN: 9781925106916
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2015
Publisher: Scribe Publications
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Originally published in Dutch as "Oud worden zonder het te zijn" by Atlas Contact in 2014.
(Hardback)
By: Brenna Hassett
ISBN: 9781472975751
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Brings the science of physical anthropology to bear on understanding how our evolutionary history has shaped a phenomenon everyone has experienced - childhood.
(Paperback, with French flaps)
By: Lawrence Weinstein
ISBN: 9780691150802
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2012
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Reveals the simple techniques needed to estimate virtually anything and illustrates them using an eclectic array of problems. This title shows how to estimate everything from how closely you can orbit a neutron star without being pulled apart by gravity, to the fuel used to transport your food from the farm to the store.
(Paperback)
By: Giulia Enders
ISBN: 9781925106671
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2015
Publisher: Scribe Publications
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The key to living a happier, healthier life is inside us.
(Paperback)
By: Jeremiah P. Ostriker
ISBN: 9780691258935
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Describes the saga of humankind's quest to unravel the secrets of the universe. This title explains the physics and the history of how the advanced model of our universe arose and has passed every test hurled at it by the skeptics. It also explains the growth of all cosmic structure, and holds the key to the universe's fate.
(Paperback)
By: Yuval Noah Harari
ISBN: 9781784703936
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
UK Publication Date: 23rd March 2017
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life.
It asks the fundamental questions: how can we protect this fragile world from our own destructive power
(Hardback)
By: Thomas D. Seeley
ISBN: 9780691147215
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Honeybees make decisions collectively - and democratically. This book reveals that these incredible insects have much to teach us when it comes to collective wisdom and effective decision making. It presents an account of scientific discovery. It investigates how evolution has honed the decision-making methods of honeybees over millions of years.
(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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(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.
(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
