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    Sally Adee: We Are Electric [2023] hardback

    €28.57

    A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK OF 2023: SCIENCEA NEW SCIENTIST BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK 2023A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST READ 2023A STYLIST BOOK TO BRING YOU WISDOM IN...

    Paco Calvo: Planta Sapiens [2023] paperback

    €14.30

    'A joy to read ... mind-expanding' Book of the Week, Guardian'A bold and brave paean to our planet's ligneous, leafy kingdom' Telegraph'An impressive exploration and dazzling insight into the lives...

    John Whitfield: Electrical Craft Principles: Volume 2 [2009] paperback

    €40.00

    This is the second of a two-volume work covering the electrical principles syllabuses of all of the major examining bodies including the City & Guilds of London Institute's electrical craft...

    Joanne Baker: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Universe [2011] hardback

    €9.99

    For millennia humanity has gazed in wonder at the night sky, tracked the motions of the planets and attempted to explain our place in the Universe. But only in our...

    John Gribbin: Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution [2013] paperback

    €17.13

    Erwin Schroedinger was an Austrian physicist famous for his contribution to quantum physics. He won the Nobel Prize in 1933 and is best known for his thought experiment of a...

    Stephen (University of Cambridg Hawking: A Brief History Of Time [1995] paperback

    €6.99€12.84

    Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? These are just some of the questions considered in an internationally...

    Richard Dawkins: The Magic of Reality [2011] hardback

    €42.86

    What are things made of?What is the sun?Why is there night and day, winter and summer?Why do bad things happen?Are we alone?Throughout history people all over the world have invented...

    Jaime Green: The Possibility Of Life [2023] hardback

    €26.00

    One of the most powerful questions we ask about the cosmos is: Are we alone?The Possibility of Life traces the history of our understanding of what and where life in...

    Donna M. Mertens: Mixed Methods Research [2023] paperback

    €23.40

    In this book, Mertens provides a brief history of the emergence of mixed methods research and numerous examples to illustrate its application in different disciplines and geographic areas. Mixed methods...

    David Bowers: Home Waters [2023] paperback

    €14.30

    A fascinating and original look at how the sea has defined Britain - and decided the course of its history - for thousands of years.Being an island nation is a...

    Richard Cohen: Chasing the Sun [2011] paperback

    €7.99€21.41

    The Sun is so powerful, so much bigger than us, that it is a terrifying subject. Yet though we depend on it, we take it for granted. Amazingly the first...

    Professor Steve Jones: Y: The Descent Of Men [2003] paperback

    €6.99€12.84

    Men, towards the end of the last millennium, felt a sudden tightening of the bowels with the news that the services of their sex had at last been dispensed with....

    James Ashton: Everything Blueprint: Processing Po [2023] paperback

    €19.99

    Pre-order now: a gripping look at the rise of the microchip and the British tech company behind the blueprint to it all.'A gripping and inspiring read.' Sir James Dyson'A revealing...

    Andrew Cohen: Universe The: The Book Of The Bbc [2023] paperback

    €11.99

    Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary,...

    Steve Brusatte: The Rise and Reign of the Mammals [2023] paperback

    €16.90

    'Steve Brusatte, the author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, brings mammals out from the shadow of their more showy predecessors in a beautifully written book that ....

    James Vincent: Beyond Measure [2023] paperback

    €7.99€15.99

    A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around you anew.'A wildly ambitious book by a formidably talented young writer.'ROBERT MACFARLANE'Vivid, epic, and...

    Will Storr: The Heretics [2014] paperback

    €15.70

    Why do obviously intelligent people believe things in spite of the evidence against them? Will Storr has travelled across the world to meet an extraordinary cast of modern heretics in...

    Laurie Winkless: Sticky [2023] paperback

    €11.99

    You are surrounded by stickiness. With every step you take, air molecules cling to you and slow you down; the effect is harder to ignore in water. When you hit...

    Nigel Shadbolt: The Digital Ape [2018] hardback

    €25.00

    How smart machines are transforming us all - and what we should do about it.The smart-machines revolution is re-shaping our lives and our societies. Here, Nigel Shadbolt (one of Britain's...

    Jonathan Quick: The End of Epidemics [2018] paperback

    €18.75

    AIDS. Ebola. Bird flu. SARS. These and other epidemics have wiped out millions of lives and cost the global economy billions of dollars. Experts predict that the next big epidemic...

    Iwan Rhys Morus: Nikola Tesla And The Electrical Future [2020] paperback

    €8.99

    '[This] crisply succinct, beautifully synthesized study brings to life Tesla, his achievements and failures...and the hopeful thrum of an era before world wars.' - NatureNikola Tesla is one of the...

    Daniel Lieberman: The Story of the Human Body [2014] paperback

    €12.50

    In The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodiesThis ground-breaking...

    Steve Silerman: NeuroTribes [2016] paperback

    €5.99

    Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionShortlisted for the Wellcome Book PrizeA Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellerForeword by Oliver SacksWhat is autism: a devastating developmental condition,...

    Henry Gee: A (very) Short History Of Life On Earth [2021] trade paper back

    €19.50

    'A dazzling, beguiling story . . . told at an exhilarating pace' Literary Review'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changing canvas of life understandable and exciting. Who will enjoy reading this...

    Andrew Robinson: The Scientists [2023] paperback

    €16.90

    Forty articles expertly curated by biographer Andrew Robinson provide an unrivalled account of the lives and personalities behind the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all time. Who made us see the...

    Mathilda Masters: 123 Seriously Smart Things You Need To Know About The Climate [2020] paperback

    €14.99

    Did you know that: * Deserts provide food for fish? * 70% of all birds on the planet are chickens? * Climate change was the reason why humans began to...

    Glyn Morgan: Science Fiction [2022] hardback

    €34.99

    A compelling, fully illustrated account of the worldwide phenomenon of science fiction as depicted in film, literature and art, and the scientific advances and imagination behind it. Drawing on a...

    Jude Piesse: The Ghost In The Garden: in search of Darwin’s lost garden [2021] hardback

    €9.99

    The forgotten garden that inspired Charles Darwin becomes the modern-day setting for an exploration of memory, family, and the legacy of genius.Darwin never stopped thinking about the garden at his...

    Edwin Kirk: The Boy Who Wasn't Short [2021] trade paper back

    €9.99

    A geneticist tells the stories of men, women, and children whose genes have shaped their lives in unexpected ways.It was while listening to a colleague tell the parents of a...

    Charles Graeber: The Breakthrough [2018] paperback

    €21.25

    New York Times bestselling author Charles Graeber tells the astonishing story of the group of scientists working on a code that can enable the human immune system to fight -...

    Luke Wesley Price: Space Shuttle: A Photographic Journey [2019] hardback

    €37.50

    This impressive collection is arranged in thematic chapters ranging from launch pad through the launch sequence, to the missions themselves and the dramatic conclusion of the return flight. It pays...

    Lucy Cooke: Bitch: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution and the Female Animal [2022] paperback

    €17.99

    __________Mother. Daughter. Ruler. Provider. What does it mean to be female? The female species has never been more scrutinized or politicised. As we search to define our gender, combat prejudice,...

    Charles Darwin: On The Origin Of Species W3 [2019] paperback

    €6.99

    When the young naturalist Darwin set sail on a round-the-world expedition at the end of 1831, it was only with a vague notion that the relationships between all life forms,...

    George Monbiot: Regenesis: Feeding The World Withou [2023] paperback

    €12.99

    The Sunday Times bestseller *Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize*A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year'This book calls for nothing less than a revolution in the future of food'...

    James Weiss: The Hidden Beauty of the Microscopic World [2021] hardback

    €24.99

    A strange and beautiful world surrounds us,hidden from sight ...An unbelievable abundance of life flourishes on every surface of our planet.In every drop of dew, on every leaf, and even...

    Brian Christian: The Alignment Problem [2021] paperback

    €14.30

    'Vital reading. This is the book on artificial intelligence we need right now.' Mike Krieger, cofounder of InstagramArtificial intelligence is rapidly dominating every aspect of our modern lives influencing the...

    Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Brief Welcome To The Universe [2021] paperback

    €13.00

    A pocket-style edition based on the New York Times bestsellerA Brief Welcome to the Universe offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos, from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes...

    Professor Anil Seth: Being You: A New Science Of Consciousness [2021] trade paper back

    €17.99

    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW STATESMAN & THE ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARA GUARDIAN & FINANCIAL TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARAnil Seth's radical new theory of consciousness challenges...

    Suzanne (Associate Professor of Fo Bell: A Dictionary of Forensic Science [2012] paperback

    €18.55

    Forensic scientists apply scientific analysis in a legal context and play a vital role in solving crimes. Sometimes the collection of forensic evidence is the only way to establish or...

    James Gleick: Time Travel [2017] paperback

    €4.99

    AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science,...

    Ben Goldacre: I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That [2015] paperback

    €6.99€13.00

    The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed...

    Brian Cox: The Planets [2019] hardback

    €12.99€14.99

    'So staggering you go "whoa!" every few seconds' Guardian 'Really impressive' Eamonn Holmes, ITV This Morning A companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series. The bestselling authors of Wonders...

    Ben Goldacre: Bad Science [2009] paperback

    €5.99€14.30

    Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Since 2003 Dr Ben...

    Brian Clegg: Ten Days In Physics That Shook The World [2021] hardback

    €16.90

    The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet.Physics informs our understanding of how the world works - but more than that, key breakthroughs...

    Steven Weinberg: To Explain the World [2016] paperback

    €13.00

    In To Explain the World, pre-eminent theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg offers a rich and irreverent history of science from a unique perspective - that of a scientist. Moving from ancient...

    Sue Burke: Semiosis [2018] paperback

    €6.99€14.27

    'Up there with the best of Le Guin in terms of beautiful, engrossing, brilliantly imagined sci-fi' VULTURE 'SEMIOSIS combines the world-building of Avatar with the alien wonder of Arrival, and...

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