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    Dava Sobel: Galileo's Daughter [2000] paperback

    €5.99€13.00

    From the international best-selling author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter is the fascinating story of the relationship between the great Italian scientist Galileo and his daughter, Virginia. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was...

    Helen Pilcher: Bring Back the King [2016] paperback

    €5.99

    If you could bring back one living being from the whole of the history of time, what would you choose? Comedian and former stem-cell biologist Helen Pilcher has thought about...

    Stephen Hawking: What Is Inside a Black Hole? (Brief Answers, Big Questions) [2022] paperback

    €4.99€6.50

    'If you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up. There's a way out'What is inside a black hole?Is time travel possible?Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded...

    Marty Jopson: The Science of Everyday Life [2015] hardback

    €6.99

    Have you ever wondered why ice floats and water is such a freaky liquid? Or why chillies and mustard are both hot but in different ways? Or why microwaves don't...

    Douglas Kenrick: The Rational Animal [2013] hardback

    €14.99€26.99

    Why do three out of four professional football players go bankrupt? How can illiterate jungle dwellers pass a test that tricks Harvard philosophers? And why do billionaires work so hard,only...

    Stephen Hawking: A Briefer History of Time, A [2005] hardback

    €12.99€21.99

    Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller, A Brief History of Time, has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author's engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses...

    Neil Turok: From Quantum to Cosmos [2013] hardback

    €4.99€25.70

    In this visionary book, Neil Turok explores the great discoveries of the past three centuries - from the classical mechanics of Newton; to the nature of light; to the bizarre...

    Bruce (University of California Alberts: Essential Cell Biology [1997] paperback

    €24.99€54.00

    The new text has been carefully geared to introductory students, without any sacrifice to scientific rigour. The book's conceptual approach, in which the essential facts are presented in their biological...

    Dr Julie Smith: Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The No 1 Sunday Times bestseller W3 [2022] hardback

    €9.99€19.50

    'Brilliant. Bite-size. Easy to understand. Easy to flick through. It's like a reference to how you feel' Phillip Schofield on ITV's THIS MORNINGTHE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Julie Smith is...

    Andrew Smith: Moondust [2006] paperback

    €5.99€12.84

    In 1999, Andrew Smith was interviewing Charlie Duke, astronaut and moon walker, for the Sunday Times. During the course of the interview, which took place at Duke's Texan home, the...

    Brian Klaas: Fluke [2023] paperback

    €12.99€20.99

    A provocative new vision of how our world really works - and why chance determines everything.In Fluke, myth-shattering social scientist Brian Klaas deep-dives into the phenomenon of randomness, unpicking our...

    Cambridge: Narrating the New Predictive Genetics [2005] paperback

    €19.99€38.80

    This book explores the way changes in technology have altered the relationship between ethics and medicine. For some inherited diseases, new genetic testing technologies may provide much more accurate diagnostic...

    Kevin Nolan: Mars, A Cosmic Stepping Stone [2008] hardback

    €14.99€35.70

    The questions of our origin and cosmic abundance of life are among the most compelling facing humanity. We have determined much about the nature and origin of the Universe and...

    Brian Cox: The Quantum Universe [2011] hardback

    €9.99€12.99

    The Quantum Universe brings together two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest questions of science. But just what is quantum physics? How...

    Walter Isaacson: CODE BREAKER W2 [2021] hardback

    €19.99€35.99

    'The Code Breaker's confident, cinematic style makes Crispr accessible like never before, taking readers on a journey that is exciting, as well as ethically treacherous.' - The Financial Times'A page-turner....

    Jonathan Lamb: Scurvy [2018] paperback

    €9.99€28.57

    An intellectual history of scurvy in the eighteenth centuryScurvy-a disease usually associated with long stretches of maritime travel-generated extraordinary sensations. Eyes dazzled, skin was morbidly sensitive, emotions veered between disgust...

    William W. Foege: The Fears of the Rich, The Needs of the Poor [2018] hardback

    €14.99€29.29

    William H. Foege, one of the most respected leaders in global public health, takes readers on a tour of his time at the CDC.In its seventy years, the Centers for...

    Yellowlees Douglas: The Biomedical Writer [2018] paperback

    €14.99€35.70

    Co-authored by a leading ophthalmology researcher and a professor with fifteen years of experience teaching writing in the biomedical sciences, The Biomedical Writer addresses ways to use psychology and neuroscience...

    Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Time [1988] hardback

    €12.99

    In 1963, Stephen Hawking contracted motor neurone disease and was given two years to live. Yet he went on to Cambridge to become a brilliant researcher and Professorial Fellow at...

    Ariel Waldman: What's It Like in Space? [2016] hardback

    €7.99€15.70

    Everyone wonders what it's really like in space, but very few of us ever have the chance to experience it firsthand. This captivating illustrated collection brings together stories from dozens...

    Rob Eastaway: How Many Socks Make a Pair? [2008] hardback

    €12.99€18.56

    Do you gaze into your washing basket and wonder how long it'll take to find a pair of socks? Behind this question is a world of maths that can be...

    Rachel Clarke: Dear Life [2020] hardback

    €14.99

    'A magnificent, tender book' Independent 'Her words are brimful of love, grace and kindness' Guardian'She writes with a tender, lyrical beauty' Sunday TimesFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of Your...

    Joanne Baker: 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know [2007] hardback

    €6.99€14.27

    We encounter physics before we've even left the house in the morning; an alarm clock tracks time, a mirror reflects light waves and our mobile phones rely on satellites held...

    Meera Senthilingam: Outbreaks And Epidemics [2020] paperback

    €4.99

    'A book that couldn't be more timely, providing an accessible introduction to epidemiology.' KirkusA compelling and disquieting journey through the history and science of epidemics.For centuries mankind has waged war...

    Neil Gershenfeld: When Things Start to Think [1999] paperback

    €6.99€9.99

    The digital revolution has promised us a future of boundless opportunity at the speed of light, and a limitless vista of entertainment and education. The reality, as most of us...

    John A. Robertson: Children of Choice [1996] paperback

    €29.99€71.43

    Cloning, genetic screening, embryo freezing, in vitro fertilization, Norplant, RU486--these are the technologies revolutionizing our reproductive landscape. Through the lens of procreative liberty--meaning both the freedom to decide whether or...

    Brian Clegg: Inflight Science [2011] paperback

    €7.99€18.56

    The perfect companion to any flight - a guide to the science on view from your window seat. There are few times when science is so immediate as when you're...

    Jake Jones: Can You Hear Me? [2020] hardback

    €14.99€24.27

    'With poignancy, humour and compassion, Jones invites us into "the invigorating chaos of pre-hospital care" . . . a panorama of experiences: the mundane, the ridiculous, the heartbreaking and the...

    Mary-Jane Rubenstein: Astrotopia [2022] hardback

    €12.99€20.00

    A revealing look at the parallel mythologies behind the colonization of Earth and space-and a bold vision for a more equitable, responsible future both on and beyond our planet. As...

    Colin Blakemore: The Oxford Companion to the Body [2002] hardback

    €19.99€57.14

    Who is not interested in how the body works: how it grows, develops, and ages; how it goes wrong; how it has inspired artists and been the focus of ceremony...

    Helena (London School of Economi Cronin: The Ant and the Peacock [1993] paperback

    €19.99€42.84

    This book is a success story. It explains two long-running puzzles of the theory of natural selection. How can natural selection favour those, like the ant, that renounce tooth and...

    Steve Jones: Y: The Descent Of Men [2002] hardback

    €7.99€21.41

    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....

    Jim Baggott: A Beginner's Guide to Reality [2005] paperback

    €6.99€18.56

    A Beginner's Guide to Reality is an introduction to philosophy for people who don't read philosophy. Jim Baggott's sources range from Aristotle to The Matrix. He examines the major developments...

    Neil Degrasse Tyson: Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation [2022] paperback

    €10.99€19.50

    Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our...

    Professor Jim McCaul: Face to Face [2019] paperback

    €6.99€14.27

    'Face to Face is not just a brilliant introduction to one of the most exacting areas of modern medicine, it's a humbling glimpse of humans at their best.' Sunday TimesSo...

    Jared Diamond: Collapse [2005] hardback

    €12.99

    In Collapse, Jared Diamond investigates the fate of past human societies, and the lessons for our own future. What happened to the people who built the ruined temples of Angkor...

    Roozbeh Hazrat: Mathematica [2010] paperback

    €19.99€35.64

    Mathematica(R): A Problem-Centered Approach introduces the vast array of features and powerful mathematical functions of Mathematica using a multitude of clearly presented examples and worked- out problems. Each section starts...

    S Jay Gould: Leonardo's Mountain Of Clams [1999] paperback

    €6.99€11.41

    Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged. Ever since the last 1970s, his monthly essay in Natural History and his full-length books...

    Michael Frayn: The Human Touch [2006] hardback

    €10.99

    What would that universe be like if human beings were not here to observe it? Would there be still be numbers, or scientific laws? Would the universe even be vast,...

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