George Dyson Describes a fresh viewpoint of the emerging relationship between nature and machines. | Tim Jeal Between 1856 and 1876, five explorers, all British, took on the seemingly impossible task of discovering the source of the White Nile. This title tells the story of these great... |
Justin Pollard Eureka! Discover the real stories behind the history of science | Brian Greene Explores our scientific understanding of the universe, the 'string theory' that might hold the key to unifying nature's laws, and our continuing quest to know more. This book shows, ours... |
Jaron Lanier Reveals how the internet is deadening personal interaction, stifling genuine inventiveness and even changing us as people. Showing us the way to a future where individuals mean more than machines... | New Scientist 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... |
Alice Roberts Covers the development, form, function and disorders of the human body. This book helps to look at how your respiratory system works, discover the anatomy up-close and learn about over... | James C. Whorton The story of arsenic in Victorian Britain, looking both at its widespread presence in everything from candles to curtains, and also its more sinister use for murder and suicide. |
Stephen Blackmore In Green Universe, eminent botanist Stephen Blackmore takes us on a journey through time and space - from the origin of the first cell more than three billion years ago... | Alice Roberts Lets you come face to face with our ancestors and travel back 8 million years. This title takes you on a journey to discover how our species has developed from... |
Gordon Grice The dangers of the animal kingdom are the stuff of legend but the reality of man's vulnerability and of nature's savage power is far more various, improbable and chilling than... | Callum Roberts Taking readers on a tour beneath the seas, this title addresses questions such as: Why do currents circulate the way do? Where exactly do they go? How has the chemistry... |
Adrian Raine What are the causes of violence? Can it be treated? And might it one day be stopped? Are some criminals born, not made? What causes violence and how can we... | Ian Sample In the early 1960s, three groups of physicists, working independently in different countries, stumbled upon an idea that would change physics. That idea was the 'God particle', or Higgs boson... |
Ben Miller * An engaging, accessible and fascinating look at science's 'best bits' by popular comedian and particle physicist Ben Miller | James Atkins; David Mostyn Climate change is a hot topic but dull: getting people to understand it is hard. This book makes it interesting. The book is funny, written in the earthy and... |