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Alex Bellos Mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives: from geometry of the 50p piece to how probability can help you win in any casino. In search of weird and... | Chad Orzel A witty and informative guide to the fundamental laws which govern the universe that's so simple that even a dog can understand! |
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... | Rebecca Skloot The internationally bestselling story of a young woman whose death in 1951 changed medical science for ever ... |
Steven Pinker Reveals how, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. This title argues that modernity and its cultural institutions are actually making us better... Delivery: To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | £30.00 | £21.90 | 27% |  Despatched in 1 business day. |   Add to Basket | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 5pm today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | £30.00 | £25.50 | 15% |  Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | | | | Currently unavailable | Currently unavailable |
| Dava Sobel The bestselling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter tells the story of Nicolaus Copernicus and the revolution in astronomy that changed the world. |
Richard Fortey An awe-inspiring journey through the eons of time and across the globe, in search of visible traces of evolution in living creatures which have survived from earliest times and whose... | Alexander Masters An intimate portrait of an everyday genius. Delivery:To home, business or free to our stores. Click for more info. | £16.99 | £12.40 | 27% | Despatched in 1 business day. | Add to Basket | Click & Collect:Order now to collect from 5pm today. In stock items only. Click for more info. | £16.99 | £14.44 | 15% | Currently out of stock in all stores. | Stores - out of stock | New & Used:Our marketplace sellers will deliver to your chosen address. Click for more info. | | | | Currently unavailable | Currently unavailable |
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Bill Bryson Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him... | Nicholas Carr Is the Internet making us stupid? In this new book, as incendiary as it is important, Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing dramatically how we think, remember and... |
Stephen Hawking 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... | Philip Hoare The story of a man's obsession with whales, which takes him on a personal, historical and biographical journey - from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions... |
Ben Goldacre 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. | Michio Kaku Imagine a future where we are not alone - where our universe is just one of countless parallel worlds, some strangely familiar, some almost unimaginable. This title takes us to... |
John Steinbeck; Richard Astro In 1940, the author sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California... | Brian Cox; Jeff Forshaw An explanation of Einstein's equation that explores the principles of physics through everyday life. It considers the real meaning behind the iconic sequence of symbols that make up Einstein's most... |