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Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time
Paperback,
06/07/2017,
£8.99
£8.09
A witty and entertaining journey through time from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map
Telomerase Revolution: The Story of the Scientific Breakthrough that Holds the Key to Human Ageing
Paperback,
06/07/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
The Telomerase Revolution is the definitive work on the latest science on human ageing, covering both theory and clinical implications. It takes the reader to the forefront of the upcoming revolution in human medicine.
Destination Mars
Paperback,
06/07/2017,
£7.99
£7.19
The first title in Icon's new Hot Science series, exploring the cutting edge of modern science.
Westonbirt Arboretum's Tree Spotter's Guide: The Definitive Guide to Britain's 100 Best Trees
Paperback,
06/07/2017,
£8.99
£8.09
In the depths of the Cotswolds, near Tetbury in Gloucestershire, lies one of the most beautiful tree gardens in the world. Known as Westonbirt Arboretum. Here you can find around 15,000 trees, each one lovingly labelled. Illustrated with artwork depicting the tree and leaf, this book will educate and entertain with features of landscape.
Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Stories in Our Genes
Paperback,
07/09/2017,
£9.99
£8.00
A dazzling tour of the latest genetic discoveries which are blurring the boundaries between science and history - 'Brilliant, authoritative, surprising, captivating' BRIAN COX
Big Data: How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives
Paperback,
03/08/2017,
£7.99
£7.19
New for Icon's Hot Science series - a startling insight into the data that runs our lives.
Vacation Guide to the Solar System: Science for the Savvy Space Traveller
Hardback,
03/08/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
Imagine taking a hike along the windswept red plains of Mars to dig for signs of life, or touring one of Jupiter's sixty-four moons where you can take photos of its swirling storms. Illustrated and packed with real-world science, this guide covers all of the essentials for your next voyage, how to get there, and what to do when you arrive.
Adapt: How We Can Learn From Nature's Strangest Inventions
Paperback,
06/07/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
Explore the science of biomimicry: full of fascinating natural facts, ingenious ideas and a glimpse into the future of human innovation.
Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World
Paperback,
24/08/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
Crack the code to your future dreams Since 2012, the organization Girls Who Code has been leading the charge to get girls interested in technology and coding.
Planet Hunters: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Hardback,
01/08/2017,
£16.95
£15.26
This is the story of our search for life on other planets, from 16th-century heretic Giordano Bruno to the Kepler Space Telescope today. Astronomer Lucas Ellerbroek interviews the leading figures in the field, to give first-hand accounts of the modern history of exo-planet hunting.
Turing and the Universal Machine (Icon Science): The Making of the Modern Computer
Paperback,
07/09/2017,
£8.99
£8.09
The history of the computer is entwined with that of the modern world and most famously with the life of one man, Alan Turing. How did this device, which first appeared a mere 50 years ago, come to structure and dominate our lives so totally? An enlightening mini-biography of a brilliant but troubled man.
30-Second Maths: The 50 Most Mind-Expanding Theories in Mathematics, Each Explained in Half a Minute
Paperback,
01/09/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
From Rubik's cubes to Godel's incompleteness theorem, everything mathematical explained, with colour illustrations, in half a minute.
Into the Grey Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death
Hardback,
07/09/2017,
£16.99
£15.29
What does it mean if a mind can exist unharmed within a deeply damaged brain?Through cutting edge research and case studies that are poignant, tragic and uplifting, Dr Owen maps this inner universe of the self, showing us what it means to be alive and human.
30-Second Quantum Theory: The 50 most thought-provoking quantum concepts, each explained in half a minute
Hardback,
03/07/2014,
£14.99
£13.49
A beautifully illustrated, full-colour guide to one of science's most infamously impenetrable subjects.
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
Hardback,
07/09/2017,
£25.00
£22.50
A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life
Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to Leaving the Planet
Hardback,
01/10/2017,
£16.99
£15.29
A stunning collection of space travel stories from science broadcaster, Dallas Campbell
Thinking About Almost Everything
Paperback,
05/03/2009,
£15.00
£13.50
Contains entries on terror, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, climate change, plant genetics, race, humans and animals, music theology, and the Willmore Conjecture. This book shows how even the most intricate and complex knowledge can enliven public curiosity and spark new thinking on issues either known or yet to be discovered.
How to Make a Tornado
Paperback,
01/10/2009,
£7.99
£7.19
Part of the "New Scientist" series, this book investigates everything from what it's like to die, to exploding trousers and recycled urine.
DNA: The Secret of Life, Fully Revised and Updated
Paperback,
02/10/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
Along with Francis Crick, James Watson was the discoverer of the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, realising both how it was able to reproduce itself and how, through its immense variety, it was able to pass on genetic instructions from one generation to the next.
Moving Heaven and Earth (Icon Science): Copernicus and the Solar System
Paperback,
07/12/2017,
£8.99
£8.09
An insight into the fundamental workings of the cosmos.
Science is Beautiful: Disease and Medicine: Under the Microscope
Hardback,
07/09/2017,
£20.00
£18.00
Science is Beautiful collects the most fascinating microscopic photographs of our diseases along with the medicines we use to treat them.Featured are some of the most illuminating microscopic images of bacteria, viruses and cancers ever captured. These photographs are profoundly fascinating - and also beautiful.
Long, Long Life of Trees
Hardback,
02/08/2016,
£16.99
£3.00
A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings
Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World
Paperback,
31/07/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
Games Primates Play
Paperback,
24/05/2012,
£11.99
£10.79
An investigation of the evolution and economics of human relationships. It arms readers with knowledge of the scientific principles that ethologists, psychologists, economists, and other behavioural scientists have discovered in their quest to unravel the complexities of behaviour.
30 Second Quantum Theory
Paperback,
01/11/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
A beautifully illustrated, full-colour guide to one of science's most infamously impenetrable subjects.
Science, A History
Paperback,
07/08/2003,
£14.99
£13.49
Galileo, tried by the Inquisition for his ideas, to Newton, who wrote his rivals out of the history books. This book tells the story of the men and women who changed the way we see the world, and the turbulent times they lived in.
Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond
Hardback,
26/02/2018,
£20.00
£18.00
Descent of Man
Paperback,
08/07/2013,
£3.99
£3.59
The Descent of Man is Darwin's second book, first published in 1871. In this edition, Darwin applies evolutionary theory to humans and details his theory of sexual selection.
Dawn of the New Everything: A Journey Through Virtual Reality
Hardback,
15/11/2017,
£20.00
£18.00
Jaron Lanier, `the father of Virtual Reality ... a high-tech genius' (Sunday Times), tells the extraordinary story of how in just over three decades Virtual Reality went from being a dream to a reality - and how its power to turn dreams into realities will transform us and our world.
Chronicles of a Liquid Society
Hardback,
13/11/2017,
£18.99
£17.09
In these pieces, written by Eco as articles for his regular column in l'Espresso magazine, he brings his dazzling erudition and keen sense of the everyday to bear on topics such as popular culture and politics, being seen, conspiracies, the old and the young, mobile phones, mass media, racism, good manners and the crisis in ideological values.
Wild Animals I Have Known
Hardback,
23/11/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
Meet Old Lobo, a gigantic grey wolf whose death-defying predations on sheep and cattle herds are the scourge of farmers and ranchers in the Currumpaw region of northern New Mexico.
Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
Paperback,
30/04/2018,
£9.99
£8.00
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRichard Dawkins - author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, and The God Delusion - is one of science's greatest communicators.
Reality Frame: Relativity and our place in the universe
Paperback,
07/12/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
A thrilling journey from empty space all the way to the human mind.
Ask an Astronaut: My Guide to Life in Space (Official Tim Peake Book)
Paperback,
31/05/2018,
£8.99
£8.09
The awe-inspiring Sunday Times Bestseller from astronaut Tim PeakeShortlisted for the British Book Award 2018'Amazing .Ask an Astronaut is Tim Peake's personal guide to life in space, based on his historic Principia mission, and the thousands of questions he has been asked since his return to Earth.
Apollo: The extraordinary visual history of the iconic space programme
Hardback,
07/09/2017,
£20.00
£14.00
Explore the iconic Apollo space missions and moon landings through these stunning infographics and data visualisations. If you like space, this book is for you.
Vaccine Race: How Scientists Used Human Cells to Combat Killer Viruses
Paperback,
08/02/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
`Riveting ... invites comparison to Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks'NatureThe epic and controversial story of the major scientific breakthrough that led to the creation of some of the world's most important vaccines.
In Miniature: How Small Things Illuminate The World
Hardback,
24/10/2018,
£14.99
£13.49
A delightful and illuminating exploration of the human instinct to make things small, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map
Mauve: How one man invented a colour that changed the world
Paperback,
03/05/2018,
£9.99
£8.99
The strange and wonderful story of how one colour changed the world, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map
I Contain Multitudes:Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
Paperback,
07/09/2017,
£10.99
£9.89
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2017 AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2017THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERYour body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. I Contain Multitudes is science journalism at its best' Bill Gates
Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
Hardback,
06/09/2018,
£16.99
£15.29
AI Delusion
Hardback,
28/08/2018,
£20.00
£18.00
Gary Smith argues that the real danger of artificial intelligence is not that computers are smarter than us, but that we think they are. Through many examples, Smith shows that human reasoning is fundamentally different from artificial intelligence, and it is needed more than ever.
Reindeer: An Arctic Life
Hardback,
10/10/2018,
£12.99
£11.69
A stunning natural history - the perfect read for a winter's night in front of the fire
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
Hardback,
09/03/2017,
£12.99
£11.69
Throughout history, many women have asked questions about our world. When they were told, 'You can't', they replied: 'Try and stop me.'
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