Sciences and Technology

Gavin Pretor-Pinney / The Cloudspotter's Guide

 'The clouds are nature's poetry, and the most egalitarian of her displays, since everyone has an equally fantastic view of them. Clouds are for dreamers, and their contemplation benefits the soul...

Alan Weisman / The World Without Us (Hardback)

 'On the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - or houses, that is. Cleans them right off the face of the earth. They all go.' Alan Weisman looks to the...

Michael Brooks / 13 Things That Don't Make Sense : The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Time (Large Paperback)

 In 2008, science can only really account for four percent of our universe, and the rest, well, just seems to be missing. The effects of homeopathy don't go away under rigorous scientific conditions...

Ben Goldacre / Bad Science (Large Paperback)

 Full of spleen, this will be a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the world of Bad Science. How do we know if a treatment works, or if something causes cancer? Can the claims of...

David Bodanis / E=mc 2 (Hb) : A Biography of the Worlds Most Famous Equation (Hardback)

 Most people know that Einstein's equation is important but they don't usually know why. This book takes an approach to the equation that concentrates not on the biography of Einstein but on the...

Richard Dawkins / The Selfish Gene

   This million-copy bestseller is universally acclaimed and translated into over twenty languages. "The sort of popular science writing that makes the reader feel like a genius." - "New York Times."...

James Gleick / Faster : The Acceleration of just about everything

 Time rules our lives. The frenetic purpose - more than we want to admit, is to save time. Think of one of those conveniences that best convey the most elemental feeling of power over the passing...

Tom Forester - The Mircoelectronics Revolution - Vintage 1980 Technology & Predictions

A collection of 1980's essays on the 'silicon chip revolution' - an examination from 1980 on how the industry and technology would alter society and the world of work. A collection of essays from...

George Newnes: Aeroplane Maintenance & Operation Magazine Parts 33 - 40 (8 Book Collection)

George Newnes: Aeroplane Maintenance & Operation Magazine Parts 33 - 40

Iain Carson / Zoom : The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future

   If oil is a problem, it seems that cars are the solution. Working on innovative, environmental technologies and entirely new business models, the car industry could be launching society's...

Fritjof Capra / Uncommon Wisdom

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Dava Sobel / Longitude

First published in 1996, Dava Sobel's story of an epic scientific quest - how to calculate longitude. The thorniest scientific problem of the day had occupied scientists and their patrons for the...

Ben Goldacre / Bad Science

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...

Stephen Hawking / Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays

Readers worldwide have come to know the work of Stephen Hawking through his phenomenal bestseller A Brief History of Time. Now in his first collection of essays and other pieces - on subjects that...

Desmond Morris / Babywatching (Hardback)

Paperback edition to this guide to the first 12 months of human life. In a revealing portrait of life, from the baby's point of view, Desmond Morris answers the questions parents ask: Do babies...

David A. Vise / The Google Story

The Google Story" (using logo) is the definitive account of one of the most remarable organizations of our time. Every day over sixty-four million people use Google in more than one hundred...

Richard Dawkins / The Blind Watchmaker

Acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the last hundred years, The Blind Watchmaker offers an inspiring and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific...

Robert Winston / The Human Mind

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Dava Sobel / Galileo's DaughterA Drama of Science, Faith and Love

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...

Brian Greene / The Elegant Universe - Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions

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Stephen Hawking / A Brief History of Time

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Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? - and 114 other questions

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Martin Rees / Just Six Numbers

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