The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019 by Sy Montgomery (Editor); Jaime Green (Editor)
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Category: Science | Series: The\Best American Series ® Ser.
Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous awards, edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing.New York Times best-selling author of How to Be a Good Creature, The Soul of an Octopus, The Good Good Pig, and more, Sy Montgomery, selects the year's to ...Show more
The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Finally Solving the Mystery of Life by Paul Davies
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Category: Science
When Darwin set out to explain the origin of species, he made no attempt to answer the deeper question: what is life? For generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question. Life really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no ...Show more
An Insider's Plague Year by Peter Doherty
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Category: Science
An illuminating glimpse into the scientific response to the COVID-19 pandemic from Australia's most prominent 'insider' In An Insider's Plague Year, Nobel laureate and prominent COVID-19 authority Professor Peter Doherty recounts his response to the pandemic as it developed from January 2020-February 20 ...Show more
Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation by Paul Hawken
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Category: Science
A practical companion to the global phenomenon Drawdown, offering a toolkit of actions for every level of societySince its publication in 2017, Drawdown has become a key reference work in environmentalism, around the world. Where Drawdown focused on modelling the most effective, known solutions to globa ...Show more
Weather: A Force of Nature by The Royal Meteorological Society
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Category: Science
These are the most breathtaking images from previous years of the Weather Photographer of the Year competition, an annual contest held by The Royal Meteorological Society.They depict dramatic weather phenomena from every corner of the globe and often reveal fascinating stories about their impact on huma ...Show more
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann (PB) by Ananyo Bhattacharya
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Category: Science
A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR An exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world 'A sparkling book, with an intoxicating mix of pen-portraits and grand historical narrative. Above all it fizzes with a dizzying mix of deliciously vital ideas. . . A stag ...Show more
Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh
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Category: Science | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. 'Maths is one of the purest forms of thought, and to outsiders mathematicians may seem almo ...Show more
The Alien Perspective: A New View of the Cosmos and Our Future by David Whitehouse
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Category: Science
A journey through the evolving cosmos, considering how human survival will depend on otherworldly perspectives.
Sensational: A New Story of our Senses by Ashley Ward
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Category: Science
Why do women have a better sense of smell than men?Has the iPhone changed how we touch? Does the Danube really look blue when you're in love?Our senses are at the heart of how we navigate the world. They help us recognise the expressions on a loved one's face, know whether fruit is ripe by its smell, or ...Show more
The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery by Adam Gopnik
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Category: Science
"[W]ise, companionable, and often extremely funny." --Oliver Burkeman, The AtlanticBest-selling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik investigates a foundational human question: How do we learn--and master--a new skill?For decades now, Adam Gopnik has been one of our most beloved writers, a brilliant ...Show more
Welcome to the Universe in 3D: A Visual Tour by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott, Robert J. Vanderbei
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Category: Science
Journey into the vast depths of the observable universe by visualising the most spectacular images in astronomy in stereoscopic 3D.Welcome to the Universe in 3D takes you on a grand tour of the observable universe, guiding you through the most spectacular sights in the cosmos — in breathtaking 3D. Prese ...Show more
Hands of Time - A Watchmaker's History of Time by Rebecca Struthers
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Category: Science
An intricate and personal history of watches and time from an extraordinary watchmaker and historian A watchmaker's world is not much bigger than a thumbnail. I spend whole days working on mechanisms which can contain hundreds of tiny components. Each of them has a specific task to perform. Every mornin ...Show more