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Impossible Monsters: Dinosaurs, Darwin and the War Between Science and Religion

From fossil-hunting to the end of faith- a gripping narrative history of the seventy-five-year culture war that transformed how we think about the universe and our place in it In 1811, when the s..

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In a Flight of Starlings: The Wonder of Complex Systems

From the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, an enlightening and personal journey into the practice of ground-breaking science - a #1 bestseller in Italy The world is shaped by complexity. In thi..

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Infinite Life: A Revolutionary Story of Eggs, Evolution and Life on Earth

If you think of an egg, what do you see in your mind's eye? A chicken egg, hardboiled? A slimy mass of frogspawn? Perhaps you see a human egg cell, prepared on a microscope slide in a laboratory? ..

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Inside the Stargazer's Palace: The Transformation of Science in 16th-Century Northern Europe

In 1506 a comet appears above Augsburg. As the astronomer Johann Virdung explains, it heralds conflict, the destruction of crops and the death of kings. He concludes his theories with a poem. In 1680 ..

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Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere

A leading climate scientist explores the boldest new solutions from around the world Can we really restore the earth's atmosphere within our lifetime? Whether through sustainable technologie..

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Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller

One of Esquire's 50 Best Biographies of All Time * One of The Economist's Best Books of 2022 * A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * Nominated for The Next Big Idea Club * The Week Magazine B..

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Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'HELL YES. This is one of those books that has the potential to change things - a monumental piece of research' Caitlin Moran Imagine a world where... You..

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Is Maths Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths

A New Scientist Best Book of 2023 Why is -(-1) = 1? Why do odd and even numbers alternate? What's the point of algebra? Is maths even real? From imaginary numbers to the perplexing ..

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Is Maths Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics' Deepest Truths

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James Lovelock et al. The Earth and I

"We are buried beneath mountains of fast-accumulating data. In such circumstances, this book, rather than adding to the data load, aims to offer real understanding." -James Lovelock Human beings ..

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Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal

Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan Jose Millas has always felt like he doesn't quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens a..

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Living on Earth: Life, Consciousness and the Making of the Natural World

The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith's three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began with the bestselling Other Minds in 2018 and continued with Meta..

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Living Planet:  Web of Life on Earth

A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive withi..

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Looking Up: The True Adventures of a Storm-Chasing Weather Nerd

An energetic and electrifying narrative about all things weather--by one of today's rising meteorological stars. Get in--we're going storm-chasing! Imagine a very cool weather nerd has just pull..

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Love Triangle: The Life-changing Magic of Trigonometry

Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi Why can no two people ever see the same rainbow? What happens wh..

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Mapmatics: How We Navigate the World Through Numbers

How does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single working day? Why does remote Alaska have such a large airport? Where should we look for elusive serial killers? The answers lie i..

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Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future

A bold new story of human progress, told through six materials that built our world and will transform our future. For fans of Tim Marshall, Lewis Dartnell, Jared Diamond and Yuval Harari. THE TI..

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Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future

Ed Conway - Sky Economics Editor and Times columnist - reveals a bold new story of human progress told through six materials that built our world, for fans of Tim Marshall, Lewis Dartnell, Jared Diamo..

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Math-ish: Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics

From Stanford professor, author of Limitless Mind, youcubed.org founder, and leading expert in the field of mathematics education Jo Boaler comes a groundbreaking guide to finding joy and understandin..

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Mathematical Intelligence: What We Have that Machines Don't

There's so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to our robot overlords. But Junaid Mubeen isn't ready to throw in the towel ju..

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Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness

A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The scuba-diving philosopher and bestselling author of Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness. ..

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Micro Life: Miracles of the Miniature World Revealed

This book combines graceful design and beautiful photography to provide an elegant introduction to microscopic nature Explore the everyday miracle of the microscopic world With spectacula..

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Mind Blown

Did you know space is only an hour's drive away? Did you know there is a jellyfish that is biologically immortal? Or that of all life that has ever existed on Earth, 99.9% of it is extinct? Dan Marsha..

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Money: A Story of Humanity

MONEY. The object of our desires. The engine of our genius. Humanity's greatest invention. Whether we like it or not, our world revolves around money, but we rarely stop to think about it...

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Moons: The Mysteries and Marvels of our Solar System

ALMOST EVERY PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM HAS ONE, SO WHY DO WE KNOW SO LITTLE ABOUT MOONS? Join astronomer Kate Howells on an interplanetary voyage to explore the mind-boggling moons of our solar..

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Moral AI: And How We Get There

A balanced and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethics Can computers understand morality? Can they respect privacy? What can we do to make AI safe and fair? The..

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Mountains of Fire: The Secret Lives of Volcanoes

'A fantastic account of the power and importance of volcanoes to history ... A book that will make all readers want to become volcanologists.' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Beautiful. Mountains of ..

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Much Ado About Numbers

A fascinating new take on the world of Shakespeare. What's the connection between Shakespeare and maths? A lot, as it turns out! Shakespeare grew up in a time of remarkable mathematical innovatio..

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New Zealand's Night Sky: Prominent Stars and Constellations

When you look up at the stars in the night sky it can be easy to think of them as lights glowing on a large dark ceiling. Can you identify the brightest stars and planets? Do you know which constellat..

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New Zealand's Wild Weather

The drama of New Zealand's changeable weather. Are the events we are seeing due to our changing climate? A compelling, informative and highly illustrated series of investigations into the differe..

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Night Owls and Early Birds: Rhythms of Life on a Rotating Planet

Horseshoe crabs and hibernating squirrels. Jet-lagged pilots and space station astronauts. Night owls and early birds. All of life is profoundly shaped by the daily, monthly and yearly cycles of plane..

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Night Sky Almanac 2024: A stargazer's guide

A beautiful gift for anyone interested in the night sky. Follow the progress of constellations throughout the seasons with this beautiful companion to the night sky from Astronomy experts Collins..

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Notes on Complexity: Life, Consciousness, and Meaning in a Self-Organizing Universe

FOR READERS OF... Carlo Rovelli, Yuval Noah Harari, Suzanne Simard, James Gleick, Sean Carroll, Alan Lightman, Brian Greene, Lisa Randall, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, and Richar..

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Nuts and Bolts: How Tiny Inventions Make Our World Work

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2023* *AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 START THE WEEK, OFF AIR WITH FI AND JANE AND 99% INVISIBLE* 'Delightful' TIM HARFORD, FINANCIAL TIMES ..

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On Natural Selection

No one has done more to shape our view of what makes us human than Charles Darwin, whose seismic theory of evolution turned the Victorian world upside down, utterly rewrote our notions of life on eart..

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On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin's seminal formulation of the theory of Evolution, On the Origin of Species continues to be as controversial today as when it was first published. This Penguin Classics edition contains ..

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On the Origin of Species

These pages include the final edition of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking work that introduced the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. First published in 1859, Charles Darwin's On t..

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On the Origin of Species

In The Origin of Species Darwin outlined his theory of evolution, which proposed that species had been evolving and differentiating over time under the influence of natural selection. On its publicati..

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Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

'A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart's lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms and number-lo..

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One Medicine: How understanding animals can save our lives

It all started with a Hob Nob. As Dr Matt Morgan, an intensive care consultant, examined a patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest after inhaling some biscuit crumbs, he saw a flock of birds fly pas..

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One Thing You Need to Know, The : The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in Science

From gravity to black holes, special relativity to global warming, this authoritative and entertaining book from bestselling author Marcus Chown breaks down complex science into manageable chunks, exp..

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Origin of the Virus: The hidden truths behind the microbe that killed millions of people

Ground-breaking, evidence-based book asks how many lives were lost because of Chinas negligence about lab-leaked SARS-CoV-2. In a disturbing reconstruction of events by two of the most reputable scien..

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Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History

The Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilisations. 'Stands comparison with Sapiens... Thrilling' Sunday Times Human evolution in East ..

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Ornithography: An Illustrated Guide to Bird Lore & Symbolism

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING ILLUSTRATOR From the creator of Floriography and the Woodland Wardens Oracle Deck comes this beautifully illustrated exploration of the folklore, mythology, and his..

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Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life (Collins Modern Classics)

What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter Godf..

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Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era

'I wish it was science fiction, but I know it's not.' Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype 'If you read just one book that makes you confront scary high-tech realities that we'll soon have no ..

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Our Moon: A Human History

'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study' CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth 'Boyle's writing shines, shifting th..

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Our World in Pictures  Periodic Table Flash Cards

A fun way to learn and memorize all the elements of the periodic table Get to grips with the periodic table through playing fun games. The periodic table sets out the humble ingredient..

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Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide

From the author of multi-million bestseller, The God Delusion, an exciting, accessible argument for atheism, written for a new generation. Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for ..

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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity

A groundbreaking manifesto on living better from the world's top longevity expert. This is the ultimate manual for longevity. For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make mu..

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Pathogenesis: How germs made history

Humans did not make history - we played host. This major new history of the world, a Radio 4 Book of the Week, has had unanimous praise from critics and readers alike. This humbling and revelator..

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