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Featuring monthly sky maps, with details of the movement of the planets, stars and constellations, the 2025 Australasian Sky Guide is a must-have handbook to the year's most exciting celestial events...
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The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering Janua..
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Will technology change what it means to be human You don't have to be a computer scientist to have discerning conversations about artificial intelligence and technology. We all wonder where we'r..
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Master the technology reshaping our world today. In a series of 50 accessible essays, Keith Mansfield introduces and explains the essential concepts, ideas and key thinkers behind artifici..
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Master the chemistry ideas that shape the world we live in today. In a series of 50 accessible essays, Hayley Birch introduces and explains everything you need to know about the world of ch..
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'Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a marvellously engaging writer, juggling humour, precision, polemic and poetry to enrich his impossibly telescoped account . . . [making]..
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Sound shapes our world in invisible but significant ways, and here Caspar Henderson brings his characteristic curiosity, knowledge and sense of wonder to the subject to take us on an exhilarating jour..
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Harvard's acclaimed geologist "charts Earth's history in accessible style" (AP) "A sublime chronicle of our planet." -Booklist, STARRED review How well do you know the ground beneath your fe..
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A Brief History of Intelligence bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the evolutionary story of how the brain came to be. The entirety of the human brain's 4-billion-year story can..
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Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be. 'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling auth..
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The bestselling and hilarious investigation into space settlement Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, a..
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From the bestselling authors of Soonish, a brilliant and hilarious off-world investigation into space settlement Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no ..
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What is space? What is time? Where did the universe come from? The answers to mankind's most enduring questions may lie in science's greatest enigma: black holes. A black hole is a region of spac..
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Meteorites are generally considered to be bizarre and exotic space junk that you only ever come across in museums. But the reality is very different. Meteorites are generally harmless, with the except..
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A radical new vision of human health and illness revealing the hidden but most significant cause of death in the world today Inflammation has traditionally been thought of as the body's response ..
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Did you know: -Only around 100 people have ever lived beyond a million hours (that's about 114 years) -Around 7% of everyone who has ever lived is currently alive -The '12 days of Christmas' son..
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We may imagine that science is a process of breakthroughs and light bulb moments. But in reality, science goes wrong 99% of the time. Almost every idea a scientist comes up with is quickly ..
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The world expert explains how we hunt new planets, then search them to find if we're alone in the universe For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for..
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Best New Books on Space 2024 - Forbes 'Rarely is a non-fiction book about science this engaging' - Forbes Why darkness is so important - to plants, to animals, and to ourselves - and why we mu..
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From the No.1 bestselling author of Do No Harm, an unflinching and deeply personal exploration of death, life and what matters in the end. From the No.1 bestselling author of Do No Harm, an entra..
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'BRILLIANTLY CLEAR AND CAPTIVATING PROSE' STEPHEN FRY A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023 An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them...
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'Brilliantly clear and captivating prose' Stephen Fry An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them. Where should you move first in Con..
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Exploring the potential for extraterrestrial life and the origins of our own planet, this comprehensive introduction to astrobiology is updated with the latest findings. Informed by the discoveri..
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This groundbreaking new book from New York Times bestselling author Daniel J. Siegel introduces readers to his pioneering, science-based meditation practice. Aware provides practical instruction ..
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Not all statistics are created equal. Take a look behind the scenes and you'll discover that even most official data isn't the solid bedrock we think it is. It's patchy, inconsistent, full of guesswor..
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In Basic AI, leading futurist David L. Shrier delves deep into the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence, delivering fascinating insights and exploring the impact this powerful technology..
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A radically thought-provoking account of a major shift in how we understand our Earth, not simply as an inanimate planet on which life evolved, but rather as a planet that came to life, from the heart..
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A unique reframing of human history as shaped by our physical abilities and limitations - by the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Origins Being Human is history made flesh. It will change the w..
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Uncover how a new approach to epigenetics affects the basis for our understanding of evolutionary biology Beyond DNA is a journey through uncharted territory, advancing new ways of thinking about..
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A revelatory and vibrant story of measurement which will make you look at the world around you anew. 'A wildly ambitious book by a formidably talented young writer.' - ROBERT MACFARLANE '..
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Do you remember the 'Climategate' email leak? Or the 'Frankenfoods'- style headlines about the perils of GM foods? What about the time the government sacked its own science advisor for challenging dru..
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"This is such a cool book. The range of Jono's knowledge is astounding, and so is his ability to digest complex ideas into deceptively simple drawings. You'll learn something on every page-and be ente..
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A brilliant exploration of the most exotic objects in the universe by Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw. At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing..
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The phenomenon of neuroplasticity - the discovery that the brain can change its own structure and function in response to mental experience - is the most important development in our understanding of ..
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Your brain is a collection of maps. That is no metaphor: scrawled across your brain's surfaces are actual schematic images of the sights, sounds, and actions that hold the key to your survival. S..
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The first book on the AI transformation of education, its implications for parenting, and harnessing its power for good Whether we like it or not, the AI revolution is coming to education. In Bra..
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A world-class scientist shares an expert insider view of how real medical science happens, and how teams of brilliant people tackled some of the worst diseases in the world. We often hear abou..
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No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you're not breathing properly. There is nothing more essential to our health and wellbein..
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The definitive story of the worldwide scientific quest to decipher the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, trace its source, and make possible the vaccines to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. 'A luminous, passio..
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Which nations have launched which animals into space? Which countries have no sea views? Where were our planet's now-extinct species last sighted? Who is behind the great avocado boom? Where c..
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WITH A FOREWORD BY TIM HARFORD Which nations have North Korean embassies? Which region has the highest number of death metal bands per capita? How many countries have bigger economies than Califo..
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In ten years' time, will antibiotics still work? Have we let bacteria get the upper hand in the evolutionary arms race?In the 1920s the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin started a golden age of m..
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2014 was the hottest year since record keeping began back in 1880. July 2015 was recently confirmed as the globe's hottest month ever recorded, both on land and in the oceans. This December a major in..
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In The Cabaret of Plants, Mabey explores the plant species which have challenged our imaginations, awoken our wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty and belief. Picked from ever..
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Sweden's Enlightenment genius and his lessons for a world in crisis. This is the first, full-length English language biography of Swedish astronomer and Earth science pioneer Professor Anders Celsius..
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A concise but informative overview of AI ethics and policy. Artificial intelligence, or AI for short, has generated a staggering amount of hype in the past several years. Is it the game-changer i..
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'A very enjoyable book that brilliantly blends science, insight and passion' TRISTAN GOOLEY The secret world of fungi is another kingdom. They do things differently there. Diverse beyond our wildes..
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'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. Yet..
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An introduction to the wondrous world of clouds, by the internationally bestselling founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society and a prize-winning children's book author and illustrator Have you e..
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Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 'Code Dependent is the intimate investigation of AI that we've been waiting for, and it arrives not a moment too soon.' - Shoshana Zuboff, author ..
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LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 'There's nothing like a long plane journey to rediscover the joys of reading an entire book in one sitting and I have just had that pleasure ..
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