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  • Switched On: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution by Albert Glinsky

    Switched On: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution by Albert Glinsky

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    The Moog synthesizer "bent the course of music forever" Rolling Stone declared. Bob Moog, the man who did that bending, was a lovable geek with Einstein hair and pocket protectors. He walked into history in 1964 when his homemade contraption...
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  • Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War by Michael Neufeld

    Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War by Michael Neufeld

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307389374Author Michael NeufeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 697gDimensions(mm) 232mm...
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  • Brunel's Kingdom: In the Footsteps of Britain's Greatest Engineer by John Christopher 9780750963060

    Brunel's Kingdom: In the Footsteps of Britain's Greatest Engineer by John Christopher 9780750963060

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    Isambard Kingdom Brunel changed the world as we know it. He was responsible for building the Great Western Railway main line, introducing regular steamship travel across the Atlantic, building the first tunnel under a major river, and constructing docks,...
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  • Nutt Uncut by David Nutt

    Nutt Uncut by David Nutt

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    David Nutt regularly hit the headlines as the UK's forthright Drugs Czar (Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs), not least when fired by the Home Secretary in 2009 for his 'inconvenient' views. In Nutt Uncut he explains how he survived...
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  • When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 9780812988406

    When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 9780812988406

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812988406Author Paul KalanithiFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)...
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  • Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind by Sue Black 9781951627805

    Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind by Sue Black 9781951627805

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951627805Author Sue BlackFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 160mm...
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  • The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age by David N. Schwartz

    The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age by David N. Schwartz

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    In 1942, a team at the University of Chicago achieved what no one had before: a nuclear chain reaction. At the forefront of this breakthrough stood Enrico Fermi. Straddling the ages of classical physics and quantum mechanics, equally at ease with theory...
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  • Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance

    Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062301239Author Ashlee VanceFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...
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  • Headlines and Hedgerows: A Memoir by John Craven

    Headlines and Hedgerows: A Memoir by John Craven

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    Take a trip down memory lane with the memoir from national TV treasure John Craven, as he recounts both the highs and lows of one of the longest entertaining careers in history, and the people and animals that have helped to shape it. _______'A cracking...
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  • Thomas Telford by L. T. C. Rolt

    Thomas Telford by L. T. C. Rolt

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    Thomas Telford, the son of a shepherd, was born in Westerkirk, Scotland in 1757. At the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a stonemason. He worked for a time in Edinburgh and in 1792, he moved to London where he was involved in building additions to...
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  • The Last Cambridge Spy: John Cairncross, Bletchley Park Mole and Soviet Agent by Chris Smith

    The Last Cambridge Spy: John Cairncross, Bletchley Park Mole and Soviet Agent by Chris Smith

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    John Cairncross was among the most damaging spies of the twentieth century. A member of the infamous Cambridge Ring of Five, he leaked highly sensitive documents from Bletchley Park, MI6 and the Treasury to the Soviet Union - including the first atomic...
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  • Scientists Who Changed History by DK

    Scientists Who Changed History by DK

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    Delve into the lives, inspirations, motivations, and achievements of the greatest scientists in the world and through all time. Explore the stories of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential scientists with this innovative and...
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  • Elon Musk Young Readers' Edition by Ashlee Vance

    Elon Musk Young Readers' Edition by Ashlee Vance

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    Elon Musk is an inspirational role model for young entrepreneurs, breaking boundaries and revolutionising the tech-world. He is also the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films, starring Robert Downey Junior. From his humble beginnings in...
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  • A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane by Samanth Subramanian 9781786492845

    A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane by Samanth Subramanian 9781786492845

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    Book of the Year in The Economist, Guardian, New Statesman, Wall Street Journal and New York Times.Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography and the British Society for the History of Science Hughes...
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  • Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe by Roger McNamee

    Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe by Roger McNamee

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    This is the dramatic story of how a noted tech venture capitalist, an early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and investor in his company, woke up to the serious damage Facebook was doing to our society and set out to try to stop it. ...
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  • The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix by Howard Markel 9781324002239

    The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix by Howard Markel 9781324002239

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    Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick's 1953 revelation about the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do...
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  • Vera Rubin: A Life by Jacqueline Mitton

    Vera Rubin: A Life by Jacqueline Mitton

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    The first biography of a pioneering scientist who made significant contributions to our understanding of dark matter and championed the advancement of women in science. One of the great lingering mysteries of the universe is dark matter. Scientists...
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  • An English Car Designer Abroad: Designing for GM, Audi, Porsche and Mazda by Peter Birtwhistle

    An English Car Designer Abroad: Designing for GM, Audi, Porsche and Mazda by Peter Birtwhistle

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    The humorous and personal account of a life spent working on the design of some of the world's best known cars. Commencing his career as a designer at Vauxhall Motors, Luton in 1973, Peter Birtwhistle then left the UK in 1977 to take a position abroad,...
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  • Alan Turing: The Life of a Genius by Dermot Turing

    Alan Turing: The Life of a Genius by Dermot Turing

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    Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into a life of only 42 years the careers of mathematician, codebreaker, computer scientist and biologist. His codebreaking work at Bletchley Park was so significant it helped to shorten the Second World...
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  • Alan Turing: The Enigma Man by Nigel Cawthorne 9781784045357

    Alan Turing: The Enigma Man by Nigel Cawthorne 9781784045357

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784045357Author Nigel CawthorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd
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  • Men of Mathematics by E. Bell 9780671628185

    Men of Mathematics by E. Bell 9780671628185

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    From one of the greatest minds in contemporary mathematics, Professor E.T. Bell, comes a witty, accessible, and fascinating look at the beautiful craft and enthralling history of mathematics.Men of Mathematics provides a rich account of major...
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  • Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life on Earth by Kate Greene 9781785787775

    Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars: Space, Exploration and Life on Earth by Kate Greene 9781785787775

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    Featured in New Scientist's Best Books of 2021'Filled with wonderment and awe ... Greene's eloquent memoir is equal parts escape and comfort.' Publishers WeeklyA powerful reflection on life in isolation, in pursuit of the dream of Mars.In 2013 Kate...
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  • An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family by Alison Bashford

    An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family by Alison Bashford

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    SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'A masterpiece of biography ... a vivid account of a family at the heart of some of the great cultural shifts of the modern era' John Gray, New Statesman'The whole of British intellectual life seems accessible...
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  • My Brief History by Stephen Hawking 9780857502636

    My Brief History by Stephen Hawking 9780857502636

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    'His clarity, wit and determination are evident, his understand and good humour moving' New ScientistMy Brief History recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his post-war London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity...
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  • Stephen Hawking: A Life Well Lived by Kitty Ferguson

    Stephen Hawking: A Life Well Lived by Kitty Ferguson

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    In 1963 Stephen Hawking was given two years to live. Defying all the odds, he died in March 2018 at age seventy-six as the most celebrated scientist in the world. This carefully researched and updated biography and tribute gives a rich picture of...
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  • Galileo: A Very Short Introduction by Stillman Drake

    Galileo: A Very Short Introduction by Stillman Drake

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    In a startling reinterpretation of the evidence, Stillman Drake advances the hypothesis that Galileo's trial and condemnation by the Inquisition was caused not by his defiance of the Church, but by the hostility of contemporary philosophers. Galileo's...
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  • Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration by Bert Holldobler

    Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration by Bert Holldobler

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    Richly illustrated and delightfully written, Journey to the Ants combines autobiography and scientific lore to convey the excitement and pleasure the study of ants can offer. Bert Hoelldobler and E. O. Wilson interweave their personal adventures with the...
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  • Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

    Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

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    Soon to be a major motion picture starring Golden Globe-winner Taraji P. Henson and Academy Award-winners Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of...
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  • The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future by Andrew Pickering 9780226667904

    The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future by Andrew Pickering 9780226667904

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    Cybernetics is often thought of as a grim military or industrial science of control. But as Andrew Pickering reveals in this surprising book, a much more lively and experimental strain of cybernetics can be traced from the 1940s to the present. "The...
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  • A Life in Trauma: Memoirs of an Emergency Physician by Chris Luke

    A Life in Trauma: Memoirs of an Emergency Physician by Chris Luke

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    Concern. Compassion. Doubt. Despair. Anger. Hope. Imagine juggling these feelings every day in a situation where your ability to manage them could be the difference between life and death. For Dr Chris Luke, a consultant in emergency medicine,...
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  • Tesla: Wizard At War: The Genius, the Particle Beam Weapon, and the Pursuit of Power by Marc Seifer

    Tesla: Wizard At War: The Genius, the Particle Beam Weapon, and the Pursuit of Power by Marc Seifer

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806540962Author Marc SeiferFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Citadel Press Inc.,U.S.
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  • Carl Jung by Paul Bishop 9781780232676

    Carl Jung by Paul Bishop 9781780232676

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    Carl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961), as well as being one of the pioneers of psychology, is one of the most controversial of thinkers: in spite of being largely responsible for the introduction of now-familiar psychological terms such as 'extrovert' and...
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  • Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe by Aomawa Shields 9781408715277

    Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe by Aomawa Shields 9781408715277

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    As a child, Aomawa Shields was always bumping into things, her neck craned up at the sky, dreaming of becoming an astronaut. A year into an astrophysics PhD program, plagued by self-doubt and discouraged by a white male professor who suggested that she -...
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  • James Hutton and the Evolution of the Earth by Ray Perman

    James Hutton and the Evolution of the Earth by Ray Perman

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    Discover one of the Scottish Enlightenment's brightest stars. Among the giants of the Scottish Enlightenment, the name of James Hutton is overlooked. Yet his Theory of the Earth revolutionised the way we think about how our planet was formed and laid...
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  • Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor by Brian Keating 9780393357394

    Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor by Brian Keating 9780393357394

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    In Losing the Nobel Prize, cosmologist and inventor of the BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) experiment Brian Keating tells the inside story of BICEP2's mesmerising discovery and the scientific drama that ensued. In an...
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  • Facebook: The Inside Story by Steven Levy

    Facebook: The Inside Story by Steven Levy

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    'Levy portrays a tech company where no one is taking responsibility for what it has unleashed' Financial Times'This fascinating book reveals the imperial ambitions of Facebook's founder' James Marriott, Sunday Times'The inside story of how Facebook went...
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  • Starman by Jamie Doran

    Starman by Jamie Doran

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    _______________ 'Starman takes us at breakneck speed through Gagarin's strange trajectory ... Without books like these to shelter it, history is eroded by propaganda and real heroes fall victim to spin' - New Scientist 'A riveting account of...
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  • Viktor Schauberger: A Life of Learning from Nature by Jane Cobbald

    Viktor Schauberger: A Life of Learning from Nature by Jane Cobbald

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    -- Second edition of a concise introduction to Schauberger's life and thinkingViktor Schauberger's knowledge of natural energies led to inventions which, if properly harnessed, could solve the world's energy crisis. Unfortunately most people still find...
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  • 60 Year Journey with Lambretta by Dick Sedgley

    60 Year Journey with Lambretta by Dick Sedgley

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788306683Author Dick SedgleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers
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  • Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany by Jordan Goodman 9780007578832

    Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany by Jordan Goodman 9780007578832

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    'Based on meticulous research in original sources ... Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was ... Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated' Jenny Uglow, New York...
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