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Ten Physicists who Transformed our Understanding of Reality Rhodri Evans 9781472120373
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.41Acclaimed popular-science writer Brian Clegg and popular TV and radio astronomer Rhodri Evans give us a Top Ten list of physicists as the central theme to build an exploration of the most exciting... -
Blowfish's Oceanopedia: 291 Extraordinary Things You Didn't Know About the Sea by Tom 'The Blowfish' Hird 9781786492425
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $12.37A New Scientist Gift Pick 2017From luminous squid to invisible plankton, from sandy shorelines to the bone-crushing pressure of the deep, marine conservationist Tom "The Blowfish" Hird takes us on an... -
The This by Adam Roberts 9781473230910
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.92The This is the new social media platform everyone is talking about. Allow it to be injected into the roof of your mouth and it will grow into your brain, allow you to connect with others without... -
Mass: The quest to understand matter from Greek atoms to quantum fields by Jim Baggott 9780198759720
RRP: $18.08Booksplease Price: $15.91Everything around us is made of 'stuff', from planets, to books, to our own bodies. Whatever it is, we call it matter or material substance. It is solid; it has mass. But what is matter, exactly? We... -
Seven Pillars of Science: The Incredible Lightness of Ice, and Other Scientific Surprises by John Gribbin
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $8.94John Gribbin, author of Six Impossible Things, shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, presents a tour of seven fundamental scientific truths that underpin our very... -
Mayday!: A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs and Daredevils by David Darling
RRP: $10.71Booksplease Price: $7.88In a world without aircraft, to believe flight might be possible required a certain kind of character. You had to be starry-eyed, a possessor of practical ingenuity, nerves of steel and a level of... -
Where Do Camels Belong?: The story and science of invasive species by Ken Thompson
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75Where do camels belong? In the Arab world may seem the obvious answer, but they are relative newcomers there. They evolved in North America, retain their greatest diversity in South America, and the... -
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Neutrino by Frank Close 9780199695997 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $2.68What are neutrinos? Why does nature need them? What use are they? Neutrinos are perhaps the most enigmatic particles in the universe. Formed in certain radioactive decays, they pass through most... -
Neutrino by Frank Close 9780199695997
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.43What are neutrinos? Why does nature need them? What use are they? Neutrinos are perhaps the most enigmatic particles in the universe. Formed in certain radioactive decays, they pass through most... -
Metamorphosis: Unmasking the Mystery of How Life Transforms by Frank Ryan
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.54In this enchanting work of scientific exploration, acclaimed science author Frank Ryan explains how metamorphosis - the intricate trick of nature by which caterpillars transform into butterflies -... -
The Spirit of Mathematics: Algebra and all that by Acheson 9780192845085
RRP: $22.10Booksplease Price: $17.63What makes mathematics so special? Whether you have anxious memories of the subject from school, or solve quadratic equations for fun, David Acheson's book will make you look at mathematics afresh... -
Quantum Space: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe by Jim Baggott
RRP: $18.08Booksplease Price: $14.02Combining clear discussions of both quantum theory and general relativity, this book offers one of the first efforts to explain the new quantum theory of space and time. Today we are blessed with... -
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1: Space, Time and Motion by Sean Carroll 9780861546145
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.21THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Sean Carroll has achieved something I thought impossible: a bridge between popular science and the mathematical universe of working physicists. Magnificent!' ... -
Conjuring the Universe: The Origins of the Laws of Nature by Peter Atkins 9780198813378
RRP: $23.44Booksplease Price: $19.00The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at... -
Chancing It: The Laws of Chance and How They Can Work for You by Robert Matthews
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $14.07Everyone who's had to get to grips with chance knows how tricky even its simplest manifestations can be. Its workings are a constant challenge to common sense: a run of luck goes bad just when you... -
The Chip Age: How Chips Shaped Our Past and Will Define Our Future by Rakesh Kumar 9781837733828
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $19.27Chips are everywhere - they drive the world's economy and are at the centre of the struggle for global supremacy. But how did we come to live in the Chip Age? What does it mean for the future?Rakesh... -
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The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything by Marcus Chown 9781474601887 [USED COPY]
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $3.60The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017'Does Einstein proud . . . Eminently readable' Guardian'No one has covered the topic with such a light touch and joie de vivre . . . a delight' Brian... -
The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything Marcus Chown 9781474601887
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $8.59The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017'Does Einstein proud . . . Eminently readable' Guardian'No one has covered the topic with such a light touch and joie de vivre . . . a delight' Brian... -
Six Impossible Things: The 'Quanta of Solace' and the Mysteries of the Subatomic World by John Gribbin
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $8.94SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2019.'An accessible primer on all things quantum' - Sunday TimesQuantum physics is strange. It tells us that a particle can be... -
Conjuring the Universe: The Origins of the Laws of Nature by Peter Atkins
RRP: $16.74Booksplease Price: $13.11The marvellous complexity of the Universe emerges from several deep laws and a handful of fundamental constants that fix its shape, scale, and destiny. There is a deep structure to the world which at... -
![Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe by Marcus Chown 9781782439493 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/10105140/11121483/9781782439493__85496.1788334130.jpg?c=1 "Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe by Marcus Chown 9781782439493 [USED COPY]")
Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand: Fifty Wonders That Reveal an Extraordinary Universe by Marcus Chown 9781782439493 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $3.36Bestselling author Marcus Chown explores some of the most profound and important science about us, our world and beyond by examining some astonishing facts that reveal the vast complexities of the... -
Everything Is Predictable: How Bayes' Remarkable Theorem Explains the World Tom Chivers 9781399604055
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.75SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting . . . I finished it not only better informed about a captivating branch of mathematics,... -
Stargazers' Almanac: A Monthly Guide to the Stars and Planets: 2021: 2021 Bob Mizon 9781782506423
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $12.66Explore the night skies with this beautiful illustrated monthly guide to the stars and planets.This large-format almanac allows you to step outside and track the planets, locate the Milky Way,... -
Physics Around the Clock: Adventures in the Science of Everyday Living Michael Banks 9781803995823
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.17'This is one of those brilliant books where there is an amazing fact on every page showing just how much science underpins our everyday world.' Mark Miodownik, author of It's a Gas: The Magnificent... -
Big Data by Timandra Harkness
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $14.55What is Big Data, and why should you care? Big data knows where you've been and who your friends are. It knows what you like and what makes you angry. It can predict what you'll buy, where you'll... -
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Rebel Star: Our Quest to Solve the Great Mysteries of the Sun by Colin Stuart 9781789290431 [USED COPY]
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $4.68A fascinating and comprehensive guide to the sun - our home star - which remains the greatest mystery in the solar system, and why understanding it is pivotal to our future existence here on Earth.In... -
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language Mark Forsyth 9781785781704
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $8.84THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that nobody strictly needs to know, but which is a pleasure to learn nonetheless.' Nick... -
Rebel Star: Our Quest to Solve the Great Mysteries of the Sun Colin Stuart 9781789290431
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $17.89A fascinating and comprehensive guide to the sun - our home star - which remains the greatest mystery in the solar system, and why understanding it is pivotal to our future existence here on Earth.In... -
Sticky: The Secret Science of Surfaces by Laurie Winkless 9781472950857
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $13.55You are surrounded by stickiness. With every step you take, air molecules cling to you and slow you down; the effect is harder to ignore in water. When you hit the road, whether powered by pedal... -
On the Fringe: Where Science Meets Pseudoscience by Michael D Gordin
RRP: $24.11Booksplease Price: $18.96Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience", typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of... -
The Primacy of Doubt: From climate change to quantum physics, how the science of uncertainty can help predict and understand our chaotic world by Tim Palmer 9780192843609
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $13.33A bold, visionary, and mind-bending exploration of how the geometry of chaos can explain our uncertain world-from weather and pandemics to quantum physics and free will Covering a breathtaking... -
The Primacy of Doubt: From climate change to quantum physics, how the science of uncertainty can help predict and understand our chaotic world by Timothy Palmer 9780192843593
RRP: $36.84Booksplease Price: $28.39A bold, visionary, and mind-bending exploration of how the geometry of chaos can explain our uncertain world - from weather and pandemics to quantum physics and free will Covering a breathtaking... -
1089 and All That: A Journey into Mathematics by David Acheson
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $12.19David Acheson's extraordinary little book makes mathematics accessible to everyone. From very simple beginnings he takes us on a thrilling journey to some deep mathematical ideas. On the way, via... -
Quantum Space: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe by Jim Baggott 9780198809111
RRP: $32.15Booksplease Price: $26.16Today we are blessed with two extraordinarily successful theories of physics. The first is Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, which describes the large-scale behaviour of matter in a... -
The Illustrated Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language by Mark Forsyth 9781785787850
RRP: $26.80Booksplease Price: $16.20A NEW, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED HARDBACK EDITION OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER, PUBLISHED ON ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY.'Witty and erudite ... stuffed with the kind of arcane information that... -
A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species Rob Dunn 9781399800136
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. In A Natural History of the Future, biologist Rob Dunn argues that... -
My Beautiful Genome: Exposing Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time by Lone Frank
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $11.22Internationally acclaimed science writer Lone Frank swabs up her DNA to provide the first truly intimate account of the new science of consumer-led genomics. She challenges the business mavericks... -
Professor Povey's Perplexing Problems: Pre-University Physics and Maths Puzzles with Solutions by Thomas Povey
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $17.62In Professor Povey's Perplexing Problems, Thomas Povey shares 109 of his favourite problems in physics and maths. A tour de force of imagination and exposition, he takes us by the hand and guides us... -
This Is Life: How the Science of the Cosmos Explains What We Are by Christophe Galfard 9781529032048
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $19.18'An entertaining, expert guide to the precarious, miraculous and wondrous journey to where we are now' - Dara O Briain'What a fun book! Like having a chat with a friendly scientist over a coffee' -... -
A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species Rob Dunn 9781399800129
RRP: $33.50Booksplease Price: $23.58Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. From river levees to enormous one-crop fields, we continue to try to...