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Machines Behaving Badly: The Morality of AI by Toby Walsh
RRP: €23.80Booksplease Price: €17.61Can we build moral machines?Artificial intelligence is an essential part of our lives - for better or worse. It can be used to influence what we buy, who gets shortlisted for a job and even how we... -
Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia by Anthony M. Townsend
RRP: €16.65Booksplease Price: €15.60Today more people live in cities than in the countryside, mobile broadband connections outnumber fixed ones and machines outnumber people on a new Internet of Things. In Smart Cities Anthony Townsend... -
An Introduction to Mineral Sciences by Andrew Putnis
Booksplease Price: €90.00The subject of mineralogy is moving away from the traditional systematic treatment of mineral groups toward the study of the behaviour of minerals in relation to geological processes. A knowledge of... -
Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics: The 1986 Dirac Memorial Lectures by Richard P. Feynman
Booksplease Price: €15.83Perhaps the two most important conceptual breakthroughs in twentieth century physics are relativity and quantum mechanics. Developing a theory that combines the two seamlessly is a difficult and... -
Biology: The Whole Story by Lindsay Turnbull 9781788451932
RRP: €29.74Booksplease Price: €18.00From the origins of life to the structure of modern ecosystems, this beautifully illustrated and full-colour book follows the story of life on Earth, stopping along the way to relate how key... -
Pegasus: The Secret Technology that Threatens the End of Privacy and Democracy by Laurent Richard 9781529094855
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.54The gripping, behind-the scenes story of one of the most sophisticated surveillance weapons ever created, which is threatening democracy and human rights.‘Absorbing . . . a celebration of journalism... -
Transient and Strange: Notes on the Science of Life by Nell Greenfieldboyce 9780393882346
RRP: €26.18Booksplease Price: €21.53In her career as a science reporter, Nell Greenfieldboyce has reported from inside a space shuttle, the bottom of a coal mine and the control room of a particle collider; she's presented news on the... -
Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind by Annalee Newitz 9780393881516
RRP: €26.18Booksplease Price: €21.37In Stories Are Weapons, best-selling author Annalee Newitz traces the way disinformation, propaganda and violent threats-the essential tool kit for psychological warfare-have evolved from military... -
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Bones, Stones and Molecules: "Out of Africa" and Human Origins by David W. Cameron 9780121569334
Booksplease Price: €58.66Bones, Stones and Molecules provides some of the best evidence for resolving the debate between the two hypotheses of human origins. The debate between the 'Out of Africa' model and the... -
Prometheus Bound by John M. Ziman 9780521434300
Booksplease Price: €133.79After expanding steadily for centuries, science is reaching its limits to growth. We can no longer afford the ever increasing cost of exploring ever wider research opportunities. In the competition... -
The Development of Darwin's Theory: Natural History, Natural Theology, and Natural Selection, 1838-1859 by Dov Ospovat 9780521469401
Booksplease Price: €71.48Dov Ospovat's book, originally published in 1981, has become generally accepted as one of the most influential books about Darwin published in recent years. Ospovat examines the period of 1838-1859... -
An Introduction to Active Galactic Nuclei by Bradley M. Peterson 9780521479110
RRP: €70.21Booksplease Price: €64.11How can we test if a supermassive black hole lies at the heart of every active galactic nucleus? What are LINERS, BL Lacs, N galaxies, broad-line radio galaxies and radio-quiet quasars and how do... -
Unusual Telescopes by Peter L. Manly 9780521483933
Booksplease Price: €66.79Excellence in observation is crucial to astronomy. Optical designers, engineers and astronomers have tried all kinds of novel ways to improve telescope design, in the quest for better and more... -
Evolving the Mind: On the Nature of Matter and the Origin of Consciousness by A. Graham Cairns-Smith 9780521637558
Booksplease Price: €56.26Evolving the Mind has two main themes: how ideas about the mind evolved in science; and how the mind itself evolved in nature. The mind came into physical science when it was realised, first, that it... -
Automata and Languages by John M. Howie 9780198534426
Booksplease Price: €66.26Theoretical models of simple computing mahcines, known as automata, play a central role in theoretical computer science. This textbook presents an introduction to the theory of automata and to their... -
Dictionary of Immunology 4E by W. J. Herbert 9780127520254
RRP: €52.35Booksplease Price: €48.68This is the fourth edition of a well-established dictionary of Immunology which has been completely revised and updatedto include key terms arising from new discoveries in the fast-developing fields... -
Tweeting the Universe: Tiny Explanations of Very Big Ideas by Govert Schilling 9780571295708
RRP: €10.70Booksplease Price: €7.94In 140 pages, two masterly popularisers present 140 explanations of the biggest questions in physics - in the form of 10 or so tweets per page. They set themselves the challenge of boiling down... -
The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines by Gaurav Suri 9781035088348
RRP: €26.18Booksplease Price: €19.40As heard on BBC Radio 4 Start the WeekA New Scientist Best Book of the YearA Next Big Ideas Club Book of the Year‘Excellent’ – Geoffrey Hinton, the ‘godfather of AI’ and Nobel laureate in Physics‘An... -
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You Are What You Eat by 9780753511060 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €2.94Using the nutritional principles advocated in the TV show, You Are What You Eat: The Meal Planner That Will Change Your Life is the third book in the hugely successful You Are What You Eat series. ... -
50 Science Ideas You Really Need to Know by Gail Dixon
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.3850 Science Ideas You Really Need to Know is your guide to the biggest questions and deepest concepts from across the whole of science. What was the Big Bang? How did life on Earth arise? What does... -
Quantum Computing from Colossus to Qubits: The History, Theory, and Application of a Revolutionary Science by John Gribbin
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.26The revolution is here. In breakthrough after breakthrough, pioneering physicists are unlocking a new quantum universe which provides a better representation of reality than our everyday experiences... -
Spares by Michael Marshall Smith
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €9.85Talking fridges, human clone farms, flying shopping malls - we must be in the Michael Marshall Smith zone. A world all too close to our own... Spares - human clones, the ultimate health... -
The Origin of Everyday Moods: Managing Energy, Tension, and Stress by Robert E. Thayer
Booksplease Price: €48.97Snacks. Sex. Shopping. Whether we realize it or not, all of us have strategies for self-medicating ourselves when we feel threatened or overwhelmed by tension or tiredness. But why do people respond... -
A Prickly Affair: The Charm of the Hedgehog by Hugh Warwick
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €10.98Discover the many wonders of the hedgehog: a funny, charming creature of the countryside. Carrying its secrets beneath patterned spinesand roaming our fields, parks and gardens, why is it that the... -
Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics: Collected Papers on Quantum Philosophy by J. S. Bell
Booksplease Price: €64.45John Bell, FRS was one of the leading expositors and interpreters of modern quantum theory. He is particularly famous for his discovery of the crucial difference between the predictions of... -
Wondrous Curiosities: Ancient Egypt at the British Museum Stephanie Moser (University of Southampton) 9780226542102
Booksplease Price: €44.05When the British Museum opened its doors more than two centuries ago, scores of visitors waited eagerly outside for a first glimpse of ancient relics from Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Even today, in this... -
Hogfather: (Discworld Novel 20) by Terry Pratchett 9781804990353
RRP: €13.08Booksplease Price: €10.32'Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.''Twas the night before Hogswatch and all through the house . . . something was missing.Superstition... -
The Kingdom of Infinite Space: A Fantastical Journey around Your Head by Raymond Tallis 9781843546702
RRP: €23.80Booksplease Price: €18.14From the act of blushing and the amount of manganese in our tears (tears of pain contain more than tears of distress) to the curiousness of a kiss, The Kingdom of Infinite Space explores the... -
Evolving the Mind: On the Nature of Matter and the Origin of Consciousness by A. Graham Cairns-Smith 9780521402200
Booksplease Price: €82.37Evolving the Mind has two main themes: how ideas about the mind evolved in science; and how the mind itself evolved in nature. The mind came into physical science when it was realised, first, that it... -
Biology by Numbers: An Encouragement to Quantitative Thinking Richard F. Burton (University of Glasgow) 9780521571562
Booksplease Price: €85.54Biologists are notoriously reticent about using mathematics. This textbook is both an introduction to quantitative biology and a guide for the number-shy. Richard Burton fosters a sense of the... -
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz 9781250357465
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €12.50A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.You don't have to eat food to know the way to a city's heart... -
The Surge: The Race Against the Most Destructive Force in Nature Jeevan Vasagar 9780008766450
RRP: €26.18Booksplease Price: €19.10An Observer 'book to look out for' in 2026 A New Scientist pick for 2026 The Surge is a timely, gripping account of... -
Trading the Genome: Investigating the Commodification of Bio-Information by Bronwyn Parry 9780231121743
RRP: €73.78Booksplease Price: €59.37In a groundbreaking work that draws on anthropology, history, philosophy, business and law, Parry links firsthand knowledge of the operation of the bioprospecting industry to a sophisticated analysis... -
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The Happy Dog Owner: Finding Health and Happiness with the Help of Your Dog by Dr Carri Westgarth 9781787396555 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €4.03Your relationship with your dog can be one of the most rewarding you will ever experience. Your pet's sense of loyalty, fun and their unconditional love can bring an unparalleled joy into your life... -
Groups, Representations and Physics H.F Jones 9780750305044
RRP: €90.43Booksplease Price: €82.40Illustrating the fascinating interplay between physics and mathematics, Groups, Representations and Physics, Second Edition provides a solid foundation in the theory of groups, particularly group... -
Gridlock by Ben Elton
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.94Gridlock is when a city dies. Killed in the name of freedom. Killed in the name of oil and steel. Choked on carbon monoxide and strangled with a pair of fluffy dice. How did it come to this? How did... -
How Nature Keeps Time: Understanding Life Events in the Natural World by Helen Pilcher
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €14.77An accessible and thought-provoking introduction to timespans in the natural world, featuring more than 80 beautifully designed diagrams and charts. Which organisms live the longest? How does the... -
A Geologic Time Scale 2004 by Felix M. Gradstein
Booksplease Price: €94.46An international team of over forty stratigraphic experts have helped to build the most up-to-date international stratigraphic framework for the Precambrian and Phanerozoic. This successor to A... -
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz
RRP: €16.65Booksplease Price: €14.20In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries... -
Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon James Harford 9780471327219
RRP: €24.99Booksplease Price: €19.31How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive Beat America to the Moon. "Fascinating ...packed with technical and historical detail for the space expert and enthusiast alike ...Great stuff!"-New...