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Quantum Computing since Democritus by Scott Aaronson
Booksplease Price: €60.98Written by noted quantum computing theorist Scott Aaronson, this book takes readers on a tour through some of the deepest ideas of maths, computer science and physics. Full of insights, arguments and... -
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 2: Quanta and Fields by Sean Carroll 9780861546480
RRP: €20.39Booksplease Price: €14.30THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Neat, and extremely simple: only a deep thinker such as Sean Carroll could introduce the complexity of Einstein's general relativity in such a luminous and... -
Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously by Richard Elwes 9781399818827
RRP: €30.00Booksplease Price: €21.22'Fascinating and immensely readable' Ian Stewart 'A charming tour through the realm of the very, very, very numerous, from the ancient world through to the distant future' Jordan Ellenberg, author of... -
Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That Will Improve and/or Ruin Everything by Dr. Kelly Weinersmith
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.75What will the world of tomorrow be like? How does progress happen? And why don't we have a lunar colony already? In this witty and entertaining book, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith give us a snapshot of... -
The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible by Lance Fortnow
RRP: €21.59Booksplease Price: €16.31The P-NP problem is the most important open problem in computer science, if not all of mathematics. Simply stated, it asks whether every problem whose solution can be quickly checked by computer can... -
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? Dr. Kelly Weinersmith 9780141993300
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €11.08Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it?... -
The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life by Kevin Simler
RRP: €22.79Booksplease Price: €22.00Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via deception and... -
Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime Sean Carroll 9781786078360
RRP: €15.59Booksplease Price: €10.61Quantum physics is not mystifying. The implications are mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but this revolutionary theory is truly illuminating. It stands as the best explanation of the...