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Science starts to get interesting when things don't make sense. Even
today there are experimental results that the most brilliant scientists
can n...
Hurricanes and storms strike New Orleans and Mumbai; flooding causes
devastation in England and Mozambique; and, droughts occur in Australia
and D...
The Kofel's impact event in Austria, as seen by a Sumerian oberserver.
Honeybees are dying. In America, one in three hives was left lifeless at
the beginning of 2008. In France, the death rate was more than 60 per
cen...
Stephen Hawking described it as 'the discovery of the century, if not of
all time', yet the scientists who first detected the cosmic radiation
tha...
The world of maths can seem mind-boggling, irrelevant and, let's face
it, boring. This groundbreaking book reclaims maths from the geeks.
Mathemat...
In this well-informed and hard-hitting response to the scaremongering of
the climate alarmists, Nigel Lawson, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
a...
Guardian columnist Dr Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious, invigorating
and informative journey through the bad science we're fed by the worst
of...
Unless we are brilliant at science in our teenage years, many of us put
off 'childish things' - science museums, palaeontology - in favour of
muse...
The Sun is so powerful, so much bigger than us, that it is a terrifying
subject. Yet though we depend on it, we take it for granted. Amazingly
the...
This work is the story of 15 billion years of cosmic evolution,
transforming matter and life into consciousness, how science and
civilization grew...
'Eating the Sun' is the story of the discovery of a miracle: the source
of life itself. From the intricacies of its molecular processes to the
bea...
Discover the amazing and unexpected world of clouds with this inspiring
collection of images. Richard Hamblyn offers a selection of some of the
mo...
The extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded
mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermat's Last
Theore...
The description of creation as it appears in the Bible makes no sense.
The first page of "Genesis" features no humans at all. The substance of
hea...
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature
of reality? Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence for
a...
Work your way around the night sky with this illustrated guide to
stargazing for the complete newcomer, written in clear, non-technical
language. ...
Tim Flannery is here to offer us a change of perspective. And he is here
to inspire us. He invites us to consider again our place on earth, what
i...
Although we may try to keep it hidden in the back of our minds, most of
us are aware of our own mortality. But few among us know what science,
wit...
This is the newest title in the brilliant and bestselling "New
Scientist" series. Science tells us grand things about the universe: how
fast light...
The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic
scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate
longitude a...
Unlocking the Secrets of Existence.
The brand new Philip's Night Sky Atlas is a highly practical atlas for
observers using binoculars or a small telescope. It is an ideal choice
for ...
A surreally entertaining trip into the science of living in space.
Ian Stewart, author of the bestselling Professor Stewart's "Cabinet of
Mathematical Curiosities", presents a new and magical mix of games,
puzzles...
For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable
science. And yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists
th...
Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics. In
this gripping new scientific biography of the revered Nobel
Prize-winning phy...
The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and
Einstein's general theory of relativity. But, almost a century after
their ...
This is a lavishly illustrated volume celebrating 400 years since
Galileo first used the telescope to gaze at the heavens. It is written
by an int...
Science: A Four Thousand Year History rewrites science's past. Instead
of focussing on difficult experiments and abstract theories, Patricia
Fara ...
Only 4% of the universe consists of the matter that makes up you, me,
this form, and every star and planet. Over the last few decades
scientists h...
Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Book Richard
Holmes, prize-winn...
The idea of elegance in science is not necessarily a familiar one, but
it is an important one. The use of the term is perhaps most clear-cut in
ma...
Since Plato, philosophers have described the decision-making process as
either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate or we 'blink' and
go...
Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? Why did the Japanese kill Godzilla
with missiles made of cadmium (Cd, 48)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly
ruin...
'It is a strange model and embodies several unusual features. However,
since DNA is an unusual substance, we are not hesitant in being bold' By
el...
What would alien visitors in the far future, piecing together the
history of earth, find of our brief reign? What clues will we leave?
What fossil...
The Field Guide to Natural Wonders is an engaging and beautifully
presented guide to nature's most theatrical and mysterious events. From
optical ...
Charles Darwin's masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species", shook society
to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the
storm...
Science is full of surprises: the peculiar peepshow beginnings of baby
incubators; the unexpected positive fallout from the H-bomb; the
dinosaurs ...
The paperback of the critically-acclaimed popular science book by a
writer who is fast becoming a celebrity mathematician. Prime numbers
are the ...
In this ground-breaking book Chris Stringer sets out to answer all the
big questions in the debate about our origins. How can we define modern
hum...
Two decades after radiocarbon dating declared the Turin Shroud a
mediaeval fake, brand-new historical discoveries strongly suggest that
this famou...
Paul Dirac was one of the leading pioneers of the greatest revolution in
20th-century science: quantum mechanics. The youngest theoretician ever
t...
Before the mid-seventeenth century, scholars generally agreed that it
was impossible to predict something by calculating mathematical
outcomes. O...
Original records newly released by the Ministry of Defence and now held
at The National Archives in Kew reveal how British Intelligence and the
CI...
This is a groundbreaking attack on the most influential scientific
orthodoxy of the last 150 years. Jerry Fodor and Massimo
Piatelli-Palmarini, a ...
How elementary mistakes, miscalculations and simple bad practice
sometimes lead to death, disaster or expensive farce in this
entertaining but rev...
We all know the world works in mysterious ways! But have you ever itched
to know why? Why don't heavier things fall faster? Why do we have more
en...
This is an engaging and accessible explanation of Einstein's equation
that explores the principles of physics through everyday life. Professor
Bri...
Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing
exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never
seen ...
"You Are Here" is a dazzling exploration of the universe and our
relationship to it. It is the story of how something evolved from
nothing, and ho...
Christmas, 1859. Just one month after the publication of On the Origin
of Species, Darwin received a letter that deeply unsettled him. He had
expe...
The next wave of science writing is here. Editor Max Brockman has
talent-spotted 19 young scientists, working on leading-edge research
across a wi...
Simplicity has become a brand and a cult. People want simple lives and
simple solutions. And now our technology wants us to be simpler, to be
'mac...
Just over a decade since Matt Ridley's seminal Genome, Nessa Carey
presents a hugely compelling explanation of the very latest from the
frontline ...
"The Quantum Universe" brings together two authors on a brilliantly
ambitious mission to show that everyone can understand the deepest
questions o...
This superbly designed and lavishly illustrated book marks a special
moment in history: the final mission of the space shuttle. Noted space
and sc...
Drawing on primary source material and interviews with statisticians and
other scientists, "The Theory That Would Not Die" is the riveting
account...
The forward march of human knowledge has deepened our understanding of
the universe and flung wide the floodgates of technological advance: we
hav...
An investigation into UFO sightings, with accounts given by Pilots, the Military and Government Officials.
This 'Classic New Scientist Q&As' - now fully illustrated.
Illustrated for the first time, with eighty full-colour photographs
showing the bea...