Celebrates twenty great adventures of the twentieth century, ranging from an account of Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon to a chronicle of Sir Edmund...
A revised edition of Gardner's classic on the development of creativity. Illustrated throughout with children's art, this book is a systematic examination of the relation...
«Non vengono da un altro pianeta e non nascono dal nulla. I responsabili della prossima pandemia sono già tra noi, sono virus che oggi colpiscono...
GOD CREATED THE INTEGERS is Stephen Hawking's personal choice of the greatest mathematical works in history. He allows the reader to peer into the mind...
Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged. Ever since the last 1970s, his monthly essay in Natural...
This million-copy bestseller is universally acclaimed and translated into over twenty languages. "The sort of popular science writing that makes the reader feel like a...
Scientific insight and literary flair combine, in this collection of reflections where such topics as the importance and relevance of Darwinism, the question of size...
Enough plastic is thrown away every year to circle the world 4 times More than 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans each year...
The Handbook of Membrane Separations: Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnological Applications provides detailed information on membrane separation technologies as they have evolved over the past decades....
Now in its third edition, this classic text covers many aspects of infrared and Raman spectroscopy that are critical to the chemist doing structural or...
Written by exceptionally experienced experts from one of the world′s major biotech regions, the Heidelberg area, the authors come from academia, such well–known research centers...
Lovelock's unique authority and original perspective sets this book apart from other books on environmental change. He speaks as a "planetary physician" with more than...
Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them will...
Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the...
What 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...
The history of science is replete with ideas that were considered socially, morally or emotionally dangerous in their time. The Copernican and Darwinian revolutions are...
Fun, quirky and informative, A Neutron Walks Into A Bar... is a collection of facts, definitions, explanations, biographies and jokes guaranteed to quench a thirst...
From the author of You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything Essential reading for an astounding summer of...
This is a collection of science briefs that have been running in "The New Scientist" since 1989, covering subjects from the "big bang" to embryo...
With hurricanes battering coast lines, sea level rise threatening entire countries with extinction and wildfires raging across broad swaths of America and the planet, it...
Focuses on the first 40 years of author's life: from his troubled childhood in Durban and Bloemfontein to his intense student days at Wits University...
In this counter-attack on Al Gore and others who campaign on global warming, Nigel Lawson argues that science is only part of the story. He...
A multilayered tale arranged in an organic succession of set pieces, flashbacks, biographical sketches, and human and lithic histories, explores North American geology, plate tectonics,...
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Those who feel doomed to be fat would be well advised to digest every word of Taubes's cogently argued, agenda-shifting book....
In this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from...
Elizabeth Kolbert, one of today's leading environmental journalists, edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing. Bringing together promising new voices and prize-winning favorites, this collection is...
This collection of essays range from history to the latest theories in biology, from controversies over palaeontology to the origins of language. The title is...
An intimate portrait of an everyday genius. Alexander Masters tripped over his first subject on a Cambridge pavement, and the result was the multi-award-winning bestseller...
#1 Irish Times Bestseller!A modern travel tale-part personal pilgrimage, part political quest-that captures the power of human resilience"McKiernan sticks his thumb out, and somehow a...
Stem cell science is a subject that raises passionate debate. Many scientists believe it could revolutionize the way we treat disease and provide treatments for...
The second edition of Urban Geography continues to provide an authoritative and stimulating global introduction to the study of towns and cities. The text synthesizes...
Most of us take our body for granted and are never aware of its amazing capabilities. This book looks at how the seven octillion atoms...
Enough plastic is thrown away every year to circle the world 4 times More than 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans each year...
* All of the most popular methods of controlling the fox population * Based on current conservation attitudes The control of the fox population is...
What would happen if you took a swim outside a deep-sea submarine wearing only Speedos? How long could you last if you stood on the...
