The Secret Life of Equations: The 50 Greatest Equations and How They Work by Richard Cochrane
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Category: Popular Science | Series: Secret Life of
Discover the 50 equations that have led to incredible discoveries, ground-breaking technology and have shaped our understanding of the world. From much heralded classics, like Zeno's Dichotomy and Pythagoras's Theorem, to The Schrodinger Wave Equation and Google PageRank, each equation is broken down an ...Show more
Science : A History in 100 Experiments by Mary Gribbin
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Category: Popular Science
A history of science distilled into 100 notable experiments - epic moments that have fuelled our understanding of Earth and the Universe beyond. The history of science is a fascinating and long one, covering thousands of years of history. The development of scientific experiments involves some of the mo ...Show more
I Used to Know That: General Science by Marianne Taylor
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Category: Popular Science | Series: I Used to Know That Ser.
For those whose memories of learning science at school consist of burning magnesium and playing with iron filings and a magnet, and whose brains shut down as soon as things start to sound 'too technical', I Used to Know That: General Science is here to remind you of everything you've forgotten or should ...Show more
Many Things Under a Rock The Mysteries of Octopuses by David Scheel
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Category: Popular Science
"Fascinating... the deepest of octopus books.' Peter Godfrey-Smith 'Mind-blowing and soul-expanding' Sy Montgomery Of all the creatures of the deep blue, none captivates us quite like the octopus. This highly intelligent master of disguise is one of our planet's most intriguing and enigmatic creatures ...Show more
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Steve Brusatte
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Category: Popular Science
The passing of the age of the dinosaurs allowed mammals to become ascendant. But mammals have a much deeper history. They - or, more precisely, we - originated around the same time as the dinosaurs, over 200 million years ago; mammal roots lie even further back, some 325 million years.Over these immense ...Show more
The Chemistry Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained) by .
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Category: Popular Science
An accessible guide to more than 95 of the most important discoveries and theories in the history of chemistryDiscover and understand the key ideas that underpin the core science of chemistry and learn about the great minds who uncovered them Written in plain English, The Chemistry Book is packed with s ...Show more
A History of the Universe in 100 Stars by Florian Freistetter
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Category: Popular Science
'Inventive [...] done beautifully' - TLSFrom the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, this is a very personal history of the universe through the author's favourite 100 stars.Astronomer Florian Freistetter has chosen 100 stars that have almost nothing in common. Some are bright and famous, some shine so feebly ...Show more
The Earth: A Biography of Life: The Story of Life On Our Planet through 47 Incredible Organisms by Elsa Panciroli
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Category: Popular Science
It is difficult to conceive of the vast scale of the history of life on Earth, from the very first living organisms that developed in hydrothermal deep-sea vents to the diversity of life today. The evolution of life is a sweeping epic of a tale, with twists and turns, surprising heroes and unlikely surv ...Show more
A New Science of Heaven: How the new science of plasma physics is shedding light on spiritual experience by Robert Temple
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Category: Popular Science
The story of the science of plasma and its revolutionary implications for the way we understand the universe and our place in it.Histories of science in the 20th century have focused on relativity and quantum mechanics. But, quietly in the background, there has been a third area of exploration which has ...Show more
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
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Category: Popular Science | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
We encounter physics before we've even left the house in the morning; an alarm clock tracks time, a mirror reflects light waves and our mobile phones rely on satellites held in their orbit by gravity.Where would we be without the Bernoulli equation to explain how planes fly, electromagnetic waves enabli ...Show more
Planta Sapiens: Unmasking Plant Intelligence by Paco Calvo, Natalie Lawrence
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Category: Popular Science
What is it like to be a plant?It's not a question we might think to contemplate, even though many of us live surrounded by plants. Science has long explored the wonderful ways in which plants communicate, behave and shape their environments: from chemical warfare to turning their predators to cannibalis ...Show more
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith
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Category: Popular Science
Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins illuminates the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. This newly revised and updat ...Show more