Science

An ambitious but accessible book exploring how seven small inventions from the nail to the spring have shaped our world, by the engineer who designed The Shard.

Volume 1 of this series focused mainly on small molecules which are intrinsically electroactive. Volume 2 continues to provide current approaches to real time measurements of essential species in the central nervous system. It describes microdialysis, a sampling technique, which facilitates the removal ...

A short, highly directed guide to an area of science that is little understood but increasingly part of public discourse by the Sunday Times bestselling author of HOW TO ARGUE WITH A RACIST

First, this book will change how you see the world.

Then you will change how others see it.

Offers a selection of weather phenomena, from the snow rollers that form on icy rooftops to the displays of volcanic lightning. In this title, each photograph is accompanied by commentary that explains the science behind these extraordinary events.

When is the last time you were stung by a wasp? Or were followed by a cloud of midges? Or saw a butterfly? All these normal occurrences are becoming much rarer. A groundswell of research suggests insect numbers are in serious decline all over the world - in some places by over 90%.

The Insect Crisis ...

• An astonishing work of creative non-fiction • This is a book about the enigma at the heart of modern medicine, and the mystery of the interrupted self • How does the unconscious mind deal with the body’s experience of being cut open? • What happens to those rare patients who wake up under ...

Ever wanted to know more about the Big Bang but didn't have Brian Cox's email address? Ever wanted to cry out, 'What on Earth is a black hole?' but been afraid you'd be shouting into the abyss? Ever wanted to find out how gravity works but never found the book to pull you in? Well, have no fear: DARK ...

From Schrodinger's cat to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, this book untangles the weirdness of the quantum world.

This series is intended to provide, for the benefit of undergraduate and sixth form students as well as for more highly qualified personnel, a thoroughly readable, interesting and basically non-mathematical account of what electrical and electronic engineering is all about.
The main body of the present ...

This book is a perfect souvenir of a visit to the Museum of Science and Industry. Through our collections and stories this beautifully illustrated guide reveals the extraordinary discoveries and breakthroughs that began in Manchester and went on to influence the world.

How do you remember more and forget less?
How can you earn more and become more creative just by moving house? And how do you pack a car boot most efficiently?
This is your shortcut to the art of the shortcut.

A trailblazing journey through the maps etched into your brain, and how everything depends on them.

A fascinating exploration of a surprising advantage that humans have over our incoming robot masters: we're actually good at maths.

A surreally entertaining trip into the science of living in space.

In this lively and informative book, Benjamin Wardhaugh explains how Euclid's text journeyed from antiquity to the Renaissance, introducing some of the many readers, copyists, and editors who left their mark on the Elements before handing it on. He shows how some read the book as a work of philosophy, ...

An engaging collection of intriguing problems that shows you how to think like a mathematical physicistPaul Nahin is a master at explaining odd phenomena through straightforward mathematics. In this collection of twenty-six intriguing problems, he explores how mathematical physicists think. Always entertaining, ...

How do neurons turn into minds? How does physical "stuff"--atoms, molecules, chemicals, and cells--create the vivid and various worlds inside our heads? The problem of consciousness has gnawed at us for millennia. In the last century there have been massive breakthroughs that have rewritten the science ...

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The Apollo space programme was the largest technical undertaking of all time and also the greatest adventure of the twentieth century. Travelling to the most forbidding environment known to man, twelve unique and courageous individuals stepped out of their tiny spaceships and onto another world. And ...