42 Reasons to Hate the Universe (And One Reason Not to) by Chris Ferrie, Wade David Fairclough, Byrne LaGinestra
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Category: Popular Science
From bestselling author Chris Ferrie comes an out of this world pop science space book on how the universe is, indeed, trying to kill us all. If you've always suspected the universe was out to get you... you were right! Yes, the universe we live in is cosmically beautiful and mysterious and all that cr ...Show more
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
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Category: Popular Science
In this mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Carlo Rovelli explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, elementary particles, gravity, and the nature of the mind.Everything you need to know about modern physics, the u ...Show more
The Insect Crisis: Our Fragile Dependence on the Planet's Smallest Creatures by Oliver Milman
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Category: Popular Science
How would we live if insects no longer existed?
How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present, and Future by Vaclav Smil
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Category: Popular Science
Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperi ...Show more
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
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Category: Popular Science
'We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.' Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions and its remarkable ab ...Show more
All the Ghosts in the Machine: How the Digital Age Is Transforming Death in the 21st Century by Elaine Kasket
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Category: Popular Science
'As charming and touching as it is astute and insightful'Adam Alter, New York Times bestselling author of Irresistable and Drunk Tank PinkSeen any ghosts on your smartphone lately? As we're compelled to capture, store and share more and more of our personal information, there's something we often forge ...Show more
When Animals Dream: The Hidden World of Animal Consciousness by David M. Peña-Guzmán
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Category: Popular Science
A spellbinding look at the philosophical and moral implications of animal dreaming Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream brings together behavioural and neuroscientific research on animal sleep with philosophical theories of dream ...Show more
The Weather Machine: How We See into the Future by Andrew Blum
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Category: Popular Science
'Revelatory ... convey[s] the technical brilliance and political significance of an achievement that hides in plain sight'TelegraphFrom satellites circling the Earth, to weather stations far out in the ocean, through some of the most ingenious minds and advanced algorithms at work today - In this grippi ...Show more
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness by Carlo Rovelli
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Category: Popular Science
One of the most inspiring and counter-intuitive thinkers of our age, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, transforms the way we think about the world with his reflections on science, history and humanity. In this collection of writings, the logbook of an intelligence always on the m ...Show more
Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?: And 101 Other Intriguing Science Questions by New Scientist
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Category: Popular Science
From the phenomenal New Scientist series, with over 2,500,000 copies sold Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? is the third compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of Does Anything Eat W ...Show more
The Smell of Fresh Rain: The Unexpected Pleasures of our most Elusive Sense by Barney Shaw
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Category: Popular Science
What do we actually mean when we say that something smells of fresh paint? Or frying bacon? And what does five o clock in the morning smell like? Inspired by an unsettlingly synaesthesic question put to him by his son, Barney Shaw looks into the science of smell: peering behind its sensory nature to dis ...Show more
The Happy Brain: The Science of Where Happiness Comes from, and Why by Dean Burnett
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Category: Popular Science
Do you want to be happy? If so - read on. This book has all the answers.* In The Happy Brain, neuroscientist Dean Burnett delves deep into the inner workings of our minds to explore some fundamental questions about happiness. For starters: what does it actually mean to be happy? Where does it come fro ...Show more