Eureka! - 365 Mindblowing Science Questions and Answers for Every Day of the Year by New Scientist
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Category: Popular Science
Introduced by Jim Al-KhaliliCould you surf down an erupting volcano?Why do zebras have stripes?Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci?Are there any green mammals?Why do pineapples have spikes?Why do songs get stuck in your head?What happens when black holes collide?Can you extract your DNA? ...Show more
Everybody Hertz: The Amazing World of Frequency, from Bad Vibes to Good Vibrations by Richard Mainwaring
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Category: Popular Science
A voyage of discovery through the vibrations that move us, whether we can hear them or not. Vic Tandy was a level-headed scientist, but there was no denying it: at this late hour in his lonely lab at Coventry University, he kept seeing a grey apparition out of the corner of his eye. Bathed in a cold sw ...Show more
Farts Aren't Invisible: Mind-Blowing Facts From Science, History, Sport and The Universe by Mick O'Hare
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Category: Popular Science
Want to challenge your brain, tickle your sides and turn your world upside down all at once? Then this is the book for you! A mind-bending, brain-expanding cornucopia of facts for curious minds from the bestselling author of Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? and Does Anything Eat Wasps? Own the room with ...Show more
Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka
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Category: Popular Science
From one of the New Yorker's most exciting young writers: a brilliant breakdown of how algorithms have shaped our physical and artistic worlds. The early promise of a free Internet is long gone. Now, rather than allowing us a meaningful relationship with a range of content of our choosing, algorithms ha ...Show more
Flights Of Fancy (HB) by Richard Dawkins
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The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide ...Show more
Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution by Richard Dawkins
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The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. Do you sometimes dream you can fly like a bird? Gliding effortlessly above the ...Show more
Frequently Asked Questions about the Universe by Daniel Whiteson; Jorge Cham
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Category: Popular Science
You've got questions: about space, time, gravity, and the odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole. All the answers you need are right here.As a species, we may not agree on much, but one thing brings us all together: a need to know. We all wonder, and deep down we all have the same big questio ...Show more
Future Superhuman: Our Transhuman Lives in a Make-or-Break Century by Elise Bohan
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In breathtakingly original prose, Elise Bohan argues that we’re hurtling towards a superhuman future – or, if we blunder, extinction. The only way out of our existential crises, from global warming to the risks posed by nuclear weapons, novel and bioengineered pathogens and unaligned AI, is up. We’ll ne ...Show more
Game Theory: Understanding the Mathematics of Life by Brian Clegg
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Brian Clegg was always fascinated by Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation series of books, in which the future is predicted using sophisticated mathematical modelling of human psychology and behaviour. Only much later did he realise that Asimov's 'psychohistory' had a real-world equivalent: game theory. Or ...Show more
Genetics 101 - From Chromosomes and the Double Helix to Cloning and DNA Tests, Everything You Need to Know about Genes by Beth Skwarecki
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Category: Popular Science | Series: Adams 101 Ser.
A clear and straightforward explanation of genetics in this new edition of the popular 101 series. Our genetic makeup determines so much about who we are, and what we pass on to our children--from eye color, to height, to health, and even our longevity. Genetics 101 breaks down the science of how g ...Show more
Gone Viral: The Germs That Share Our Lives by Frank Bowden
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Frank Bowden, a specialist in the field of infectious disease and sexual health, looks at one bug at a time, weaving around them the stories of his patients and their families, the doctors and the difficulties they face and the horrors and successes of hospitals and health care programs. Through Bowden' ...Show more
Good Data: An Optimist's Guide to Our Digital Future by Sam Gilbert
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Digital technology is now so pervasive that it's very hard to escape its influence, and with that growth comes fear. But whatever the news has told you about data and technology, think again. Data expert and tech insider Sam Gilbert shows that, actually, this data revolution could be the best thing tha ...Show more