Science: general issues

The new branch of science which will reveal how to avoid the rush hour, overcome cancer, and find the perfect dateWhat do traffic jams, stock market crashes, and wars have in common?

From quarks to computing, this fascinating introduction covers every element of the quantum world in clear and accessible language.

Gaining notoriety as the science behind the controversial experiments of the Large Hadron Collider, particle physics explores our most fundamental and mind-blowing problems: How did the Universe start?

Acerbic dark humour meets hardcore science in this mind-boggling exploration of the nine worst ways the world could endDiscover the mind-boggling science of the coming apocalypse!

A highly entertaining and accessible introduction to our planet from the bestselling author of In Search of Schrdinger's Cat, The Scientists, and In Search of the MultiverseIn this lively expedition into the origins, evolution, and workings of our planet, John Gribbin does what he does best: gathers 4.

Stronghold is Tucker Malarkey s enthralling account of an unlikely visionary, Guido Rahr, and his crusade to protect the world s last bastion of wild salmon.

Depression will be the single biggest cause of disability worldwide, in the next 20 years.

In the last century it was argued that men are from Mars and women are from Venus - but things have moved on a long way since then.

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The ultimate guide to the history, background and meaning of whether UFOs really exist, plus associated phenomena such as alien abduction, crop circles and cattle mutilations.

The essential book for understanding the challenges and technologies that will shape the next few decadesHow will we live in the future?

Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award for Popular PsychologyPsychologists have long been aware that most people tend to maintain an irrationally positive outlook on life.

A doctor removes the normal, healthy side of a patient's brain instead of the malignant tumor.

Using modern psychological science, a great deal of research, historical anecdotes and an eloquent turn of phrase, the author contends that the 'seven deadly sins' not only feel good, but are also good for you.

Most of us believe that we possess a self - an internal individual who resides inside our bodies, making decisions, authoring actions and possessing free will.

How and why our brains age, and what we can do to prevent brain ageing and mental deterioration.

A mathematical sightseeing tour of the natural world from the author of THE MAGICAL MAZEWhy do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few six or seven?

Astronomer Royal Martin Rees shows how the behaviour and origins of the universe can be explained by just six numbers.

One of the world's science superstars presents a brilliantly illuminating, entertaining and cutting-edge account of how language actually works.

Susan Greenfield, one of the world's pre-eminent scientists, takes the reader on a guided tour of the final frontier in human understanding: the brain.

A new theory of Intelligence, from a renowned and highly respected writer on brains and evolutionWhat constitutes consciousness or intelligence?

A meticulously clear account of how early ape-men of the African savanna developed into fully human beings.

Will computers become thinking machines?

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The brilliantly told and gripping story of the most familiar - yet, amazingly, still poorly understood - substance in the universe: Water.

Winner of the Aventis Science Book Prize.

'One of the clearest and best-illustrated attempts to explain the virtually inaccessible, the brain' SUNDAY TIMESBrain scans reveal our thoughts, memories - even our moods - as clearly as an X-ray reveals our bones.

From the IgNobel-winning author of How to Dunk a Doughnut, another slice of the weird and wonderful side of scienceGood science and common sense often don't mix.

Len Fisher is a finalist for the prestigious Global Challenges New Shape prize.

A fascinating and incisive examination of our language instinct from award-winning science writer Steven Mithen.

A fantastic voyage through 15,000 years of history that laid the foundations for civilisation as we know it by award-winning science writer Steven Mithen.

Consumers are demanding healthy, natural food products with no environmental impacts.

Whisky is the world's favourite spirit and is enjoying booming sales, yet too often it's shrouded in mystery, myth and complex-sounding terminology.

Like fan mail addressed to the natural world, Everyday Amazing is filled with uplifting and interesting musings on science from Beatrice the Biologist.

Learn all about how your DNA makes you who you arean awesome, unique individualin this fun and simple illustrated guide!

This entertaining compendium of bite-sized articles reveals the stranger-than-sci-fi world of strange science.

This widely adopted textbook provides the essential content and skill-building tools for teaching the responsible conduct of scientific research.

This textbook is for anyone who needs to learn the basics of bioinformatics the use of computational methods to better understand biological systems.

Solving real-world health challenges in a learning environment You are at an exciting gateway into the world of microorganisms.

Many girls want to become scientists when they grow up, just like many boys do.

This textbook is for anyone who needs to learn the basics of bioinformatics the use of computational methods to better understand biological systems.

Nikola Tesla was a genius who revolutionized how the world looks at electricity.

Applications of NMR Spectroscopy, Volume 3 presents the latest developments in the field of NMR spectroscopy, including the analysis of the structure-property relationship of polyphenols, breast cancer diagnosis, drug discovery and formulation, protein confirmation analysis using Fluorine NMR, and enaminone studies.

Walter Isaacson's #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers!

An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from the international bestselling physicistThe runaway success of the microchip processor may be nearing its end, with profound implications for our economy, society and way of life, even leaving Silicon Valley as a new Rust Belt, its technology obsolete.

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES AND DAILY TELEGRAPHSHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGHES PRIZE'A riveting chronicle of faulty science, false promises, arrogance, greed, and shocking disregard for the wellbeing of patients suffering from mental disorders.

Who was Nikola Tesla?

*; Examines the many functions of your intestinal flora and their role in a healthy immune system, including their anti-inflammatory effects *; Explores the major causes of weakened flora, especially the overuse of antibiotics and the overconsumption of refined, low-fiber foods in the modern diet *; Details how to restore your flora after taking antibiotics and how to strengthen your flora with prebiotics, probiotics, and simple changes in eating and drinking habits Our intestinal flora perform a large number of duties--far more than just aiding digestion.

*; Shares the results of the author's rigorous, repeatable, and predictable experiments with subtle energy *; Shows how the mind interacts with matter by means of subtle energy--the key to the placebo effect, the healing power of affirmations and prayers, and energy medicine *; Demonstrates how to harness subtle energy and explains the author's technology to generate subtle energy formulations with practical applications Instruments of modern physics can measure the energies of the electromagnetic spectrum, but these energies only account for roughly 4 percent of the total identifiable mass-energy of the universe.