How Not to Be a Doctor: and Other Essays by John LAUNER
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Category: Science
An essential guide on how not to be a doctor - and how to be a better one. How Not to Be A Doctor contains a selection of essays by John Launer, doctor and medical columnist, on the practice and teaching of medicine. Taken together, they set out an argument that being a doctor - a real doctor - should m ...Show more
Magicians: Great Minds and the Central Miracle of Science by M. CHOWN
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Category: Science
The spellbinding story of the 'magicians': scientists whose eureka breakthroughs in modern physics reveal science's mysterious predictive power.
Radical Acts of Love by Janie Brown
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Category: Science
A profoundly moving account of an oncology nurse's conversations with the dying.
The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women by Sharon Moalem
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Category: Science
Here are some facts - Women live longer than men. Women have stronger immune systems. They are less likely to suffer from learning and developmental disabilities, and are better at fighting cancer and surviving famine. Women are simply stronger than men at every stage of life, though we are taught the o ...Show more
The Maths of Life and Death by Kit Yates
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Category: Science
*SELECTED AS ONE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOKS OF THE YEAR* "This is an exquisitely interesting book. It's a deeply serious one too and, for those like me who have little maths, it's delightfully readable" - IAN MCEWAN "An exciting new voice in the world of science communication" - MARCUS DU SAUTO ...Show more
The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar by Matt Simon
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Category: Science
For fans of WHAT IF? and NEW SCIENTIST comes this brilliantly funny and informative look at the stranger side of evolution. Featuring: The Zombie ants mind-controlled by a fungus Beautiful salamanders that can regenerate any part of their bodies, including their brains The mantis shrimp, which fires ...Show more
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly
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Category: Science
*As featured on BBC Breakfast, Radio 5Live and Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2*From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - what it's like out there and what it's like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to thin ...Show more
The Ascent of Gravity: The Quest to Understand the Force that Explains Everything by Marcus Chown
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Category: Science
The Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2017 'Entertaining and at times mind-boggling guide to the weakest of nature's fundamental forces, which also controls the fate of the universe' Manjit Kumar, The Times Gravity is the weakest force in the everyday world yet it is the strongest force in the uni ...Show more
Origin Story - A Big History of Everything by David Christian
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Category: Science
How did we get from the Big Bang to today's staggering complexity, in which seven billion humans are connected into networks powerful enough to transform the planet? And why, in comparison, are our closest primate relatives reduced to near-extinction? Big History creator David Christian gives the answe ...Show more
Weather Detective by Peter Wohlleben
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Category: Science
Bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees,Peter Wohlleben, invites you to reconnect with nature As soon as we step out of the door, nature surrounds. Thousands of small and large processes are taking place, details that are long often fascinating and beautiful. But we've long forgotten how to rec ...Show more
Biased: The New Science of Race Inequality by Jennifer Eberhardt
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Category: Science
'Jennifer Eberhardt makes it clear that racism operates at all levels, and it fills me with hope to know that she is fighting it at all levels. More power to you, sister. The world needs you.' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH From one of the world's leading experts on unconscious racial bias comes a landmark examina ...Show more
Home Robotics: Maker-Inspired Projects For Building Your Own Robots by Daniel Knox
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Category: Science
Learn to make your own robots with this accessible, illustrated guide for robotics enthusiasts, featuring 13 unique robotics projects suitable for beginner to intermediate level. You've seen the sci-fi movies and dreamed of creating your very own robot. Now learn to build machines with your own hands th ...Show more