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Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery
Henry Marsh
Biography; Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Medical ethics & professional conduct; Neurosurgery
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A provocative and heartfelt new book from the brain surgeon and bestselling author of DO NO HARM [more]
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Defiant Earth: The Fate of Humans in the Anthropocene
Clive Hamilton
Social issues & processes; Mathematics & Sciences; The environment
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Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological... [more]
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Reality Is Not What It Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
Carlo Rovelli
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Physics; Advocate - Science
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What are time and space made of? Where does matter come from? And what exactly is reality? From Aristotle to Albert Einstein,... [more]
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens...
Cathy O'Neil
Political structures: democracy; Economic statistics; Mathematics & Sciences; Impact of science & technology on society; Algorithms & data structures; Advocate - Science
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We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we... [more]
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Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist
Richard Dawkins
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Evolution; Advocate - Science
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Presents an argument for the power and the glory of science. This book makes an unanswerable case for the wonder of scientific... [more]
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A Day in the Life of the Brain: The Neuroscience of Consciousness from Dawn...
Susan Greenfield
Mathematics & Sciences; Neurosciences; Advocate - Science
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A Sunday Times and Financial Times Book of the Year What happens in our brains when we wake up, savour a meal or a glass... [more]
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The Doctor
Karl Kruszelnicki
Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Science & technology: general interest (Children's&YA)
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THE TIME(LESS) LORD OF SCIENCE, DR KARL KRUSZELNICKI, IS BACK. [more]
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Dognitive Therapy
Laura Vissaritis
Mathematics & Sciences; Dogs as pets
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<div><strong>Training your dog starts with you. In this friendly and comprehensive guide, expert dog behaviourist Laura Vissaritis... [more]
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Client Earth
James Thornton, Martin Goodman
International environmental law; Nature Conservation law; Mathematics & Sciences; Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations; Conservation of the environment
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Environmentally, our planet lacks the laws to keep it safe and those laws we do have are feebly enforced. Every new year is... [more]
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Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era
Daniel Levitin
Media studies; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Probability & statistics; Health & Self-Help; Popular psychology
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A guide to critical thinking in the 'post-truth' era, from the author of Sunday Times best-seller The Organized Mind We live... [more]
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The Wood for the Trees: The Long View of Nature from a Small Wood
Richard A. Fortey
Forests, rainforests; Applied ecology; Trees, wildflowers & plants; The Earth: natural history general; Travel & holiday; Advocate - Travel
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From one of our greatest science writers, this biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through diverse moods and changing seasons... [more]
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Einstein's Greatest Mistake: The Life of a Flawed Genius
David Bodanis
Biography: science, technology & engineering; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Physics
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From the bestselling author of E=mc^2, Einstein's Greatest Mistake is a brisk, accessible biography of Albert Einstein that... [more]
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4th Rock from the Sun: The Story of Mars
Nicky Jenner
Mathematics & Sciences; Solar system: the Sun & planets; Popular astronomy & space; Advocate - Science
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<b>Everything you ever wanted to know about the Red Planet, revealed in an up-close and personal tour of Mars.</b> [more]
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The Clever Guts Diet: How to Revolutionise Your Body from the Inside Out...
Michael Mosley
Medicine; Dietetics & nutrition; Diets & dieting; Advocate - Today's World
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The definitive book on the newest frontier in science, health and diet. Loaded with facts and examples but, above all a practical... [more]
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The Great Acceleration: How the World is Getting Faster, Faster
Robert Colvile
Society & Social Sciences; Impact of science & technology on society; Popular science
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The Great Acceleration is an energizing account from a brilliant new writer of how our society is speeding up--and why we... [more]
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Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life
Adam Greenfield
Society & Social Sciences; Popular culture; Impact of science & technology on society
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A field manual to the technologies that are changing our lives at bewildering speed [more]
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Hamilton Hume: Our Greatest Explorer
Robert Macklin
Biography: historical, political & military; History; Geographical discovery & exploration
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The stirring untold story of a true Australian hero who opened up the nation. [more]
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Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body
Jo Marchant
Mathematics & Sciences; Neurosciences
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A ground-breaking look at the new science behind the mind's surprising ability to heal the body, with advice and tips on how... [more]
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The Australian Bird Guide
Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke, Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack
Mathematics & Sciences; Wildlife: birds & birdwatching
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The most comprehensive and beautifully illustrated field guide to Australia's unique birdlife. [more]
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Built on Bones: 15,000 Years of Urban Life and Death
Brenna Hassett
Archaeology; Society & Social Sciences; Social & cultural anthropology; Popular science; Human biology
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<b>Using clues from teeth and skeletal remains, an archeologist explores our 15,000-year evolution into city dwellers, from... [more]
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The Trainable Cat: How to Make Life Happier for You and Your Cat
John Bradshaw, Sarah Ellis
Mathematics & Sciences; Cats as pets
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'Amazing' Guardian From the on-screen experts for BBC2's Cat Watch, and based on their groundbreaking research - this is... [more]
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The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
David George Haskell
Mathematics & Sciences; Philosophy of science; Popular science; Ecological science, the Biosphere
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The author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature’s most magnificent networkers –... [more]
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Radio Astronomer: John Bolton and a New Window on the Universe
Peter Robertson
Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Mathematics & Sciences; Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment & methods
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The leading Australian astronomer of his generation, John Bolton (1922-93), was born in Sheffield and educated at Cambridge... [more]
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Mathematics & Sciences; Astrophysics; Space science
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller: The essential universe, from a celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. [more]
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Adam Spencer's Time Machine
Adam Spencer
Mathematics & Sciences; Trivia & quiz question books
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Following the runaway success of his Big Book of Numbers and World of Numbers (2015), Adam Spencer is back with a fascinating... [more]
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