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The great American tradition of drop out culture makes it over the millennium mark with a collection of the best from The Excluded Middle, the critically acclaimed underground magazine of UFOs, the paranormal, conspiracies, psychedelia, and spirit. Includes full versions of interviews and extra material not found in…
One hundred years ago hardly anyone knew the first thing about this metal commonly found in the earth’s crust. Today aluminium is ubiquitous. It would nowadays be unthinkable to have to make do without it in our daily lives. Aluminium is especially popular in the cosmetics industry – it helps to prevent…
H. David Froning, a 30-year veteran engineer who worked on several designs for future space travel propulsion, gives us this exceptional compilation of his discoveries, struggles and experiences in the realm of faster than light space travel. Central to the concept of faster than light travel is that the vacuum of…
Women created life, then we erased their story. It’s time for science to tell it.
’A page-turning whistle-stop tour … Eve recasts the traditional story of evolutionary biology by placing women at its center . . . Engaging, playful, erudite, discursive and rich with detail’ New York…
There are more than 100 billion brain cells in our heads, and every single one represents a fragment of thought and feeling. And yet each cell is a mystery of beauty, with branching, intricate patterns like shattered glass. Richard Wingate has been scrutinizing them for decades, yet he is still moved when he looks at…
A Financial Times Book of the Week
One of Nature’s best science picks
’A fascinating, in-depth investigation into the complex landscape of misinformation from someone who has spent his career trying to combat fake news’ Angela Saini
One of the world’s top experts on fighting misinformation…
Hay fever. Peanut allergies. Eczema. Billions of people worldwide have some form of allergy; millions have one severe enough to seriously endanger their health. And over the past decade, the number of people diagnosed with allergy has been steadily increasing, an ever-growing medical burden on individuals, families,…
**AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFAST**
Will we ever truly understand our cosmic home? This is the story of the technologies that allow us to look up, to learn and to discover our place in the cosmos.
’An electrifying new history of the universe’ HANNAH FRY, author of Rutherford and Fry’s Complete Guide to…
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Ny bok av författaren till världssuccén Sapiens!
De senaste 100 000 årens alla upptäckter, uppfinningar och erövringar har gjort människan enormt mäktig. Ändå befinner vi oss i en existentiell kris. Världen står inför en ekologisk kollaps,…
Stories brought us together Books spread our ideas – and our mythologies The internet promised infinite knowledge The algorithm learned our secrets – and then turned us against each other What will AI do? NEXUS is the thrilling account of how we arrived at this moment, and the urgent choices we must now…
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Korallernas planet är en personlig och initierad skildring av korallreven och deras betydelse för både människor och miljö.
Koraller är några av planetens viktigaste arkitekter och byggmästare. De har inte bara byggt upp de färgsprakande och artrika korallrev vi ser i…
Recommended by the New Scientist.
’Brilliant.’ Stylist, ’Ten new books to bring you comfort and wisdom in 2023’
’Thoughtful and thought-provoking – you need to read this book’ – Gina Rippon
’An affecting and illuminating book for anyone who has feelings, and who…
*Available for pre-order: a definitive guide to thinking clearly in a world full of overwhelming information*__________
In our deluge of information, it’s getting harder and harder to distinguish the revelatory from the contradictory. How do we make health decisions in the face of conflicting medical advice? How…
In a time when our political and cultural perspectives feel more divisive than ever, Tyson provides a much-needed antidote to so much of what divides us, while making a passionate case for the twin engines of enlightenment-a cosmic perspective and the rationality of science. After thinking deeply about how a scientist…
’Fascinating. Scheel’s unique perspective on these animals make this the deepest of octopus books.’ Peter Godfrey-Smith, author of runaway bestseller Other Minds: Octopuses and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
’I was agog at some of his accounts. Mind-blowing and soul-expanding’ Sy…
’Fascinating… A thoroughly thought-provoking read’ Dame Sarah Gilbert
Delving into the recent discovery of the brain’s immune system, Dr Monty Lyman reveals the extraordinary implications for our physical and mental health.
Up until the last ten years, we have misunderstood a fundamental aspect…
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”Sharp and engaging” – The Times
”The intricately-reported, elegantly-crafted story of the website that came out of nowhere, to change everything.” – Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store and Amazon…
Ideal for those studying biochemistry for the first time, this proven book balances scientific detail with readability and shows you how principles of biochemistry affect your everyday life. Designed throughout to help you succeed (and excel!), the book includes in-text questions that help you master key concepts,…
Organized around the central theme of homeostasis how the body meets changing demands while maintaining the internal constancy necessary for all cells and organs to function HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY helps you appreciate the integrated functioning of the human body. Author Lauralee Sherwood uses clear, straightforward language,…
Discover the fascinating interplay between your body and the microorganisms that call it home!
"Probiotics: Live bacterial supplement" unveils the dynamic relationship between the human body and its resident microbiota, particularly in the digestive tract. Delving into the world of probiotics and the diverse…
A dazzling follow-up to Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal.
’We would love to discover that each species has a biological clock in its cells, because, if that clock existed and if we were able to find it, perhaps we could stop it and thus become eternal,’ Arsuaga tells Millas in this book, in which…
** Financial Times Best Books for Summer**
’Entertaining and original.’ Guardian
’Accessible and insightful, it’s a thought-provoking read.’ Observer
’ Highly readable.’ The Times
’Nothing less than brilliant.’ Wall Street Journal
What if human intelligence is…
Life innovates constantly, producing perfectly adapted species – but there’s a catch.
Many animals and plants eke out seemingly unremarkable lives. Passive, constrained, modest, threatened. Then, in a blink of evolutionary time, they flourish spectacularly. Once we start to look, these ’sleeping…
What is really happening in your brain when you use your phone, and how to harness it. Humans are often fearful of the day the world will be ruled by machines, but have they not already taken over? The average person spends 4-5 hours a day on their phone, about a third of the time they are awake. We self-interrupt our…
A major exploration of the science of why and how we age and die – from a Nobel Prize-winning biologist and former president of the Royal Society.
’Utterly fascinating. Clear, enthralling and packed with insights.’ – Bill Bryson
’Ramakrishnan’s writing is so honest, lucid and…
The latest volume in The New York Times bestselling physics series explains Einstein’s masterpiece: the general theory of relativity
He taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and special relativity. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind, assisted by a new collaborator, Andre Cabannes, returns to tackle…
Imagine how different our world would be if our ancestors had looked up and there were no stars . . .
For tens of thousands of years, the stars were our constant companions. One of our species’ most enduring and universal relationships has been with the night sky itself, yet in the glow of today’s…
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Succébok om vår framtid med AI. Vinnare av Norges största litteraturpris Brageprisen 2023.
Artificiell intelligens är här för att stanna. Smarta algoritmer, chattbotar och robotar som utför avancerade arbeten tar allt större plats i våra liv. Ändå är det få som vet hur AI verkligen fungerar och vad den snabba…
Kategorier: Matematik och naturvetenskap Naturvetenskap Naturvetenskapens och teknikens inverkan på samhället
**A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**
From the author of Spillover, the book that predicted the pandemic, Breathless is the story of Covid-19 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists tasked with fighting it.
Bestelling author David Quammen draws on countless interviews with…
A powerful reframing of mental health, grounded in cutting-edge neuroscientific research There are many routes to mental wellbeing and award-winning neuroscientist Camilla Nord is at the forefront of finding them. In this ground-breaking book, she offers a revelatory tour of the scientific and technological…
”An exceptional new piece of popular science . . . Forceful, engaging and funny . . . an essential reality check for anyone who has ever looked for home in the night sky . . . hilarious. The breezy prose is studded with charming cartoons This book will make you happy to live on this planet – a good thing,…
Ever wanted to know more about the Big Bang but didn’t have Brian Cox’s email address? Ever wanted to cry out, ’What on Earth is a black hole?’ but been afraid you’d be shouting into the abyss? Ever wanted to find out how gravity works but never found the book to pull you in?
Well, have no…
Let us journey into the heart of a black hole. Let us slip beyond its boundary, the horizon, and tumble – on and on – down this crack in the universe. As we plunge, we'll see geometry fold, we'll feel the equations draw tight around us. Eventually, we'll pass it: the remains of a star, deep…
Big Brother is watching us…and mind control is, in a real sense, a reality. What are we going to do about it?
When one of his articles goes viral, Simon McCarthy-Jones finds himself, at all hours of the day and night, having the thought ’check Facebook’. But was it really his thought? How often do you…
Graphic design guru Tim Leong presents Star Wars trivia in an all-new way—through playful pie charts, bar graphs, and other data-driven infographics. From a Venn diagram of Yoda's idiosyncrasies to an organizational chart of the Empire to a line graph of Grand Moff Tarkin's management decisions, Star Wars Super…
From the origins of life to the structure of modern ecosystems, this beautifully illustrated and full-colour book follows the story of life on Earth, stopping along the way to relate how key developments have influenced events in history. It is indispensable both for students of biology and anyone curious about how…