Earth Detox: How and Why we Must Clean Up Our Planet by Julian Cribb
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Category: Science and Nature
Every person on our home planet is affected by a worldwide deluge of man-made chemicals and pollutants - most of which have never been tested for safety. Our chemical emissions are six times larger than our total greenhouse gas emissions. They are in our food, our water, the air we breathe, our homes an ...Show more
Elemental - How Five Elements Changed Earth's Past and Will Shape Our Future by Stephen Porder
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Category: Science and Nature
An ecologist explores how life itself shapes Earth using the elemental constituents we all share It is rare for life to change Earth, yet three organisms have profoundly transformed our planet over the long course of its history. Elemental reveals how microbes, plants, and people used the fundamental ...Show more
Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time by Kapka Kassabova
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Category: Science and Nature
Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe and a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between people, plants and place Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe an ...Show more
Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester
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Category: Science and Nature
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Precision is the key to everything. It is an in ...Show more
Expert - Understanding the Path to Mastery by Roger Kneebone
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Category: Science and Nature
THE EXPERT ON EXPERTS SHOW US WHAT IT TAKES TO MASTER ANY SKILL What could a lacemaker have in common with vascular surgeons? A Savile Row tailor with molecular scientists? A fighter pilot with jazz musicians? In Expert, Professor Roger Kneebone combines his own experiences as a doctor with insights fro ...Show more
Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Gabrielle Lyon
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Category: Science and Nature
Learn how to reboot your metabolism, build strength, and extend your life with this accessible new guidebook that demonstrates the importance of muscle for health and longevity from the founder of the Institute for Muscle-Centric Medicine®.After years of watching patients cycle through her practice, Dr. ...Show more
Fully Human: A New Way of Using Your Mind by Steve Biddulph
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Category: Science and Nature
A mother of small children avoids a murderer in broad daylight. A young dad is able to grieve for his lost baby - using a song. And it saves his marriage. What if there were parts of our minds which we never use, but if awakened, could make us so much happier, connected and alive? What if awakening thos ...Show more
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
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Category: Science and Nature
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from ove ...Show more
Horridus: Journey of a Triceratops by Chris Flynn
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Category: Science and Nature
What can a set of ancient bones tell us about the wonder and fragility of our world?Can a relic from the past give us a unique insight into how to approach the future?An exploration of the far-reaching cultural impact of Horridus, gathering together considered musings from celebrated cultural figures an ...Show more
Little Book of Cosmology by Lyman Page
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Category: Science and Nature
The cutting-edge science that is taking the measure of the universe The Little Book of Cosmology provides a breathtaking look at our universe on the grandest scales imaginable. Written by one of the world's leading experimental cosmologists, this short but deeply insightful book describes what scientis ...Show more
Living Planet by David Attenborough
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Category: Science and Nature
A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt t ...Show more
Machines Behaving Badly : The Morality of AI by Toby Walsh
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Category: Science and Nature
Can we build moral machines? Toby Walsh, AI expert, examines the ethical issues we face in a future dominated by artificial intelligence.Artificial intelligence is an essential part of our lives - for better or worse. It can be used to influence what we buy, who gets shortlisted for a job and even how w ...Show more