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Mind Over Matter: Noetic Science and the Question of Consciousness
Michael KerriganCurrent price €18.19Original price €19.99Is it possible to 'send' thoughts into someone else's brain? Can random number generators predict future events? Why does a placebo work like a dru...
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Growing Older Without Feeling Old: on vitality and ageing
Rudi WestendorpCurrent price €17.19Original price €19.99The past century has witnessed a revolution. Less than a hundred years ago, the average Western life expectancy was 40; now it is 80. And there is ...
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Origins: The Scientific Story of Creation
Jim BaggottCurrent price €34.68Original price €36.50What is the nature of the material world? How does it work? What is the universe and how was it formed? What is life? Where do we come from and how...
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Global Catastrophic Risks
Oxford University PressCurrent price €28.79Original price €31.99A global catastrophic risk is one with the potential to wreak death and destruction on a global scale. In human history, wars and plagues have done...
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Mad Science 2: Experiments You Can Do At Home, But STILL Probably Shouldn''t
Theodore GrayCurrent price €24.12Original price €26.50Best-selling author Theodore Gray is back with all-new, spectacular experiments that demonstrate basic principles of chemistry and physics in thril...
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Science Unshackled: How Obscure, Abstract, Seemingly Useless Scientific Research Turned Out to Be the Basis for Modern Life
C. Renee JamesCurrent price €27.08Original price €28.50Why in the world are we paying for all this basic research? The answer to this question becomes clear in this romp through the seemingly useless wo...
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Turing: Pioneer of the Information Age
B. Jack CopelandCurrent price €15.29Original price €17.99Alan Turing is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century. But who was Turing, and what did he achieve during his tragically sh...
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Human Body: Understanding Anatomy
Jane de BurghCurrent price €16.14Original price €16.99Do you know your fibia from your tibia? How does the endocrine system work? Why does the body produce saliva? You may be able to vent your spleen, ...
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Voyage of the Beagle: The Definitive Illustrated History of Charles Darwin''s Travel Memoir and Field Journal
Charles DarwinCurrent price €25.49Original price €29.99Current price €25.49Original price €29.99Save 15% -
Nuclear Physics: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction
Frank CloseCurrent price €15.19Original price €15.99Nuclear physics began long before the identification of fundamental particles, with J. J. Thomson's discovery of the electron at the end of the 19t...
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Food Unwrapped: Lifting the Lid on How Our Food Is Really Produced
Daniel TapperCurrent price €18.99Original price €19.99· Is a glass of red wine a day actually good for you?· Do free-range eggs really taste better?· How does coffee become deca...
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On the Scent: A journey through the science of smell
Paolo PelosiCurrent price €27.08Original price €28.50In humans, the perception of odours adds a fourth dimension to life, from the scent of flowers, the aroma of foods, and all the subtle smells in th...
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The Lost Art of Finding Our Way
John Edward HuthCurrent price €24.75Original price €27.50Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth ...
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Elegance in Science: The beauty of simplicity
Ian GlynnCurrent price €18.99Original price €19.99The idea of elegance in science is not necessarily a familiar one, but it is an important one. The use of the term is perhaps most clear-cut in mat...
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The Evolution of Everything: How Ideas Emerge
Matt RidleyCurrent price €25.18Original price €26.50We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Acclaimed author Matt Ridley shows just how wrong this is in his compelling new book. W...
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Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole: Extraordinary Journeys into the Human Brain
Brian David BurrellCurrent price €16.63Original price €17.50What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this gripping and illuminating book, Dr Allan Ropper reveals the extraord...
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When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time
Michael J. BentonCurrent price €27.08Original price €28.50The greatest mass extinction in Earths history happened some 251 million years ago. In this cataclysm at least 90% of life was killed, both on land...
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Evolution Unraveled: How Science Disproves Evolution
Randall HarrisCurrent price €40.49Original price €44.99Current price €40.49Original price €44.99Save 10% -
A Cure for Darkness: The story of depression and how we treat it
Alex RileyCurrent price €14.88Original price €17.50'Boldly ambitious, deeply affecting, and magisterial in scope' Steve Silberman, author of Neurotribes'Expansive and thoughtful, it illuminates the ...
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This Way to the Universe: A Journey into Physics
Michael DineCurrent price €20.34Original price €24.50''Extraordinary'' Leonard Susskind | ''A true master'' Sean CarollThis Way to the Universe is a celebration of the astounding, ongoing scientific i...
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Death By Shakespeare: Snakebites, Stabbings and Broken Hearts
Kathryn HarkupCurrent price €15.75Original price €17.50A deep dive into the science behind the creative ways Shakespeare killed off his characters. William Shakespeare found dozens of different ways to...
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A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks
Chad OrzelCurrent price €15.75Original price €17.50Entertaining and engrossing Sean Carroll Press the snooze button on your alarm once too often and you soon remember the importance of good timekee...
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