The Genetic Age - Our Perilous Quest to Edit Life by Matthew Cobb
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How fifty years of genetic engineering have brought us to the brink of a profound and disturbing future, from Baillie Gifford-shortlisted scientist Matthew Cobb
Vital Organs by Suzie Edge
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The remarkable stories of the world's most famous body parts.Louis XIV's rear end inspired the British National Anthem. Queen Victoria's armpit led the development of antiseptics. Robert Jenkin's ear started a war. All too often, historical figures feel distant and abstract; more myth and legend than r ...Show more
The Science Museum 100 Physics Ideas in 100 Words by DK
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Physics: 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your scientific curiosity and helping you to understand the biggest concepts in physics in concise, 100-word summaries.This book introduces 100 key areas of physics such as gravity, motion, magnetism and quantum ph ...Show more
The Science Museum 100 Maths Ideas in 100 Words by DK
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Maths: 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your mathematical curiosity and helping you to understand the biggest concepts in maths in concise, 100-word summaries.This book introduces 100 key areas of maths such as geometry, algebra, probability and pure maths ...Show more
The Story of the Brain in 10½ Cells by Richard Wingate
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Peer into a microscopic world - and fall in love with the beauty of the brain 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. Ri ...Show more
The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance by Nessa Carey
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At the beginning of this century enormous progress had been made in genetics. The Human Genome Project finished sequencing human DNA. It seemed it was only a matter of time until we had all the answers to the secrets of life on this planet. The cutting-edge of biology, however, is telling us that we sti ...Show more
The One Thing You Need to Know: The Simple Way to Understand the Most Important Ideas in Science by Marcus Chown
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From gravity to black holes, tides to global warming, this authoritative and entertaining book from bestselling author Marcus Chown breaks down complex science into manageable chunks, explaining the one thing you really need to know to get to grips with the subject. In a world in which most people a ...Show more
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1: Space, Time and Motion by Sean Carroll
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A landmark new series from the prize-winning scientist and communicator In this major trilogy, Sean Carroll opens up the world of physics and shows that you don't necessarily need a science degree to gain a deeper insight into the workings of the universe. Starting with the ideas that revolutionised our ...Show more
Basic AI: A Human Guide to Artificial Intelligence by David Shrier
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In Basic AI, leading futurist David L. Shrier delves deep into the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence, delivering fascinating insights and exploring the impact this powerful technology will have on our lives and world. Artificial intelligence is driving workforce disruption on a scale no ...Show more
Unsolved Mysteries - Unexplained Events and Paranormal Phenomena from Around the World by Jamie King
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Seek the truth at the heart of the world's most bizarre cases in this chilling collection of unsolved mysteriesDid you hear about the woman who died inside a tree?What about the legend of the Beast of Bodmin Moor?Do you know that UFOs flew over Belgium?Intriguing, captivating and downright bizarre, this ...Show more
The Matter of Everything: Twelve Experiments that Changed Our World by Suzie Sheehy
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The astonishing story of twentieth-century physics, told through the twelve experiments that changed our world*SELECTED AS ONE OF WATERSTONES' BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOKS OF 2022*'A splendid idea, vividly carried out- I enjoyed this book enormously' PHILIP PULLMAN'A rich history of beautiful discoveries' ...Show more
Elusive by Frank Close
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The story of the Higgs boson - the so-called 'God particle' - and the man who thought of it In the summer of 1964, a reclusive young professor at the University of Edinburgh wrote two scientific papers which have come to change our understanding of the most fundamental building blocks of matter and the ...Show more