The Hunt for Vulcan: How Albert Einstein Destroyed a Planet and Deciphered the Universe by Thomas Levenson
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Category: Science and Nature
In 1859, the brilliant scientist Urbain LeVerrier discovered that the planet Mercury has a wobble, that its orbit shifts over time. His explanation was that there had to be an unseen planet circling even closer to the sun. He called the planet Vulcan. Supported by the theories of Sir Isaac Newton, the f ...Show more
Spaceport Earth by Joe Pappalardo
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Category: Science and Nature
It's the 21st-century and everything about the space industry is changing, and leading that charge are private sector companies including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin, which are building a dizzying array of new spacecraft and rockets, not just for government use, but for any paying cu ...Show more
Unknown Universe by Stuart Clark
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Category: Science and Nature
On 21 March 2013, the European Space Agency released a map of the afterglow of the Big Bang. Taking in 440 sextillion kilometres of space and 13.8 billion years of time, it is physically impossible to make a better map: we will never see the early Universe in more detail. On the one hand, such a view is ...Show more
Endurance by Scott Kelly
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Category: Science and Nature
From the Nasa astronaut who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station - what it's like out there and what it's like now, back here. Enter Scott Kelly's fascinating world and dare to think of your own a little differently. The veteran of four space flights and the American recor ...Show more
The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting, and the Science of False Memory by Julia Shaw
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Category: Science and Nature
Think you have a good memory? Think again. Memories are our most cherished possessions. We rely on them every day of our lives. They make us who we are. And yet the truth is they are far from being the accurate record of the past we like to think they are. True, we can all admit to having suffered occas ...Show more
The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman
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Category: Science and Nature
Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance of birds. As she travels ar ...Show more
What the Hell Happened to My Brain?: Living Beyond Dementia by Kate Swaffer
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Category: Science and Nature
Kate Swaffer was just 49 years old when she was diagnosed with a form of younger onset dementia. In this book, she offers an all-too-rare first-hand insight into that experience, sounding a clarion call for change in how we ensure a better quality of life for people with dementia. Kate describes vividly ...Show more
Brain's Way of Healing (CD) by Norman Doidge
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Category: Science and Nature
In The Brain's Way of Healing, Norman Doidge, the bestselling author of The Brain That Changes Itself, presents astounding discoveries in the brain's healing power. This book is about the discovery that the human brain has its own unique way of healing. For centuries we believed that the price we paid f ...Show more
How To Build A Universe (The Infinite Monkey Cage) by Prof. Brian Cox; Robin Ince; Alexandra Feachem
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Category: Science and Nature | Series: The Infinite Monkey Cage
The Infinite Monkey Cage, the legendary BBC Radio 4 programme, brings you this irreverent celebration of scientific marvels. Join us on a hectic leap through the grand and bizarre ideas conjured up by human imagination, from dark matter to consciousness via neutrinos and earthworms. Professor Brian Cox ...Show more
How to be Human : New Scientist by New Scientist Staff
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Category: Science and Nature
If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don't belong to you, or t ...Show more
Wohlleben / The Hidden Life of Trees (Audio CD) by Peter Wohlleben
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Category: Science and Nature
A forester's fascinating stories backed by the latest scientific research illustrate how trees nurture and talk to each other. In this international bestseller - which has sold more than 320,000 copies in Germany alone - forester and author Peter Wohlleben draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries ...Show more
The Future of Humanity (HB) by Michio Kaku
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Category: Science and Nature
The #1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies. Formerly the domain of fiction, moving human civilization to ...Show more