Nodding Off - The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave by Alice Gregory
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Category: Science and Nature
Getting a good night's sleep on a regular basis is essential to living a happy and healthy life, but why is it harder for some of us than others? How do our sleeping patterns change throughout our lives, and what are the long-term effects for bad sleepers? These are the types of questions that jump into ...Show more
30-Second AI and Robotics by Luis de Miranda
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Category: Science and Nature | Series: 30 Second
This comprehensive presentation of the core concepts and historical landmarks in robotics and artificial intelligence is a must-read for those who want to understand the important changes happening now in our everyday lives, in the workplace, and in our minds and bodies. What is deep in "deep learning"? ...Show more
Ten Drugs - How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine by Thomas Hager
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Category: Science and Nature
Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher's genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this re ...Show more
Do Dice Play God? The Mathematics of Uncertainty by Ian Stewart
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Category: Science and Nature
A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps us make sense of the unpredictable We would like to believe we can know things for certain. We want to be able to figure out who will win an election, if the stock market will crash, or if a suspect definitely committed a crime. But the odds are not in ...Show more
Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car - and How It Will Reshape Our World by Lawrence Burns
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Category: Science and Nature
'A fascinating hybrid. Part freewheeling history of the rise of the modern autonomous vehicle, part intimate memoir from an insider who was on the front lines for much of that history, Autonomy will more than bring readers up to speed on one of today's most closely watched technologies' Brian Merchant, ...Show more
The Brain Warrior's Way: Ignite Your Energy And Focus, Attack Illness And Aging, Transform Pain Into Purpose by Daniel G. Amen
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Category: Science and Nature
Optimise your brain and fight Alzheimer's, depression, obesity, and a host of other illnesses with this prescription from two New York Times bestselling authors, now in paperback. The Brain Warrior's Way is a scientific program designed by Daniel and Tana Amen to help you master your brain and body for ...Show more
The Genetics of Health: Understand Your Genes for Better Health by Sharad P. Paul
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Category: Science and Nature
Take charge of your health by understanding the connection between our evolutionary past and our future wellbeing with this practical guide to personalised health and nutrition - from distinguished physician Dr. Sharad PaulRecognised as one of the best in his field, surgeon, academic, and philanthropist ...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
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
No Need for Geniuses: Revolutionary Science in the Age of the Guillotine by Professor Steve Jones
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Category: Science and Nature
Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. Its scholars laid the foundations of today's physics, chemistry and biology. They were true revolutionaries: agents of an upheaval both of understanding and of politics. Many had an astonishing breadth of talents. The Minister ...Show more
The Rules of Contagion by Adam Kucharski
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Category: Science and Nature
'It is hard to imagine a more timely book ... much of the modern world will make more sense having read it.' The Times'Brilliant and authoritative' - Alex Bellos, author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland A deadly virus suddenly explodes into the population. A political movement gathers pace, and then q ...Show more
Beginners: The Curious Power of Lifelong Learning by Tom Vanderbilt
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Category: Science and Nature
Discover why learning is good for us and how to develop a 'Beginner's Mindset'. For many of us, the last time we learned a new skill was during childhood. We live in an age which reveres expertise but looks down on the beginner. Upon entering adulthood and middle age, we begin to shy away from trying n ...Show more