The Universe in a Box: A New Cosmic History by Andrew Pontzen
Category: Popular Science
Illuminating, provocative and bold, The Universe in a Box is the story of the computer codes that allow us to look up, to learn, and to discover our place in the cosmosHow do scientists study the entire universe?How can we make sense of its vast, intricate workings?We are part of an incredible chain of ...Show more
Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions by Sabine Hossenfelder
Category: Popular Science
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Do we have free will? Is the universe compatible with God? Do we live in a computer simulation? Does the universe think? Physicists are great at complicated research, but they are less good at telling us why it matters. In this entertaining and groundbreaking book, theoretica ...Show more
Eight Improbable Possibilities by John Gribbin
Category: Popular Science
A mind-warping excursion into the wildly improbable truths of science.
The Way Things Work by David Macaulay; Neil Ardley
Category: Popular Science
Get to grips with how things work inside hundreds of machines with this extraordinary book that explains the science behind technologies and inventions.In this extensive encyclopedia packed full of simple science for kids, David Macaulay's beautiful illustrations show the inner workings of each machine, ...Show more
Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe by Professor Brian Cox
Category: Popular Science
A brilliant exploration of the most exotic objects in the universe by Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw. Lying at the centre of every galaxy are the strangest objects in the Universe: black holes. Of extraordinary density and huge gravitational pull, no matter or even light can escape their ...Show more
The Importance of Being Interested by Robin Ince
Category: Popular Science
The popular comedian and presenter journeys through science, explaining why it should be for everyone - including enthusiastic amateurs. Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons andintimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in ...Show more
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
Category: Popular Science
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the p ...Show more
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
Category: Popular Science
From the bestselling authors of Soonish, a brilliant and hilarious off-world investigation into space settlement Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it ...Show more
To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before: A Joyous Journey Through All of Science by Luke O'Neill
Category: Popular Science
A spellbinding and often hilarious history of (almost) the entirety of science from world-renowned immunologist Luke O'Neill *The Irish Times Top 10 Bestseller* Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any sh ...Show more
How AI Thinks: How we built it, how it can help us, and how we can control it by Nigel Toon
Category: Popular Science
Those who understand how AI thinks are about to win big.We are used to thinking of computers as being a step up from calculators - very good at storing information, and maybe even at playing a logical game like chess. But up to now they haven't been able to think in ways that are intuitive, or respond t ...Show more
On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's final theory by Thomas Hertog
Category: Popular Science
A new theory of the universe, twenty years in the making, by Stephen Hawking and his close collaborator Thomas Hertog. Perhaps the biggest question Stephen Hawking tried to answer in his extraordinary life was how the universe could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life. Pondering this ...Show more
Good Omens Tarot Deck and Guidebook by Lúthien Leerghast (Artist); Minerva Siegel
Category: Popular Science
Angels and demons guide your tarot practice in this officially licensed card deck and guidebook inspired by the Good Omens television series starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant.Fans of Good Omens can predict the future like Agnes Nutter with this official tarot deck. Featuring beautiful illustratio ...Show more