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The Mystery of Matter

The Mystery of Matter

by: Jennifer Trusted

As Russell said The word matter is, in philosophy, the name of a problem and our scientific investigations and philosophical inquiries show that it becomes more and more complex and interesting as we study it. This book seeks to show how ideas of matter have developed from Democritus to...

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Dictionary of Astrological Names

Dictionary of Astrological Names

by: Adrian Room

This dictionary provides the origins of a large number of astronomical names, including the better-known stars, the constellations, all the planets and many of their satellites.

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Garden and Field Weeds

Garden and Field Weeds

by: Roger Phillips

Complemented by an informative and easily understandable text, describing characteristic features in detail, Weeds works on the basis that the reader, likes Roger Phillips, has no formal botanical qualifications, and sometimes finds it difficult to recognize plants. Arranged in flowering order,...

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Y: The Descent of Men

by: Steve Jones

Men, towards the end of the last millennium, felt a sudden tightening of the bowels with the news that the services of their sex had at last been dispensed with. Dolly the Sheep - conceived without male assistance - had arrived. Her birth reminded at least half the population of how precarious...

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H2O: A Biography of Water

by: Philip Ball

The extent to which water remains a scientific mystery is extraordinary, despite its prevalence and central importance on Earth. Whether one considers its role in biology, its place in the physical world (where it refuses to obey the usual rules of liquids) or its deceptively simple structure,...

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The Human Voice: The Story of a Remarkable Talent

by: Anne Karpf

Why has the female voice deepened over the last fifty years? Who talks more, men or women? How can a baby in the womb distinguish between different voices? The human voice is the personal and social glue that binds us, and the most important sound in our lives. The moment we open our mouth we...

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The Blissful Brain: Neuroscience and Proof of the Power of Meditation

by: Shanida Nataraja

What goes on in the brain when we meditate? Are we biologically programmed to need religious and mystical experiences? Can the benefits of meditation be measured? In "The Blissful Brain", Dr Shanida Nataraja explores the extraordinary research that shows practices such as meditation, tai chi and...

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The Buried Soul: How Humans Invented Death

by: Timothy Taylor

From the author of 'The Prehistory of Sex' - a coruscating, insightful history of the human soul. Cannibals, burials, vampires, human sacrifice, bog people - throughout history our ancestors have responded to death in numerous ways. The past has left us numerous relics of these encounters between...

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Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Journey Through Symmetry

by: Marcus du Sautoy

This new book from the author of 'The Music of the Primes' combines a personal insight into the mind of a working mathematician with the story of one of the biggest adventures in mathematics: the search for symmetry. This is the story of how humankind has come to its understanding of the bizarre...

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How to Clone the Perfect Blonde: Making Fantasies Come True with Cutting-Edge Science

by: Sue Nelson

In an attempt to create the most popular science book ever, Nelson & Hollingham use cutting-edge science and technology to bring a little more happiness into our lives: cloning a faithful pet so that an old friend will forever be there to fetch your slippers, recreating a Grand National winner in...