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  • Big Sky
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    Big Sky

    Bruce Pascoe

    Big Sky, when the emu left the earth is an exquisite conversation of sky knowledge between Aboriginal farmer and award-winning writer Bruce Pascoe and astrophysicist Professor Ray Norris.This meeting...
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  • Hawking
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    Hawking

    Graham Farmelo

    'This is without doubt the definitive biography of Hawking, the uniquely brilliant theoretical physicist and the global superstar. With unprecedented access to archives, letters, and diaries, newly...
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  • Origami Polyhedra for Beginners
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    Origami Polyhedra for Beginners

    Miyuki Kawamura

    Ingenious geometric models from Japan's leading designer of polyhedral origami!Origami Polyhedra for Beginners puts a new spin on the ancient art of paper folding, opening the door to a world...
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  • Immortalists
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    Immortalists

    Krotoski, Aleks

    A wild and entertaining adventure into the business of living forever. Award-winning journalist Aleks Krotoski journeys from the cult fringes to the technological heartlands to find out what it means...
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  • This Is What It Sounds Like
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    This Is What It Sounds Like

    Rogers, Dr. Susan

    A legendary record-producer-turned-brain-scientist explains why you love the music you do in an antidote to the Spotify algorithm doldrums 'Extraordinary insights about music, emotion and the brain...
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  • Smart TV
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    Smart TV

    Lobato, Ramon

    Charts the evolution of the TV from a broadcast-only receiver to the internet age How did the television set, once a simple broadcast receiver, become a connected, app-enabled platform? In Smart TV:...
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  • Reality Bubble
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    Reality Bubble

    Tong, Ziya

    Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the x-rays that peer through skin, the mass spectrometers that detect the dead inside the living, or the high-tech...
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  • Small Illustrated Guide to the Universe
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    Small Illustrated Guide to the Universe

    Sanders, Ella Frances

    Have you ever found yourself wondering what we might have in common with stars, or why the Moon never leaves us? Thinking about the precise dancing of planets, the passing of time, or the nature of...
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  • Unequal
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    Unequal

    Cheng, Eugenia

    At first glance, the concept of equality in maths seems unambiguous. Denoted by two parallel lines, the equals sign looks elegant, simple and entirely black and white. But between those two lines...
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  • Beginners
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    Beginners

    Vanderbilt, Tom

    'Beginners belongs on the list of books that have changed the way I understand my own limitations.' - Malcolm Gladwell For many of us, the last time we learned a new skill was during childhood. We...
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  • Blind Spots
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    Blind Spots

    Makary, Marty

    'A wake-up call ... essential' - Peter Attia, author of Outlive For readers of Chris van Tulleken, Tim Spector and Ben Goldacre: An international bestseller which reveals how modern-day crises have...
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  • Why We Remember
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    Why We Remember

    Ranganath, Charan

    A radical reexamination of memory by pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Charan Ranganath. We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here's a surprising...
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  • Alchemy of Us
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    Alchemy of Us

    Ramirez, Ainissa

    In the bestselling tradition of Stuff Matters and The Disappearing Spoon: a clever and engaging look at materials, the innovations they made possible, and how these technologies changed us. Finalist...
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  • World Without Email
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    World Without Email

    Newport, Cal

    New York Times bestselling author and productivity expert Cal Newport offers a radical vision for an email free workplace Constant communication has become part of the way we work as we check our...
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  • Philosophy for Everyone
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    Philosophy for Everyone

    Matthew Chrisman

    Philosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject.Key topics in this new edition and their areas of...
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  • Einstein
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    Einstein

    Thomas Ryckman

    Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was the most influential physicist of the 20th century. Less well known is that fundamental philosophical problems, such as concept formation, the role of epistemology in...
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  • Manure Matters
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    Manure Matters

    Richard Jones

    In pre-industrial societies, in which the majority of the population lived directly off the land, few issues were more important than the maintenance of soil fertility. Without access to...
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  • Einstein
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    Einstein

    Thomas Ryckman

    Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was the most influential physicist of the 20th century. Less well known is that fundamental philosophical problems, such as concept formation, the role of epistemology in...
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  • Darwin
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    Darwin

    Tim Lewens

    In this invaluable book, Tim Lewens shows in a clear and accessible manner how important Darwin is for philosophy and how his work has shaped and challenged the very nature of the subject.Beginning...
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  • Darwin
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    Darwin

    Tim Lewens

    In this invaluable book, Tim Lewens shows in a clear and accessible manner how important Darwin is for philosophy and how his work has shaped and challenged the very nature of the subject.Beginning...
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  • Knowing and Checking
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    Knowing and Checking

    Guido Melchior

    Checking is a very common concept for describing a subject’s epistemic goals and actions. Surprisingly, there has been no philosophical attention paid to the notion of checking. This is the first...
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  • Infinite Life
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    Infinite Life

    Jules Howard

    If you think of an egg, what do you see in your mind’s eye? A chicken egg, hardboiled? A slimy mass of frogspawn? Perhaps you see a human egg cell, prepared on a microscope slide in a laboratory? ...
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  • Origins
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    Origins

    Dartnell, Lewis

    The Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilisations Read the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human...
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  • Genius Myth
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    Genius Myth

    Lewis, Helen

    From the acclaimed journalist and author of Difficult Women, a timely and entertaining take-down of the genius myth, exploring the surprising history of invention, inspiration and distortion by which...
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  • Lazarus Heist
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    Lazarus Heist

    White, Geoff

    The jaw-dropping story behind North Korea's dangerous cyber-criminals, the Lazarus Group, who hacked Hollywood and the world In 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment was brutally hacked, with thousands...
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  • How to Eat (And Still Lose Weight)
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    How to Eat (And Still Lose Weight)

    Jenkinson, Dr Andrew

    Unlock a better understanding of your brain, body and environment to eat well and lose weight, forever. 'One of Britain's top weight-loss experts' This MorningFor years we've been told that...
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  • Image coming soon
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    Universe From Nothing

    Lawrence M. Krauss

    Internationally renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss offers provocative, revelatory answers to the biggest philosophical questions: Where did our universe come from?...
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  • How to Be Animal
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    How to Be Animal

    Challenger, Melanie

    Humans are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive and baffling animals on the planet. But how well do we really know ourselves? How to Be Animal offers a radical take on what it...
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  • On the Scent
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    On the Scent

    Paola Totaro

    When award-winning reporter Paola Totaro lost her sense of smell to Covid in March 2020, her world changed and dulled in an instant. Trapped in a sensory vacuum without fragrance or flavour, she...
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  • What Does Rain Smell Like?
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    What Does Rain Smell Like?

    King, Simon

    'Clear, succinct and engaging answers to every question you could ask about the weather.' Gavin Pretor-Pinney, author of The Cloudspotter's Guide Why doesn't rain fall all at once? Can technology...
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  • Adaptable
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    Adaptable

    Pontzer, Herman

    Why are our bodies so diverse? The internationally renowned expert in evolution revolutionizes our view of what makes us human As an evolutionary anthropologist conducting ground-breaking research...
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  • How to Stand Up to a Dictator
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    How to Stand Up to a Dictator

    Ressa, Maria

    Inspirational 2021 Nobel Peace Prize WINNER Maria Ressa's personal frontline manifesto in the war against authoritarianism's sinister uses of big tech **THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** WINNER OF...
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  • Burning Earth
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    Burning Earth

    Amrith, Sunil

    A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has...
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  • Myth, Chaos, and Certainty
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    Myth, Chaos, and Certainty

    Rosolino Buccheri

    This book offers a study of the three evolutions in a circle (cosmos, life, and knowledge) with the aim of discussing human social behavior, a metaphor of the general behavior of nature (from which...
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  • Handbook of Research on Bioenergy and Biomaterials
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    Handbook of Research on Bioenergy and Biomaterials

    Leopoldo Javier Ríos González

    The handbook provides an understanding of consolidated processing and biorefinery systems for the production of bio-based chemicals and value-added bioproducts from renewable sources. The chapters...
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  • Bacterial Biosurfactants
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    Bacterial Biosurfactants

    Bolin Kumar Konwar

    This new volume offers comprehensive coverage of bacterial biosurfactants, the competitive new area of research that has exciting potential application in agriculture and petroleum exploration. The...
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  • Era of Nanotechnology
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    Era of Nanotechnology

    Cherry Bhargava

    This book presents a broad overview of the field of nanotechnology, focusing on key essentials, and delivers examples of applications in various fields. It offers a basic to advanced level study of...
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  • COVID-19 Pandemic
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    COVID-19 Pandemic

    Hanadi Talal Ahmedah

    This timely volume is a comprehensive review of the evolution, diagnosis, prevention, control, and treatment strategies (both modern as well as complementary and alternative) being used against...
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  • High-Performance Medical Image Processing
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    High-Performance Medical Image Processing

    Sanjay Saxena

    The processing of medical images in a reasonable timeframe and with high definition is very challenging. This volume helps to meet that challenge by presenting a thorough overview of medical imaging...
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  • Climate Change and Microbes
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    Climate Change and Microbes

    Javid A. Parray

    This book provides an enlightening picture of the role of microbes for sustaining life systems and how climatic factors will change the course of the processes. Climate Change and Microbes: Impacts...
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  • Optical and Molecular Physics
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    Optical and Molecular Physics

    Miguel A. Esteso

    Optical and Molecular Physics: Theoretical Principles and Experimental Methods addresses many important applications and advances in the field. This book is divided into 5 sections:Plasmonics and...
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