What makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power? The answer is maths... Zobraziť viac
Veteran worrier, author of To Be a Machine and father-of-two, Mark O'Connell, meets the anarchists, environmentalists, far-right nut-jobs and super-rich who are preparing for the end of days. Zobraziť viac
What is the secret to humanity’s evolutionary success? Could it be our strength, our intellect…or something much nicer? Zobraziť viac
The extraordinary worlds created in our minds Zobraziť viac
An accessible, authoritative book about the coronavirus pandemic by a leading journalist on the subject Zobraziť viac
Center your life around positive thoughts with this guided gratitude journal! Celebrate each moment, big or small, and preserve important memories with everyday mindfulness. This 90-day reflection journal gives you a path to developing a habit of daily... Zobraziť viac
An updated and pocket-sized edition of The Cloud Book, featuring 12 new recognised cloud forms. This guide to the clouds helps you identify cloud types and understand their implications for the weather. It follows a logical progression from low clouds... Zobraziť viac
A number one Irish bestseller, and winner of the Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Zobraziť viac
Humans are the dominant species on the planet. But how did we get here? Human Origins takes the reader on a fascinating 5-million-year journey from our earliest primordial ape-like roots through to the present day. Zobraziť viac
A new edition of a classic book on viral catastrophes--the Spanish flu, the Avian flu, and now, Covid-19 Zobraziť viac
The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Self-replicating moon bases and nuclear weapons. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable man: John von Neumann... Zobraziť viac
Uncover the language of our universe - numbers - in this wide-ranging whistle-stop tour of the history and majesty of mathematics... Zobraziť viac
Unintentional bias is one of the great social problems of our time; its effects are corrosive, even lethal. But it can be overcome. Here's how. Zobraziť viac
There's so much talk about the threat posed by intelligent machines that it sometimes seems as though we should surrender to our robot overlords. But Junaid Mubeen isn't ready to throw in the towel just yet... Zobraziť viac
‘Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside.’ Guardian‘This authentic, impassioned manifesto-cum-memoir will hopefully have a major impact on what is likely to be a long-running controversy.’ The Spectator‘Gow has a... Zobraziť viac
This book explains the philosophical and historical concepts that shape current debates about science and religion. It also considers some of the themes and issues that have become more prominent in the past decade, such as science denial, climate... Zobraziť viac
One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers new ways to look at maths - focusing on questions, not answers Zobraziť viac
There is a huge interest in Dawin and evolution, and the developments of his ideas are still controversial... Zobraziť viac
What is time? This book describes the developing physics of the concept of time from Newton, via Einstein, to the present day, and the related philosophical aspects. It also discusses the psychological experience of time and insights from cognitive... Zobraziť viac
The only numbers in this book are the page numbers... Zobraziť viac
