Quick view Introducing Science by Ziauddin Sardar Now: €2.99 MSRP: €12.50 Was: How do we reconcile the advantages of science with its perils? What do scientists actually do? Is science 'value-free'? How has science evolved through history? Where is science leading us? We now begin to see that uncertainty and… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Moving Heaven and Earth: Copernicus and the Solar System Now: €5.00 MSRP: €11.25 Was: When Nicolaus Copernicus claimed that the Earth was not stationary at the centre of the universe but circled the Sun, he brought about a total revolution in the sciences and consternation in the Church. Copernicus' theory demanded… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view An Entertainment for Angels: Electricity in the Enlightenment by Patricia Fara Now: €5.00 MSRP: €12.50 Was: Electricity was the scientific fashion of the Enlightenment, 'an Entertainment for Angels, rather than for Men'. Lecturers attracted huge audiences to marvel at sparkling fountains, flaming drinks, pirouetting dancers and electrif… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Now: €16.25 MSRP: Was: From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanitys creation and evolutiona #1 international bestsellerthat explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view No Need for Geniuses: Revolutionary Science in the Age of the Guillotine by Professor Steve Jones Now: €5.00 MSRP: €13.75 Was: 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 … Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view 13.8: The Quest to Find True Age of the Universe and the Theory of Everything by John Gribbin Now: €12.50 MSRP: Was: The 20th century gave us two great theories of physics: the general theory of relativity, which describes the behaviour of things on a very large scale, including the entire Universe; and quantum theory, which describes the behavi… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence by James Lovelock Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: The creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time has produced an astounding new theory about the future of life on Earth. James Lovelock argues that the anthropocene - the age in which humans a… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Now: €13.75 MSRP: Was: Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything th… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty Now: €17.99 MSRP: €19.99 Was: Winner of the 2020 Wainwright Prize, Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of Dara McAnulty's world, from spring to summer, autumn to winter, on his home patch, at school, in the wild and in his head. Evocative, raw a… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Whittled Away by Padraic Fogarty Now: €22.99 MSRP: Was: 'Ireland's heritage is being steadily whittled away by human exploitation, pollution and other aspects of modern development. This could represent a serious loss to the nation.' Irish Government Report, June 1969 Nature in Irelan… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Ireland's Animals by Niall Mac Coitir Now: €16.99 MSRP: Was: Niall Mac Coitir provides a comprehensive look at the folklore, legends and history of animals in Ireland, and describes their relations with people, being hunted for food, fur, sport, or as vermin, and their position today. A fin… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences by Cordelia Fine Now: €5.00 MSRP: €11.25 Was: Gender inequalities are increasingly defended by citing hard-wired differences between the male and female brain. That's why, we're told, there are so few women in science, so few men in the laundry room - different brains are jus… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee Now: €6.99 MSRP: €13.75 Was: The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history from the author of The Emperor of All Maladies. The story begins in an Augustinian abbey in 1856, and takes the reader from Darwin's groundbreaki… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen Now: €8.99 MSRP: €25.00 Was: Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and A New York Times Notable Book of 2018. Our understanding of the 'tree of life', with powerful implications for human genetics, human health and our own human nature, has r… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Too Big to Walk: The New Science of Dinosaurs by Brian J. Ford Now: €9.99 MSRP: €31.25 Was: Ever since Jurassic Park we thought we knew how dinosaurs lived their lives. In this remarkable new book, Brian J. Ford reveals that dinosaurs were, in fact, profoundly different from what we believe, and their environment was unl… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view The Education of a Coroner: Lessons in Investigating Death by John Bateson Now: €5.00 MSRP: €15.00 Was: An entertaining account of the mysterious, hair-raising, and heartbreaking cases handled by the coroner of Marin County, California throughout his four decades on the job from high-profile deaths and serial killers to inmate murde… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Dynasties: The Rise and Fall of Animal Families by Stephen Moss Now: €12.99 MSRP: €31.25 Was: Family isn't just important. It's everything. From lions hunting as a pride to penguins huddling together to keep from freezing in the bitter Antarctic winter, many animals are dependent on complex social relationships for their s… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality by Max Tegmark Now: €5.99 MSRP: €12.50 Was: In Our Mathematical Universe, Max Tegmark, one of the most original physicists at work today, leads us on an astonishing journey to explore the mysteries uncovered by cosmology and to discover the nature of reality. Part-history o… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Under the Stars: A Journey Into Light by Matt Gaw Now: €12.50 MSRP: Was: Moonlight, starlight, the ethereal glow of snow in winter ... When you flick off a switch, other forms of light begin to reveal themselves. Artificial light is everywhere. Not only is it damaging to humans and to wildlife, disrupt… Add to Cart The item has been added
Quick view Incredible Journeys: Exploring the Wonders of Animal Navigation by David Barrie Now: €5.99 MSRP: €12.50 Was: Incredible Journeys : Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year 2019 In Incredible Journeys, award-winning author David Barrie takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge science of animal navigation, where breakthroughs are allowing scient… Add to Cart The item has been added