Paleontology: An Illustrated History by David Bainbridge
Category: Popular Science
An illustrated look at the art and science of paleontology from its origins to todayHumans have been stumbling upon the petrified remains of ancient animals since prehistoric times, leading to tales of giant dogs, deadly dragons, tree gods, sea serpents, and all manner of strange and marvelous creatures ...Show more
Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth by Avi Loeb
Category: Popular Science
New York Times Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller Publishers Marketplace 2020 Buzz Book Amazon Best Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2022 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "Provocative and thrilling ... Loeb asks us to think big and to expect the u ...Show more
The Vertical Plane by Ken Webster
Category: Popular Science
The Mystery of the Dodleston Messages: A unique supernatural detective story. For a period of two years in the 1980s, Ken Webster found himself in the extraordinary position of corresponding directly with an individual who said they had lived on the site of his own cottage four centuries earlier. The c ...Show more
Everybody Hertz: The Amazing World of Frequency, from Bad Vibes to Good Vibrations by Richard Mainwaring
Category: Popular Science
A voyage of discovery through the vibrations that move us, whether we can hear them or not. Vic Tandy was a level-headed scientist, but there was no denying it: at this late hour in his lonely lab at Coventry University, he kept seeing a grey apparition out of the corner of his eye. Bathed in a cold sw ...Show more
Hope and Fear: Modern Myths, Conspiracy Theories and Pseudo-History by Ronald H. Fritze
Category: Popular Science
A myth-busting journey through the twilight world of fringe ideas and alternative facts. Is a secret and corrupt Illuminati conspiring to control world affairs and bring about a New World Order? Was Donald Trump a victim of massive voter fraud? Is Elizabeth II a shapeshifting reptilian alien? Who is do ...Show more
Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy by Carl Rhodes
Category: Popular Science
*Shortlisted for The Business Book Awards: International Business Book*Does ‘woke capitalism’ improve capitalism’s image or does it threaten the future of democracy?From Nike’s adoption of Colin Kaepernick, to Gillette’s engagement with the toxic masculinity debate, the 21st century has seen a sharp inc ...Show more
The Biggest Number in the World: A Journey to the Edge of Mathematics by Agnijo Banerjee: David Darling
Category: Popular Science
From the number of cells in our bodies to the size of the universe, big numbers have more to do with the 'real world' than you might suspect.We all know that numbers go on forever, that you could spend your life counting and never reach the end of the line, so there can't be such a thing as a 'biggest n ...Show more
The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet by Arthur Turrell
Category: Popular Science
From a young, award-winning scientist, a "thoughtful and illuminating" (Nature) look at one of the most compelling and historic turning points of our time--the race to harness the power of the stars and produce controlled fusion, creating a practically unlimited supply of clean energy. The most impo ...Show more
Farm - The making of a climate activist by Nicola Harvey
Category: Popular Science
Is it possible to survive as a new farmer and change the future of farming at the same time? For years we've been told that the food system is destroying the planet. That there are too many cows and tractors, too much fertiliser, too much waste, and that farmers and food manufacturers are polluting our ...Show more
Who Discovered What When: Fully updated by Ellyard David
Category: Popular Science
Fully updated and a brand new edition An absorbing introduction to the growth of scientific ideas and knowledge in the last 500 years. 'Who Discovered What When' is an absorbing introduction to the growth of scientific ideas and knowledge over the last 500 years. It sets those ideas in a context of time ...Show more
The End of Bias: Can We Change Our Minds? by Jessica Nordell
Category: Popular Science
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. Drawing on ten years of immersion in the topic, Nordell digs into the cognitive science and social psychology that underpin efforts to eliminate bias, meets the ...Show more
How to Save a Life - The Inside Story of Grey's Anatomy by Lynette Rice
Category: Popular Science
The first inside story of one of TV's most popular and beloved dramas, Grey's Anatomy.'I'm a Black woman casting my own show. I wanted their world to look like the world that I live in. I don't think about it in those terms [diversity], and I militantly think I don't have to.' Shonda Rhimes'Multiple gen ...Show more