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Paperback. Condizione: Good. This book features quirky, enjoyable and entirely true instances of science going wrong, right and in totally unexpected directions from 600 BC onwards .Just how did the scientific discoveries that have changed our world come about? Surendra Verma investigates the eureka moments, the serendipities and the plain errors that have peppered science's last 2,000 years. The result is a wonderfully readable insight into the mysteries of human scientific endeavour. From the sixth century BC and Pythagoras' claims that the world was round, to the modern discovery of penicillin, Surendra Verma trawls through history in search of the more human side of science. Who discovered anaesthesia at a party? How did a sewage farm odour reducer benefit medicine? Why did the Cold War prevent the West understanding heart disease? Verma's account of philosophers, physicians, scientists and Nobel Prize winners is a highly informative and brilliantly light-hearted account of how often Lady Luck can play a part in the scientific process.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The paperback edition of one of this year's most exciting and influential political books.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Move beyond time management, get your inbox to zero and learn to think like a Productivity Ninja.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. All things are made of atoms, little particles that move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are a little distance apart but repelling upon being squeezed into one another. This is the first popular account of the fascinating story of the atom. No one ever expected the atom to be as bizarre, as capricious, and as weird as it turned out to be. Its story is one riddled with jealousy, rivalry, missed opportunities and moments of genius. John Dalton gave us the first picture of the atom in the early 1800s. Almost 100 years later came one of the most important experiments in scientific history, by the young misfit New Zealander, Ernest Rutherford. He showed the atom consisted mostly of space, and in doing so turned 200 years of classical physics on its head. It was a brilliant Dane, Neils Bohr, who made the next great leap - into the incredible world of quantum theory. Yet, he and a handful of other revolutionary young scientists weren't prepared for the shocks Nature had up her sleeve. Mind-bending discoveries about the atom were destined to upset everything we thought we knew about reality. Even today as we peer deeper and deeper into the atom, it throws back as many questions at us as answers.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The updated edition of Luca Caioli's brilliant biography of Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi, now covering the 2015/16 season.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Traces the origins of various schools of thought, from Enlightenment thinkers and the pioneering work of Auguste Comte to the subsequent developments of Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. Also outlined in the text are the rapid expansion of sociology in 20th century America and Britain, the Chicago School and the rise of structuralism. The methods and concepts of the key social analysts are also examined. Loon, Borin Van (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. This beginners guide introduces the complex ideas in Hawking's book, "A Brief History of Time". Hawking has made discoveries about where the two theories of relativity and quantum mechanics break down or overlap, such as at the edge of a Black Hole or the Big Bang origin of the universe.…

Hardback. Condizione: Good. The Bunny Suicides of the 1800s extraordinary, bizarre and often morbidly funny stories from the depths of the Victorian press.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Boost performance, improve focus and eat your way to success.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The updated edition of Luca Caioli's brilliant biography of Barcelona star Lionel Messi, now covering the 2017/2018 season and 2018 World Cup.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Published in association with the Telegraph, an enjoyable book on gardening the cleverer way.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Propelled by its mythology, America pursues its dream relentlessly. Here, the authors expose the dark side of that fantasy: death, suffering, perpetual fear, an increasing divide between rich and poor, a squandering of the human future, and the relentless building of more and more pretexts for future wars.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. This is the dramatic story of the ups and downs of a born entrepreneur.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First published in 1970, The Pendulum Years argues that many of the striking features of the preceding decade stemmed from an underlying tension between the pull of the past and the pull of the future. Coruscating and often hilarious, it is an unparalled examination of epochal times.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The paperback edition of one of this year's most exciting and influential political books.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Stories of the highs and lows of top-level womens football.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Stories of the highs and lows of top-level womens football.

Hardback. Condizione: Fair. Stories of the highs and lows of top-level womens football.

Condizione: very_good. Cover may have light wear, pages in very good condition and binding is sturdy; may have other light shelf wear or creases. May have notes or highlighting.

Condizione: acceptable. This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ"expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps. Milton, Jem; Groves, Judy (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and interviews with first-hand participants, The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting and a riveting true story from the final years of the Cold War.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The most incredible places to relive humankinds deep past.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which contradict the logic of classical physics. This book takes us on a step-by-step tour with the key figures, including Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg and Schrodinger.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Denmark is officially the happiest nation on Earth, so when journalist Helen Russell finds herself spending a year in rural Jutland, she decides she'll do all she can to uncover the secrets of the Danes' happiness. But will the long, dark winters and pickled herring take their toll.…

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Denmark is officially the happiest nation on Earth, so when journalist Helen Russell finds herself spending a year in rural Jutland, she decides she'll do all she can to uncover the secrets of the Danes' happiness. But will the long, dark winters and pickled herring take their toll.…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. The most incredible places to relive humankinds deep past.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. An incredible illustrated tour through the cutting-edge of physics. Pugh, Oliver (illustratore).

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Denmark is officially the happiest nation on Earth, so when journalist Helen Russell finds herself spending a year in rural Jutland, she decides she'll do all she can to uncover the secrets of the Danes' happiness. But will the long, dark winters and pickled herring take their toll.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. In this absorbing companion to literature's rich past, arranged by days of the year, acclaimed critics and friends Stephen Fender and John Sutherland turn up the most inspiring, enlightening, surprising or curious artefacts that literature has to offer. Find out why 16 June 1904 mattered so much to Joyce, which great literary love affair was brought to a tragic end on 11 February 1963 and why Roy Campbell punched Stephen Spender on the nose on 14 April 1949 in this sumptuous voyage through the highs and lows of literature's bejewelled past.…