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Elements of marie curie: how the glow of radium lit a path f
Sobel, Dava
Paper Book
Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory. 'A fresh and feminist study of the pioneering Nobel laureate...
Living on earth : life, consciousness and the making of the natural world
Godfrey-Smith, Peter
Paper Book
The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith's three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began with the bestselling Other Minds in 2018 and continued with Metazoa in 2020. The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith's...
Becoming earth
Jabr, Ferris
Paper Book
A radically thought-provoking account of a major shift in how we understand our Earth, not simply as an inanimate planet on which life evolved, but rather as a planet that came to life. 'Poetic, engaging, lucid' -The Times Literary Supplement 'Wide...
Ends of the Earth : Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future
Shubin, Neil
Paper Book
Frigid, remote and inhospitable - the polar regions seem far removed from our everyday lives. But these seemingly isolated ice realms shape life on our planet far more than we realise, influencing everything from the climate to ocean health. They may even hold the secrets to the origins of...
Life as no one knows it : the physics of life's emergence
Walker, Sara Imari
Paper Book
What is life? This is among the most difficult open problems in science, right up there with the nature of consciousness and the existence of matter. All the definitions we have fall short. None help us understand how life originates or the full range of possibilities for what life on other...
The secret history of sharks : the rise of the ocean's most fearsome predators
Long, John
Paper Book
Atlas obscura: wild life
Foer, Joshua
Paper Book
From the bestselling authors of Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura comes a nature book like no other--a dazzling, over-the-top collection of the world's most extraordinary wild species that takes you to all seven continents and beyond. It's more than a field...
The Secret Life of the Universe: ; An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life
Cabrol, Nathalie A.
Paper Book
Over the last few decades, space exploration has revolutionised our understanding of our place in the cosmos. We now know that there are many habitable environments within our solar system. Yet a profound question remains: are we alone in the universe? Nathalie A....
Turning to Stone
Liang, Steven Y.
Paper Book
Rocks are the record of our creative planet reinventing itself for four billion years. Nothing is ever lost, just transformed. Marcia Bjornerud's life as a geologist has coincided with an extraordinary period of discovery. From an insular girlhood in rural Wisconsin, she found her way to an...
Pillars of Creation : How the James Webb Telescope Unlocked the Secrets of the Cosmos
Panek, Richard.
Paper Book
The James Webb Space Telescope is transforming the universe right before our eyes--and here, for the first time, is the inside account of how the mission originated, how it performs its miracles of science, and what its revolutionary images are revealing. Pillars...
A Crack in Everything: How Black Holes Came in from the Cold and Took Cosmic Centre Stage
Chown, Marcus.
Paper Book
What is space? What is time? Where did the universe come from? The answers to mankind's most enduring questions may lie in science's greatest enigma: black holes. A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. This can...
How to Kill an Asteroid: The Real Science of Planetary Defense
Andrews, Robin George.
Paper Book
There are approximately 25,000 "city killer" asteroids in near-Earth orbit--and most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are capable of large-scale destruction, and represent our greatest cosmic threat. But in September 2022, against all odds, NASA's Double Asteroid...
The Impossible Man : Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius
Barss, Patchen
Paper Book
An enthralling and moving biography of the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician and physicist, which explores his complex personal life alongside his astonishing scientific journey.
What the wild sea can be : the future of the world's ocean
Scales, Helen
Paper Book
An impassioned examination of the existential threats to the world's ocean and cautious optimism for the abundant life within it.
Is A River Alive?
Macfarlane, Robert.
Paper Book
From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book - which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title. At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings -...
Burning earth, the
Amrith, Sunil
Paper Book
In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has reshaped the planet, and the planet has shaped human history, Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of the expansion of human freedom and its costs. Drawing on an extraordinarily rich...

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