Science
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The Planet Factory
Elizabeth Tasker
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An engaging exploration of planetary formation, the Solar System and the myriad unlikely and...
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Steve Brusatte
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You can never be too old for a book about dinosaurs, but here is a...
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Cosmic Impact
Andrew May
Read more ▸ Order ▸As end-of-the-world scenarios go, an apocalyptic collision with an asteroid or comet is the new...
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Our Universe
Jo Dunkley
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This is your basic one-stop shop for the subject – a simple, straightforward astronomical...
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Read more ▸ Order ▸Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one...
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The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
Read more ▸ Order ▸When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on board the HMS Beagle...
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Guns, Germs and Steel
Jared Diamond
Read more ▸ Order ▸Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book,...
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Cradle to Cradle
Michael Braungart & William McDonough
Read more ▸ Order ▸This book proposes a new vision for modern industry. Instead of our current wasteful and...
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Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet we Made
Gaia Vince
Read more ▸ Order ▸In recent decades human beings have altered the planet beyond anything it has experienced in...
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Mission Moon 3-D: Reliving the Great Space Race
David Eicher
Read more ▸ Order ▸In 1961 John F. Kennedy surprised the world with his declaration that America would land...
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CERN and the Higgs Boson
James Gillies
Read more ▸ Order ▸The Higgs boson is the rock star of fundamental particles, catapulting CERN, the laboratory where...
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Stephen Hawking
Read more ▸ Order ▸The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us...
