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the art of the Romantic era. The enigmatic hieroglyphs of cabbalists, Rosicrucians and freemasons are shown to be closely linked with the early scientific illustrations in the fields of medicine, chemistry, optics and colour theory. Rich colour and b/w illus. Softcover, 14 x 19.5 cm, 576 pages.


ONLY £8.50 69062 STILLNESS THROUGH


MY PRAYERS by Sister Stan Stillness is a deep silence and quiet calm, bringing feelings of peace, solace, contentment and serenity. Sister Stan shares simple, profound and calming prayers to find that most elusive and treasured state of mind. There are just two to six lines of text per page to contemplate, relax into and let your heart and


mind reach towards God and the clouds, skies, sun and moon as you imagine Stillness. 268pp in paperback with line art.


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69054 SACRED CAUSES by Michael Burleigh


Subtitled Religion and Politics from the European Dictators to Al Qaeda, here is a significant work of history which thrillingly explores religion’s extraordinary interference and influence in 20th century politics, conflict and dictatorship. Burleigh exposes how fear of socialism led churches to tolerate or excuse totalitarian regimes like those of Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini and Franco.


He shows how the regimes aped the hierarchy and ritual of the church and asks why no one foresaw the striking and unsettling religious implications of massive Third World immigration. He looks at what lies behind current demands for a ‘civic religion’ to oppose the terrorist threats that have so shocked the West. 557pp in paperback, colour and b/w photos. £9.99 NOW £4.50


SCIENCE


In science it is a service of the highest merit to seek out those fragmentary truths attained by the ancients, and to develop them further.


- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe


69515 END OF THE CERTAIN WORLD by Nancy Thorndike Greenspan


Subtitled The Life and Science of Max Born the Nobel Physicist Who Ignited the Quantum Revolution. Exhaustively researched from archives around the world, here is the very first biography of Max Born, a Nobel Prize winner whose role in the ‘Golden Age of Physics’ in the 1920s helped to shape the


science of the 20th century and open the door to the modern era. Together with his Wunderkinder, including his assistant Werner Heisenberg, he solved the fundamental commutation law of quantum mechanics. But, whereas Heisenberg received his Nobel Prize in 1933, Born had to wait another 20 years for his. He was a pacifist and humanitarian who loved science for its beauty and had discovered one of the most profound principles of the century. But his work was to turn sour. The pupils he had taught, among them Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, Eugene Wigner and John von Neumann, who had gathered in Goettingen, Germany, to work with him, later helped to develop the atom bomb. In 1933, he was forced by the Nazis to emigrate to Great Britain and in 1957, with 18 German physicists, issued a declaration calling on the West German government to renounce the use of nuclear weapons. A moving and timely 374 pages with b/w archive photos. £18.99 NOW £6


69523 MATERIAL WORLD: New Expanded Edition by Rodney Cotterill


Readers will realise that they are in for a treat when they first catch sight of the Earth rising over the Moon’s horizon captured in an incredible photo taken from the Apollo II spacecraft, and adorning the cover of this awe-inspiring book. Starting with the dramatic Big Bang when, in a brief instant, all the matter and energy that will ever exist was created, this volume takes you on a breathtaking journey. Developed from the bestselling Cambridge Guide to the Material World, this seductive account has been extensively revised. In it, the main threads of physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, earth sciences and neuroscience have been woven into a wonderful, compelling portrait of all aspects of nature. From the beginning of the universe, through atoms and molecules, organic, inorganic and biological matter and finally to the human mind, the author links a vast array of topics so that the reader is presented with a completed picture of the fascinating world of which s/he is a part. Unfamiliar concepts are presented in terms that seem suddenly to make them comfortably acceptable. The cell becomes ‘the essential bag’, biopolymers are introduced as ‘the vital threads’ and perfect crystals are ‘patterns within patterns’. We had never before realised that organisms are exactly what Hamlet described as ‘mortal coils’ or that many animals are simply


‘mandatory hunters’. 593 pages 26 x 21 cm illustrated in colour with a wealth of


explanatory tables and diagrams. £40 NOW £11


66040 FRANCIS CRICK: Discoverer of the Genetic Code by Matt Ridley


Between 1953 and 1966, Frances Crick made and led a revolution in biology by discovering, quite literally, the secret of life. His own discoveries include not only the genetic code and the double helix but the whole mechanism of protein synthesis, the three-letter nature of the code, and much of the code itself. Our biography traces Crick’s life from middle class mediocrity in the Midlands through six years designing magnetic mines for the Royal Navy to his leap into biology at the age of 31. After emigrating to California, he turned his attention to the second question that had fascinated him - what makes conscious creatures conscious? He died at the age of 88 in 2004. 214pp with roughcut pages. $19.95 NOW £4


66362 MOON DUST by Andrew Smith Subtitled ‘In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth’ the book was shortlisted by Richard & Judy’s Book Club (apologies for sticker). The Apollo Moon Programme has been called the last great optimistic act of the 20th century. Over a strange three year period between 1969 and 1972, twelve men made the longest and most eccentric of all journeys and were indelibly marked by it. Of those astronauts who walked on the Moon, only nine are still alive today. Find out what happened inside the Apollo Space Craft and inside the astronauts’ minds. The mix of reporting and meditation is highly entertaining. 372pp in paperback. £8.99 NOW £2


68652 WOULD YOU BELIEVE


IT?: Strange But True edited by Harry Golding First published by Ward Lock in London in 1936, and our sturdily bound facsimile edition came out in 2008. It is packed with fascinating facts about the world and the Universe, from history and nature to astronomy and science, as far as they were known 85 years ago.


Who could fail to be impressed by an electric gramophone or a 200-inch telescope which cost the incredible sum of £1million? The excitement of all these newly discovered marvels is wonderfully evoked here. The incredible things that insects can do, other wonders of the animal kingdom, places of unimaginable cold and heat, the Universe and what could be in it and oh! so much more, this really is a delight to read. 300 b/w illus and eight rather quaint colour plates. 232pp. £12.99 NOW £3.50


66683 INGENIOUS WOMEN: From Tincture of


Saffron to Flying Machines by Deborah Jaffé From the first British patent held by a woman in 1637 to the outbreak of the First World War, our volume examines an intriguing cross section of female inventors. Martha Coston had a fight on her hands when she developed her late husband’s idea for signal flares at sea - the Navy claimed the idea was theirs. Yet some women like Madame Roxey Caplin, who was awarded the prize medal as ‘Manufacturer, Designer and Inventor’ at the Great Exhibition in 1851 for her corset designs, did succeed despite the restrictions of society. The author introduces the women who saw themselves as inventors, electricians, engineers, milliners, nurses, motorcar drivers, gentlewomen, spinsters, wives and duchesses. 210pp, woodcuts and colour illus. £17.99 NOW £4


68540 ATOMIC: The First


War of Physics by Jim Baggott


The first fully realised popular account of the race between Nazi Germany, Britain, America and the Soviet Union first to build and then deploy nuclear weapons. These were the devices that ended WWII, and then led to the Cold War and the creation of immense stockpiles of weaponry which threatened to


destroy the entire planet. Baggott weaves a monumental story that spans ten historic years, from 1939 and the discovery of nuclear fission, to 1949 and the test detonation of “Joe-1”, the first Soviet device. He also tells how of how, following D-Day Allied scientists were directly involved in the hunt for their German counterparts, and how the German scientists reacted to the bombings of Japan. Paperback, 576pp, photos.


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67370 HOW TO MAKE A TORNADO: The Strange and Wonderful Things that Happen when Scientists Break Free by Mick O’Hare


Who on earth would celebrate Mozart’s bicentenary by inventing a musical bra, replace police sniffer dogs with gerbils, or use ‘glow-in the dark’ toothpaste to reflect the headlights of oncoming cars? All is revealed in this exploration of the outrageous, outlandish and just occasionally brilliant by-ways of science. This extraordinary collection of inventions is drawn from the archives of New Scientist magazine. It also raises questions such as why anyone would produce a fireproof umbrella that doubles as a parachute, or burn off their beard with a laser. 219 paperback pages. £7.99 NOW £2


68059 A LIFE OF DISCOVERY: Michael


Faraday Giant of the Scientific Revolution by James Hamilton


Here is the definitive account of a remarkable man who merged intuition and logic, prayer and deduction and made science an art. Being a devout member of a small Christian sect that believed in the literal truth of the Bible, Faraday was still open to all that humankind could glean from earthly knowledge. He patented nothing and received no personal gain. As apprentice to the esteemed Humphry Davy of the Royal Institution, he helped to develop the miner’s safety lamp, then went on to make a landmark study of induction, the connection between electricity and magnetism, and the idea of the electromagnetic field. From electric motors to precision- made eyeglass lenses and from steel razors to liquid chlorine, his inventions, often designed with self-created instruments, have become staples of civilised society. Sadly, trying to reconcile his severe religion and his demanding work, he eventually suffered a mental collapse. 465 pages. $35 NOW £9.50


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SCIENCE edited by Mark Steer et al Subtitled “Over a Century of the Greatest Discoveries, Experiments, Inventions, People, Publications and Events that Rocked the World”. Covering chronologically the century’s great scientific thinkers, groundbreaking discoveries and inventions, key publications and crucial events, the book places each vital moment in its social, historical and scientific context. Using contributions from 67 science journalists, educators and academics expert in their field, the editors have selected the 1000 major events in astronomy, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computing, earth science, genetics, mathematics, medicine, meteorology, physics, psychology and technology in general to create a unique history of our modern world. The first T. rex skeleton, Einstein, the Ford Model T, cosmic rays, the Big Bang, penicillin, computers, splitting the atom, atomic weapons and power, DNA, Sputnik, robots, deep ocean exploration, the space race, the AIDS virus identified, Prozac, Otzi the iceman, Deep Blue beats Kasparov and one terabyte computers and more. 250 colour pictures, 800pp softback.


£18.99 NOW £6.50 67002 QUEST FOR CONTACT


DVD by the NASA Archives Subtitled ‘The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence’, the film asks how, why, whether and when the search for life beyond our Earth could be a reality. Planets like Mars and the large Jovian moon of Titan may have provided sustainable environments for life in the past. S.E.T.I (the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) has taken up


the search for intelligent life in our skies. 32 minute colour DVD with special features. ONLY £2.50


67000 APOLLO 11-14 DVD: The Eagle Has Landed


After thousands of years looking at the Moon, man, in the person of Neil Armstrong, finally laid foot on the lunar surface. Our film on colour DVD follows the exploration of the Moon by Apollos 11, 12 and 14 and shows live footage of the Apollo 13 mission during which, following an oxygen tank explosion, the three man crew were forced to rely on the lunar module’s oxygen reserves to see them back to Earth. On a lighter note, Alan Shepard became the first man to drive a golf ball on the moon! 58 minute colour DVD. ONLY £3


67001 APOLLO 15-17 DVD: In the Mountains of the Moon


The exploration of the lunar surface continues, as the last six men to set foot on the moon carry out further experiments including their search for evidence of recent volcanic activity. The three lunar Rover vehicles carry the astronauts many miles across difficult and varied terrain. 58 minute colour DVD with special features. ONLY £4.50


67003 MARS, THE RED PLANET DVD


by the NASA Archives Witness the NASA expedition of Viking1 and Viking2 to the red planet known as Mars. The mission was to search for life in the form of microorganisms and was America’s first hands-on study of the planet. We hear top NASA scientists give their views on the possibility of life on other worlds. Mars has long


fascinated man because of its red hue, reminiscent of blood and early astronomers believed that the Martian surface was similar to that of Earth. With previously unseen footage of robot exploration, its secrets are brought nearer to home. With special features, colour DVD running time 40 minutes. ONLY £2.50


67210 NAKED SCIENTIST: The Science of


Everyday Life Laid Bare by Chris Smith The author, a medical doctor and scientist, explores present-day predicaments and tomorrow’s technologies, from the most surprising facts to the most innovative new inventions, and from staggering stats to serious developments that will transform the world around us. For instance, is it really possible to tell how happy a dog is by watching the way in which it wags its tail? Why is the Eiffel Tower 15cm taller in midsummer than it is in midwinter? Are beards good for your health? 325 pages.


£12.99 NOW £3 68042 ENIGMA OF SUNSPOTS: A Story of


Discovery and Scientific Revolution by Judit Brody


Sunspots are dark areas of irregular shape on the Sun’s surface. Their discovery overturned classical views of the universe and revolutionised the way we study astronomy today. Now we know that sunspots are sometimes as large as 50,000 miles in diameter, and move across the Sun’s gaseous surface, contracting and expanding as they go. This fascinating history of our efforts to understand sunspots describes the lives and tempestuous quarrels of those dedicated astronomers, many of them amateurs, who first charted the mysterious patterns and left invaluable records of their behavioural cycles over the years. 192 pages in softback, fully illus in colour. £12.99 NOW £4


68383 HOW WE LIVE AND WHY WE DIE: The


Secret Lives of Cells by Lewis Wolpert How do we move, think and remember? Why, when our bodies’ cells are constantly renewing themselves, do we get ill, age and ultimately die? Our bodies are made up


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of billions of them, a complex cooperative society in which differentiated cells perform every one of the body’s many functions, yet every one of these cells has the same DNA and all originated from just one - the zygote, or fertilised egg created at the moment of our conception. When we age, it is because our cells are damaged by the ravages of time and environment; when we get ill it is because some of our cells stop working as they should. Lewis Wolpert begins with a clear explanation of the cell and how the interaction of cells makes our bodies function as they do and thus underpins our lives. He explains the science behind topics which are often discussed but rarely understood, such as stem-cell research, cloning and how DNA works, and why things go wrong and what happens when they do, for example cancer, diabetes, stroke and Alzheimer’s. Lively, passionate and above all comprehensible. 240pp. £14.99 NOW £3


68019 SEVEN TENTHS: The Sea and its


Thresholds by James Hamilton-Paterson A beautifully written blend of literature and science, the book is here brought back into print in a revised and updated edition which includes the acclaimed essay ‘Sea Burial’. Hamilton-Paterson writes about fishing, piracy, ecological crisis, sea gypsies and pirates, oceanographers, the battleship Arizona rusting undisturbed among the flicker of damsel fish, and a cenotaph to the dead of Pearl Harbor no sculptor could create. The sea for the author is a mirror, a reflection of mankind’s dream and greed. A hallucinogenic narrative which brings to mind Conrad, Coleridge and Borges. 357pp in paperback. £9.99 NOW £3


67308 REMARKABLE CREATURES: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species by Sean Carroll


This is the story of the making of the theory of evolution, and it begins a decade before Darwin’s birth and spans over 200 years. It spans South American rainforests, the polar icecaps and the deserts of central Asia before plunging down to the sub-cellular level into the very stuff of life and evolution itself, the tightly coiled double helix of DNA, telling the three billion year story of life. Humboldt, Darwin, Wallace, Bates - these prodigious collectors and their peers gathered the data and interpreted it into the theory of evolution. Then there were the discoveries which confirmed the theory, the fossil record of natural history frozen in time. Today powerful new technologies can delve into the DNA record. 331pp, b/w photos, diagrams, maps and drawings.


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68951 BOOK OF THE MOON by Rick Stroud


This big, compendious, entertaining book is the result of a lifelong fascination. “I wanted a volume packed with technical detail, lists, diagrams and drawings, a book full of the derring-do of the astronauts.” Today the moon presents a moral challenge as humankind is planning to go there again to exploit its resources. The book is organised


thematically, starting with facts and figures, and including Astronomers, Gods and Myths, Astronauts, Cosmonauts and Lunar Exploration, Magic, Medicine, Werewolves and Science. The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union is narrated in detail with a timeline, then a few pages later we see a 17th century etching of an astrologer selling his soul to the devil. 368pp, illus in b/w and colour.


£16.99 NOW £6.50 68514 PROFESSOR STEWART’S HOARD OF


MATHEMATICAL TREASURES by Ian Stewart The author of numerous books on popular mathematics presents a new and magical mix of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers and riddles. Amongst a host of arcane and astonishing facts about every kind of number from irrational or imaginary to complex or cuneiform, readers will find out - how cats land on their feet, how matter balances anti-matter, how to turn a sphere inside out without creasing it, how to calculate pi by observing the stars and why you can’t comb a hair ball. 339 paperback pages packed with illustrations in b/w, diagrams, tables, graphs and examples. £9.99 NOW £6


68581 PROUST AND THE SQUID by Maryanne Wolf


A healthy dose of lucid neuroscience subtitled ‘The Story of Science and the Reading Brain’. We were never born to read and here the author explores how our brains acquired this remarkable skill of reading. ‘We changed the very organisation of our brain, which in turn expanded the ways in which we were able to think, which altered the intellectual evolution of our species. From the history of the earliest known examples of written language to whether reading online really is making us more stupid. 310pp in paperback, line art. £9.99 NOW £4


68769 STAR NAMES AND


THEIR MEANINGS by R. Hinckley Allen


Here we present a lovingly scanned paperback facsimile edition of what was, back in 1899 when it was first published, the definitive guide to ancient star lore. Richard Hinckley Allen (1838-1908) was a gifted American polymath and amateur naturalist. His seminal text presents the origins of the names of stars and constellations from a panoply of


sources, and also recounts the various myths and folklore connected with them in the Greco-Roman, Arabic, Babylonian, Indian and Chinese traditions. With its rare details of ancient star name origins, the zodiac, the constellations, folklore and an immense wealth of ancient literature associated with the sparkling heavens, this is a sheer delight. 563pp. £9.99 NOW £5.50


68599 WORLD’S GREATEST IDEA by John Farndon


Subtitled ‘The Fifty Greatest Ideas that Have Changed Humanity’. What was the greatest idea ever? Democracy, capitalism, sewerage, the Internet, wine, farming, romance? Each chapter argues for a particular idea in an erudite and regularly surprising voyage of discovery through the most powerful intellectual, social,


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