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POPULAR SCIENCE
The Useful Book of Gadgets, Gizmos and Apps is the perfect Christmas gift—an illustrated guide to the top gadgets, gizmos and apps available in the market. E
MATADOR
THE UNIVERSE IS A MACHINE JAMES MICHEL HUGHES July, tpb, £78, 9781785892714 Explores the “smoking gun” clue that a mechanical process was present after the Big Bang.
MCFARLAND
INNOVATORS IN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY: PROFILES OF 93 INFLUENTIAL ELECTROCHEMISTS KEVIN DESMOND July, pb, £42.95, 9780786499335 This book profiles 85 electrochemists who have researched ever more efficient batteries and energy cells.
MICHAEL O’MARA
DRIVERLESS: INTELLIGENT CARS AND THE ROAD AHEAD HOD LIPSON; MELBA KURMAN October, hb, £22.95, 9780262035224 The risks and benefits of driverless cars. E
THE MIT PRESS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SERIES SERIES pb, £11.95 each, 9780262529 Accessible guides to important topics, written by experts. NEUROPLASTICITY MOHEB COSTANDI October, 334 E ROBOTS JOHN M JORDAN November, 501 E MACHINE LEARNING: THE NEW AI ETHEM ALPAYDIN December, 518 E
ONEWORLD
THE BIG PICTURE: ON THE ORIGINS OF LIFE, MEANING, AND THE UNIVERSE ITSELF SEAN CARROLL September, hb, £18.99, 9781780746067
Set to put Carroll alongside our greatest humanist thinkers from Stephen Hawking to Carl Sagan. E
GRUNT: THE CURIOUS SCIENCE OF HUMANS AT WAR MARY ROACH September, pbo, £12.99, 9781780749778 The military’s odd and obscure adversaries and the scientists who seek to conquer them. E
13 JOURNEYS THROUGH SPACE AND TIME COLIN STUART November, hb, £12.99, 9781782436874 Thirteen of the most fascinating Christmas Lectures given at the Royal Institution. E
MIT PRESS
THE DISTRACTED MIND: ANCIENT BRAINS IN A HIGH-TECH WORLD ADAM GAZZALEY; LARRY D ROSEN October, hb, £19.95, 9780262034944 Practical, science-based strategies to fight distraction in a world of 24/7 media and information overload. E
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THE CURE FOR CATASTROPHE: HOW WE CAN STOP MANUFACTURING NATURAL DISASTERS ROBERT MUIR-WOOD September, hb, £18.99, 9781786070050 Robert Muir-Wood blends storytelling with scientific insights to dissect the threat posed by natural disasters. E
THE HORSE: A BIOGRAPHY OF OUR NOBLE COMPANION WENDY WILLIAMS July, mmpb, £9.99, 9781780749358 The Horse: A Biography of Our Noble Companion is the book all horse lovers have been waiting for. E
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
ENERGY AND CLIMATE: VISION FOR THE FUTURE MICHAEL B MCELROY October, hb, £22.99, 9780190490331 McElroy provides a broad and comprehensive introduction to the issue of energy and climate change. E
THE TECTONIC PLATES ARE MOVING! JAN ZALASIEWICZ December, hb, £25, 9780198717867 A witty guide to the birth, development and the most important theory in Earth science. E
VERY SHORT INTRODUCTIONS SERIES pb, £7.99 each, 97801987 Combine authoritative analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION AYSHA DIVAN; JANICE ROYDS August, 23882 E ROCKS: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION JAN ZALASIEWICZ December, 25190 HIV/AIDS: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION ALAN WHITESIDE November, 2nd edn, 27491 E PAIN: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION ROB BODDICE November, 2nd edn, 38565 E PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION SAMIR OKASHA July, 2nd edn, 455872 E COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION RICHARD PASSINGHAM September, 86221 E MEASUREMENT: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION DAVID J HAND November, 79568 BLOOD: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION CHRISTOPHER COOPER September, 9780199581450 E
THE FRAGILE BRAIN: THE STRANGE, HOPEFUL SCIENCE OF DEMENTIA KATHLEEN TAYLOR November, hb, £20, 9780198726081 Taylor looks at the genetic and lifestyle factors currently linked to the development of dementia. E
EBOLA: PROFILE OF A KILLER VIRUS DOROTHY H CRAWFORD December, hb, £16.99, 9780198759997 Ebola is a compelling account of the recent terrible epidemic which swept through West Africa. E
REDESIGNING LIFE: HOW GENOME EDITING WILL TRANSFORM THE WORLD JOHN PARRINGTON August, hb, £22.99, 9780198766827 Parrington explains the cutting edge developments in the manipulation of genomes and its implications. E
WHO CARES ABOUT PARTICLE PHYSICS? MAKING SENSE OF THE HIGGS BOSON, THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER AND CERN PAULINE GAGNON August, hb, £25, 9780198783244 This book explains in clear terms for non-specialists what is happening at CERN.
THE EXTENDED SELFISH GENE RICHARD DAWKINS September, 4th edn, hb, £20, 9780198788782 This extended edition includes an epilogue from the author two chapters from The Extended Phenotype.
THE EXTENDED PHENOTYPE: THE LONG REACH OF THE GENE RICHARD DAWKINS September, pb, £10.99, 9780198788911 The “extended phenotype” is Dawkins’ key contribution to the gene’s eye view of evolution. E
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF RELATIVITY: A PRECISE GUIDE FOR THE GENERAL READER STEANE, ANDREW August, pb, £12.99, 9780198789208 This book provides a lively and visual introduction to Einstein’s theory of relativity. E
PAN
E=MC2 DAVID BODANIS August, pb, £8.99, 9781509822188
Explaining the meaning, beauty and implications of the most famous equation in physics.
ELEPHANTS ON ACID: FROM ZOMBIE KITTENS TO TICKLING MACHINES: THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS EXPERIMENTS FROM THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE ALEX BOESE August, pb, £8.99, 9781509822195 From zombie kittens to tickling machines: the most outrageous
experiments from the history of science. E
PENGUIN BOOKS
A BEAUTIFUL QUESTION: FINDING NATURE’S DEEP DESIGN FRANK WILCZEK August, pb, £9.99, 9780718199463 A Nobel Prize-winning physicist argues that beauty is the universe’s fundamental organising principle.
THE MASTER ALGORITHM: HOW THE QUEST FOR THE ULTIMATE LEARNING MACHINE WILL REMAKE OUR WORLD PEDRO DOMINGOS October, pb, £9.99, 9780141979243 Pedro Domingos gives us a peek inside the learning machines that power Google, Amazon, and smartphones.
A FIELD GUIDE TO LIES: A NEUROSCIENTIST ON HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF A COMPLEX WORLD DANIEL LEVITIN September, e-book, £14.99, 9780241974865 The bestselling author of The Organized Mind reveals the hidden secrets of statistics. E
PHAIDON PRESS
EVOLUTION: A VISUAL RECORD ROBERT CLARK PHOTOS; JOSEPH WALLACE October, hb, £24.95, 9780714871189 Stunning images that reawaken us to the scientific process that drives the diversity of life.
PHILIP’S
PHILIP’S ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO SPACE PAUL SUTHERLAND November, flexi, £14.99, 9781849074193 The essential guide to space.
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