The Great Unknown - Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science by Marcus du Sautoy
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Category: REM Science
"An engaging voyage into some of the great mysteries and wonders of our world. --Alan Lightman, author of Einstein's Dream and The Accidental Universe "No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting." --Bill Bryson Brain Pickings and Kirkus Best Science Book of the YearEvery week ...Show more
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil
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Category: REM Science
Longlisted for the National Book AwardNew York Times Bestseller A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life -- and threaten to rip apart our social fabric We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives--where we g ...Show more
Evolutions; 15 Myths That Explain Our .. by Oren Harman
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Category: REM Science | Reading Level: near fine
A reimagining of modern science and ancient mythology, and of what it means to be human. We may no longer think that the world was hatched from an egg, as the ancient Chinese did, or that our fate is ruled by a capricious Zeus and a resentful Hera. We now use genes to explain desire, and physics to expl ...Show more
The Quantum Astrologer's Handbook by Michael Brooks
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Category: REM Science
This is a landmark in science writing. It resurrects from the vaults of neglect the polymath Jerome Cardano, a Milanese of the sixteenth century. Who is he? A gambler and blasphemer, inventor and chancer, plagued by demons and anxieties, astrologer to kings, emperors and popes. This stubborn and unworld ...Show more
Origins of Creativity by Edward O. Wilson
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Category: REM Science
'An intellectual hero ... A superb celebrator of science in all its manifestations' Ian McEwan'Darwin's great successor' Jeffrey SachsThe legendary biologist Edward O. Wilson offers his most philosophically probing work to date'Creativity is the unique and defining trait of our species; and its ultimate ...Show more
Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed
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Category: REM Science
Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront our mistakes, learn from our own version of a black box, and create a climate where it's safe to fail. We all have to endure failure from time to time, whether it's underperforming at a job interview, fl ...Show more
Reaching down the Rabbit Hole - A Renowned Neurologist Explains the Mystery and Drama of Brain Disease by Brian David Burrell; Allan H. Ropper
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Category: REM Science
"Tell the doctor where it hurts." It sounds simple enough, unless the problem affects the very organ that produces awareness and generates speech. What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this book, Dr. Allan Ropper and Brian Burrell take the reader behind the scenes at ...Show more
The End of Plagues: The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease by John Rhodes
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Category: REM Science
At the turn of the twentieth century, smallpox claimed the lives of two million people per year. By 1979, the disease had been eradicated and victory was declared across the globe. Yet the story of smallpox remains the exception, as today a host of deadly contagions, from polio to AIDS, continue to thre ...Show more
Science in the Soul Selected Shorter Writings by Richard Dawkins
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Category: REM Science
The legendary biologist, provocateur, and bestselling author mounts a timely and passionate defense of science and clear thinking with this career-spanning collection of essays, including twenty pieces published in the United States for the first time. For decades, Richard Dawkins has been a brilliant ...Show more
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
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Category: REM Science
By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein.How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating ...Show more
Adam Spencer's Top 100 by Adam Spencer
$34.99 AUD
Category: REM Science | Reading Level: 4 Science
Australia's funniest mathematician returns in 2018 with more rollicking romps through the world of science, technology, numbers and all things nerdy. This terrific new fully illustrated title follows on from Adam's bestselling Big Book of Numbers (2014); World of Numbers (2015), Time Machine (2016), and ...Show more
The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution by David Wootton
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Category: REM Science
Before 1492 it was assumed that all significant knowledge was already available; there was no concept of progress; people looked for understanding to the past not the future. This book argues that the discovery of America demonstrated that new knowledge was possible- indeed it introduced the very concep ...Show more