{"title":"Science","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"making-sense-of-life-explaining-biological-development-with-models-metaphors-and-machines-by-evelyn-fox-keller","title":"Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines by Evelyn Fox Keller","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat do biologists want? If, unlike their counterparts in physics, biologists are generally wary of a grand, overarching theory, at what kinds of explanation do biologists aim? How will we know when we have \"made sense\" of life? Such questions, Evelyn Fox Keller suggests, offer no simple answers. Explanations in the biological sciences are typically provisional and partial, judged by criteria as heterogeneous as their subject matter. It is Keller's aim in this bold and challenging book to account for this epistemological diversity--particularly in the discipline of developmental biology. In particular, Keller asks, what counts as an \"explanation\" of biological development in individual organisms? Her inquiry ranges from physical and mathematical models to more familiar explanatory metaphors to the dramatic contributions of recent technological developments, especially in imaging, recombinant DNA, and computer modeling and simulations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA history of the diverse and changing nature of biological explanation in a particularly charged field, Making Sense of Life draws our attention to the temporal, disciplinary, and cultural components of what biologists mean, and what they understand, when they propose to explain life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, excellent condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0674007468\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43060530020594,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20250306_081832.jpg?v=1741255383"},{"product_id":"playing-in-the-presence-by-jackie-leach-scully","title":"Playing in the Presence by Jackie Leach Scully","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe last half of the twentieth century saw an explosion in our understanding of genetics and molecular biology; the questions now are in what form that genetic understanding will be put to use, and how and by whom it will be controlled. This book is about ethical decisions in genetic manipulations, and about science and spirituality, and how the two are connected. One very good reason for feeling unprepared for the ethical debate about gene technology is that we are unprepared. Part of our responsibility now is therefore to gather information, to work at increasing our own and society’s understanding, rigorously stripping away our prejudices and mistaken beliefs so that there can be more clarity. In an approachable way and with humour, Jackie Leach Scully introduces us to the field of genetic research and application. She engages our attention by explaining with first-hand examples and then by encouraging us to face up to some of the decisions which have to be made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 085245337X\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43060531724530,"sku":"","price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20250306_081858.jpg?v=1741255216"},{"product_id":"signs-of-life-the-language-and-meanings-of-dna-by-robert-pollack","title":"Signs of Life: The Language and Meanings of DNA by Robert Pollack","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalled \"provocative,\" \"magnificent,\" and \"lucid\" by critics, SIGNS OF LIFE presents a fresh and engaging look at nature's most wondrous chemical. DNA, biologist Robert Pollack suggests, should be seen as a work of great natural literature, a three-billion-year-old, continuously evolving text. Displaying a rare gift for metaphor, Pollack draws on his thirty years of research and study to show how DNA provides a complete instruction book for all living things. Until recently, the book has been indecipherable, but we are now beginning to read and edit this text in ways that will transform all our lives. Yet the power to change the human genome brings with it enormous responsibilities, and Pollack argues that if we fail to achieve a fuller understanding of the multiple meanings of DNA, we risk disaster. With the grace of a born writer and teacher, Pollack has written a book that will change the way people think about science, literature, and the future of our species.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, good condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0140230696\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43060532019442,"sku":"","price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/products\/20230222_161634.jpg?v=1677037255"},{"product_id":"vicious-circles-and-infinity-an-anthology-of-paradoxes-by-patrick-hughes-george-brecht","title":"Vicious Circles and Infinity: An Anthology of Paradoxes by Patrick Hughes, George Brecht","description":"\u003cp\u003eRanging from ancient to modern, this anthology includes aphorisms such as Groucho Marx's infamous remark that he would refuse to join any club that would have him as a member, and traditional logical paradoxes discussed by philosophers from Zeno to Bertrand Russell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_________________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Slight discolouration on cover.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Penguin Books, 1978..\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0140045570\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43060537819378,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20250306_081918.jpg?v=1741264220"},{"product_id":"hallucinations-by-oliver-sacks","title":"Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHave you ever seen something that wasn’t really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around to find nothing?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHallucinations don’t belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they are linked to sensory deprivation, intoxication, illness, or injury. People with migraines may see shimmering arcs of light or tiny, Lilliputian figures of animals and people. People with failing eyesight, paradoxically, may become immersed in a hallucinatory visual world. Hallucinations can be brought on by a simple fever or even the act of waking or falling asleep, when people have visions ranging from luminous blobs of color to beautifully detailed faces or terrifying ogres. Those who are bereaved may receive comforting “visits” from the departed. In some conditions, hallucinations can lead to religious epiphanies or even the feeling of leaving one’s own body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHumans have always sought such life-changing visions, and for thousands of years have used hallucinogenic compounds to achieve them. As a young doctor in California in the 1960s, Oliver Sacks had both a personal and a professional interest in psychedelics. These, along with his early migraine experiences, launched a lifelong investigation into the varieties of hallucinatory experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere, with his usual elegance, curiosity, and compassion, Dr. Sacks weaves together stories of his patients and of his own mind-altering experiences to illuminate what hallucinations tell us about the organization and structure of our brains, how they have influenced every culture’s folklore and art, and why the potential for hallucination is present in us all, a vital part of the human condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, excellent condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Picador, 2013 (first published 2012).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781447208266\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43482246447346,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20250622_101713.jpg?v=1750600981"},{"product_id":"homo-deus-a-brief-history-of-tomorrow-by-yuval-noah-harari","title":"Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller and international phenomenon\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSapiens\u003c\/em\u003e, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity’s future, and our quest to upgrade humans into gods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver the past century humankind has managed to do the impossible and rein in famine, plague, and war. This may seem hard to accept, but, as Harari explains in his trademark style—thorough, yet riveting—famine, plague and war have been transformed from incomprehensible and uncontrollable forces of nature into manageable challenges. For the first time ever, more people die from eating too much than from eating too little; more people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals put together. The average American is a thousand times more likely to die from binging at McDonalds than from being blown up by Al Qaeda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat then will replace famine, plague, and war at the top of the human agenda? As the self-made gods of planet earth, what destinies will we set ourselves, and which quests will we undertake?\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHomo Deus\u003c\/em\u003e explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century—from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: Where do we go from here? And how will we protect this fragile world from our own destructive powers? This is the next stage of evolution. This is Homo Deus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith the same insight and clarity that made\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSapiens\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ean international hit and a\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller, Harari maps out our future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781784703936\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43773131227378,"sku":"","price":3.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_df01342e-b757-4741-86b9-fd21c62f4cea.jpg?v=1768150404"},{"product_id":"reframing-neuro-linguistic-programming-and-the-transformation-of-meaning-by-richard-bandler-john-grinder","title":"Reframing: Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Transformation of Meaning by Richard Bandler, John Grinder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe meaning that any event has depends upon the \"frame\" in which we perceive it. When we change the frame, we change the meaning. Reframing is not new. Reframing appears widely in the therapeutic process. An \"all-purpose\" method of reframing, called \"six step\" reframing, was developed by Bandler and Grinder, and already appears in print in Frogs Into Princes. What is new in this book is an explicit description of the basic structures of reframing, and the presentation of several additional models of reframing. This book presents specific step-by-step techniques to implement these models, as well as ways to determine which model is most appropriate for a particular problem situation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Some scuffs on the back cover, wear on edges and slight watermarks on edges of pages. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Real People Press, 1982. First edition, later printing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0911226257\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43790998700274,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/products\/20221031_163736.jpg?v=1667272389"},{"product_id":"the-elegant-universe-of-albert-einstein-the-collected-lectures-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand","title":"The Elegant Universe of Albert Einstein: The Collected Lectures of the Royal Society of New Zealand","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1905 Albert Einstein is 26 and working at the Swiss Patent Office as a poorly paid third-class technical expert. In his spare time he pursues his passion for physics. The papers he produces will be extraordinary, revolutionising the way we view the world and laying the foundation of modern physics. In this collection of essays from the acclaimed Royal Society\/National Radio series \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eE=mc2\u003c\/em\u003e, leading New Zealand scientists and historians explore the centuries of science that led to Einstein’s astonishing discoveries, and their world-shaking aftermath:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMatt Visser: \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Short History of the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHamish Campbell: \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiscovering the Age of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRichard Hall \u0026amp; Lesley Hall: \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEinstein and the Eternal Railway Carriage\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTom Barnes: \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSchrödinger’s Cat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaul Callaghan: \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJourney to the Heart of Matter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRobert Hannah:\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The Unconquered Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJohn Stenhouse: \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGalileo’s Dilemma\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith an introduction by Rebecca Priestley.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncludes bibliographical references and index.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, excellent condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Awa Press, 2006.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0958262926\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44316599812338,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/products\/20230125_162309.jpg?v=1741094244"},{"product_id":"the-transit-of-venus-the-collected-lectures-of-the-royal-society-of-new-zealand","title":"The Transit of Venus: The Collected Lectures of the Royal Society of New Zealand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGoing beyond the science of astronomy, this study looks at the history of Venus' rare passings across the face of the sun which have affected the exploration, colonization, and science of our planet for thousands of years. In response to Venus' 2004 transit, the first in 121 years, the scientists and historians in this study look at the extraordinary impact these astronomical events have had on our culture throughout history, and look ahead to the next transit in 2012.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncludes bibliographical references and index.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, excellent condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Awa Press, 2007.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9780958262972\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44316652175602,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/products\/20230125_162346.jpg?v=1741094107"},{"product_id":"tropical-marine-aquaria-by-graham-f-cox","title":"Tropical Marine Aquaria by Graham F. Cox","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the jacket:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The beautiful and highly-coloured inhabitants of tropical coral reefs were once thought to be too difficult for anyone but the dedicated specialist to keep. Recent advances in marine aquarium technology, however, means anyone interested in this fascinating hobby can now set up a tank in their own home. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is a complete guide to establishing and maintaining a marine aquarium; almost all the fishes and invertebrates commonly seen in dealers' tanks are described and illustrated and there are valuable sections on feed aquarium animals, the treatment of diseases and tips on breeding.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, good condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Hamlyn, 1985. First edition hardback. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0600306518\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44568216830194,"sku":"","price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20230705_151656.jpg?v=1741090234"},{"product_id":"did-adam-and-eve-have-navels-by-martin-gardner","title":"Did Adam and Eve Have Navels? by Martin Gardner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMartin Gardner is perhaps the wittiest, most devastating unmasker of scientific fraud and intellectual chicanery of our time. Here he muses on topics as diverse as numerology, New Age anthropology, and the late Senator Claiborne Pell's obsession with UFOs, as he mines Americans' seemingly inexhaustible appetite for bad science. Gardner's funny, brilliantly unsettling exposés of reflexology and urine therapy should be required reading for anyone interested in \"alternative\" medicine. In a world increasingly tilted toward superstition, \u003cem\u003eDid Adam and Eve Have Navels?\u003c\/em\u003e will give those of us who prize logic and common sense immense solace and inspiration. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, excellent condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by W.W. Norton \u0026amp; Company, 2000.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0393049639\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44572935815410,"sku":"","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20230710_110439.jpg?v=1741090025"},{"product_id":"the-exceptional-brain-and-how-it-changed-the-world-by-robert-m-kaplan","title":"The Exceptional Brain: And How it Changed the World by Robert M. Kaplan","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"product-keynote\" data-v-2b6daa75=\"\"\u003eFrom da Vinci to van Gogh, Hitler to Howard Hughes, this is a fascinating investigation into how brain diseases and conditions like epilepsy, syphilis, schizophrenia and tumours have made their sufferers both famous and infamous and have in fact altered the course of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"product-description\" data-v-2b6daa75=\"\"\u003eDr Robert Kaplan, a forensic-psychiatrist and researcher, set out to explore the various brain diseases or conditions that have made some people very famous (or infamous), and often changed the course of history.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Exceptional Brain and How It Changed the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edelves into the lives of famous figures and celebrates the work of ground-breaking doctors who helped us understand the way the brain works.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDr. Kaplan illuminates both the bizarre and common conditions that affected a collection of exceptional people, including Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Adolf Hitler, Jack the Ripper, Arthur Inman (world's longest diarist), Nijinsky, Woody Guthrie, Jack Ruby, Howard Hughes and others. Conditions and diseases such as temporal lobe epilepsy, hypergraphia, mirror writing, brain tumour, parkinsonism, syphilis, schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Exceptional Brain and How It Changed the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis fascinating reading for anyone who has ever wondered how our brains tick.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"product-description\" data-v-2b6daa75=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Slight wear on cover corners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Allen \u0026amp; Unwin, 2011.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781742374444\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44572994502898,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20231115_182354.jpg?v=1700189459"},{"product_id":"dutch-light-christiaan-huygens-and-the-making-of-science-in-europe-by-hugh-aldersey-williams","title":"Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe by Hugh Aldersey-Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFilled with incident, discovery, and revelation, \u003cem\u003eDutch Light\u003c\/em\u003e is a vivid account of Christiaan Huygens’s remarkable life and career, but it is also nothing less than the story of the birth of modern science as we know it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEurope’s greatest scientist during the latter half of the seventeenth century, Christiaan Huygens was a true polymath. A towering figure in the fields of astronomy, optics, mechanics, and mathematics, many of his innovations in methodology, optics and timekeeping remain in use to this day. Among his many achievements, he developed the theory of light travelling as a wave, invented the mechanism for the pendulum clock, and discovered the rings of Saturn – via a telescope that he had also invented.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA man of fashion and culture, Christiaan came from a family of multi-talented individuals whose circle included not only leading figures of Dutch society, but also artists and philosophers such as Rembrandt, Locke and Descartes. The Huygens family and their contemporaries would become key actors in the Dutch Golden Age, a time of unprecedented intellectual expansion within the Netherlands. Set against a backdrop of worldwide religious and political turmoil, this febrile period was defined by danger, luxury and leisure, but also curiosity, purpose, and tremendous possibility.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFollowing in Huygens’s footsteps as he navigates this era while shuttling opportunistically between countries and scientific disciplines, Hugh Aldersey-Williams builds a compelling case to reclaim Huygens from the margins of history and acknowledge him as one of our most important and influential scientific figures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Picador, 2020.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781509893331\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581615960306,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20230717_154716.jpg?v=1741089669"},{"product_id":"the-uninhabitable-earth-a-story-of-the-future-by-david-wallace-wells","title":"The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a teenager today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver the past decades, the term \"Anthropocene\" has climbed into the popular imagination - a name given to the geologic era we live in now, one defined by human intervention in the life of the planet. But however sanguine you might be about the proposition that we have ravaged the natural world, which we surely have, it is another thing entirely to consider the possibility that we have only provoked it, engineering first in ignorance and then in denial a climate system that will now go to war with us for many centuries, perhaps until it destroys us. In the meantime, it will remake us, transforming every aspect of the way we live-the planet no longer nurturing a dream of abundance, but a living nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Allen Lane, 2019. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9780241400517\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44621526270194,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20230816_160447.jpg?v=1741089108"},{"product_id":"black-hole-blues-and-other-songs-from-outer-space-by-janna-levin","title":"Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780307948489 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" height-fold=\"377\" target-height=\"561.312\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe authoritative story of Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, and Kip Thorne’s Nobel Prize–winning discovery of gravitational waves—by an eminent theoretical astrophysicist and award-winning writer.\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1916, Einstein predicted the presence of gravitational waves. One century later, we are recording the first sounds from space, evidence of the waves’ existence caused by the collision of two black holes. An authoritative account of the headline-making discovery by theoretical astrophysicist and award-winning writer Janna Levin,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the fascinating story of the obsessions, aspirations, and trials of the scientists who embarked on an arduous fifty-year endeavor to capture these elusive waves\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFive decades after the experiment was dreamed up, the team races to intercept a wisp of sound with two colossal machines, hoping to succeed in time for the centenary of Einstein’s most radical idea. With unprecedented access to the surprises, disappointments, achievements, and risks in this remarkable story, Janna Levin’s absorbing account offers a portrait of modern science that is unlike anything we’ve seen before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Slight water damage on upper right-hand corner of pages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Vintage 2017..\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9780099569589\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-listen show\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"#listen-to-a-clip\" id=\"listenToAClip\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44855289413874,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20231116_154932.jpg?v=1741019604"},{"product_id":"profiles-of-the-future-by-arthur-c-clarke","title":"Profiles of the Future by Arthur C. Clarke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book originally appeared in 1962, and was based on essays written during the period 1959 - 1961. Since it was concerned with ultimate possibilities, and not with achievements to be expected in the near future, even the remarkable events of the last decade have dated it very little. The author, amongst many fascinating excursions into what the future may hold, discusses the fourth dimension and the obsolescence of the law of gravity, the exploration of the entire solar system and the colonization of some of it; seas will be mined for energy and minerals, and asteroids will be pulled to Earth to supply needed materials; men, already bigger than they need be, may be bred smaller to be more efficient on less food.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition for age. Some wear on cover.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Pan Books, 1964 (originally published 1962).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0330236199\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45105130668274,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20240120_125530.jpg?v=1741018786"},{"product_id":"the-quark-and-the-jaguar-by-murray-gell-mann-uncorrected-proof-copy","title":"The Quark and the Jaguar by Murray Gell-Mann (Uncorrected Proof Copy)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom one of the architects of the new science of simplicity and complexity comes an explanation of the connections between nature at its most basic level and natural selection, archaeology, linguistics, child development, computers, and other complex adaptive systems. Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann offers a uniquely personal and unifying vision of the relationship between the fundamental laws of physics and the complexity and diversity of the natural world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Some discolouration to cover.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Little, Brown, 1994. Uncorrected Proof Copy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0316907413\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45307756085490,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20240305_155816.jpg?v=1741017909"},{"product_id":"the-koka-shastra-and-other-medieval-indian-writings-on-love-translated-by-alex-comfort","title":"The Koka Shastra and Other Medieval Indian Writings on Love Translated by Alex Comfort","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Koka Shastra\u003c\/em\u003e and its associated texts are to medieval Indian Literature what the \u003cem\u003eKama Sutra \u003c\/em\u003e was to Ancient Literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of Indian erotica the complete tests of the \u003cem\u003eKoka Shastra\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRatimanjari \u003c\/em\u003e are presented, with extensive quotation from the \u003cem\u003eAnanga Ranga, Panchasayaka, \u003c\/em\u003eand other writings on love. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese texts are unique, both culturally and in their content. Indian erotica are important sources for the scholar, critic and psychologist: they are of equal interest to the general reader for the insight they give into the attitudes and culture of a society which accepted sexuality as a positive good and its elaboration as part of the good life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Some wear and discolouration to cover. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Tandem Books, 1966.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45307842527474,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20240305_155714.jpg?v=1741017866"},{"product_id":"the-art-instinct-by-denis-dutton","title":"The Art Instinct by Denis Dutton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art Instinct\u003c\/em\u003e combines two fascinating and contentious disciplines―art and evolutionary science―in a provocative new work that will change forever the way we think about the arts, from painting to literature to movies to pottery. Human tastes in the arts, Dutton argues, are evolutionary traits, shaped by Darwinian selection. They are not, as the past century of art criticism and academic theory would have it, just \"socially constructed.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur love of beauty is inborn, and many aesthetic tastes are shared across remote cultures―just one example is the widespread preference for landscapes with water and distant trees, like the savannas where we evolved. Using forceful logic and hard evidence, Dutton shows that we must premise art criticism on an understanding of evolution, not on abstract \"theory.\" He restores the place of beauty, pleasure, and skill as artistic values.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSure to provoke discussion in scientific circles and uproar in the art world, The Art Instinct offers radical new insights into both the nature of art and the workings of the human mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, excellent condition. Previous owner's name inscribed on inner leaflet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Oxford University Press, 2009.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9780199539420\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45307867300082,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20240305_155255.jpg?v=1741017813"},{"product_id":"atomic-energy-a-laymans-guide-to-the-nuclear-age-by-egon-larsen","title":"Atomic Energy: A Layman's Guide to the Nuclear Age by Egon Larsen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the back cover: \u003c\/em\u003eAlready nuclear energy affects us all - the light we use, the hospital treatment we receive. Before long, it will revolutionize transport. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fact, in the not-too-distant future, the harnessed power of the hydrogen bomb- if it does not destroy us all first - can make this earth a paradise. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNuclear energy is a subject we should, indeed must, understand and in this book, a well-known writer on scientific subjects gives us the know-how. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStarting with the discovery of radium by Madame Curie in the 1890's, step by step he takes the story of atomic energy to the end of our century - when quite fantastic changes will have taken place. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. First paperback edition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Pan Books, 1958.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45414429163762,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20240321_160402.jpg?v=1741017293"},{"product_id":"the-frontiers-of-knowledge-by-a-c-grayling","title":"The Frontiers of Knowledge by A.C. Grayling","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the bestselling philosopher, a gripping history of science, thought, life on earth and the human mind - and what we might know in the future\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5 percent of the universe; pre-history is still being revealed, with thousands of historical sites yet to be explored; and the new neurosciences of mind and brain are just beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewe know, and how do we know it? What do we now know that we\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edon't\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eknow? And what have we learnt about the obstacles to knowing more? In a time of deepening battles over what knowledge and truth mean, these questions matter more than ever. Bestselling polymath and philosopher A. C. Grayling seeks to answer them in three crucial areas at the frontiers of knowledge: science, history and psychology. A remarkable history of science, life on earth, and the human mind itself, this is a compelling and fascinating tour de force, written with verve, clarity and remarkable breadth of knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Faint marks on front cover, prominent mark on back cover. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Viking, 2021.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9780241304587\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45453732741362,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_2bc5ddb3-8835-4cb0-80de-60ec5d6c97ce.jpg?v=1742303679"},{"product_id":"terra-by-michael-novacek","title":"Terra by Michael Novacek","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Terra is one of the important books of our time—and it will change the way you think about the world.\" —Neil Shubin, Provost, Field Museum of Natural History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe natural world as humans have always known it evolved close to 100 million years ago with the appearance of flowering plants and pollinating insects during the age of the dinosaurs. Its tremendous history is now in danger of profound, catastrophic disruption. In this brilliant synthesis of evolutionary biology, paleontology, and modern environmental science, Michael Novacek shows how we can understand and prevent what he and others call today's \"mass extinction event.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, good condition. Ex-library copy, library \"withdrawn\" stamp on inner leaflet. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. First edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9780374273255\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45974826221810,"sku":"","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20240509_160340.jpg?v=1740659320"},{"product_id":"encounters-with-physicists-and-physics-by-i-k-kikoin","title":"Encounters with Physicists and Physics by I.K. Kikoin","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThe book contains some of the articles Academician Kiokin\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003epublished in the Kvant journal. The author describes in these\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003earticles the advance of Soviet physics as he witnessed it, his\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eencounters and work with other outstanding scientists, and\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003esome interesting physical phenomena.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntended for school pupils, teachers, engineers and scientists.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe book was translated from the Russian by Svetlana Landau and was first published by Mir in 1989.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Some sticker damage on upper right corner of front cover. Discolouration on spine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Mir, 1989. First English translation edition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 5030005323\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007056826610,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20240509_161025.jpg?v=1740659177"},{"product_id":"the-prehistory-of-the-mind-the-cognitive-origins-of-art-and-science-by-steven-mithen","title":"The Prehistory of the Mind: The Cognitive Origins of Art and Science by Steven Mithen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWere our brains hard-wired in the Pleistocene Era by the needs of hunter-gatherers?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen did religious beliefs first emerge?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy were the first paintings made by humankind so technically accomplished and expressive?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat can the sexual habits of chimpanzees tell us about the prehistory of the modern mind?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the first archaeological account to support the new modular concept of the mind. The concept, promulgated by cognitive and evolutionary psychologists, views the mind as a collection of specialized intelligences or \"cognitive domains,\" somewhat like a Swiss army knife with its specialized blades and tools. Arguing that only archaeology can answer many of the key questions raised by the new concept, Mithen delineates a three-phase sequence for the mind's evolution over six million years—from early Homo in Africa to the ice-age Neanderthals to our modern modular minds. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Prehistory of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an intriguing and challenging explanation of what it means to be human, a bold new theory about the origins and nature of the mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Some wear to cover edges.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Thames \u0026amp; Hudson, 1999.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0500281009\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007205626098,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20240516_151513.jpg?v=1715832060"},{"product_id":"farewell-fantastic-venus-edited-by-brian-w-aldiss-harry-harrison","title":"Farewell Fantastic Venus! Edited by Brian W Aldiss, Harry Harrison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eFarewell Fantastic Venus\u003c\/em\u003e is a science fiction anthology edited by Brian Aldiss and Harry Harrison. It was first published in 1968 as a direct response to the information returned from the first space probes sent to Venus, especially the first atmospheric probe to return data, Venera 4. The first data was not returned from the surface until Venera 7 successfully landed in 1970.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book contains stories and novel excerpts from the time before Venus' true nature became apparent, when the clouded planet could still be imagined as another Earth, albeit a hotter one. From that point on, no stories would be written which did not recognize Venus as a dry lifeless world with acid clouds and a temperature high enough to melt lead. Writers such as Larry Niven (Becalmed in Hell) did write about the \"new\" Venus, but there were to be no more transplanted jungle adventures, no imagined world of oceans with monsters, no Venusians. Venus had been the best hope for extraterrestrial life, and now that hope was lost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Slight wear on cover edges.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Panther Books, 1971.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186849595634,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20250115_153354.jpg?v=1736965288"},{"product_id":"space-the-human-story-by-tim-peake","title":"Space: The Human Story by Tim Peake","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnly 656 people in human history have left Earth. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpace: The Human Story\u003c\/i\u003e, astronaut Tim Peake traces the lives of these remarkable men and women who have forged the way, from Yuri Gagarin to Neil Armstrong, from Valentina Tereshkova to Peggy Whitson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull of exclusive new stories, and astonishing detail only an astronaut would know, the book conveys what space exploration is really like: the wondrous view of Earth, the surreal weightlessness, the extraordinary danger, the surprising humdrum, the unexpected humour, the newfound perspective, the years of training, the psychological pressures, the gruelling physical toll, the thrill of launch and the trepidation of re-entry. The book also examines the surprising, shocking and often poignant stories of astronauts back on Earth, whose lives are forever changed as they readjust to terra firma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication of the book comes on the eve of NASA's plans to return to the moon, fifty years after an astronaut last walked on the lunar surface. In 2024 the Artemis II mission will send four astronauts to orbit the moon. In 2025 Artemis III will send the first woman and the first person of colour to step on the lunar surface. What will separate these upcoming moonwalkers from the legendary Apollo crews? Does it still take a daring-do attitude, super-human fitness, intelligence, plus the 'Right-stuff' - a fabled grace under pressure? And how will astronauts travel even further - to Mars and beyond?\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpace: The Human Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereveals all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, good condition. Slight wear on jacket edges. Cover and pages are in excellent condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Century, 2023.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781529913507\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47191324754162,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20250115_154429.jpg?v=1736961766"},{"product_id":"an-astronauts-guide-to-life-on-earth-by-chris-hadfield","title":"An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Col. Hadfield's success-and survival-is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eand enjoy every moment of it\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Col. Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible. Through eye-opening, entertaining stories filled with the adrenaline of launch, the mesmerizing wonder of spacewalks, and the measured, calm responses mandated by crises, he explains how conventional wisdom can get in the way of achievement-and happiness. His own extraordinary education in space has taught him some counterintuitive lessons: don't visualize success, do care what others think, and always sweat the small stuff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou might never be able to build a robot, pilot a spacecraft, make a music video or perform basic surgery in zero gravity like Col. Hadfield. But his vivid and refreshing insights will teach you how to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ethink\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e like an astronaut, and will change, completely, the way you view life on Earth-especially your own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, excellent condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Pan Books, 2015.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781447259947\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219179127026,"sku":"","price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20250119_130134.jpg?v=1737297802"},{"product_id":"the-concise-guide-to-seashore-life-by-bob-gibbons","title":"The Concise Guide to Seashore Life by Bob Gibbons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetailed illustrations accompany the text in this guide to seashore life. The species selected are representative of the diverse life forms to be found on the shore. The book, which is one of a series of guides, explains how each type of coast supports a different range of fauna and flora.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, excellent condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by New Holland, 1991.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 1853681083\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47304214544626,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20250218_125642.jpg?v=1739898925"},{"product_id":"magic-molecules-how-drugs-work-by-susan-aldridge","title":"Magic Molecules: How Drugs Work by Susan Aldridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll of us are drug users, in the broadest sense of the word. Drugs can be medicines, they can be used for pleasure, and they can also be used to protect our long-term health. It is important that we are well informed about the drugs we use - how they work, their benefits and their risks. This book is a unique guide for the general science reader to the drugs of everyday life - from the main types of medicine through to recreational drugs and food supplements. It looks at how drugs interact with their targets in the body, where they come from, how they are developed and what drugs to expect in the future. All the major pharmaceutical medicines are reviewed - painkillers, antibiotics, anti-cancer drugs, anti depressants, heart drugs, tranquillizers and hormones. However this book is much more than a consumer handbook - it also conveys the fascinating science of drug discovery in an easily accessible way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"contentHidden\"\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"academicArrowList\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComprehensive - covers all drugs from penicillin to Prozac, from caffeine to cocaine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribes where drugs come from - labs, the rainforest, sea and soil - and where they are headed - towards gene-based medicine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribes how the worldwide pharmaceutical industry goes about its business and what it offers in individual and global terms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, very good condition. Slight foxing on endpapers and page edges. Some discolouration on inner side of jacket. Cover in excellent condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Cambridge University Press, 1998. First edition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0521584140\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47324968288498,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20250225_120400.jpg?v=1740487130"},{"product_id":"from-here-to-infinity-by-martin-rees","title":"From Here to Infinity by Martin Rees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of our greatest scientific minds reflects on the role of science in the twenty-first century. In this riveting, eye-opening new book, preeminent astrophysicist Martin Rees charts out the future of science, offering a compelling vision of how scientists and laypeople can work together to address the most urgent issues of our era―including climate change and energy concerns, population growth, and epidemiological threats. Scientific research is crucial to a growing number of policy decisions, but in our public discussions, ideology and indignation all too often threaten to drown out research and evidence. To shape debates over health care, energy policy, space travel, and other vital issues, ordinary citizens must engage directly with research rather than relying on pundits’ and politicians’ interpretations. Otherwise, fringe opinions that have been discredited in the scientific community can take hold in the public imagination. At the same time, scientists must understand their roles as communicators and ambassadors as well as researchers. Rees not only diagnoses this central problem but also explains how scientists and the general public can deploy a global, long-term perspective to address the new challenges we face. In the process, he reveals critical shortcomings in our current system―for example, the tendency to be overly anxious about minor hazards while underrating the risk of potential catastrophes. Offering a strikingly clear portrait of the future of science, Rees tackles such diverse topics as the human brain, the possibility that humans will colonize other planets, and the existence of extraterrestrial life in order to distinguish between what scientists can hope to discover and what will always lie beyond our grasp. A fresh perspective on science’s significance and potential, From Here to Infinity will inspire and enlighten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback,good condition. Slight creasing on front cover.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Profile Books, 2011.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781846685033\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340420399346,"sku":"","price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/IMAGE-EDIT_b44e7069-6d28-4ff6-ba7e-f166a169b197.png?v=1741774564"},{"product_id":"the-web-of-life-a-new-scientific-understanding-of-living-systems-by-fritjof-capra","title":"The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems by Fritjof Capra (Signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring the past twenty-five years, scientists have challenged conventional views of evolution and the organization of living systems and have developed new theories with revolutionary philosophical and social implications. Fritjof Capra has been at the forefront of this revolution. In \u003cem\u003eThe Web of Life\u003c\/em\u003e, Capra offers a brilliant synthesis of such recent scientific breakthroughs as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, chaos theory, and other explanations of the properties of organisms, social systems, and ecosystems. Capra's surprising findings stand in stark contrast to accepted paradigms of mechanism and Darwinism and provide an extraordinary new foundation for ecological policies that will allow us to build and sustain communities without diminishing the opportunities for future generations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Some war to cover edges. Slight discolouration to page edges.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Anchor Books, 1997. First paperback edition, signed with inscription by Fritjof Capra.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0358476760\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340426920178,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_14327392-886f-4ebd-a260-b8def2c42d81.jpg?v=1741791920"},{"product_id":"fermats-last-theorem-by-simon-singh","title":"Fermat's Last Theorem by Simon Singh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe extraordinary story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of Fermat’s Last Theorem is the most important mathematical development of the 20th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1963 a schoolboy browsing in his local library stumbled across the world’s greatest mathematical problem: Fermat’s Last Theorem, a puzzle that every child can understand but which has baffled mathematicians for over 300 years. Aged just ten, Andrew Wiles dreamed that he would crack it. Wiles’s lifelong obsession with a seemingly simple challenge set by a long-dead Frenchman is an emotional tale of sacrifice and extraordinary determination. In the end, Wiles was forced to work in secrecy and isolation for seven years, harnessing all the power of modern maths to achieve his childhood dream. Many before him had tried and failed, including a 18-century philanderer who was killed in a duel. An 18-century Frenchwoman made a major breakthrough in solving the riddle, but she had to attend maths lectures at the Ecole Polytechnique disguised as a man since women were forbidden entry to the school. A remarkable story of human endeavour and intellectual brilliance over three centuries, Fermat ‘s Last Theorem will fascinate both specialist and general readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Very slight discolouration on page edges.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Fourth Estate, 1998\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 1857026691\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340430000370,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_99aca41f-4490-4534-bf0e-688e1ac45c12.jpg?v=1741791470"},{"product_id":"asimovs-guide-to-halleys-comet-by-isaac-asimov","title":"Asimov's Guide to Halley's Comet by Isaac Asimov","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the most illustrious of all comets glides majestically across the heavens in the winter of 1985-1986, Isaac Asimov heralds its return with this lively and lucid guide to the workings and wonders of comets, telling the fascinating story of how astronomers have unravelled some - but not all - of their mysteries. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are some of the questions Asimov throws light on:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWas the Star of Bethlehem in fact a comet?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWas the huge 1908 explosion that flattened a remote Siberian forest a wayward comet fragment?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat new clues to the formation of the solar system are likely to come from space probes televising Halley's Comet in 1986?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWas the Great Extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago caused by a comet winter of globe-enveloping dust clouds similar to those of the nuclear winter scenario?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, excellent condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Panther Books, 1985\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0586066853\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47354639319282,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/20250306_081330.jpg?v=1741252466"},{"product_id":"theories-of-the-mind-by-stephen-priest","title":"Theories of the Mind by Stephen Priest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExamines the views of philosophers on the philosophy of mind. The book begins with dualism, the traditional view that mind and body are wholly distinct, and covers behaviourism, materialism or identity theory, functionalism, double-aspect theories and phenomenology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Very slight wear to cover edges.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Penguin Books, 1991.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0140130691\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47369928933618,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_18c117f8-53b3-469f-87cc-9d70c123d9c6.jpg?v=1741790358"},{"product_id":"sync-the-emerging-science-of-spontaneous-order-by-steven-strogatz","title":"Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order by Steven Strogatz","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the heart of the universe is a steady, insistent beat, the sound of cycles in sync. Along the tidal rivers of Malaysia, thousands of fireflies congregate and flash in unison; the moon spins in perfect resonance with its orbit around the earth; our hearts depend on the synchronous firing of ten thousand pacemaker cells. While the forces that synchronize the flashing of fireflies may seem to have nothing to do with our heart cells, there is in fact a deep connection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSynchrony is a science in its infancy, and Strogatz is a pioneer in this new frontier in which mathematicians and physicists attempt to pinpoint just how spontaneous order emerges from chaos. From underground caves in Texas where a French scientist spent six months alone tracking his sleep-wake cycle, to the home of a Dutch physicist who in 1665 discovered two of his pendulum clocks swinging in perfect time, this fascinating book spans disciplines, continents, and centuries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Slight wear to cover edges. Some foxing on page edges. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Penguine Books, 2004.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9780141007632\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47372770738418,"sku":"","price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_1a7fc7b2-bbb7-47d2-b8d8-83402af696fe.jpg?v=1741789363"},{"product_id":"guns-germs-and-steel-a-short-history-of-everybody-for-the-last-13-000-years-by-jared-diamond","title":"Guns, Germs, and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years by Jared Diamond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize and a national bestseller: the global account of the rise of civilization that is also a stunning refutation of ideas of human development based on race.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this \"artful, informative, and delightful\" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer stage, and then developed writing, technology, government, and organized religion—as well as nasty germs and potent weapons of war—and adventured on sea and land to conquer and decimate preliterate cultures. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and the Commonwealth Club of California's Gold Medal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Slight wear to cover edges and corners.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Vintage, 2005 (first published 1997).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0099302780\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47372835848434,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_94a129d5-5b3f-4148-bdc3-18690dde6876.jpg?v=1741789105"},{"product_id":"proust-and-the-squid-the-story-and-science-of-the-reading-brain-by-maryanne-wolf","title":"Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe act of reading is a miracle. Every new reader's brain possesses the extraordinary capacity to rearrange itself beyond its original abilities in order to understand written symbols. But how does the brain learn to read? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs world-renowned cognitive neuroscientist and scholar of reading Maryanne Wolf explains in this impassioned book, we taught our brain to read only a few thousand years ago, and in the process changed the intellectual evolution of our species. Wolf tells us that the brain that examined tiny clay tablets in the cuneiform script of the Sumerians is configured differently from the brain that reads alphabets or of one literate in today's technology. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are critical implications to such an evolving brain. Just as writing reduced the need for memory, the proliferation of information and the particular requirements of digital culture may short-circuit some of written language's unique contributions—with potentially profound consequences for our future. Turning her attention to the development of the individual reading brain, Wolf draws on her expertise in dyslexia to investigate what happens when the brain finds it difficult to read. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInterweaving her vast knowledge of neuroscience, psychology, literature, and linguistics, Wolf takes the reader from the brains of a pre-literate Homer to a literacy-ambivalent Plato, from an infant listening to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoodnight Moon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to an expert reader of Proust, and finally to an often misunderstood child with dyslexia whose gifts may be as real as the challenges he or she faces. As we come to appreciate how the evolution and development of reading have changed the very arrangement of our brain and our intellectual life, we begin to realize with ever greater comprehension that we truly are what we read. Ambitious, provocative, and rich with examples, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProust and the Squid\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e celebrates reading, one of the single most remarkable inventions in history. Once embarked on this magnificent story of the reading brain, you will never again take for granted your ability to absorb the written word.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, excellent condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Icon Books, 2008.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781840468670\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47373021413618,"sku":"","price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_8873ea5c-8fe4-4314-a0a4-91e66c778466.jpg?v=1741788720"},{"product_id":"the-hamlyn-guide-to-minerals-rocks-and-fossils-by-w-r-hamilton-a-r-woolley-a-c-bishop","title":"The Hamlyn Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils by W.R Hamilton, A.R. Woolley, A.C. Bishop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in association with The Natural History Museum, London, this is a practical and authoritative guide to identifying minerals, rocks and fossils. It has been a bestseller in its field since its first publication in 1974.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Slight wear to cover edges, discolouration on spine. Previous school library copy, some library stamps on front flyleaf. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1974. First edition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0600343987\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47409809457394,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_1f932250-5be0-401b-8f50-f31fb9c671fb.jpg?v=1743002223"},{"product_id":"the-power-of-trees-by-peter-wohlleben","title":"The Power of Trees by Peter Wohlleben","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn illuminating manifesto on ancient trees - how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom through generations, and why our future lies in protecting them. In his beloved book \u003cem\u003eThe Hidden Life of Trees\u003c\/em\u003e, Peter Wohlleben revealed astonishing discoveries about the social networks of trees and how they communicate. Now, in \u003cem\u003eThe Power of Trees\u003c\/em\u003e, he turns to their future, with a searing critique of forestry management, tree planting, and the exploitation of old growth forests. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs human-caused climate change devastates the planet, forests play a critical role in keeping it habitable. While politicians and business leaders would have us believe that cutting down forests can be offset by mass tree planting, Wohlleben offers a many tree planting schemes lead to ecological disaster. Not only are these trees more susceptible to disease, flooding, fires, and landslides, we need to understand that forests are more than simply a collection of trees. Instead, they are ecosystems that consist of thousands of species, from animals to fungi and bacteria. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe way to save trees, and ourselves? Step aside and let forests—which are naturally better equipped to face environmental challenges—to heal themselves. With the warmth and wonder familiar to readers from his previous books, Wohlleben also shares emerging scientific research about how forests shape climates both locally and across continents; that trees adapt to changing environmental conditions through passing knowledge down to their offspring; and how old growth may in fact have the most survival strategies for climate change. At the heart of \u003cem\u003eThe Power of Trees\u003c\/em\u003e lies Wohlleben's passionate that our survival is dependent on trusting ancient forests, and allowing them to thrive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Small tear on lower back cover. Pages are in excellent condition, no creasing on spine.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Black Inc, 2023.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781760643621\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47417652248818,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_0b2194c7-e5c4-47d2-a667-c9804d70e7d5.jpg?v=1743000181"},{"product_id":"atlas-of-the-universe-by-patrick-moore","title":"Atlas of the Universe by Patrick Moore","description":"\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive guide to astronomy and space exploration. A spectacular and informative account of our Solar System and its place within the Universe beyond. Includes the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. Many colour images. Complete star atlas section for the practical astronomer, with whole sky maps and seasonal locator maps by Wil Tirion. Topographic maps of the planets and their major satellites, using data from space probes. Complete map of the Moon, with descriptions of the major observational targets. Constellation maps showing galaxies, clusters and nebulae as well as stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, excellent condition. Very slight wear to cover edges.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by George Philip Ltd, 1997.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0540074569\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47522747842802,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_9c7fb48d-a6f3-48a6-a406-41dd8c1919be.jpg?v=1746355540"},{"product_id":"a-brief-history-of-time-by-stephen-hawking","title":"A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking","description":"\u003cp\u003eStephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe. But the intervening years have seen extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic worlds. These observations have confirmed many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions in the first edition of his book, including the recent discoveries of the Cosmic Background Explorer satellite (COBE), which probed back in time to within 300,000 years of the universe's beginning and revealed wrinkles in the fabric of space-time that he had projected. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, excellent condition. Minor wear on jacket edges. Price is clipped on jacket.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Bantam Press, 1988. First edition, eighth printing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0593015185\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47522767175922,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_8c456862-ab32-4d73-986e-779c0240418d.jpg?v=1745952804"},{"product_id":"adventures-in-human-being-by-gavin-francis","title":"Adventures in Human Being by Gavin Francis","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe have a lifetime’s association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb; from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique engineering of the foot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his own experiences as a doctor and GP, he blends first-hand case studies with reflections on the way the body has been imagined and portrayed over the millennia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf the body is a foreign country, then to practise medicine is to explore new territory: Francis leads the reader on an adventure through what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth a user’s guide to the body and a celebration of its elegance, this book will transform the way you think about being alive, whether in sickness or in health. Published in association with the Wellcome Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003ePaperback, good condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003ePublished by Profile Books, 2016.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eISBN: 9781781253427\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47573906358514,"sku":"","price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_c4b12877-7308-4dd5-b6ea-33152ab8d321.jpg?v=1747654782"},{"product_id":"pathogenesis-how-germs-made-history-by-jonathan-kennedy","title":"Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History by Jonathan Kennedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis humbling and revelatory book shows how infectious disease has shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo sapiens over the equally intelligent Neanderthals to the fall of Rome and the rise of Islam. How did the Black Death lead to the birth of capitalism? And how did the Industrial Revolution lead to the birth of the welfare state?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInfectious diseases are not just something that happens to us, but a part of who we are. The only reason humans don't lay eggs is that a virus long ago inserted itself into our DNA. In fact, 8% of the human genome was put there by viruses. We have been thinking about the survival of the fittest all wrong: human evolution is not simply about our strength and intelligence, but about what viruses can and can't use for their benefit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy confronting our ongoing battle with infectious diseases globally, Dr Jonathan Kennedy shows how germs have been responsible for some of the seismic revolutions in human history, and how the crises they precipitate offer vital opportunities to change course.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Slight creasing on spine. Binding is tight, pages are clean.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Penguin Books, 2024.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781804991893\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578566263026,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_75f54124-9dea-4f71-ba6a-e04d6cd5274c.jpg?v=1747650352"},{"product_id":"space-10-things-you-should-know-by-dr-becky-smethurst","title":"Space: 10 Things You Should Know by Dr Becky Smethurst","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is for anyone who wants to easily understand the mind-blowing fundamentals of our extraordinary, expanding universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Oxford astrophysicist Dr Becky Smethurst and composed of ten captivating, simple essays, it guides you swiftly through the galaxies, explaining the mysteries of black holes, dark matter and what existed before the Big Bang, presenting the evidence as to whether we really are alone, illuminating what we still don’t know, and much more besides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you have big questions about Space, this book will provide you with the answers in an engaging and succinct way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, very good condition. Some small markings on back of jacket. Cover, pages and binding are in excellent condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Seven Dials, 2019. First edition, later printing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781841883823\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578582024434,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_da68cd92-548d-41f1-bf7a-d0a32a9726bc.jpg?v=1747650258"},{"product_id":"the-illustrated-origin-of-species-by-charles-darwin","title":"The Illustrated Origin of Species by Charles Darwin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe publication of Darwin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Origin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1859 marked a dramatic turning point in scientific thought. The volume had taken Darwin more than twenty years to publish, in part because he envisioned the storm of controversy it was certain to unleash. Indeed, selling out its first edition on its first day, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Origin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e revolutionized science, philosophy, and theology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDarwin’s reasoned, documented arguments carefully advance his theory of natural selection and his assertion that species were not created all at once by a divine hand but started with a few simple forms that mutated and adapted over time. Whether commenting on his own poor health, discussing his experiments to test instinct in bees, or relating a conversation about a South American burrowing rodent, Darwin’s monumental achievement is surprisingly personal and delightfully readable. Its profound ideas remain controversial even today, making it the most influential book in the natural sciences ever written—an important work not just to its time but to the history of humankind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, good condition. Some wear to jacket edges. Cover and pages are in excellent condition. Binding is tight and pages are clean.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Faber and Faber, 1979. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0571114776\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47578728399090,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_d205f45d-4a2f-4a3e-8ed7-b464a2d6e53f.jpg?v=1747648891"},{"product_id":"letters-from-an-astrophysicist-by-neil-degrasse-tyson","title":"Letters from an Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeil deGrasse Tyson is arguably the most influential, acclaimed scientist on the planet. As director of the Hayden Planetarium, and host of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarTalk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, he has dedicated his life to exploring and explaining the mysteries of the universe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery year, he receives thousands of letters – from students to prisoners, scientists to priests. Some seek advice, others yearn for inspiration; some are full of despair, others burst with wonder. But they are all searching for understanding, meaning and truth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis replies are by turns wise, funny, and mind-blowing. In this, his most personal book by far, he covers everything from God to the history of science, from aliens to death. He bares his soul – his passions, his doubts, his hopes. The big theme is everywhere in these pages: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhat is our place in the universe?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is an awe-inspiring read and an intimate portal into an incredible mind, which reveals the power of the universe to start conversations and inspire curiosity in all of us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, very good condition. Minor wear to jacket edges. Slight water damage on back of jacket. Cover is in excellent condition. Pages have a small nick on upper edge, with a very slight discolouration around the nick.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by W.H. Allen 2019. First UK edition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9780753553787\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47817208266994,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_24879308-06a3-45cc-ab18-cb05e352477e.jpg?v=1754219716"},{"product_id":"astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry-by-neil-degrasse-tyson","title":"Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, excellent condition. As new.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by W.W. Norton \u0026amp; Company, 2017. First edition, later printing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9780393609394\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47817208987890,"sku":null,"price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_099e968c-e34b-4db8-a520-b8cf9b6af093.jpg?v=1754219406"},{"product_id":"our-cosmic-habitat-by-martin-rees","title":"Our Cosmic Habitat by Martin Rees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur universe seems strangely ''biophilic,'' or hospitable to life. Is this happenstance, providence, or coincidence? According to cosmologist Martin Rees, the answer depends on the answer to another question, the one posed by Einstein's famous ''What interests me most is whether God could have made the world differently.'' This highly engaging book explores the fascinating consequences of the answer being ''yes.'' Rees explores the notion that our universe is just a part of a vast ''multiverse,'' or ensemble of universes, in which most of the other universes are lifeless. What we call the laws of nature would then be no more than local bylaws, imposed in the aftermath of our own Big Bang. In this scenario, our cosmic habitat would be a special, possibly unique universe where the prevailing laws of physics allowed life to emerge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRees begins by exploring the nature of our solar system and examining a range of related issues such as whether our universe is or isn't infinite. He asks, for How likely is life? How credible is the Big Bang theory? Rees then peers into the long-range cosmic future before tracing the causal chain backward to the beginning. He concludes by trying to untangle the paradoxical notion that our entire universe, stretching 10 billion light-years in all directions, emerged from an infinitesimal speck.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Rees argues, we may already have intimations of other universes. But the fate of the multiverse concept depends on the still-unknown bedrock nature of space and time on scales a trillion trillion times smaller than atoms, in the realm governed by the quantum physics of gravity. Expanding our comprehension of the cosmos, Our Cosmic Habitat will be read and enjoyed by all those--scientists and nonscientists alike--who are as fascinated by the universe we inhabit as is the author himself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHardback, excellent condition. Very minimal wear to jacket edges. Cover and pages are in fine condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2002. First UK edition, second impression.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e205 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 0297829017\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47884142084338,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_a3986893-8f0e-4e04-9186-7248c18490a9.jpg?v=1756924393"},{"product_id":"outer-space-in-your-pocket-by-mike-flynn","title":"Outer Space in Your Pocket by Mike Flynn","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuasars and quarks, the first men in space, Apollo, Mir, the International Space Station, life and death of a star, could there be life on Mars? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOuter Space in Your Pocket\u003c\/em\u003e contains everythign you need to know about travel to the moon, solar systems, black holes, white giants, distance ot the nearest galaxy, the structure of the cosmos, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarback, excellent condition. Very slight wear to jacket edges.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Elwin Street Productions, 2011.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9781906761202\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48077135380722,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_c4bec6cc-e7b4-455d-95ab-3382574420c7.jpg?v=1761484388"},{"product_id":"god-a-human-history-of-religion-by-reza-aslan","title":"God: A Human History of Religion by Reza Aslan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGod\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Reza Aslan sheds new light on mankind's relationship with the divine and challenges our perspective on the history of faith and the birth of religion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the origins of spiritual thought to the concept of an active, engaged, divine presence that underlies all creation, Aslan examines how the idea of god arose in human evolution, was gradually personalized, endowed with human traits and emotions, and eventually transformed into a single Divine Personality: the God known today by such names as Yahweh, Father, and Allah.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBold, wide-ranging and provocative, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003echallenges everything we thought we knew about the origins of religious belief, and with it our relationship with life and death, with the natural and spiritual worlds, and our understanding of the very essence of human existence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e_____________________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback, good condition. Light wear to cover edges. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Bantam Press, 2017.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eISBN: 9780552174992\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurel Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48124819439858,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_485ff583-1119-4f16-9efc-ae4c97b7f778.jpg?v=1762620599"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1460\/7090\/collections\/SOCIAL_POST_SIX_e4289833-1667-4c40-8957-7ab5c332953f.png?v=1777113058","url":"https:\/\/www.laureltreebooks.co.uk\/collections\/science\/physics.oembed","provider":"Laurel Tree Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}