Henry Petroski Design pervades our lives. Everything from drafting a PowerPoint presentation to planning a state-of-the-art bridge embodies this universal human activity. But what makes a great design? In this...

Ali SparkesSci-fi adventures for children aged 7 and over, we know that your children will love the SWITCH series - written by Blue Peter Book of the Year Award-winning author...

F David PeatWith fascinating historical anecdotes and incisive scientific analysis, this important work combines ancient thought with modern theory to reveal a new way of viewing our universe that can...

Teach YourselfNearly every day, the media report new findings and further developments in the field of genetics, stirring hope and controversy. "Teach Yourself 101 Key Ideas: Genetics" seeks to sort...

Cordelia Fine “Beliefs about men and women are as old as humanity itself, but Fine’s funny, spiky book gives reason to hope that we’ve heard Testosterone rex’s last roar.” ―Annie...

Dan Ariely   Dan Ariely, behavioral economist and the New York Times bestselling author of The Upside of Irrationality and Predictably Irrational, examines the contradictory forces that drive us to...

Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending A manifesto for and an example of a new kind of history, a biological history, and not just of the prehistoric era Scientists have long...

Wilbur Smith On a continent of breathtaking beauty and bitter suffering, two vastly different cultures clashed, mingled, and recoiled. Here, amidst mist-shrouded mountains and gold-studded plateaus, ancient tribesmen lived close...

Nancy L Mace MA and Peter V Rabins, MC, MPHA family guide to caring for persons with Alzheimer's Disease, related dementing illness and memory loss in later life.

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David BerlinskySimply put, an algorithm is a set of instructions-it's the code that makes computers run. A basic idea that proved elusive for hundreds of years and bent the minds...

Ray KurzweilRay Kurzweil is the inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era, an international authority on artificial intelligence, and one of our greatest living visionaries. Now...