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With a price tag of only $250, this is a very attractive buy -- probably the best if you're shopping on a budget.
No fluff.
I'd never thought I'd say this, but give me more of these books on colors!
Scientific writing doesn't need to be painful!
I couldn't recommend this book more -- for everybody
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An excellent read for people of all ages and all backgrounds, and a bible for anyone looking to become an astronaut.
Humans are inherently ill-suited to assess odds -- this book aims to help.
Geek is good!
Brainy bling for that special someone.
Celebrate this day biology's way!
Gifts that will keep the gears of love well oiled.
Seriously awesome chemistry-themed gifts.
Gifts for our heroes
The most adorable gifts you can possibly give.
Perhaps it's time we start having conversations about science once again -- and this book is a great place to start.
Every empire has an apex, it also has a breaking point from which it spirals-down into insignificance.
A book for everyone interested in knowing more about the human mind.
A brief overview of some of the strangest objects in the cosmos.
We place a lot of emphasis on face reading... but we're also very bad at it.
It's an exhausting but extremely rewarding trip.
A must-read book spanning time and science.
A great book for those who want to brush up on some cipher history as well those who want to really dive into it will find this book satisfying.
In a world of whats, Universal is a book of whys and hows.
You'll never look at a book or a plot in the same way.
It's as good a bird book as any, and I'd recommend it to everyone visiting Kruger Park as well as other, similar, habitats across the continent.
Heretics! has what it takes to become a classic, or even better yet -- pioneer a new literary genre.
A great introduction to how networks work.
An eye-opener.
The best guided tour to the universe published thus far.
The intellectual reward of Microbes from Hell is a pleasure, despite an occasionally challenging journey.
This is a pragmatic take to gusto, one that both foodies and the 'profane' will enjoy.
Altered States is a great scholarly work that attempts to dissect American Buddhism and psychedelics.
We live in an economic world, and this book makes sense of it all.
A book that offers perspective, where perspective is needed.
A very solid entry-level robot vacuum. No more sweeping!
At the end of the day, you'll be less caveman or - at the very least - more aware of the fact that you still are one.
Nobel Prize-winning Richard Feynman was one of the greatest physicists of the past century and a man of many talents.
In a thoughtful and engaging biography of Rosalind Franklin, Brenda Maddox beautifully portrays the life of an ingenious scientist.
“Global Environments through the Quaternary” By David Anderson, Andrew Goodie, Adrian Parker Oxford University Press, 406pp | Buy on Amazon The Quaternary, the last 2.6 million years, has been a time of major changes in our world, and we can still see most of those changes today. Numerous geology books discuss the changes and the environments […]
“Narrative Networks” By Brian Alleyne SAGE Publications Ltd, 224pp | Buy on Amazon What’s a narrative? That’s a question we don’t ask ourselves, even though narratives are all around us – from the books and movies that we enjoy, to Facebook, and to this website. This book challenges and inspires readers to think about narratives in […]
“Measuring Happiness” By Joachim Weimann, Andreas Knabe, Ronnie Schob MIT Press, 224pp | Buy on Amazon What is happiness, and how does money relate to it? Is more really better? Then why aren’t richer people happier? But why are poor people generally less happy? The economics of happiness is an extremely controversial field, without any definitive answers; […]
“A History of Future Cities” By Carmine Nardone, Salvatore Rampone World Scientific Publishing, 156pp | Buy on Amazon This book contains the proceedings of the international workshop on global sustainability held in Benevento, Italy, on February 2014. It features 10 published papers regarding dealing with broad range of aspects of sustainability in a global scenario including food […]
“Fluvial Depositional System” By Andrew Miall Springer, 316pp | Buy on Amazon This book definitely goes out to the earth scientists out there – it’s not a book for the general audience. In fact, I’d describe it as a book-length scientific article, though one that properly explains all the concepts it uses throughout. Those working in […]
“Decarbonising the World’s Economy” Editors: Terry Barker, Douglas Crawford Brown Imperial College Press, 376pp | Buy on Amazon We have to make the transition from a fossil-fuel based economy, to a greener, sustainable economy – but won’t that cause economic downfall? That’s a misconception too often repeated by both the media and policy makers. We […]
Mathematics is considered a problematic vocation, because, let's face it, mathematicians can be weird. But that's mostly because people don't understand mathematics, let alone mathematicians which can be even more problematic. Why do (pure) mathematicians do what they do? Michael Harris, professor of mathematics at the Université Paris Diderot and Columbia University, offers a personal account of "Mathematics without apologies".
“A Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences” By Michael Allaby Oxford, 672pp | Buy on Amazon Confession time: I’ve previously never owned a geology dictionary. I know, I know, I was that guy – always taking something from the University library, borrowing from my colleagues or looking for stuff online. Mea culpa – but then again, I […]
Computer science and the major principles behind it.
Mineralogy is one of the most beautiful and most difficult subjects in geology - I had a love/hate relationship with it in my undergrad years. Reading an introductory textbook takes me back, and brings back lots of memories - and it doesn't get much better than this when it comes to textbooks. The second edition of Introduction to Mineralogy does a great job at complementing its predecessor and sets a high standard for mineralogy textbooks worldwide.
