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Brian Clegg
Take a voyage into space to explore the wonders of the galaxy and beyond. With award-winning science writer Brian Clegg as your deep space guide, step on board the starship…
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Essential Science aims to be the most detailed, accessible and authoritative book of its kind. Each of the 34 discoveries is broken down into seven essential elements to aid comprehension…
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New for Icon’s Hot Science series - a startling insight into the data that runs our lives.
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The popular science equivalent of the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?
How patterns–from diagrams of spacetime to particle trails revealed by supercolliders–offer clues to the fundamental workings of the physical world. –Provided by publisher.
The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet.
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An exploration of the transformative ways in which nature has inspired the technological advancement of humankind.
Everyone has an interest in the weather, whether it's to check the prospects for a day out or to know when best to harvest a crop. The Earth's weather systems…
A more sustainable business is a more profitable one. Financial Times Briefing on Sustainable Business is your practical and accessible guide to transforming the way you do business, to the…
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Tackling some of the most common scientific myths still believed today, Brian Clegg blows these widely held misconceptions about the workings of our world out of the water in this…
Creative thinking, creative problem solving and creative idea generation have become essential business drivers. This book provides an executive briefing for senior management to understand what business creativity is, how…
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Climate change. Nuclear devastation. Bio-hazard. The Large Hadron Collider. What do these things have in common? This book explores the reality of the dangers that science poses to the human…
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The science in this book is not for the children, but for the adults who have to explain it. Starting with a whirlwind tour of the great milestones of modern…
Creative thinking, creative problem solving and creative idea generation have become essential business drivers. This book provides a source for senior management to understand what business creativity is, how it…
Examining issues such as climate change sceptics, celebrity greens and the charity gig bandwagon, ‘Fair’ trade, organics, renewable energy, recycling, carbon offsets, sustainability and much more, this book shakes up…
An exploration of one of the four forces in the universe: Gravity
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Build Your Own Time Machine explores the amazing possibilities of quantum entanglement, superluminal speeds, neutron star cylinders and wormholes in space. Brian Clegg applies the most famous of Einstein’s theories…
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Explores the history of the Big Bang concept. From the earliest creation myths, through Hershel’s realization that the Milky Way was one of many galaxies, to the debates about Black…
Managers are faced with many conflicting demands and situations. Part of the New Skills Portfolio series, this book addresses the following questions: How can you be a generalist and a…
Gives you the tools and techniques you need to work a bit of creative magic into various aspects of your studying. This book shows you: what the whole creativity business…
Climate change is upon us. Make no mistake: disasters such as Hurricane Katrina are the tip of a rapidly melting iceberg. This title includes: where to live to minimize the…
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Trying to understand a system with multiple interacting components - the weather, for example, or the human body, or the stock market - means dealing with two factors: chaos and…
A fascinating and up-to-date tour of the workings of the universe that suggest the possibility of journeying back and forth through time.
Originally published: New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2006.
A fascinating portrait of Albert Einstein in 50 defining facts, illustrated through 150 stunning infographics.
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A vivid snapshot of Nikola Tesla’s life illustrated through 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements, presented in 150 striking infographics.
The fully updated 2nd edition of this critically acclaimed book covers the exciting developments in light science of the past five years. Light Years is an engaging survey of everything…
Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. Whether it’s the reality of anti-gravity…
The story of a philosophical and mathematical concept that has driven men insane
The mind-bending quiz book that every science geek needs in their Christmas stocking.
On 14 September 2015, after 50 years of searching, gravitational waves were detected for the first time and astronomy changed for ever.
Welcome to the wonderful world of graphene, the thinnest substance known to science.
The mysterious phenomena that could unlock the secrets of the universe.
How good are you at code-breaking? Can you solve this fiendish cumulative puzzle?
The great conundrum that has taxed the finest minds in physics.
The popular science equivalent of Who Do You Think You Are?
The ultimate non-technical guide to the fast-developing world of quantum computing.
Brian Clegg was always fascinated by Isaac Asimov’s classic Foundation series of books, in which the future is predicted using sophisticated mathematical modelling of human psychology and behaviour. Only much…
Acclaimed popular science author Brian Clegg demonstrates how quantum physics underpins everyday life.
Explores our understanding of light from the spiritual interpretations of the Neolithic worshippers at Stonehenge, the Ancient Egyptians and the Mayans, through our scientific attempts to understand light. This book…
A mind-bending quiz book from popular science master John Gribbin.
Brian Clegg (Cambridge University)
Broken down into ten simple lessons and written by leading experts in their field, discover the ten most important takeaways from those areas of science you’ve always wanted to know…
Brian Clegg (Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, UK)
Anyone can type a few keywords into a search engine. But that’s only the beginning. This book helps to find the right material, check its authenticity, and transform it into…
Brian Clegg (Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts UK)
An easy-to-understand guide to the complex subject of quantum physics.
Quantum physics is how scientists describe the world of the very small. For other people, however, the rules of quantum…
