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Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905-1953

Simon Ings

First published in 2016 in Great Britain by Faber & Faber Ltd. –Title page verso.

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Return from the Stars

Stanislaw Lem

An astronaut returns to Earth after a ten-year mission and finds a society that he barely recognizes.

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Engineers of Human Souls

Simon Ings

How four writers transformed the politics of the twentieth century, and changed for ever the relationship between governments and their people

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Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905-1953

Simon Ings

An eye-opening history of science in the Soviet Union, following the scientists who survived Stalin’s rule and helped to reshape the world

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A Natural History of Seeing: The Art and Science of Vision

Simon Ings

The science, history, philosophy, and mythology of how and why we see the way we do.

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The Weight of Numbers

Simon Ings

The Weight of Numbers is a big, ambitious novel that posits a world where everything is connected but, post-faith, post-fate, all that is left to guide us is numbers.

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The Smoke

Simon Ings

Nominated for the 2019 Kitschie Awards for best novel, Simon Ings’ The Smoke is about love, loss and loneliness in an incomprehensible world.

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Hot Head

Simon Ings

The extraordinary debut SF novel that announced Simon Ings as a major new genre talent, reissued.

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City of the Iron Fish

Simon Ings

A riveting gothic SF adventure set in a bizarre desert city from one of our most acclaimed authors.

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Headlong

Simon Ings

A visionary lunar apocalypse from a renowned literary SF author.

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Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy 1905-1953

Simon Ings

From acclaimed SF and non-fiction author Simon Ings comes a fascinating secret history of Soviet science.

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We, Robots: Artificial Intelligence in 100 Stories

A special edition of Simon Ings’s selection of the 100 best short stories on artificial intelligence.

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Unity in Diversity: Papers Presented to Simon C. Dik on his 50th Birthday

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