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Science & Geography
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Galway: Making a Capital of Culture€16.99This book offers a fresh perspective on contemporary place development, using the unique case of Galway, Ireland. It will be of interest to students and scholars of geography, sociology, planning cultural and Irish studies. While a specific case study, the story of Galway is an international one.
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Our Final Invention : Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era€13.99First published ten years ago, Our Final Invention predicted much of the artificial 'intelligence explosion' that is now ripping through our culture, and was named by Elon Musk as one of five books everyone should read about the future. Now updated with an urgent new preface
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American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer€15.99Physicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu scriptures as he was with quantum mechanics, J. Robert Oppenheimer - director of the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb - was the most famous scientist of his generation.
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How Biology Works : The Facts Visually Explained€22.99Discover everything you need to know about biology, with the simplest most visual guide to the science of life. How do vaccines work? What is special about stem cells? How did we evolve from bacteria? The science of life can be dauntingly complex, and it can be hard to separate "good" science from "bad", fundamental truths from the much-hyped breakthroughs reported in the media.
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Quantum Supremacy : How Quantum Computers will Unlock the Mysteries of Science - and Address Humanity's Biggest Challenges€29.99Told with Kaku's signature clarity and enthusiasm, Quantum Supremacy is the story of this exciting frontier and the race to claim humanity's future.
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Quantum Physics Made Me Do It€26.99A Simple Guide to the Fundamental Nature of Everything from Consciousness and Free Will to Parallel Universes and Eternal Life.
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A Silent Fire : The Story of Inflammation, Diet and Disease€23.99Inflammation is the body's response to injury and foreign microbes.
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The Climate Book€31.99We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, comes the essential handbook for making it happen.
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Fen, Bog and Swamp : A Short History of Peatland Destruction and its Role in the Climate Crisis€20.99From Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx - whose novels are infused with her knowledge and deep concern for the earth - comes an urgent and riveting history of wetlands, their ecological role and how the loss of them threatens the planet.