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  • The Grieving Body

    How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing

    by Mary-Frances O'Connor ...
    Series series The Grieving Brain Series
    “No one has done more for the science of grief than Mary-Frances O’Connor. Deeply human and wise, The Grieving Body delivers a grounded, logical understanding of the effects of stress and loss on our bodies. O’Connor doesn’t just explain what happens and why, she offers hopeful, beautiful solutions to support ourselves and our world.” - Megan Devine, author of It’s Ok that You’re Not OkThe follow ... Read more

    S$ 25.82 SGD

  • Beyond the 80/20 Principle

    The Science of Success from Game Theory to the Tipping Point

    by Richard Koch ...
    Series series 80/20
    Millions of highly effective people around the world have read Richard Koch's global bestseller THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE and enjoyed a serious advantage in the pursuit of success. Now, BEYOND THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE (previously published as The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws of Nature) takes you even further.Including the 80/20 Principle itself - the radical power law that helps you achieve ... Read more

    S$ 21.79 SGD

  • Going Dutch

    How England Plundered Holland's Glory

    by Lisa Jardine ...
    On November 5, 1688, William of Orange, Protestant ruler of the Dutch Republic, landed at Torbay in Devon with a force of twenty thousand men. Five months later, William and his wife, Mary, were jointly crowned king and queen after forcing James II to abdicate. Yet why has history recorded this bloodless coup as an internal Glorious Revolution rather than what it truly was: a full-scale invasion ... Read more

    S$ 16.88 SGD

  • A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0

    The bestselling popular science book of the 21st Century, now fully updated

    by Bill Bryson ...
    In this fully revised and updated edition of the best-selling popular science book of the 21st century, Bill Bryson makes complex subjects clear and compelling for everyone with an interest in the world around them.NOW FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED.'Possibly the best scientific primer ever published.' Economist'Truly impressive...It's hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.' Guardian<s... ... Read more

    S$ 35.20 SGD

  • The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI

    How to Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It's Too Late

    by Cory Doctorow ...
    As we enter the age of AI, we are in danger of being reduced to what Cory Doctorow dubs the 'reverse centaur'. With that term he conjures a human being conscripted as the assistant to a dominant machine. It could be a driver made to deliver nonstop, all day long; a warehouse worker packing shelves without bathroom or food breaks; or a programmer reviewing impossible amounts of AI-produced code.Don ... Read more

    S$ 14.49 SGD

  • The Gene

    The story of the gene: our past, our future, ourselves.

    by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...
    An epic, dazzling history of the idea that defines us.From Gregor Mendel’s pea plants to the discovery of DNA and the CRISPR revolution in gene-editing, The Gene tells the story of how we came to understand heredity – to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans – land how that knowledge now allows us to rewrite life itself. Siddhartha Mukherjee combines scientific insight with ... Read more

    S$ 21.14 SGD

  • What If? 10th Anniversary Edition

    Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

    by Randall Munroe ...
    A special 10th anniversary edition of the million-copy bestseller What If? from the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd—revised and annotated with brand-new illustrations and answers to the most absurd hypothetical questions you never thought to ask.Fans of xkcd ask Munroe a lot of strange questions: What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light? How fast can ... Read more

    S$ 30.07 SGD

  • Invention to Innovation

    How Scientists Can Drive Our Economy

    by Dr Larry Marshall ...
    Invention to Innovation charts a course for scientists, leaders, investors and policy makers to translate research into growing innovative, competitive companies and industries. With extensive experience and insights gained over three decades, Dr Larry Marshall demonstrates how science can generate new value that grows markets and creates jobs while also delivering social, environmental and ... Read more

    S$ 36.18 SGD

  • Life, Almost

    Miscarriage, misconceptions and a search for answers from the brink of motherhood

    by Jennie Agg ...
    'Vital and heart-wrenchingly intimate' Leah Hazard'Urgent, fascinating and thought-provoking' Julia Bueno'Thoughtfully researched and beautifully written' Pippa VosperAfter losing four pregnancies with no obvious cause, Jennie Agg set out to understand why miscarriage remains such a profoundly misunderstood, under-researched and under-acknowledged experience.Part-memoir, part-scientific ... Read more

    S$ 18.96 SGD

  • Synchronicity

    The Epic Quest to Understand the Quantum Nature of Cause and Effect

    by Paul Halpern ...
    From Aristotle's Physics to quantum teleportation, learn about the scientific pursuit of instantaneous connections in this insightful examination of our world.For millennia, scientists have puzzled over a simple question: Does the universe have a speed limit? If not, some effects could happen at the same instant as the actions that caused them -- and some effects, ludicrously, might even happen ... Read more

    Was S$ 19.50 SGD Now S$ 2.79 SGD

  • The Battle for Human Nature

    by Barry Schwartz ...
    “Provocative and richly textured. . . .Schwartz’s analyses of the inadequacies of contemporary scientific views of human nature are compelling, but the consequences are even more worthy of note.” —Los Angeles TimesOut of the investigations and speculations of contemporary science, a challenging view of human behavior and society has emerged and gained strength. It is a view that equates “human ... Read more

    S$ 23.86 SGD

  • Laws of the Land

    Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China

    by Tristan G. Brown ...
    A groundbreaking history of fengshui’s roles in public life and law during China’s last imperial dynastyToday the term fengshui, which literally means “wind and water,” is recognized around the world. Yet few know exactly what it means, let alone its fascinating history. In Laws of the Land, Tristan Brown tells the story of the important roles—especially legal ones—played by fengshui in Chinese ... Read more

    Was S$ 48.17 SGD Now S$ 30.07 SGD

  • Breaking the Spell

    Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

    by Daniel C. Dennett ...
    The New York Times bestseller – a “crystal-clear, constantly engaging” (Jared Diamond) exploration of the role that religious belief plays in our lives and our interactionsFor all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why—and how—it has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind ... Read more

    S$ 12.31 SGD

  • 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius: Second Edition

    by Simon Monk ...
    Series series Evil Genius
    So Many Fiendishly Fun Ways to Use the Latest Arduino Boards!Fully updated throughout, this do-it-yourself guide shows you how to program and build fascinating projects with the Arduino Uno and Leonardo boards and the Arduino 1.0 development environment. 30 Arduino Projects for the Evil Genius, Second Edition, gets you started right away with the simplified C programming you need to know and ... Read more

    S$ 30.18 SGD

  • The Upside of Irrationality

    The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home

    by Dan Ariely ...
    New York Times Bestseller“Ariely is a genius at understanding human behavior: no economist does a better job of uncovering and explaining the hidden reasons for the weird ways we act.” — James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of CrowdsBehavioral economist and New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational Dan Ariely offers a much-needed take on the irrational decisions that influence ... Read more

    S$ 16.88 SGD

  • Is It Really Green?

    Everyday Eco Dilemmas Answered

    by Georgina Wilson-Powell ...
    Find clarity on everyday green-living dilemmas to maximise your sustainabilityAre paper bags always more environmentally friendly than plastic? How much better for the planet are electric cars? What saves more water - using the dishwasher or washing up by hand?We all want to do the right thing for the planet, but with so many factors at play it can be difficult to work out which is the greenest ... Read more

    S$ 18.96 SGD

  • Digital Minimalism

    Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

    by Cal Newport ...
    Learn how to switch off and find calm - from the New York Times bestselling author of A World Without Email'Digital Minimalism is the Marie Kondo of technology' Evening Standard*****Do you find yourself endlessly scrolling through social media or the news while your anxiety rises? Are you feeling frazzled after a long day of endless video calls?In this timely book, professor Cal Ne... ... Read more

    S$ 15.14 SGD

  • Newton

    Ackroyd's Brief Lives

    by Peter Ackroyd ...
    When Newton was not yet twenty-five years old, he formulated calculus, hit upon the idea of gravity, and discovered that white light was made up of all the colors of the spectrum. By 1678, Newton designed a telescope to study the movement of the planets and published Principia, a milestone in the history of science, which set forth his famous laws of motion and universal gravitation. Newton’s long ... Read more

    S$ 18.30 SGD

  • Silent Witnesses

    by Nigel McCrery ...
    A crime scene. A murder. A mystery.The most important person on the scene? The forensic scientist. And yet the intricate details of their work remains a mystery to most of us.Silent Witnesses looks at the history of forensic science over the last two centuries, during which time a combination of remarkable intuition, painstaking observation and leaps in scientific knowledge have developed this ... Read more

    S$ 23.97 SGD

  • Dark Side of the Moon

    Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich, and the Space Race

    by Wayne Biddle ...
    A stunning investigation of the roots of the first moon landing forty years ago.This illuminating story of the dawn of the space age reaches back to the reactionary modernism of the Third Reich, using the life of “rocket scientist” Wernher von Braun as its narrative path through the crumbling of Weimar Germany and the rise of the Nazi regime. Von Braun, a blinkered opportunist who could apply only ... Read more

    S$ 24.73 SGD

  • Life and Death Rays

    Radioactive Poisoning and Radiation Exposure

    by Alan Perkins ...
    This unique book provides an accessible introduction to both the scientific background and the key people involved in the discovery and use of radiation and radioactivity. It begins by providing a short history of radiation exposures and radiation poisoning; from the early inappropriate use of X-rays and radium cures through the misadventures of the Manhattan Project and the Chernobyl disaster, to ... Read more

    S$ 57.12 SGD

  • Faster Cures

    Accelerating the Future of Health

    by Michael Milken ...
    Partly a memoir and partly a recent history of medicine, the definitive account of Michael Milken’s lifetime work to accelerate medicine's evolution from a dark past to a bright future.What if cleaning early-stage cancers from your body could become as routine as going to the dentist to clean your teeth, or if a single vaccine could protect you against multiple viruses, or if gene editing could ... Read more

    S$ 27.89 SGD

  • The Road to Conscious Machines

    The Story of AI

    by Michael Wooldridge ...
    Series series Pelican Books
    'A terrific book - essential reading for everyone seeking to make sense of Artificial Intelligence' Professor Sir Adrian Smith, Director and Chief Executive of the Alan Turing InstituteIn this myth-busting guide to AI past and present, one of the world's leading researchers shows why our fears for the future are misplaced.The ultimate dream of AI is to build machines that are like us: conscious ... Read more

    S$ 18.96 SGD

  • The Wit & Wisdom of Winston Churchill

    A Treasury of More Than 1,000 Quotations and Anecdotes

    by James C. Humes ...
    "Courageous, bellicose and humorous. . . . To anyone who wishes to have a generous source of quotations, this is the one. Churchill address audiences for seven decades. To those who follow World War II, this is an inspiring book to read and keep on your shelves." — Indianapolis StarA treasury of more than 1,000 quotations by and anecdotes about one of the most erudite, clever, and eloquent ... Read more

    S$ 14.81 SGD