New Science titles
1472990684
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Adlard Coles
Resource type: Physical
Note: A fascinating and original look at how the sea has defined Britain - and decided the course of its history - for thousands of years.
0241986265
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. Science is not, and has never been, a uniquely European endeavour. Copernicus relied on mathematical techniques borrowed from Arabic and Persian texts.
1035009048
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Picador
Resource type: Physical
Note: Historian Jared Farmer tells the globe-spanning story of humanity's deep fascination with the oldest living trees, the lessons in survival they offer us, and how to alter our behaviour so that the young trees of today can become ancient themselves.
1399403249
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Wildlife
Resource type: Physical
Note: This popular RSPB field guide is a rich resource of information on our most familiar garden wildlife. For the third edition the field guide sections will be updated and some expanded to offer comprehensive coverage of the many species that can now be found in British gardens. Offering practical advice on attracting wildlife to your garden.
1804990914
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: What does it mean to be female? Mother, carer, the weaker sex? Think again. In the last few decades a revolution has been brewing in zoology and evolutionary biology. Lucy Cooke introduces us to a riotous cast of animals, and the scientists studying them, that are redefining the female of the species.
0008359318
Hardback
Year: 2023
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: William Collins
Resource type: Physical
Note: A celebration of the wildlife found on a relatively modest collection of islands positioned at a latitude so northerly to be unattractive to many animals and plants. This title explores the fascinating relationships within and between species who make their home on the British Isles.
0008551448
Paperback
Year: 2022
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Collins
Resource type: Physical
1472985362
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma
Resource type: Physical
Note: Biologist Adam Hart explores the complex relationships we have with predators, and investigates what happens when humans become prey. From big cats to army ants, via snakes, bears, wolves, crocodiles, piranhas and more, Hart busts some myths and explores the science behind such encounters.
0241562589
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Allen Lane
Resource type: Physical
Note: The latest volume in the New York Times bestselling physics series explains Einstein's masterpiece: the general theory of relativity. He taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and special relativity. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind, assisted by a new collaborator, Andre Cabannes, returns to tackle Einstein's general theory of relativity.
1784777471
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides Ltd
Resource type: Physical
Note: This new, thoroughly updated and lavishly illustrated fourth edition is packed with information and pictures to aid in identifying key species, all in an easy-to-carry format that covers everything from the wildlife that you're likely to encounter, whether flying in the air, running along the ground or swimming underwater.
1789294800
Hardback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Hardback
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Limited
Resource type: Physical
Note: Bestselling author Marcus Chown explains the one thing you need to know to understand some of the most important and mind-blowing concepts of the 21st century in 21 accessible and engaging chapters.
0500297061
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Resource type: Physical
Note: This title, written by an international team of distinguished scientists, historians of science and science writers, provides an unrivalled account of the lives and personalities behind the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all time, from Galileo and Newton to Einstein and Freud. Originally published: 2012
1472988493
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Wildlife
Resource type: Physical
Note: Discover the incredible diversity of life within our seas and learn how we can all play a role in protecting and conserving it. Our seas are home to an abundance of fascinating creatures and stunning habitats. From spectacular kelp forests to intricate rocky reefs and from mud plains to open ocean, the British Isles have a diversity of marine ecosystem.
147298398X
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma
Resource type: Physical
Note: For most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs, but over the last 20 years scientists have uncovered remarkable fossils and new technologies that have upended this story. In 'Beasts Before Us', palaeontologist Elsa Panciroli charts the emergence of the mammal lineage.
1472993594
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Wildlife
Resource type: Physical
Note: With contributions from Dave Goulson and Gill Perkins, founder and CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust respectively, this illustrated pocket guide is the ideal companion for anyone interested in the naturally occurring species of bumblebee that can be found in the British Isles.
1529362318
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Hodder
Resource type: Physical
Note: A thin, invisible layer of air surrounds the Earth, sustaining all known life on the planet and creating the unique climates and weather patterns that make each part of the world different. In 'Firmament', atmospheric scientist and science communicator Simon Clark offers a rare and accessible tour of the ins and outs of the atmosphere and how we know what we know about it. From the workings of its different layers to why carbon dioxide is special, from pioneers like Pascal to the unsung heroes working in the field to help us understand climate change.
178027775X
Paperback
Year: 2023
Language: English
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Birlinn
Resource type: Physical
Note: Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal level and has hand-reared numerous litters of orphan kits, eventually returning them to the wild. In this book she shares her experiences and love for the squirrel and explores how our perceptions have changed.
1785789791
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Icon Books
Resource type: Physical
Note: Echoing Sherlock Holmes' famous dictum, John Gribbin tells us: 'Once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, is certainly possible, in the light of present scientific knowledge.' With that in mind, in his sequel to the hugely popular 'Six Impossible Things and Seven Pillars of Science', Gribbin turns his attention to some of the mind-bendingly improbable truths of science.
1910682365
Paperback
Year: 2022
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: NMS
Resource type: Physical
1472972074
Paperback
Year: 2023
Media class: Paperback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Wildlife
Resource type: Physical