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Science360.

Science360 app

February 2012

This dazzling app from the U.S. National Science Foundation is a dizzying 360-degree panorama of tap-and-learn science.


 The Clockwork Rocket

The Clockwork Rocket

February 2012

Yalda is a member of a shape-shifting alien species, living in a universe where light has mass and no universal speed. And her solution will take millennia to complete.


The Genome Generation

The Genome Generation

February 2012

If you are shrewd enough to read Elizabeth Finkel's thrilling new book, you will learn that God apparently has a sense of humour, for the lexicon of life often reads like hieroglyphics.


Cosmic Heritage: Evolution from the Big Bang to Conscious Life

Cosmic Heritage: Evolution from the Big Bang to Conscious Life

February 2012

Canadian-born Peter Shaver spent his career peering out into the universe, much of it based at the European Southern Observatory. So he reset his sights to scan other dimensions, and Cosmic Heritage is the result.


Earth in 100 Groundbreaking Discoveries

Earth in 100 Groundbreaking Discoveries

February 2012

Douglas Palmer's book is a journey through Earth's history, from the birth of a planet to the present.


Ready Player One

February 2012

Pop culture references come thick and fast and the action never stops in this futuristic sci-fi novel. If you pine for the days when teen movies were wholesome and video games could still be coin-operated, you're going to love this novel.


arrival city

Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World

January 2012

Doug Saunders tries to understand what drives Chinese, Indian, Polish, Turkish or African peasants to become urban migrants, leaving their villages and rural lives to knock on the doors of the world's cities.


Chasing the Sun: The Epic Story of the Star that Gives Us Life

January 2012

Richard Cohen, travelled to 18 countries on six continents to write this book. The sheer breadth of topics is staggering, as he bounces from photosynthesis to Pythagoras and even covers skin cancer and the Beatles.


Making Girls and Boys: Inside the Science of Sex

Making Girls and Boys: Inside the Science of Sex

January 2012

Jane McCredie's book questions why we restrict gender to only male or female and sensitively describes the ramifications for people who can't be so easily labelled.


The lust for blood

The Lust For Blood

January 2012

Why are we fascinated by death, murder and horror? Curious psychologist and counselling professor Jeffrey A. Kottler delves into why everyday people are so attracted to violence.


the polluters

The Polluters

January 2012

The Polluters looks at the U.S.'s pollution history from the 1860s to the 1960s, and reveals the buried truth about how industries used economic and political power to dodge environmental regulation.


Seven Wonders of the Universe that You Probably Took for Granted

January 2012

This author makes a big promise: to explore seven wonders of not just the world, but of the entire universe, in a book only a few hundred pages long.


The Wonder of Genetics

The Wonder of Genetics

January 2012

"The creepy, the curious and the commonplace" take centre stage in this new book by Richard Knowles, as he takes readers on a vibrant tour of genetics that links discoveries with their real-world implications.


Version 43

Version 43

January 2012

With great wit and energy, novelist and screenwriter Philip Palmer introduces us to a robot cop determined to clean up a criminal-run planet for good.


Steve Jobs

January 2012

The biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs - drawn from three years of exclusive interviews with author Walter Isaacson - is probably the definitive portrait of the difficult genius.