The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future (Pickering Andrew)(Paperback)

The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future (Pickering Andrew)(Paperback)

Cybernetics is often thought of as a grim military or industrial science of control. But as Andrew Pickering reveals in this beguiling book, a much more lively and experimental strain of cybernetics can be traced from the 1940s to the present. The Cybernetic Brain explores a largely forgotten

Secret Frome (Pickering Andrew)(Paperback)

The town of Frome, in the heart of the ancient royal forest of Selwood that straddles the borders of Wiltshire and Somerset, was once renowned for its prosperous woollen cloth industry and is now noted as an emerging provincial centre for the arts and crafts. The town and its environs has a

Future of Another Timeline (Newitz Annalee)(Paperback / softback)

The Future of Another Timeline is stunning new stand-alone science fiction novel from Annalee Newitz, a founding editor of io9 and Lambda LGBTQ Award-winning author of

Neuroteach: Brain Science and the Future of Education (Whitman Glenn)(Paperback)

Teachers are brain changers. Thus it would seem obvious that an understanding of the brain - the organ of learning - would be critical to a teacher's readiness to work with students. Unfortunately, in traditional public, public-charter, private, parochial, and home schools across the country, most

Rough Ride to the Future (Lovelock James)(Paperback / softback)

Presents a radical vision of humanity's future as the thinking brain of our Earth-system. This book introduces two new author's ideas. It gives his reflections on how scientific advances are made, and his own remarkable life as a lone

Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future (McAfee Andrew)(Paperback)

In The Second Machine Age, Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson predicted some of the far-reaching effects of digital technologies on our lives and businesses. Now they've written a guide to help readers make the most of our collective future. Machine Platform Crowd outlines the opportunities and

How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain - The New Science of Transformation (Newberg Dr Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

Focuses on the pinnacle of the human experience: enlightenment. This book offers us the possibility to become permanently less stress-prone, to break bad habits, to improve our collaboration and creativity skills, and to lead happier, more satisfying

Sketch Workshop: Future Concepts (3DTotal Publishing)(Spiral)

Sketch Workshop: Future Concepts is a ready-to-go workbook containing a project by the talented Jonas Minnebo who will help beginners and hobbyists learn to draw a futuristic city

Absolution Gap (Reynolds Alastair)(Paperback / softback)

Take another awe-inspiring leap into the darkly imagined future of REVELATION SPACE, where it is time for Humanity to meet its

The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel) (Tanigawa Nagaru)(Paperback)

BACK TO THE FUTURE IN ANOTHER ADVENTURE FOR THE SOS BRIGADE! ​It's a new year, and Haruhi Suzumiya, the powerful (and pushy) leader of the SOS Brigade is actually...content. For once, she's not seeking out time-traveling exploits, murder mysteries, or any other wild adventures that could lead to

Networks of the Brain (Sporns Olaf)(Paperback)

An integrative overview of network approaches to neuroscience explores the origins of brain complexity and the link between brain structure and function.Over the last decade, the study of complex networks has expanded across diverse scientific fields. Increasingly, science is concerned with the

Cannabinoids and the Brain (Parker Linda A.)(Paperback)

A review of the scientific evidence on the effects of cannabinoids on brain and behavioral functioning, with an emphasis on potential therapeutic use.The cannabis plant has been used for recreational and medicinal purposes for more than 4,000 years, but the scientific investigation into its effects

Yellow Diamond - A Crime of the Super-Rich (Martin Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

Detective Superintendent George Quinn -- Mayfair resident and dandy with a razor-sharp brain -- has set up a new police unit, dedicated to investigating the super-rich. When he is shot in mysterious circumstances, DI Blake Reynolds is charged with taking over. But Reynolds hadn't bargained for

Penguin Concise Thesaurus (Pickering David)(Paperback / softback)

Offers a selection of synonyms for a host of words, ranging from the everyday to the comparatively esoteric and from standard vocabulary to contemporary slang and

Compass Dances (Pickering Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The Compass Dances is a collection of poems written from 1955 to 2015; the work of almost a lifetime. Influenced by the author's long absence from England, this strikingly original collection provides unique reflection on simultaneously writing in two languages, far away from the familiarity of

Great Myths of the Brain (Jarrett Christian)(Paperback)

Great Myths of the Brain introduces readers to the fieldof neuroscience by examining popular myths about the humanbrain. Explores commonly-held myths of the brain through the lens ofscientific research, backing up claims with studies and otherevidence from the literatureLooks at enduring myths such

Amelia - (Earhart) (Prentice Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

Another addition to our hot new series of illustrated biographies for children - get on first name terms with the greatest people in history and living

The Sausage of the Future (Niebling Carolien)(Paperback)

The Future of the Image (Ranciere Jacques)(Paperback)

Rhythms of the Brain (Buzsaki Gyorgy)(Paperback)

Studies of mechanisms in the brain that allow complicated things to happen in a coordinated fashion have produced some of the most spectacular discoveries in neuroscience. This book provides eloquent support for the idea that spontaneous neuron activity, far from being mere noise, is actually the

Cyberiad - Fables for the Cybernetic Age (Lem Stanislaw)(Paperback / softback)

'A giant of twentieth-century science fiction' Guardian One of the world's most beloved science fiction writers, Stanislaw Lem was famed for his wryly comic, outlandish imaginings of the relationship between humans and technology. In this playful cosmic fantasia, two 'constructors' compete to dream

Female Brain (Brizendine Louann MD)(Paperback / softback)

Describes the flexible structure of the female brain and its constant, dynamic state of change - the key difference that separates it from that of the male - and reveals how women think, what they value, how they communicate, and whom they'll love. This work is based on more than three decades of

A History of the World (Marr Andrew)(Paperback)

From the earliest civilizations to the twenty-first century, Andrew Marr's A History of the World is a compelling global journey through human

Future of War - A History (Freedman Sir Lawrence)(Paperback / softback)