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A Silent Fire: The Story Of Inflammation, Diet And Disease (Paperback)
Shilpa RavellaOriginal price R 350.00 - Original price R 350.00Original price R 350.00R 350.00R 350.00 - R 350.00Current price R 350.00Hidden inflammation lies behind many modern diseases. Shilpa Ravella, an expert in nutrition and the gut, explains why our immune systems are turni...
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The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries: ...And Other Amazing Cosmic Facts
Icon BooksOriginal price R 320.00 - Original price R 320.00Original price R 320.00R 320.00R 320.00 - R 320.00Current price R 320.00An offbeat guided tour of the Universe, focusing on weird and wonderful facts.Astrophysicist Dr Jillian Scudder knows more than most of us what a s...
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The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?
Oxford University PressOriginal price R 299.00 - Original price R 299.00Original price R 299.00R 299.00R 299.00 - R 299.00Current price R 299.00Geologist Jan Zalasiewicz takes the reader one hundred million years into the future, long after the human race became extinct, to explore what wil...
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The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity
Ebury PublishingOriginal price R 370.00 - Original price R 370.00Original price R 370.00R 370.00R 370.00 - R 370.00Current price R 370.00We don't know what we've got until it's gone...This brief, lucid book by the Director of Science at Royal Botanical Gardens takes you on an unforge...
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How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them)
Orion Publishing CoOriginal price R 240.01 - Original price R 240.01Original price R 240.01R 240.01R 240.01 - R 240.01Current price R 240.01Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people deve...
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Sentient: What Animals Reveal About Human Senses
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Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism
Penguin Books LtdOriginal price R 264.99 - Original price R 264.99Original price R 264.99R 264.99R 264.99 - R 264.99Current price R 264.99'Pontzer's findings have huge implications for our attitudes to exercise, diet and public health' Mark Webster, Sunday Times A myth-busting tour of...
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Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
Pan MacmillanOriginal price R 230.00 - Original price R 230.00Original price R 230.00R 230.00R 230.00 - R 230.00Current price R 230.00'This book is not just about life, but about discovery itself. It is about error and hubris, but also about wonder and the reach of science. And it...
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Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness
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The Biggest Number in the World: A Journey to the Edge of Mathematics
Oneworld PublicationsOriginal price R 275.00 - Original price R 275.00Original price R 275.00R 275.00R 275.00 - R 275.00Current price R 275.00From cells in our bodies to measuring the universe, big numbers are everywhere We all know that numbers go on forever, that you could spend your l...
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Life as We Made It: How 50,000 years of human innovation refined - and redefined - nature
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Animal Vegetable Criminal: When Nature Breaks the Law
Oneworld PublicationsOriginal price R 240.01 - Original price R 240.01Original price R 240.01R 240.01R 240.01 - R 240.01Current price R 240.01AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2021 'Delightful' Ed Yong What's to be done about a drunken elephant? A monkey caught mugging passers-by? A trespassing sq...
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Life Time: The New Science of the Body Clock, and How It Can Revolutionize Your Sleep and Health (Trade Paperback)
Russell FosterOriginal price R 370.00 - Original price R 370.00Original price R 370.00R 370.00R 370.00 - R 370.00Current price R 370.00A guide to using the science of the body clock to create the optimum personal routine, and sleep better, work better and feel better. In the twe...
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2022 Guide to the Night Sky Southern Hemisphere: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above Australia, New Zealand and South Africa
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Eureka!: Mindblowing Science Every Day of the Year
John Murray PressOriginal price R 355.01Original price R 355.01 - Original price R 355.01Original price R 355.01Current price R 199.00R 199.00 - R 199.00Current price R 199.00Introduced by Jim Al-KhaliliCould you surf down an erupting volcano?Why do zebras have stripes?Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci?...
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How Vaccines Work: The Science and History Behind Every Question You've Wanted to Ask
Little, Brown Book GroupOriginal price R 420.00 - Original price R 420.00Original price R 420.00R 420.00R 420.00 - R 420.00Current price R 420.00Vaccines are a debate, whether we want them to be or not. With a clear-eyed approach to their science and history, HOW VACCINES WORK demystifies th...
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Slime: A Natural History
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Nine Musings on Time: Science Fiction, Science Fact, and the Truth About Time Travel
Icon BooksOriginal price R 270.00 - Original price R 270.00Original price R 270.00R 270.00R 270.00 - R 270.00Current price R 270.00Time travel is a familiar theme of science fiction, but is it really possible?Surprisingly, time travel is not forbidden by the laws of physics - a...
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Mother Brain: Separating Myth from Biology - the Science of the Parental Brain
Orion Publishing CoOriginal price R 355.01 - Original price R 355.01Original price R 355.01R 355.01R 355.01 - R 355.01Current price R 355.01Before Chelsea Conaboy gave birth to her first child, she anticipated the joy of holding her newborn son, the endless dirty nappies and the sleeple...
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The Skeptics' Guide to the Future (Paperback)
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My Life in Sea Creatures: A young queer science writer's reflections on identity and the ocean
Vintage PublishingOriginal price R 395.00 - Original price R 395.00Original price R 395.00R 395.00R 395.00 - R 395.00Current price R 395.00'A miraculous, transcendental book' ED YONGA young queer science writer on some of the ocean's strangest creatures and what they can teach us about...
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Observing our Solar System: A beginner's guide
Harpercollins PublishersOriginal price R 230.00 - Original price R 230.00Original price R 230.00R 230.00R 230.00 - R 230.00Current price R 230.00The ideal gift for aspiring astronomers. The sights in our Solar System are dynamic reminders of our planet's position as part of a large...
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Joined-Up Thinking: The Science of Collective Intelligence and its Power to Change Our Lives
Hodder & StoughtonOriginal price R 355.01 - Original price R 355.01Original price R 355.01R 355.01R 355.01 - R 355.01Current price R 355.01'A lively examination of communal endeavour... important and correct' - Steven Poole, The GuardianAt a time of existential global challenges, we ne...
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Rebirth of Science in Africa
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Emotional: The New Thinking About Feelings
Penguin Books LtdOriginal price R 264.99 - Original price R 264.99Original price R 264.99R 264.99R 264.99 - R 264.99Current price R 264.99You make hundreds of decisions every day, from what to eat for breakfast to how to influence people, and not one of them could be made without the ...
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Astronomy: A Visual Guide
Dorling Kindersley LtdOriginal price R 350.00 - Original price R 350.00Original price R 350.00R 350.00R 350.00 - R 350.00Current price R 350.00Take a look through the lens and discover the beauty and science of the magnificent night sky - and beyond.This stunningly illustrated handbook is ...
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50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know
Quercus PublishingOriginal price R 240.01 - Original price R 240.01Original price R 240.01R 240.01R 240.01 - R 240.01Current price R 240.01In a series of 50 accessible essays, Tony Crilly explains and introduces the mathematical laws and principles -ancient and modern, theoretical and ...
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Psychology: 50 Essential Ideas
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Eureka!: Mindblowing Science Every Day of the Year
New ScientistOriginal price R 360.00 - Original price R 360.00Original price R 360.00R 360.00R 360.00 - R 360.00Current price R 360.00Introduced by Jim Al-Khalili Could you surf down an erupting volcano? Why do zebras have stripes? Are you breathing the same air as Leon...
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The Red Planet: A Natural History of Mars
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Yearbook of Astronomy 2023
Pen & Sword Books LtdOriginal price R 475.00 - Original price R 475.00Original price R 475.00R 475.00R 475.00 - R 475.00Current price R 475.00Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2023 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an author...
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Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19
Harpercollins PublishersOriginal price R 260.00 - Original price R 260.00Original price R 260.00R 260.00R 260.00 - R 260.00Current price R 260.00Understanding how Covid-19 started is more important than we know for the future of humankind. Determining wheth...
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Look Up: Our story with the stars
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The New Breed: How to Think About Robots
Penguin Books LtdOriginal price R 264.99 - Original price R 264.99Original price R 264.99R 264.99R 264.99 - R 264.99Current price R 264.99The robots are here. They make our cars, they deliver fast food, they mine the sea floor. And in the near-future their presence will increasingly e...
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Rutherford and Fry's Complete Guide to Absolutely Everything (Abridged): new from the stars of BBC Radio 4
Transworld Publishers LtdOriginal price R 240.01 - Original price R 240.01Original price R 240.01R 240.01R 240.01 - R 240.01Current price R 240.01In Rutherford and Fry's comprehensive guidebook, they tell the complete story of the universe and absolutely everything in it - skipping over some ...
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Before the Big Bang: The Origin of Our Universe from the Multiverse
Vintage PublishingOriginal price R 350.00 - Original price R 350.00Original price R 350.00R 350.00R 350.00 - R 350.00Current price R 350.00Beyond the Big Bang presents a new cutting-edge theory from a pioneering scientist about the origins of our universe.Professor Laura Mersini-Hought...
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Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut
Harpercollins PublishersOriginal price R 260.00 - Original price R 260.00Original price R 260.00R 260.00R 260.00 - R 260.00Current price R 260.00How do you remember more and forget less? How can you earn more and become more creative just by moving house? And how do you pack a car ...
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Testosterone: The Story of the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us
Octopus Publishing GroupOriginal price R 240.01 - Original price R 240.01Original price R 240.01R 240.01R 240.01 - R 240.01Current price R 240.01RECOMMENDED AS ONE OF THE TIMES' BEST SCIENCE BOOKS OF 2021'With all the talk about testosterone in sex, sports and politics, we need a good explan...
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Racing Green: How Motorsport Science Can Save the World
Bloomsbury Publishing PlcOriginal price R 450.00 - Original price R 450.00Original price R 450.00R 450.00R 450.00 - R 450.00Current price R 450.00Racing Green is the story of how motorsport science has become smarter and more environmentally friendly, and how these developments on the track a...
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Mending the Mind: The Art and Science of Overcoming Clinical Depression
Orion Publishing CoOriginal price R 240.01 - Original price R 240.01Original price R 240.01R 240.01R 240.01 - R 240.01Current price R 240.01'A tour de force . . . an important, affecting and effective book' ALASTAIR CAMPBELL'[A] gorgeous and urgent book' STEVEN PINKER'Reminds us that, d...
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DARK AND MAGICAL PLACES HB
Profile Books LtdOriginal price R 460.00 - Original price R 460.00Original price R 460.00R 460.00R 460.00 - R 460.00Current price R 460.00"A NATURAL STORYTELLER" Mary Roach "BRILLIANT AND BEGUILING" Matthew Gavin Frank "CAPTIVATING ... WILL ALTER THE WAY YOU SEE AND MOVE THROUGH T...
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HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE IN 100 STARS BPB
Quercus PublishingOriginal price R 240.01 - Original price R 240.01Original price R 240.01R 240.01R 240.01 - R 240.01Current price R 240.01From the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, this is a very personal history of the universe through the author's favourite 100 stars.Astronomer Florian ...
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CAN FISH COUNT? TPB
Quercus PublishingOriginal price R 355.01 - Original price R 355.01Original price R 355.01R 355.01R 355.01 - R 355.01Current price R 355.01'What I like best about this fascinating book is the detail. Brian Butterworth doesn't just tell us stories of animals with numerical abilities: he...
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HOW EVOLUTION EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT
Hodder & Stoughton General DivisionOriginal price R 280.00 - Original price R 280.00Original price R 280.00R 280.00R 280.00 - R 280.00Current price R 280.00How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and...
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This Is Your Mind On Plants: Opium-Caffeine-Mescaline
Penguin Books LtdOriginal price R 264.99 - Original price R 264.99Original price R 264.99R 264.99R 264.99 - R 264.99Current price R 264.99THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES, HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND'It's a trip - engrossing, eye-opening, mind altering' New Statesman 'Fas...
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Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice
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Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut
Penguin Books LtdOriginal price R 320.00 - Original price R 320.00Original price R 320.00R 320.00R 320.00 - R 320.00Current price R 320.00The inspiring memoir of the superstar astronaut and internet sensation - now on her biggest space mission yet'Today I woke up on Earth. And I will ...
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The Four Horsemen
Quercus PublishingOriginal price R 310.01 - Original price R 310.01Original price R 310.01R 310.01R 310.01 - R 310.01Current price R 310.01The Four Horsemen - War, Pestilence, Famine and Death - first appeared in the Book of Revelations a thousand years ago, but they continue to track ...
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