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1 The Shallows: How the Internet is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember (Paperback)

by Nicholas Carr

Format: Paperback 384 pages
Published: 01/07/2011

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Is the Internet making us stupid? In this new book, as incendiary as it is important, Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing... Read more

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2 How Bad are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything (Paperback)

by Mike Berners-Lee

Format: Paperback 304 pages
Published: 13/05/2010

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Packed full of information yet always entertaining. From text messages and plastic bags to wars and volcanoes, How Bad Are Bananas? has the carbon... Read more

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3 Future Minds: How The Digital Age is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters and What We Can Do About It (Paperback)

by Richard Watson

Format: Paperback 224 pages
Published: 07/10/2010

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What are some of the unexpected consequences of digital information on the 100 billion cells and quadrillion connections inside our brains? This... Read more

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4 The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood - Science Prize Winner (Paperback)

by James Gleick

Format: Paperback 544 pages
Published: 01/03/2012

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Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world's leading prize for popular science writing. Read more

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5 Quirkology: The Curious Science of Everyday Lives (Paperback)

by Professor Richard Wiseman

Format: Paperback 200 pages
Published: 04/04/2008

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6 The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society (Paperback)

by Frans De Waal

Format: Paperback 304 pages
Published: 15/09/2011

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7 The Tell-tale Brain: Unlocking the Mystery of Human Nature (Paperback)

by V. S. Ramachandran

Format: Paperback 384 pages
Published: 05/04/2012

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Our brains are the most enchanting and complex thing in the known universe - but what happens when they go wrong? The author explores: how our minds... Read more

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8 The Believing Brain: From Spiritual Faiths to Political Convictions - How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths (Paperback)

by Michael Shermer

Format: Paperback 464 pages
Published: 07/06/2012

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Once beliefs are formed, our brains subconsciously seek out confirmatory evidence in support of those beliefs, which accelerates the process of... Read more

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9 You are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto (Paperback)

by Jaron Lanier

Format: Paperback 240 pages
Published: 03/02/2011

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Reveals how the internet is deadening personal interaction, stifling genuine inventiveness and even changing us as people. Showing us the way to a... Read more

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10 The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Paperback)

by Leonard Mlodinow

Format: Paperback 272 pages
Published: 02/04/2009

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Randomness and uncertainty surround everything we do. So why are we so bad at understanding them? This title reveals the psychological illusions... Read more

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