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Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart (born 1945)

mathematician, science communicator

  • University of Cambridge, University of Warwick

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In Pursuit of the Unknown
Professor Stewart's casebook of mathematical mysteries
The magical maze
Nature's numbers
Concepts of modern mathematics
The problems of mathematics
Another fine math you've got me into...
Calculating the cosmos
Flatterland
Mathematics of life
Professor Stewart's incredible numbers
Uncertainty
Cows In The Maze
The Globe
The Science of Discworld
Does God play dice?
Judgement Day
Heaven
Life's other secret
Darwin's Watch
Wheelers
Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
Story of Mathematics
The foundations of mathematics
Letters to a young mathematician
What shape is a snowflake?
Gateway to computing with the BBC Micro
Stephen Hawking
Figments of reality
Algebraic number theory
Complex analysis
Control your TRS-80
Why Beauty Is Truth
The Great Mathematical Problems
Machine code and better BASIC
Galois theory
Game, Set and Math
Math Hysteria
The art of C programming
The Collapse of Chaos
Professor Stewart's hoard of mathematical treasures
Symmetry
Get knotted!
How to Cut a Cake
Easy programming for the ORIC-1
Lie algebras generated by finite-dimensional ideals
The Colours of Infinity
Catastrophe theory and its applications
Seven years of Manifold, 1968-1980
The art of Lisp programming
Timex Sinclair 1000
Singularity theory and its applications
Fearful Symmetry
Peek poke byte & ram!
The Mayor of Uglyville's Dilemma
Singularities and groups in bifurcation theory
The Symmetry Perspective
What Does a Martian Look Like
Easy programming for the Commodore 64
Infinity
Significant figures
Easy programming
Taylor expansions and catastrophes
Further programming for the ZX Spectrum
Spectrum machine code
Easy programming for the ZX Spectrum
Oracle
L'Univers des nombres
Gateway to computing with the ZX Spectrum
Further programming for the Dragon 32
Pentagonien, Andromeda und die gekämmte Kugel
Computer puzzles for Spectrum & ZX81
Commodore 64 machine code
Lie algebras
Oh! catastrophe
Mania de matemática 2
Petites Enigmes Mathematiques et Logiques
Easy Programming for the Dragon 32
The beauty of numbers in nature
From Electrons to Elephants and Elections
What's the Use?
Les fractals
Computers in a nutshell
Visions géométriques
Dynamics and Bifurcation in Networks
Solutions Manual for Galois Theory
New Directions in Mathematics
Mathematik
Ah! les beaux groupes
Jack Of All Trades
Singularity Theory and Its Applications : Warwick 1989, Part II
Nut-crackers
The Living Labyrinth
Paul Davies
Paul Davies (born 1946)

physicist, cosmologist

  • University College London, University of London

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The last three minutes
The Goldilocks enigma
Are we alone?
Six Easy Pieces
Other Worlds
About time
The cosmic blueprint
The ideal real
Exactly 12 [cents] and other convictions
Wildlife travelling companion, France
Quantum mechanics
How to Build a Time Machine
Grace
Information and the Nature of Reality Canto Classics
Hotshot Puzzles (Hotshots)
The FIFTH MIRACLE
A Dialogue for Five Voices
Gelignite Jack
Superforce
The Art Of Thief
Brain Diseases And Metalloproteins
The anatomy of corporate law
Snails
The edge of infinity
Otros mundos
The Impossible Treble The Official Story Of Uniteds Greatest Season
Jump Aboard 1
Stardoom
Corporate Boards in European Law
Black Flag
A.J. Cook (Lives of the Left)
Staff induction
Success in English teaching
Michele Sanmicheli
Smart choice
The Hotshot Puzzles
Sky High 5 Teacher's Book
First Choice
The last three minutes
Los mitos de la materia
Cosmic jackpot
Jamie Drum's massive recovery
Awakening: The Art of Halo 4
Comment construire une machine à explorer le temps ?
Field guide to the wild flowers of Britain & northern Europe
Superforce - The Search For A Grand Unified Theory Of Nature
Dropping the Chase
Gower & Davies: Principles of Modern Company Law
Sky High 1 Teacher's Book
Sky High 2 Teacher's Book
Towards a flexible labour market
Fantasy Art in Watercolour
Principles of Financial Regulation
The Locust Fields
Tourism
The Art of Horizon Zero Dawn
Marvel Contest of Champions
Oblique Litanies
The matter myth
The Born Presenter
Skyline (Book 1b)
China: Modern World History
Storming St. Kilda by tram
Synergy 2
Last Three Minutes
Skyline
The Demon in the Machine
Commerce
Manpower problems in South Asia
Filming
Flashlight
Wild Orchids of Britain and Europe
What's This India Business?: Offshoring, Outsourcing and the Global Services Revolution
Whats this India Business?
Nature Photography Close Up
Die Urkraft. Auf der Suche nach einer einheitlichen Theorie der Natur
Cosmic bullets
The Mind of God
Skyline
War of the Mines
Auf dem Weg zur Weltformel.
So baut man eine Zeitmaschine.
All Stars
Tanri ve Yeni Fizik
All Stars
All Stars
Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Southern Europe
Towards a Flexible Labour Market
Smart Choice, Level 1
First Choice
All Stars
Sanmicheli
Wreck of the Apollo
Training Your Mind To Realize It's Potential
Tuning Four Cylinder Fords
What's this India business?
Oxford Bookworms Factfiles : Stage 2
Buskers
Solutions : Intermediate : Student's Book
Jump Aboard 1: Workbook
James Lovelock
James Lovelock (1919-2022)

biologist, chemist, mythographer, ecologist, environmentalist, biochemist, futurist, independent scientist, autobiographer, scientist

  • University of Manchester, Strand School

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The Revenge of Gaia
Gaia
The vanishing face of gaia
The ages of Gaia
Healing Gaia
Homage to Gaia
A Rough Ride To The Future
Novacene
Gaia, the practical science of planetary medicine
Tracers in the Ocean
Caving
A caving manual
Revenge of Gaia
The evolving Gaia theory
ATMOSPHERIC HOMEOSTASIS BY AND FOR THE BIOSPHERE
Welkom in het Novaceen
Homenaje a Gaia
HANDS UP FOR THE GAIA HYPOTHESIS
Future
Homage to Gaia
James Lovelock et Al. the Earth and I
James Lovelock et Al. la Terre et Moi
La venjança de la Terra
THE GREAT EXTINCTION
Life and death underground
Les âges de Gaïa
Climbing
Great Extinction
Rough Ride to the Future
THE GREAT EXTINCTION WHAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS AND DEVASTATED THE EARTH
Gaia : a New Look at Life on Earth
La venganza de la Tierra
Earthdance
Homage To Gaia - The Life Of An Independant Scientist
Der wissende Kosmos. Die Entdeckung eines neuen Weltbildes
AS/a Level Music - Rock and Pop, Musical Theatre and Jazz
We Belong to Gaia
Marcus du Sautoy
Marcus du Sautoy (born 1965)

mathematician, academic

  • University of Oxford, Gillotts School

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The Number Mysteries
Finding Moonshine
The music of the primes
Symmetry
The Creativity Code
New horizons in pro-p groups
I Is a Strange Loop
The great unknown
Zeta functions of groups and rings
Thinking Better
Eduardo Terrazas : Cosmos
1 Asal Sayı 1 Kareköke Dedi Ki
Analytic Pro-P Groups
Around the World in 80 Games
How to Count to Infinity
J. Michael Bailey
J. Michael Bailey (born 1957)

psychologist, researcher

  • Washington University in St. Louis

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The Man Who Would Be Queen
Edzard Ernst
Edzard Ernst (born 1948)

columnist, journalist, physician

  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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Depression
Help Yourself To Health
Back pain
Depressão
The complete book of symptoms & treatments
Depresion - Salud Natural
Trick or Treatment?
Complementary Therapies for Pain Management
Hypericum
Herbal Medicine
Complementary Medicine
Garlic
Homeopathy - The Undiluted Facts
SCAM
The Desktop guide to complementary and alternative medicine
Oxford handbook of complementary medicine
Healing, Hype or Harm? The Debate About Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Sleep
A scientist in wonderland
The desktop guide to complementary and alternative medicine
Help Yourself to Health: Depression
Hypericum
More Harm than Good?
Don't Believe What You Think
Insomnio - Salud Natural
Biology without mysticism
Well Being Encyclopedia
Help Yourself to Health: Backpain
Complete Medicine for Common Ailments - Back Pain
Charles, the Alternative Prince
Alternative Medicine
Complete Medicine for Common Ailments - Sleepless Nights
Biophysics of the striated muscle
Healing, hype or harm?
Dolor de Espalda - Salud Natural
Acupuncture
Healing, Hype or Harm?
So-Called Alternative Medicine (SCAM) for Cancer
Chiropractic
Homöopathie - die Fakten [unverdünnt]
Advances in idiopathic low back pain
Bizarre Medical Ideas
Complementary Therapies in Women's Health
Heilung oder Humbug?
Charles, the Alternative King
Die Gymnastik der Hand, Oder Vorschule der Musik und der Verschiedenen Künste und Gewerbe
Praxis Naturheilverfahren
Fibrinogen
Vorsicht Heilpraktiker
Lawrence M. Krauss
Lawrence M. Krauss (born 1954)

astronomer, physicist, astrophysicist, theoretical physicist

  • Carleton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The physics of Star trek
The greatest story ever told--so far
Hiding in the mirror
A Universe from Nothing
What Are You Optimistic About?
Atom
Beyond Star Trek
Fear of Physics
The Greatest Story Ever Told - So Far
Hiding in the Mirror
Fear of physics
Quantum Man
Quantum Man Richard Feynmans Life In Science
ريتشارد فاينمان
Fear of physics
Quintessence
Baryon number violation at the electroweak scale
Quintessence
Beyond Star Trek
The fifth essence
Miedo a la Fisica
1000 Lashes
The fifth essence
The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far
Quantum Man
Historia de Un Atomo
La physique de Star trek, ou, Comment visiter l'univers en pyjama
FEAR OF PHYSICS
Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far, The
Atheism
CMB Anisotropies Two Years after Cobe
De wereld van Star Trek
Quantum Man : Richard Feynman's Life in Science
Fear of Physics
Richie Doodles
Known Unknowns
Study Guide
Beyond Star Trek
Ein Universum aus Nichts
Edge of Knowledge
The Physics of Climate Change
War on Science
Şimdiye Kadar Anlatılmış En İyi Hikaye
Kuantum Adam
"Nehmen wir an, die Kuh ist eine Kugel .̤"
Quintessence
Sean B. Carroll
Sean B. Carroll (born 1960)

biologist, molecular biologist, geneticist, researcher

  • Washington University in St. Louis, Tufts University

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