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		Do Cats Have Belly Buttons?
		And Answers to 244 other Questions on the World of Science		Science & Mathematics
		Paul Heiney (Edited by)
		History Press 2007  246 pages
		Paperback    0750946466		Qty
		Published Price £7.99		Our Price £3.99
	Following the success of Can Cows Walk Down Stairs?, Paul Heiney presents another batch of the general public's questions to the Science Line before its sad demise in 2003. The telephone and internet service fielded everything curiosity could throw at it, on topics from the human body ('Do blind people dream?) and the natural world ('If you gave seagulls Alka-Seltzer, would they explode?') to quantum physics ('What is Schrodinger's cat?'). With explanatory cartoons by Bill Ledger.

		Stalking the Riemann Hypothesis
		The Quest to Find the Hidden Law of Prime Numbers		Science & Mathematics
		Dan Rockmore
		Jonathan Cape 2005  292 pages
		Hardback    0224062530		Qty
		Published Price £18.99		Our Price £6.99
	Possibly the most important unsolved problem in pure mathematics, the Riemann Hypothesis proposes a rule which would explain the way in which prime numbers are distributed among the whole numbers. Since 1859, when Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866) put forward the idea, along with his 'zeta function' and the 'zeta zeros' it produces, the greatest mathematical minds have tried to resolve the hypothesis. Dan Blackmore introduces the mathematicians and narrates their ongoing quest to find the final key to our understanding of the primes.

		The Moon Book
		A Lunar Pop-Up Celebration		Science & Mathematics
		Arlene Seymour
		Universe 2002  14 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  0789306441		Qty
		Published Price $22.50		Our Price £5.99
	Including a 'moon ball' that jumps out of the book into 3-D, a moving diagram showing a lunar and solar eclipse, and a sneak-peek at a prospective space-hotel, this sophisticated children's pop-up book is in equal parts charming and informative. Simple and accessible commentary takes readers from Copernicus' hypothesis that the Earth was not the motionless centre of the Cosmos up to Neil Armstrong's moon landing in 1969, with moon folklore, myth and legend along the way.

		Evolution
				Science & Mathematics
		Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu; Patrick Gries
		Seven Stories 2007  288 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  1583227849  297x297mm		Qty
		Published Price £39.45		Our Price £14.99
	This insightful history of vertebrate species, illustrated with Patrick Gries' stunning photographs of animal skeletons, takes the reader from basic principals of biological architecture to advanced evolutionary concepts. Each chapter consists of a short text explaining how every creature's structure is shaped by its environmental and genetic inheritance, accompanied by images of examples ranging from tiny birds and rodents to pachyderms and a pilot whale. Off-mint.

		Collins Stars and Planets
		4th edition		Science & Mathematics
		Ian Ridpath; Illus. Wil Tirion
		Collins 2007  400 pages
		Hardback  Illustrated  000724813X		Qty
		Published Price £25.00		Our Price £7.99
	Now in its 4th edition, this classic guide to the night sky has been fully updated with improved sky charts and new diagrams and photographs. It contains monthly maps of the night sky for northern and southern latitudes; charts of all 88 constellations, with data and notes on bright stars and objects of interest; an illustrated introduction to stars, nebulae, galaxies and the Solar System; and advice on choosing and using binoculars and telescopes.

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