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  • 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know

    by John D. Barrow ...
    'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.' John von NeumannMathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining Brain Shot answers a few essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know Brain Shot

    by John D. Barrow ...
    'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.' John von NeumannMathematics can tell you things about the world that can't be learned in any other way. This hugely informative and wonderfully entertaining Brain Shot answers a few essential questions about existence. It unravels the knotty, clarifies the conundrums and sheds ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • Cosmic Imagery

    Key Images in the History of Science

    by John D. Barrow ...
    * Certain key images embody our understanding of life and the universe we inhabit. Some, like Robert Hooke's first microscopic views of the natural world, or the stunning images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, were made possible by our new technical capabilities.* Others, like the first graph, were breathtakingly simple but perennially useful. Vesalius's haunting pictures of the human anatomy ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Infinite Book

    A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

    by John D. Barrow ...
    ‘A delight. Popular science doesn’t come much better than this’ IndependentEverything you might want to know about infinity - in history and all the way to today's cutting-edge science.Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever had. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Can you do an infinite number of things in a ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Book of Universes

    by John D. Barrow ...
    This is a book about universes. It tells a story that revolves around a single extraordinary fact: that Albert Einstein's famous theory of relativity describes a series of entire universes. Not many solutions to Einstein's tantalising universe equations have ever been found, but those that have are all remarkable. Some describe universes that expand in size, while others contract. Some rotate like ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Origin Of The Universe

    Science Masters Series

    by John D Barrow ...
    There is no more profound, enduring or fascinating question in all of science than that of how time, space, and matter began. Now John Barrow, who has been at the cutting edge of research in this area and has written extensively about it, guides us on a journey to the beginning of time, into a world of temperatures and densities so high that we cannot recreate them in a laboratory. With new ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

    Its Cause and Consequences

    by Sir John Barrow ...
    A must-read for true-crime buffs and fans of maritime history, The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences is widely recognized as the most detailed historical account of the mutiny on the Bounty that has spawned dozens of novels, movies, and other pop-culture retellings. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The Artful Universe Expanded

    by John Barrow ...
    In The Artful Universe (OUP, 1995) John D. Barrow explored the close ties between our aesthetic appreciation and the basic nature of the Universe, challenging the commonly held view that our sense of beauty is entirely free and unfettered. It looked at some of the unexpected ways in which the structure of the Universe, its laws, its environments, and above all its underlying mathematical structure ... Read more

    $13.39 CAD

  • How Not to Make It in the Pop World (Diary of an Almost Has-Been)

    by John Barrow ...
    Leicester-born tenor sax man, John Barrow, is one of the journeymen of pop. In a career that spans more than thirty years he has worked, toured and recorded with world name artists that include: BOY GEORGE / CULTURE CLUB / FUN BOY THREE / IGGY POP / MUSICAL YOUTH / SWINGING LAURELS / JERRY DAMMERS / LAUREL AITKEN / RHODA DAKAR / CRAZYHEAD / SINEAD O' CONNOR / ALI CAMPBELL (UB40) / SUGGS (MADNESS) ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

    Its Cause and Consequences

    by John Barrow ...
    CONTENTSPREFACECHAPTER I. OTAHEITECHAPTER II. THE BREAD-FRUITCHAPTER III. THE MUTINYCHAPTER IV. THE OPEN-BOAT NAVIGATIONCHAPTER V. THE 'PANDORA'CHAPTER VI. THE COURT-MARTIALCHAPTER VII. THE KING'S WARRANTCHAPTER VIII. THE LAST OF THE MUTINEERSCONCLUSIONADDITIONAL NOTEENDNOTES ... Read more

    $5.07 CAD

  • The Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty

    by Sir John Barrow ...
    Sir John Barrow's classic account of the famous mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty. Barrow critically analyses the evidence of the events taken from the original documents, such as the ship's logs. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • My Life with Bonnie and Clyde

    by Blanche Caldwell Barrow ...
    Bonnie and Clyde were responsible for multiple murders and countless robberies. But they did not act alone. In 1933, during their infamous run from the law, Bonnie and Clyde were joined by Clyde’s brother Buck Barrow and his wife Blanche. Of these four accomplices, only one—Blanche Caldwell Barrow—lived beyond early adulthood and only Blanche left behind a written account of their escapades. ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD