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Trick or Treatment?: Alternative Medicine on Trial by Dr. Simon Singh
RRP: $15.47$11.17Welcome to the world of alternative medicine.Prince Charles is a staunch defender and millions of people swear by it; most UK doctors consider it to be little more than superstition and a waste of money. But how do you know which treatments really heal... -
The Perfect Predator: A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee
RRP: $19.34$15.27A "fascinating and terrifying" memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life (Scientific American) - and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more.Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her... -
The Case for the Green New Deal by Ann Pettifor 9781788738156
RRP: $16.76$14.41The GND has the potential of becoming one of the largest global campaigns of our times, and it started in Ann Pettifor's flat. In 2008, the first Green New Deal was devised by Pettifor and a group of English economist and thinkers, but was ignored within... -
Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory by Werner Heisenberg 9780486601137
RRP: $14.18$9.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486601137Author Hoyt HoytFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 225gDimensions(mm)... -
What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees by Stephen L Buchmann
RRP: $30.95$26.46For many of us, the buzzing of a bee elicits panic. But the next time you hear that low droning sound, look closer: the bee has navigated to this particular spot for a reason using a fascinating set of tools. She may be using her sensitive olfactory... -
The Case Against Darwin: Why the Evidence Should Be Examined by James Perloff 9780966816013
RRP: $10.26$8.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966816013Author James PerloffFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Refuge BooksPublisher Refuge BooksWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 219mm * 141mm * 7mm -
Making Medicine: Surprising Stories from the History of Drug Discovery by Keith Veronese
RRP: $25.79$18.71How do scientists design the medicine we use to improve our lives? It turns out that many are happy accidents or overlooked mixtures of carbon and hydrogen that go on to not only improve the lives of people the world over, but become million- and... -
Gemini Owners' Workshop Manual: An insight into NASA's Gemini spacecraft, the precursor to Apollo and the key to the Moon by David Woods
RRP: $32.25$23.61NASA Gemini Owners' Workshop Manual 1965-1966 (all missions, all models) An insight into NASA's Gemini spacecraft, the precursor to Apollo and the key to the Moon. David Woods and David M. Harland NASA's Gemini space flight programme followed on from the... -
The Fall and Rise of Nuclear Power in Britain: A History by Simon Taylor 9781906860318
RRP: $29.66$22.50The story of the rise, fall and second ascendancy of nuclear power in the United Kingdom. Britain was a pioneer in civil nuclear power and there were once high hopes in the 1950s that this could be a source of cheap electricity and a valuable export... -
The Apple Orchard: The Story of Our Most English Fruit by Pete Brown
RRP: $14.18$10.15'An absorbing love letter to the English apple tree...lyrical and joyful' - TLS'A delightful book' - Sunday TimesShortlisted for the Andre Simon Food and Drink Book Award 2016A Radio 4 Book of the Week'Wonderful, revelatory ... very moving' - Sheila... -
The Vanishing Ice: Diaries of a Scottish snow hunter by Iain Cameron
RRP: $16.76$12.26There are few more beautiful places than Scotland's winter mountains. But even when most of the snow has melted, isolated patches can linger well into summer and beyond. In The Vanishing Ice, Iain Cameron chronicles these remarkable and little-seen... -
We Do Things Differently: The Outsiders Rebooting Our World by Mark Stevenson
RRP: $12.89$9.44Our systems are failing. Old models - for education, healthcare and government, food production, energy supply - are creaking under the weight of modern challenges. As the world's population heads towards 10 billion, it's clear we need new approaches... -
Heat: How We Can Stop the Planet Burning by George Monbiot
RRP: $12.89$9.44'With a dazzling command of science and a relentless faith in people, George Monbiot writes about social change with his eyes wide open' Naomi Klein'A manifesto for change ... The combination of practical detail and creative thinking is immensely... -
Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human by Daniel J. Siegel 9780393710533
RRP: $27.08$25.05Neuroscience studies the brain. A full examination of what we mean by the term "mind" has traditionally been the province of philosophers but here Daniel Siegel explores what neuroscience can teach us about it-how the mind differs from consciousness and... -
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA by Brenda Maddox 9780060985080
RRP: $21.92$14.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060985080Author Brenda MaddoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
The Mars Project by Wernher Von Braun
RRP: $28.37$24.76This classic on space travel was first published in 1953, when interplanetary space flight was considered science fiction by most of those who considered it at all. Here the German-born scientist Wernher von Braun detailed what he believed were the... -
This Book Could Fix Your Life: The Science of Self Help by New Scientist
RRP: $19.34$12.96We all want to be happier, more successful and less stressed, but what really works? From building confidence and boosting creativity to forming better relationships and getting smarter (and healthier), This Book Could Fix Your Life explores the real... -
Oceans For Dummies A Cousteau 9781119654438
RRP: $25.79$18.00Dive deep to explore the ocean From how most of our oxygen is created by phytoplankton, to how currents control our climate, to the marine food chain and the importance of coral, thisis the holy grail of ocean books that's easy for everyone to digest. ... -
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach 9781786070890
RRP: $12.89$9.44A finalist for the Los Angeles Times Science & Technology Book Prize 'The most entertaining writer in science' - The Times, Books of the Year War. Mention it and most of us think of history, of conflicts on foreign soil, of heroism and compromise,... -
The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions by David Berlinski
$21.04From a bestselling author, an "incendiary and uproarious" assault on the pretensions of scientific atheists (National Review)Militant atheism is on the rise. Prominent thinkers including Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher... -
Showstopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft by G. Pascal Zachary
RRP: $27.08$20.76This "inside account captures the energy-and the madness-of the software giant's race to develop a critical new program. . . . Gripping" (Fortune Magazine).Showstopper is the dramatic, inside story of the creation of Windows NT, told by Wall Street... -
On the Emergence of an Ecological Class: A Memo Bruno Latour (Institut d'etudes politiques (Sciences Po), Paris, France) 9781509555062
RRP: $12.89$9.03Under what conditions could ecology, instead of being one cluster of movements among others, organise politics around an agenda and a set of beliefs? Can ecology aspire to define the political horizon in the way that liberalism, socialism, conservatism... -
Survivors: The Animals and Plants that Time has Left Behind by Richard A. Fortey 9780007209873
RRP: $16.76$12.05An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures that have survived from earlier times. In this groundbreaking book, prize-winning science writer Richard Fortey... -
Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, 5-Volume Set by Gavin Van Horn
RRP: $109.65$71.57*2022 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Ecology & Environment *2022 Nautilus Book Award Special Honors as Best of Anthology For readers of Braiding Sweetgrass and The Overstory From The Center for Humans and Nature, a collection in five... -
Janice VanCleave's Big Book of Science Experiments Janice VanCleave 9781119590651
RRP: $20.63$14.82Janice VanCleave once again ignites children's love for science in her all-new book of fun experiments-featuring a fresh format, new experiments, and updated content standards From everyone's favorite science teacher comes Janice VanCleave's Big Book of... -
Human Frontiers: The Future of Big Ideas by Michael Bhaskar
RRP: $25.80$7.49'A fascinating book . . . Bhaskar is a reassuringly positive and often witty guide'Observer'A fascinating, must-read book covering a vast array of topics from the arts to the sciences, technology to policy. This is a brilliant and thought-provoking... -
Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science by Carol Kaesuk Yoon 9780393338713
RRP: $27.09$22.10Biologist Carol Kaesuk Yoon explores the historical tension between evolutionary biology and taxonomy. Carl Linnaeus struggled in the eighteenth century to define species in light of their mutability while still relying on intuitive, visual judgments. As... -
The Art of Animal Anatomy: All life is here, dissected and depicted by David Bainbridge
RRP: $32.24$25.23Discover the inner workings of an animal's anatomy with this beautiful guide, featuring historical illustrations and lyrical descriptions of the animal body. Have you ever wondered what beats beneath an animal's skin? Well, you wouldn't be the first... -
Warped Passages: Unravelling the Universe's Hidden Dimensions by Lisa Randall
RRP: $24.50$17.56In Warped Passages one of the world's most exciting scientists gives us a glimpse into our future. Incredibly readable - and illustrated throughout - it allows the general reader to understand the questions that scientists are dealing with at the... -
Elements: A Visual History of Their Discovery by Philip Ball
RRP: $32.25$22.42This book offers a largely chronological illustrated guide to how the chemical elements were discovered over the past three millennia. It provides a view not just of how we came to understand what everything is made of but also of how chemistry developed... -
The Physics of Musical Instruments by Neville H. Fletcher 9781441931207
RRP: $90.29$71.89When we wrote the first edition of this book, we directed our presenta tion to the reader with a compelling interest in musical instruments who has "a reasonable grasp of physics and who is not frightened by a little mathematics." We are delighted to... -
Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Molecular Simulation by Mark Tuckerman 9780198825562
RRP: $83.85$80.16Scientists are increasingly finding themselves engaged in research problems that cross the traditional disciplinary lines of physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, and engineering. Because of its broad scope, statistical mechanics is an... -
The Nature of Mathematical Modeling by Neil Gershenfeld
RRP: $61.91$52.23This 1998 book, about the nature and techniques of mathematical modeling, is oriented towards simple efficient implementations on computers. The text is in three sections. The first covers exact and approximate analytical techniques; the second,... -
Prehistory Decoded by Martin Sweatman 9781789016383
RRP: $27.08$19.27Nearly 13,000 years ago millions of people and animals were wiped out, and the world plunged abruptly into a new ice-age. It was more than a thousand years before the climate, and mankind, recovered. The people of Gobekli Tepe in present-day... -
Spinning Out: Climate Change, Mental Health and Fighting for a Better Future by Charlie Hertzog Young
RRP: $16.76$11.04'Utterly brilliant - engaging, thrilling, disturbing, revelatory, explosive' GEORGE MONBIOT'This extraordinary book, written with startling honesty and vulnerability, traces Charlie's remarkable journey from deep despair to resistance, reconnection and... -
The World We Once Lived In by Wangari Maathai
RRP: $6.44$5.11In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.From the Congo Basin to the traditions of the Kikuyu people, the lucid, incisive writings in The World We Once Lived In explore the sacred power of trees, and why humans... -
Field Guide to Scorpions of South Africa by Ian Engelbrecht 9781775845744
RRP: $25.79$17.04Among the world's most fascinating living fossils, scorpions have been around for some 420 million years. South Africa is home to an astonishing variety, with 108 species in three families occurring in most of the region's biomes, from desert and... -
Organic Chemistry Digital Update (International Edition): Structure and Function by K. Peter C. Vollhardt
$100.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781319467975Author K. Peter C. VollhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 1476Imprint W.H.Freeman & Co LtdPublisher Macmillan LearningWeight(grams)... -
Chemistry All–in–One For Dummies (+ Chapter Quizzes Online) by C Hren
RRP: $36.11$24.34Everything you need to crush chemistry with confidence Chemistry All-in-One For Dummies arms you with all the no-nonsense, how-to content you'll need to pass your chemistry class with flying colors. You'll find tons of practical examples and practice... -
When There Were Birds by Roy Adkins
RRP: $32.25$7.10A landmark book that charts humanity's changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the twenty-first century 'A marvellously original slice of social history' Daily Mail'The facts and folklore of birdlife are dissected in admirable...