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A Garden Bird's Year by Mike Toms 9780008470616
RRP: £16.99£11.47Britain's gardens are a vast, living landscape and the home to hundreds of species of birds. Learn to pay attention to these visitors to your own garden or local park and you'll have a front-row seat to the unfolding drama that is the... -
Eugenics: A Very Short introduction by Professor Philippa Levine
RRP: £8.99£6.65In 1883, Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, coined the word "eugenics" to express his dream of perfecting the human race by applying the laws of genetic heredity. Adapting Darwin's theory of evolution to human society, eugenics soon became a... -
Equine Behaviour in Mind: Applying Behavioural Science to the Way We Keep, Work and Care for Horses by Suzanne Rogers 9781789180077
RRP: £24.95£22.10Intended for people who work with horses and for owners who want to learn more, Equine Behaviour in Mind provides ideas for practical ways that changes can be incorporated into daily interactions with horses. This book advocates a mindful approach to... -
Theoretical Astrophysics: Volume 1: Astrophysical Processes by T. Padmanabhan 9780521566322
RRP: £72.99£65.16Graduate students and researchers in astrophysics and cosmology need a solid understanding of a wide range of physical processes. This clear and authoritative book has been designed to help them to develop the necessary toolkit of theory. The book is... -
The Fats of Life by Caroline M. Pond 9780521635776
RRP: £36.99£31.75This book aims to fill the gap between unscientific comments about the hazards and benefits of high-fat or low-fat diets and weight control found in magazines and technical and medical reports about lipid biochemistry and obesity. It aims to explain in... -
Quantum Information by Stephen M. Barnett
RRP: £38.99£33.85Quantum information- the subject- is a new and exciting area of science, which brings together physics, information theory, computer science and mathematics. "Quantum Information"- the book- is based on two successful lecture courses given to advanced... -
Into the Great Emptiness: Peril and Survival on the Greenland Ice Cap by David Roberts
RRP: £23.99£20.51By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed Gino), a... -
Bridges: The science and art of the world's most inspiring structures by David Blockley
RRP: £13.99£10.01Bridges touch all our lives - every day we are likely to cross a bridge, or go under one. How many of us stop to consider how the bridge stands up and what sort of people designed and built something so strong? Bridge building is a magnificent... -
Reeds Maritime Meteorology by Elaine Ives
RRP: £30.00£23.15Written primarily for serving and trainee deck officers, those studying for certificates of competency in merchant shipping and fishermen, Reeds Maritime Meteorology analyses the elements and forces which contribute to maritime meteorology and the... -
Nature's Child by John Lister-Kaye 9780349117607
£11.66Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Sustainable Development by Susan C. Baker
RRP: £43.99£38.84The current focus on sustainable development opens up debates surrounding our relationship with the natural world, about what constitutes social progress and about the character of development, both in the Global North and the Global South. The promotion... -
Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus by David Quammen
RRP: £20.00£14.51**A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 and FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2023****Shortlisted for the Royal Science Society Book Prize 2023**From the author of the prescient Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human PandemicBreathless is the story... -
Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Dr Temple Grandin
RRP: £16.99£13.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547248233Author Dr Temple GrandinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)... -
Untitled by James Eden 9780008404468
RRP: £20.00£13.34What can we really do about the climate emergency? The inconvenient truth is that we are causing the climate crisis with our carbon intensive lifestyles and that fixing - or even just slowing - it will affect all of us. But it can be done. ... -
Demystifying Orchid Pollination: Stories of sex, lies and obsession by Adam P. Karremans
RRP: £30.00£28.17The fascinating natural history of orchids and the extraordinary means by which they reproduce. Author Adam P. Karremans reveals their hidden secrets, from the cruel obsession of sexual deception to sweet rewards and highlights the key role of... -
Insect Biochemistry by H.H. Rees 9780412131301
RRP: £44.99£44.97entiated free-living organism (larva), which is The success of the Insecta as a class (nearly extensively destroyed and rebuilt into a mor 1 million spp.; phylum Arthropoda) is largely phologically different form (adult) suitable for due to their... -
Elementary Quantum Mechanics by David S. Saxon 9780486485966
RRP: £24.99£20.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486485966Author David SaxonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 593gDimensions(mm)... -
Ecology and Natural History (Collins New Naturalist Library) by David Wilkinson 9780008293635
RRP: £65.00£42.70Ecology is the science of ecosystems, of habitats, of our world and its future. In the latest New Naturalist, ecologist David M. Wilkinson explains key ideas of this crucial branch of science, using Britain's ecosystems to illustrate each point. ... -
Alternative Energy For Dummies by Rik DeGunther
RRP: £15.99£12.54The myths and facts about alternative fuels-and how they impact our lives As the price of energy continues to soar, so too has the demand for alternative energy. But there's no clear "winner" in the race to replace fossil fuels. Alternative Energy For... -
Winged Worlds: Common Spaces of Avian-Human Lives Olga Petri 9781032369723
RRP: £36.99£32.78This edited collection explores our often-surprising modes of co-inhabiting the cultural and aerial worlds of birds. It focuses on our encounters with non-captive birds and the cultural geographies of feathered flight. This book offers a timely... -
Bernoulli's Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science by Aubrey Clayton
RRP: £20.00£15.89There is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is not a minor academic quibble: it underlies a reproducibility crisis now threatening entire disciplines. In an increasingly statistics-reliant society, this... -
The Knowledge Machine: How an Unreasonable Idea Created Modern Science by Michael Strevens
RRP: £10.99£7.33Rich with tales of discovery from Galileo to general relativity, a stimulating and timely analysis of how science works and why we need it. 'The best introduction to the scientific enterprise that I know. A wonderful and important book' David Wootton,... -
The Mould In Dr Florey's Coat: The Remarkable True Story of the Penicillin Miracle by Eric Lax
RRP: £12.99£8.83Many people know that in 1928 Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin's antibiotic potential while examining a stray mould that had bloomed in a dish of bacteria in his London laboratory. But few realise that Fleming worked only fitfully on penicillin... -
The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe
RRP: £15.00£14.87In The Secrets of Alchemy, Lawrence M. Principe, one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, brings alchemy out of the shadows and restores it to its important place in human history and culture. By surveying what alchemy was and how it began,... -
Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe by Roger Penrose 9780691119793
RRP: £25.00£19.99What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, theoretical physicists are immune to mere trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy? In fact, acclaimed... -
The Evolution of Biological Information: How Evolution Creates Complexity, from Viruses to Brains by Christoph Adami 9780691241142
RRP: £62.00£48.22Why information is the unifying principle that allows us to understand the evolution of complexity in natureMore than 150 years after Darwin’s revolutionary On the Origin of Species, we are still attempting to understand and explain the amazing... -
The History of Astronomy: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Hoskin
RRP: £8.99£6.65Astronomy, perhaps the first of the sciences, was already well developed by the time of Christ. Seventeen centuries later, after Newton showed that the movements of the planets could be explained in terms of gravitation, it became the paradigm for the... -
Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are by Kevin J. Mitchell 9780691204154
RRP: £15.99£13.11A leading neuroscientist explains why your personal traits are more innate than you thinkWhat makes you the way you are-and what makes each of us different from everyone else? In Innate, leading neuroscientist and popular science blogger Kevin Mitchell... -
Footprints by David Farrier
RRP: £9.99£6.84A profound meditation on climate change and the Anthropocene and an urgent search for the fossils-industrial, chemical, geological-that humans are leaving behind A Times Book of the Year * A Daily... -
Do Earth: Healing Strategies for Humankind Tamsin Omond 9781914168000
RRP: £9.99£7.00We know there's a climate emergency but what does that mean we should do? What does a 'better future' look like and how do we get there? Having spent over a decade on the frontlines of climate activism - organising, campaigning, and holding the powerful... -
Shrikes of the World by Norbert Lefranc
RRP: £60.00£45.34BB/BTO BIRD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 'This long-awaited update to the acclaimed first edition is the definitive guide to a complex and intriguing family. The species accounts and taxonomic treatments have been fully revised in line with recent studies,... -
Bender Heaven: The UK Traveller's Good Home Guide by "Laugh" 9781904263692
RRP: £5.99£4.27A bender is the British travellers' abode of choice. Built from little more than a tarpaulin and some thin hazel poles, people live in these snug, warm eco-homes the length and breadth of Britain. Like many sensible things, bender-life remains broadly... -
The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson 9780395924969
£13.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395924969Author Rachel CarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 272g -
Demystifying Dog Behaviour for the Veterinarian by Kendal Shepherd
RRP: £25.99£22.63The behaviour textbook that's been missing! - Dr Mandy Roshier, University of Nottingham, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, UKThis practical guide for busy veterinarians demystifies the apparently complex nature of canine behaviour while... -
Hot Mess: What on earth can we do about climate change? Matt Winning 9781472276728
RRP: £12.99£8.83'A very funny, important and only moderately terrifying clarion call of a book' - Adam Kay'HOT MESS provides loads of laughs about "the climate situation" and will position you at the right point between fear and determination' - Mark Watson... -
The Illustrations from the Works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels by Andreas Vesalius 9780486209685
RRP: £19.49£13.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486209685Author Andreas VesaliusFormat PaperbackPage Count 255Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Woods: A Celebration Robert Penn 9781911358114
RRP: £20.00£14.55A tribute to the natural history of some of our most iconic British woods. The National Trust manages hundreds of woods, covering over 60,000 acres of England and Wales. They include many of the oldest woodlands in the land and some of the oldest... -
The Sting of the Wild by Justin O. Schmidt 9781421419282
RRP: £20.50£17.38Entomologist Justin O. Schmidt is on a mission. Some say it's a brave exploration, others shake their heads in disbelief. His goal? To compare the impacts of stinging insects on humans, mainly using himself as the gauge. In The Sting of the Wild, the... -
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Collection 9 by Royal Observatory Greenwich
RRP: £25.00£17.43A beautiful gift for beginner and seasoned stargazers alike From the number one Astronomy publisher, a beautiful astrophotography book, showcasing the most spectacular space photography, taken from locations across the globe. Marvel at the... -
Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines: Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi by Nicholas P. Money 9780691236308
RRP: £25.00£18.89The hidden role of fungi inside and all around usFrom beneficial yeasts that aid digestion to toxic molds that cause disease, we are constantly navigating a world filled with fungi. Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines explores the amazing ways fungi interact...