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On the Origin of Evolution: Tracing 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea' from Aristotle to DNA by John Gribbin
RRP: £20.00£17.62A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The theory of evolution by natural selection did not spring fully formed and unprecedented from the brain of Charles Darwin. Rather it has been examined and debated by philosophers the world over for thousands... -
Small Gases, Big Effect: The Climate Change by David Nelles
RRP: £7.99£5.98The international bestseller that gives you the facts about climate changeWhen students David Nelles and Christian Serrer struggled to find a book that explained the nuts and bolts of climate change in a way that was comprehensive, concise and enjoyable... -
Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy by Evan Thompson 9780231136952
RRP: £18.99£15.52A renowned philosopher of the mind, also known for his groundbreaking work on Buddhism and cognitive science, Evan Thompson combines the latest neuroscience research on sleep, dreaming, and meditation with Indian and Western philosophy of mind, casting... -
Science Of Learning Physics, The: Cognitive Strategies For Improving Instruction by Jennifer Docktor 9789811227769
RRP: £25.00£22.14This book on the teaching and learning of physics is intended for college-level instructors, but high school instructors might also find it very useful.Some ideas found in this book might be a small 'tweak' to existing practices whereas others require... -
Improbable Destinies: How Predictable is Evolution? by Jonathan Losos
RRP: £10.99£7.87'One of the best books on evolutionary biology for a broad readership ever written' Edward O. WilsonA dazzling tour of evolution in action that sheds light on one of the greatest debates in scienceThe natural world is full of fascinating instances of... -
An Introduction to Thermal Physics by Daniel Schroeder 9780192895554
RRP: £39.49£37.20Thermal physics deals with collections of large numbers of particles - typically 10 to the 23rd power or so. Examples include the air in a balloon, the water in a lake, the electrons in a chunk of metal, and the photons given off by the sun. We can't... -
Sustainable: Moving Beyond ESG to Impact Investing by Terrence Keeley
RRP: £25.00£19.54Should business and finance play larger roles in resolving the great social and environmental challenges of our time? Proponents of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing say yes. They argue that ESG financial strategies can help reverse... -
OCR Gateway GCSE Biology 9-1 Student Book (GCSE Science 9-1) by Anne Pilling
RRP: £21.99£20.99Exam Board: OCRLevel & Subject: GCSE BiologyFirst teaching: September 2016 Next exams: June 2024 OCR endorsed GCSE Science is changing and OCR Gateway GCSE (9-1) Biology from Collins has been developed to embed the skills your... -
Instant Mathematics: Key Thinkers, Theories, Discoveries and Concepts Explained on a Single Page Paul Parsons 9781787393240
RRP: £14.99£10.05Instant Mathematics pulls together all the pivotal mathematical theories and discoveries into one concise volume. Each page contains a discrete 'cheat sheet', which tells you the most important facts in bite-sized chunks, meaning you can become an expert... -
Where the Seals Sing by Susan Richardson
RRP: £20.00£13.74There are fewer grey seals in the world than endangered African elephants, but the British Isles host almost half of this global population. Every year these charismatic animals, with their expressive eyes and whiskers more sensitive than... -
Red Pandas The Ultimate Book: 100+ Amazing Red Panda Facts, Photos, Quiz & More by Jenny Kellett 9786197695441
RRP: £21.99£19.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786197695441Author Jenny KellettFormat HardbackPage Count 102Imprint Bellanova BooksPublisher Bellanova BooksWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction by Brian Boyd
RRP: £23.95£19.84A century and a half after the publication of Origin of Species, evolutionary thinking has expanded beyond the field of biology to include virtually all human-related subjects-anthropology, archeology, psychology, economics, religion, morality, politics,... -
Clinical Biochemistry: An Illustrated Colour Text by Michael Murphy 9780323880572
RRP: £35.99£35.45Clinical Biochemistry is a best-selling textbook, with global sales of well over 80,000. It is used across the world, and has been translated into ten languages. Over six successive editions, it has provided students with just the right amount of... -
Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour by Philip Ball
RRP: £16.99£12.28Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from? How have artists found new hues, and how have these influenced their work? Beginning with the ancients - when just a handful of pigments made up the artist's... -
Scent and Chemistry: The Molecular World of Odors by Gunther Ohloff
RRP: £75.00£60.45Scent and Chemistry Odor impressions have cast a spell over mankind since the dim and distant past. But even today, we are -consciously or subconsciously- guided by our sense of smell and the chemistry behind it. The prominent fragrance chemists Gunther... -
Laser Physics by Simon Hooker 9780198506928
£74.63In this book the interaction of radiation and matter, and the principles of laser operation are treated at a level suitable for fourth-year undergraduate courses or introductory graduate courses in physics, chemistry or engineering. The factors which... -
The Ecological Self by Freya Mathews
RRP: £16.99£15.22Environmental disasters, from wildfires and vanishing species to flooding and drought, have increased dramatically in recent years and debates about the environment are rarely far from the headlines. There is growing awareness that these disasters are... -
Finding Resilience: Change and Uncertainty in Nature and Society Professor Brian Walker (CSIRO and The Australian National University) 9781789241594
RRP: £43.90£38.55Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilience. But what does that mean? The word is used differently in psychology, ecology, economics and... -
Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus by Ioannis Karatzas 9780387976556
£45.37A graduate-course text, written for readers familiar with measure-theoretic probability and discrete-time processes, wishing to explore stochastic processes in continuous time. The vehicle chosen for this exposition is Brownian motion, which is presented... -
Wild Soundscapes: Discovering the Voice of the Natural World by Bernie Krause
RRP: £14.99£13.03A founder of soundscape ecology offers a pioneering field guide for listening to and recording the sounds of the wild Through his organization Wild Sanctuary, Bernie Krause has traveled the globe to hear and record the sounds of diverse natural habitats... -
Geology of Shropshire by Peter Toghill
RRP: £30.00£24.96This book explains the geological history of Shropshire, a story based on Shropshire's incredible journey, lasting 500 million years, from the Antarctic Circle through the Tropics and across the equator to our present latitudes, a distance of 12,000km... -
The Secret Language Of Color: Science, Nature, History, Culture, Beauty of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, & Violet by Arielle Eckstut
RRP: £25.00£20.71In this beautiful and thorough investigation, The Secret Language of Color celebrates and illuminates the countless ways in which color colors our world.Why is the sky blue, the grass green, a rose red? Most of us have no idea how to answer these... -
Human Rights and Social Care: Putting Rights into Practice Sam Smith 9781780460673
RRP: £35.00£31.98Sam Smith explores the development of a human rights based approach to social care, thus she contributes to the development of a culture of awareness of human rights that challenges the perception of human rights law and practice being solely the... -
The Aliens Are Coming!: The Exciting and Extraordinary Science Behind Our Search for Life in the Universe by Ben Miller
RRP: £10.99£3.66Discover the fascinating and cutting-edge science behind the greatest question of all: is there life beyond Earth? For millennia, we have looked up at the stars and wondered whether we are alone in the universe. In the last few years, scientists have... -
A Student's Guide to Numerical Methods by Ian H. Hutchinson 9781107479500
RRP: £24.99£21.52This concise, plain-language guide for senior undergraduates and graduate students aims to develop intuition, practical skills and an understanding of the framework of numerical methods for the physical sciences and engineering. It provides accessible... -
What Evolution Is: From Theory to Fact Ernst Mayr 9780753813683
RRP: £10.99£7.61What we do and do not know about evolution, by one of the field's pioneering thinkers.Evolution is the most important idea in biology, with implications that go far beyond science. But despite more than a century's progress in understanding, there is... -
The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant Levison Wood 9781529381122
RRP: £20.00£13.55*Levison Wood's documentary series on WALKING WITH ELEPHANTS is available to watch now on Channel 4*This book comes at a critical time. Fifty years ago, Africa was home to just over 1.3 million elephants, but by 1990 the number had halved. Meanwhile in... -
Doubt is Their Product: How industry's assault on science threatens your health by David Michaels 9780195300673
RRP: £35.99£30.55"Doubt is our product," a cigarette executive once observed, "since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the minds of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy." In... -
The Secret Life of Birds: Who they are and what they do by Colin Tudge
RRP: £14.99£10.95In The Secret Life of Birds, lifelong bird enthusiast Colin Tudge explores the extraordinary variety, secret history and hidden importance of birds around the world. Birds are beautiful, intriguing and life-enhancing. They can do everything mammals... -
Bowland Beth: The Life of an English Hen Harrier by David Cobham 9780008251895
RRP: £16.99£13.29'An outstanding book' Spectator The story of the short life and tragic death of Bowland Beth - an English Hen Harrier - which dramatically highlights the major issues in UK conservation. 'The... -
The Mathematical Universe: From Pythagoras to Planck by Joel L. Schiff
RRP: £34.99£32.05I first had a quick look, then I started reading it. I couldn't stop. -Gerard 't Hooft (Nobel Prize, in Physics 1999)This is a book about the mathematical nature of our Universe. Armed with no more than basic high school mathematics, Dr. Joel L. Schiff... -
Yearbook of Astronomy 2023 by Jones, Brian 9781399018449
RRP: £18.99£14.22Maintaining its appealing style and presentation, the Yearbook of Astronomy 2023 contains comprehensive jargon-free monthly sky notes and an authoritative set of sky charts to enable backyard astronomers and sky gazers everywhere to plan their viewing of... -
The Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Lawrence M. Principe
RRP: £8.99£6.65The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed such fervent investigations of the natural world that the period has been called the 'Scientific Revolution.' New ideas and discoveries not only redefined what human beings believed, knew, and could do,... -
Physics Essentials For Dummies Steven Holzner (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell University) 9781119590286
RRP: £12.99£8.83Physics Essentials For Dummies (9781119590286) was previously published as Physics Essentials For Dummies (9780470618417). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be... -
The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come from, and What Makes Us Happy by William von Hippel
RRP: £12.99£8.71"A rollicking tour through humanity's evolutionary past, and von Hippel is the consummate tour guide. With equal parts wisdom, humor, authority, and charm, he shows how our past explains the present and why our well-being rests on an understanding of how... -
Is God a Mathematician? by Mario Livio 9780743294065
RRP: £18.99£12.21Bestselling author and astrophysicist Mario Livio examines the lives and theories of history's greatest mathematicians to ask how-if mathematics is an abstract construction of the human mind-it can so perfectly explain the physical world.Nobel Laureate... -
The New Quantum Age: From Bell's Theorem to Quantum Computation and Teleportation by Andrew Whitaker 9780198754763
£32.00Ever since its discovery eighty-five years ago, quantum theory has been used to study the physical universe with great profit, both intellectual and financial. Over the last fifty years, however, we have found out more and more about the theory itself,... -
RSPB Spotlight Ladybirds by Richard Comont
RRP: £12.99£10.04RSPB Spotlight: Ladybirds is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos, and features succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist. Brightly coloured and pleasingly pattered, ladybirds are among some of our most beloved and... -
Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry: A Practical Guide by O. David Sparkman 9780123736284
RRP: £77.99£71.10The second edition of Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry: A Practical Guide follows the highly successful first edition by F.G. Kitson, B.S. Larsen, and C.N. McEwen (1996), which was designed as an indispensible resource for GC/MS practitioners... -
The Playbook: How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World by Jennifer Jacquet
RRP: £16.99£11.27'This brilliantly subversive and witty book lays bare the techniques of manipulation and disinformation that keep the rich and powerful rich and powerful. . . A landmark book' Brian Eno'Very funny, as satire should be, until you realise it's deadly...