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REBOOT: Reclaiming Your Life in a Tech-Obsessed World by Elaine Elaine Kasket 9781783967568
RRP: £16.99£11.76'Witty, bracingly honest, deeply humane and piercingly insightful' PATRICK STOKES, AUTHOR OF DIGITAL SOULS Technology affects every interaction, shapes our identities and constantly hijacks our attention. So how can we reclaim our power and feel... -
Female Innovators Who Changed Our World: How Women Shaped STEM by Green, Emma 9781526789693
RRP: £20.00£17.76We are not all born with equal opportunities. Yet there have been countless of women who have overcome a range of barriers such as prejudice, illness, and personal tragedy to advance our understanding of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics... -
Virolution by Frank Ryan
RRP: £14.99£9.99The extraordinary role of viruses in evolution and how this is revolutionising biology and medicine. Darwin's theory of evolution is still the greatest breakthrough in biological science. His explanation of the role of natural selection in... -
An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics by G. K. Batchelor
RRP: £57.99£50.98First published in 1967, Professor Batchelor's classic text on fluid dynamics is still one of the foremost texts in the subject. The careful presentation of the underlying theories of fluids is still timely and applicable, even in these days of almost... -
The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution by David Schneider
RRP: £26.95£21.32Written by an author with plenty of experience holding a scalpel, Dr. David Schneider's The Invention of Surgery is an in-depth biography of the practice that has leapt forward over the centuries from the dangerous guesswork of ancient Greek physicians... -
Saturn by William Sheehan
RRP: £25.00£18.02Saturn is the showcase of the Solar System. It may not be the largest of the planets, nor the smallest, nor even the only planet with rings. But it is among the most stunningly beautiful objects in the sky, and is always breathtaking when seen in a... -
Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth by Lee Jackson
RRP: £11.99£10.15In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with "night soil," graveyards teemed with rotting corpses, the air itself was choked with smoke. In... -
Understanding Evo-Devo by Wallace Arthur 9781108819466
RRP: £11.99£8.43Why do the best-known examples of evolutionary change involve the alteration of one kind of animal into another very similar one, like the evolution of a bigger beak in a bird? Wouldn't it be much more interesting to understand how beaks originated? Most... -
Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share by Ken Denmead
RRP: £19.00£12.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592405527Author Ken DenmeadFormat PaperbackImprint Gotham BooksPublisher Gotham BooksWeight(grams) 431g -
Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape by Franz de Waal
RRP: £35.00£31.10This remarkable primate with the curious name is challenging established views on human evolution. The bonobo, least known of the great apes, is a female-centered, egalitarian species that has been dubbed the 'make-love-not-war' primate by specialists... -
Menagerie: The History of Exotic Animals in England by Caroline Grigson 9780198714705
RRP: £28.99£21.20Menagerie is the story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo - a tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and - on occasion - the downright bizarre. From... -
The Big Smoke: A History of Air Pollution in London since Medieval Times by Peter Brimblecombe 9780415672030
RRP: £37.99£33.38First published in 1987, Peter Brimblecombe's book provides an engaging historical account of air pollution in London, offering a fascinating insight into the development of air pollution controls against a changing social and economic background. He... -
A First Course in Random Matrix Theory: for Physicists, Engineers and Data Scientists by Marc Potters
RRP: £57.99£52.40The real world is perceived and broken down as data, models and algorithms in the eyes of physicists and engineers. Data is noisy by nature and classical statistical tools have so far been successful in dealing with relatively smaller levels of... -
Keynotes in Organic Chemistry by Andrew F. Parsons
RRP: £30.95£27.85KEYNOTES IN Organic Chemistry KEYNOTES IN Organic Chemistry SECOND EDITION This concise and accessible textbook provides notes for students studying chemistry and related courses at undergraduate level, covering core organic chemistry in a format ideal... -
The Rise of Horses: 55 Million Years of Evolution by Jens Lorenz Franzen 9780801893735
£63.91One of the world's leading experts on horse evolution traces the origins, evolution, and diversification of the equines. Long domesticated, related to rhinoceroses, and descended from a creature the size of a hare, horses are a fascinating study in... -
Lab Skills for SQA Assessment - National 5 Chemistry Lab Skills for the revised exams of 2018 and beyond: Learn the Skills of Scientific Inquiry by Bob Wilson
RRP: £4.99£4.93Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 Subject: Chemistry First Teaching: 2017, First Exam: 2018 Covers all required techniques and... -
Abernethy Forest: The History and Ecology of an Old Scottish Pinewood by Ron Summers 9781999988203
£35.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999988203Author Ron SummersFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint PicaDesignPublisher PicaDesign -
Mars by Stephen James O'Meara
RRP: £25.00£18.02Mars is a small world with a big reputation. This mysterious planet - with volcanoes that dwarf Mount Everest, a canyon system that would stretch fully across the USA and curious landscapes that may support life - has fascinated us for centuries. In... -
An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Finite Volume Method by H. Versteeg
RRP: £67.99£55.28This established, leading textbook, is suitable for courses in CFD. The new edition covers new techniques and methods, as well as considerable expansion of the advanced topics and applications (from one to four chapters). This book presents the... -
Condensed Matter Physics: A Very Short Introduction by Ross H. McKenzie
RRP: £8.99£6.45There are many more states of matter than just solid, liquid, and gas. Examples include liquid crystal, magnet, glass, and superconductor. New states are continually, and unexpectedly, being discovered. Some states, such as superconductor, can act like... -
AQA GCSE 9-1 Chemistry for Combined Science Foundation Support Workbook (GCSE Science 9-1) by Sunetra Berry
RRP: £5.99£5.81This Foundation Workbook is designed to support the development of key literacy and numeracy skills of students in the 1-3 grade range, as well as building confidence in answering open response questions. The amount of scaffolded support decreases... -
The Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Ian Stewart
£18.55Flatland is a unique, delightful satire that has charmed readers for over a century. Published in 1884 by the English clergyman and headmaster Edwin A. Abbott, it is the fanciful tale of A. Square, a two-dimensional being who is whisked away by a... -
Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics by V. I. Arnold 9780387968902
RRP: £50.99£43.45In this text, the author constructs the mathematical apparatus of classical mechanics from the beginning, examining all the basic problems in dynamics, including the theory of oscillations, the theory of rigid body motion, and the Hamiltonian formalism... -
Oxford IB Diploma Programme: Geography Course Companion by Garrett Nagle
RRP: £50.99£49.32Prepare IB learners to achieve and progress. Developed directly with the IB for the revised syllabus first examined 2019, this Course Book fully supports all the SL and HL themes. Integrating concept-based learning and with even more support for EAL... -
Orality and Literacy: 30th Anniversary Edition by Walter J. Ong 9780415538381
RRP: £37.99£33.38Walter J. Ong's classic work provides a fascinating insight into the social effects of oral, written, printed and electronic technologies, and their impact on philosophical, theological, scientific and literary thought.This thirtieth anniversary edition... -
Lewin's GENES XII by Jocelyn E. Krebs
£72.77Long considered the quintessential molecular biology textbook, for decades Lewin's GENES has provided the most modern presentation to this transformative and dynamic science. Now in its twelfth edition, this classic text continues to lead with new... -
Guesstimation 2.0: Solving Today's Problems on the Back of a Napkin by Lawrence Weinstein 9780691150802
RRP: £16.99£13.65Guesstimation 2.0 reveals the simple and effective techniques needed to estimate virtually anything--quickly--and illustrates them using an eclectic array of problems. A stimulating follow-up to Guesstimation, this is the must-have book for anyone... -
Scatterbrain: How the Mind's Mistakes Make Humans Creative, Innovative, and Successful by Henning Beck 9781771644013
RRP: £17.99£12.70"[This] book will convince you that forgetting helps you remember and distractions can make you more creative." -Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take, and host of TED's WorkLife podcast"Illuminating, and a joy to... -
Why Only Us: Language and Evolution by Robert C. Berwick
RRP: £19.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533492Author Robert C. BerwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 14mm -
Mushrooms: The natural and human world of British fungi by Peter Marren
RRP: £35.00£27.73Mushrooms, the first of a major new series of books on British natural history, provides a remarkable insight into the natural and human world of fungi. Peter Marren, in his inimitable, relaxed style, guides the reader through the extraordinary riches... -
Field Guide to Alpine Wildlife by Thomas Gretler 9781399409414
RRP: £18.99£14.59An essential companion for anyone visiting or hiking in the Alpine regions of France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The Alps remain one of Europe's foremost tourist destinations - not just for its world-famous... -
Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World by John Keay 9781632869432
RRP: £30.00£16.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632869432Author John KeayFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Bloomsbury PublishingPublisher Bloomsbury PublishingWeight(grams) 771gDimensions(mm) 224mm... -
Showstopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft by G. Pascal Zachary
RRP: £20.99£15.58This "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... -
The Spirit of Inquiry: How one extraordinary society shaped modern science by Susannah Gibson 9780198833376
RRP: £27.49£19.68Cambridge is now world-famous as a centre of science, but it wasn't always so. Before the nineteenth century, the sciences were of little importance in the University of Cambridge. But that began to change in 1819 when two young Cambridge fellows took a... -
The Geology Of Cornwall by E. B. Selwood 9780859894326
RRP: £30.00£26.68Cornwall is renowned for the diversity and complexity of its geology. This geology, and its relation to the mineral wealth of the county, has been the subject of continuing investigation since the end of the seventeenth century. A literature of great... -
50 Quantum Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know by Joanne Baker
RRP: £9.99£6.80In a series of 50 accessible essays, Joanne Baker introduces and explains the fundamental physical concepts and laws that govern the inner workings of our universe.From Schrodinger's cat to Einstein's theory of relativity, energy conservation to speed of... -
A More Perfect Heaven: How Copernicus Revolutionised the Cosmos by Dava Sobel
RRP: £10.99£7.77The bestselling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter tells the story of Nicolaus Copernicus and the revolution in astronomy that changed the world. 'Lively, inventive ... a masterly specimen of close-range cultural history' Wall Street Journal ... -
The Routledge Handbook of Housing Policy and Planning by Katrin B. Anacker 9781032240848
RRP: £43.99£38.44The Routledge Handbook of Housing Policy and Planning provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary overview of contemporary trends in housing studies, housing policies, planning for housing, and housing innovations in the United States, the United Kingdom,... -
The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis: The Most Credible Theory of Human Evolution by Elaine Morgan
RRP: £10.99£7.77Why do humans differ from other primates? What do those differences tell us about human evolution? Elaine Morgan gives a revolutionary hypothesis that explains our anatomic anomalies: why we walk on two legs, why we are covered in fat, why we can control... -
Shapes of Time: History and Eschatology in the Modernist Imagination by Michael McGillen 9781501772825
RRP: £25.99£22.49Shapes of Time explores how concepts of time and history were spatialized in early twentieth-century German thought. Michael McGillen locates efforts in German modernism to conceive of alternative shapes of time-beyond those of historicism and...