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The Tree Collectors: Tales of Arboreal Obsession Amy Stewart 9781923058170
RRP: £25.00£16.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781923058170Author Amy StewartFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint The Text Publishing CompanyPublisher Text Publishing -
Prokaryotic Metabolism and Physiology by Byung Hong Kim 9781316622919
RRP: £55.99£48.51Vast numbers of different prokaryotic microorganisms shape the biosphere, with diverse metabolic capabilities. Determination of genome sequences for a wide range of bacteria and archaea now requires an in-depth knowledge of prokaryotic metabolic function... -
Cold Blood: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians by Richard Kerridge
RRP: £16.99£12.28As a boy, Richard Kerridge loved to encounter wild creatures and catch them for his back-garden zoo. In a country without many large animals, newts caught his attention first of all, as the nearest he could get to the African wildlife he watched on... -
The Unreality of Memory: Notes on Life in the Pre-Apocalypse by Elisa Gabbert
RRP: £10.99£7.54'A work of sheer brilliance, beauty and bravery' Andrew Sean Greer, author of Less'Masterly... Her essays have a clarity and prescience that imply a sort of distant, retrospective view, like postcards sent from the near future' New York TimesWe stare at... -
The Apophenion: A Chaos Magic Paradigm by Peter J. Carroll
RRP: £15.00£9.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869928650Author Peter J CarrollFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 214g -
PCR by Mike McPherson
RRP: £76.99£73.78A thoroughly updated version of the successful first edition with a new chapter on Real-Time PCR, more prokaryotic applications, and more detail in the complex mutagenesis sections. Information on PCR applications in genomics and proteomics have been... -
Walden (The Journal Edition) by Henry David Thoreau 9781733084710
RRP: £15.99£11.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733084710Author Henry David ThoreauFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Great Pond PressPublisher Great Pond PressWeight(grams) 558g -
Geology of Snowdonia by Matthew Bennett
RRP: £16.99£16.49Snowdonia has a great story to tell, of ancient oceans, mountains, volcanoes and climate change. The mountain landscape of Snowdonia is the result of everything that has happenend to it over geological time - the product of the ancient landscapes that... -
Music through Time Flute Book 4 by Paul Harris 9780193355897
RRP: £13.25£10.15Pieces in a wide range of styles, from a 13th-century troubadour song to a Sousa March. Some are well known and others may be new discoveries. The pieces are suitable for student of around Grade 5-6 standard, and have been newly and skilfully arranged or... -
Gardening Under Lights by Leslie F. Halleck
RRP: £22.99£17.77"If you want to grow plants indoors, you need this book." -Niki Jabbour, author and staff writer at savvygardening.comGardening Under Lights is a highly-detailed, accessible guide for seed starters, plant collectors, houseplant fans, and anyone who wants... -
Shuttle, Houston: My Life in the Center Seat of Mission Control by Paul Dye
RRP: £22.00£16.67Offering a compelling look inside the Space Shuttle missions that helped lay the groundwork for the Space Age from the perspective of those tasked with making them happen, Shuttle, Houston explores the determined personalities, technological miracles,... -
Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior by Catherine Johnson
RRP: £15.95£11.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156031448Author Catherine JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Wadsworth Publishing Co IncPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams)... -
The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination by Philip Ball
RRP: £27.00£22.88Myths are usually seen as stories from the depths of time-fun and fantastical, but no longer believed by anyone. Yet, as Philip Ball shows, we are still writing them-and still living them-today. From Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein to Batman, many... -
Understanding Scientific Understanding by Henk W. De Regt 9780190652913
RRP: £89.00£73.68It is widely acknowledged that a central aim of science is to achieve understanding of the world around us, and that possessing such understanding is highly important in our present-day society. But what does it mean to achieve this understanding? What... -
Ranunculus: Beautiful buttercups for home and garden by Naomi Slade
RRP: £25.00£16.13Ranunculus offers advice on how to care for and propagate these colourful cultivated members of the buttercup family. Naomi Slade explores a wide range of ranunculus species and cultivars, all beautifully photographed by Georgianna Lane in their... -
The Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe: A New Kind of Reality Theory by Christopher Michael Langan 9780971916227
RRP: £15.71£14.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971916227Author Christopher Michael LanganFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Mega Foundation PressPublisher Mega Foundation PressWeight(grams) 141g -
On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind by Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis 9780199990825
£79.97What is it about the music you love that makes you want to hear it again? Why do we crave a "hook" that returns, again and again, within the same piece? And how does a song end up getting stuck in your head? Whether it's a motif repeated... -
Nominalism and Realism: Volume 1 by D. M. Armstrong 9780521280334
RRP: £19.99£17.13This is a study, in two volumes, of one of the longest-standing philosophical problems: the problem of universals. In volume I David Armstrong surveys and criticizes the main approaches and solutions to the problems that have been canvassed, rejecting... -
Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Juli Berwald
RRP: £18.00£14.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735211285Author Juli BerwaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 209mm... -
Manhattan Project: The Story of the Century by Bruce Cameron Reed 9783030457334
RRP: £34.99£30.00Though thousands of articles and books have been published on various aspects of the Manhattan Project, this book is the first comprehensive single-volume history prepared by a specialist for curious readers without a scientific background. This project,... -
Water and Peace: A journey through the world's most explosive conflict zones in search of deep water Dr Alain Gachet 9781529426885
RRP: £25.00£16.38In countries where scarce surface water causes disease and conflict, an abundance of water can bring peace.With the growing impact of climate change, an estimated one third of the world's population lacks fresh water. By 2050 it could well be over... -
Key Methods in Geography by Nicholas Clifford 9781529772098
RRP: £47.99£39.11Key Methods in Geography is the perfect introductory companion, providing an overview of qualitative and quantitative methods for human and physical geography. The fourth edition of this essential and accessible primer covers the breadth of the... -
Naturalists at Sea: Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin by Glyn Williams
RRP: £16.99£14.61Tales of the intrepid early naturalists who set sail on dangerous voyages of discovery in the vast, unknown Pacific On the great Pacific discovery expeditions of the "long eighteenth century," naturalists for the first time were commonly... -
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion by Sean Carroll
RRP: £26.00£15.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593186589Author Sean CarrollFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint DuttonPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 414gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 145mm * 25mm -
Poached: inside the dark world of wildlife trafficking by Rachel Love Nuwer 9781911617082
RRP: £16.99£11.58An intrepid investigation of the criminal world of wildlife trafficking - the poachers, the traders, and the customers - and of those fighting against it. Journalist Rachel Love Nuwer plunges the reader into the underground of global wildlife... -
Marijuana Botany: An Advanced Study: The Propagation and Breeding of Distinctive Cannabis by Robert Connell Clarke 9780914171782
RRP: £17.99£13.80Marijuana Botany presents the scientific knowledge and propagation techniques used to preserve and multiply vanishing Cannabis strains. Also included is information concerning Cannabis genetics and breeding used to begin plant improvement programs. The... -
Quantum Space: Loop Quantum Gravity and the Search for the Structure of Space, Time, and the Universe by Jim Baggott
RRP: £12.99£9.34Combining clear discussions of both quantum theory and general relativity, this book offers one of the first efforts to explain the new quantum theory of space and time. Today we are blessed with two extraordinarily successful theories of physics. The... -
Visions of Science: Books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age by James A. Secord 9780199675265
RRP: £22.49£16.75The early 1830s witnessed an extraordinary transformation in British political, literary, and intellectual life. New scientific disciplines begin to take shape, while new concepts of the natural world were hotly debated. James Secord, Director of the... -
The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms by Michael Hickey 9780521794015
RRP: £47.99£40.49This beautifully illustrated glossary comprises over 2400 terms commonly used to describe vascular plants. The majority are structural terms referring to parts of plants visible with the naked eye or with a x10 hand lens, but some elementary... -
Walking with the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas Sy Montgomery 9781603580625
RRP: £20.00£13.352017 is the 50th anniversary of The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda. Three astounding women scientists have in recent years penetrated the jungles of Africa and Borneo to observe, nurture, and defend humanity's closest... -
The Eagle's Quest: A Physicist's Search for Truth in the Heart of the Shamanic World by Fred Alan Wolf 9780671792916
RRP: £16.99£16.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671792916Author Fred Alan WolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 409gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
Natural History of Tenerife Philip Ashmole 9781849952255
RRP: £35.00£29.59Tenerife is a remarkable island, dominated by Mount Teide, an active volcano higher than any mountain in mainland Spain. The island has extraordinary volcanic landscapes, and thousands of species of plants and animals that are found only there. The... -
Travels with Trilobites: Adventures in the Paleozoic by Andy Secher
RRP: £35.00£29.34Trilobites were some of the most successful and versatile organisms ever to exist. Among the earliest forms of complex animal life, these hard-shelled marine invertebrates inhabited the primal seas of the Paleozoic Era. Their march through evolutionary... -
The Self-Actualizing Cosmos: The Akasha Revolution in Science and Human Consciousness by Ervin Laszlo 9781620552766
RRP: £10.99£7.21Science evolves through alternating phases of "normal science" and radical shifts that create scientific revolutions. We saw this at the turn of the 20th century, when science shifted from a Newtonian worldview to Einstein's relativity paradigm, and... -
The Moon: A Beginner's Guide to Lunar Features and Photography by James Harrop 9781526760586
RRP: £25.00£18.02A practical guide aimed at beginners interested in learning about the Moon and how to image our closest satellite neighbour. The book contains the complete photographic process including equipment, settings, capture techniques, stacking and image... -
How I Rescued My Brain: a psychologist's remarkable recovery from stroke and trauma by David Roland 9781922247421
RRP: £14.99£10.46As a psychologist specialising in court assessments, David Roland often saw the toughest, most heartbreaking cases. The emotional trauma had begun to take its toll - and then the global financial crisis hit, leaving his family facing financial ruin. So... -
Complexity: A Guided Tour by Melanie Mitchell 9780195124415
RRP: £28.49£21.37As science probes the nature of life, society, and technology ever more closely, what it finds there is complexity. The sophisticated group behavior of social insects, the unexpected intricacies of the genome, the dynamics of population growth, and the... -
Plasma Simulations by Example Lubos Brieda 9781032176147
RRP: £45.99£40.44The study of plasmas is crucial in improving our understanding of the universe, and they are being increasingly utilised in key technologies such as spacecraft thrusters, plasma medicine, and fusion energy. Providing readers with an easy to follow set of... -
A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species Rob Dunn 9781399800129
RRP: £25.00£16.38Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. From river levees to enormous one-crop fields, we continue to try to reshape nature for our purposes - so much so it seems we... -
The Art Of Randomness: Randomized Algorithms in the Real World by Ronald T. Kneusel 9781718503243
RRP: £47.99£28.03When properly applied, randomness can be a powerful tool in programming, science, and art. This highly practical but geekily fun introduction to randomness shows you how to put chaos to work, illustrating its ability to power everything from the...