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One Planet, Many Worlds - The Climate Parallax Dipesh Chakrabarty 9781684581573
RRP: $25.80$25.03A historian offers a unique look at the pandemic, climate change, and the human versus nonhuman. Climate change represents a deep conundrum for humans. It is difficult for humans to give up the unequal and yet accelerating pursuit of a good life based... -
A History of Biology by Michel Morange 9780691253923
RRP: $24.50$19.80A comprehensive history of the biological sciences from antiquity to the modern eraThis book presents a global history of the biological sciences from ancient times to today, providing needed perspective on the development of biological thought while... -
My Father in His Suitcase by John K. Corner 9789814189477
RRP: $32.24$23.23John (Kay) Corner left home in 1960, aged 19. He would never see his father, E. J. H. Corner, again. Edred John Henry Corner was one of the most colourful and productive biologists and mycologists of the 20th century. His career began in... -
The Deadly Balance: Predators and People in a Crowded World by Adam Hart
RRP: $23.21$17.89The predators that can hunt, kill and eat us occupy a unique place in the human psyche - and for good reason. Whether it's lions in Africa, tigers in India or sharks in the world's oceans, we are fascinated by - and often terrified of - predators... -
The Quantum Cookbook: Mathematical Recipes of the Foundations for Quantum Mechanics by Jim Baggott 9780198827863
RRP: $36.11$28.86Quantum mechanics is an extraordinarily successful scientific theory. But it is also completely mad. Although the theory quite obviously works, it leaves us chasing ghosts and phantoms; particles that are waves and waves that are particles; cats that are... -
Atomic Force Microscopy: Biomedical Methods and Applications by Pier Carlo Braga 9781588290946
RRP: $167.69$66.40The natural, biological, medical, and related sciences would not be what they are today without the microscope. After the introduction of the optical microscope, a second breakthrough in morphostructural surface analysis occurred in the 1940s with the... -
Feynman's Tips on Physics: Reflections, Advice, Insights, Practice by Richard P. Feynman
RRP: $19.34$14.90Feynman's Tips on Physics is a delightful collection of Richard P. Feynman's insights and an essential companion to his legendary Feynman Lectures on Physics With characteristic flair, insight, and humour, Feynman discusses topics physics students... -
Ground beetles by Trevor G. Forsythe
RRP: $25.80$21.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780855462635Author Trevor G. ForsytheFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Richmond Publishing Co LtdPublisher Richmond Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams) 180g -
Filters against Folly by Garrett Hardin 9780140077292
RRP: $30.96$18.60Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Goedel by Stephen Budiansky
RRP: $30.95$29.46Nearly a hundred years after its publication, Kurt Goedel's famous proof that every mathematical system must contain propositions that are true-yet never provable-continues to unsettle mathematics, philosophy, and computer science. Yet unlike Einstein,... -
The Brain: A Beginner's Guide Ammar al-Chalabi 9781851685943
RRP: $15.47$9.92It has been remarked that if the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. Commencing with a brief history of neuroscience, from the ancient practice of drilling holes in the head to relieve headaches to the latest... -
Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer by Steven Johnson
RRP: $20.63$14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525538868Author Steven JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Places of Poetry: Mapping the Nation in Verse by Paul Farley
RRP: $16.76$12.37Presenting the best poems from the nationwide Places of Poetry project, selected from over 7,500 entries Poetry lives in the veins of Britain, its farms and moors, its motorways and waterways, highlands and beaches. This anthology brings together... -
Orality and Literacy: 30th Anniversary Edition by Walter J. Ong 9780415538381
RRP: $49.01$43.06Walter 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... -
Cosmology by Daniel Baumann
RRP: $64.49$58.18The author - a leading theoretical cosmologist - expands on his widely acclaimed lecture notes in this self-contained textbook, suitable for the advanced undergraduate or starting graduate level. Presenting the key theoretical foundations of cosmology... -
An Appetite For Wonder: The Making of a Scientist by Richard Dawkins
RRP: $14.18$10.15Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, Richard Dawkins was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life? And who inspired... -
Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in R by Liam J. Revell
RRP: $58.05$47.21An authoritative introduction to the latest comparative methods in evolutionary biologyPhylogenetic comparative methods are a suite of statistical approaches that enable biologists to analyze and better understand the evolutionary tree of life, and shed... -
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics by Paul A. M. Dirac
$75.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780198520115Author P. A. M. DiracFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Clarendon PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 504gDimensions(mm)... -
Sustainable Diets: How Ecological Nutrition Can Transform Consumption and the Food System Pamela Mason (Independent Researcher, UK) 9780415744720
RRP: $58.04$50.67How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the ecosystems on which life depends? The evidence of diet's impact on public health and the environment has grown in recent decades, yet changing food supply, consumer... -
Vampyroteuthis Infernalis by Vilem Flusser 9780983173410
RRP: $24.45$18.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983173410Author Vilem FlusserFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Atropos PressPublisher Atropos PressWeight(grams) 214g -
Inventing the Universe: Why we can't stop talking about science, faith and God Dr Alister E McGrath 9781444798487
RRP: $14.18$9.68We just can't stop talking about the big questions around science and faith. They haven't gone away, as some predicted they might; in fact, we seem to talk about them more than ever. Far from being a spent force, religion continues to grow around the... -
Investing in Science: Social Cost-Benefit Analysis of Research Infrastructures by Massimo Florio 9780262043199
RRP: $70.95$60.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262043199Author Massimo FlorioFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 29mm -
The Wisdom of the Body by Walter Bradford Cannon 9780393002058
RRP: $27.09$23.17The first detailed account of the way in which our bodies preserve their stability against the many disturbing forces they encounter, suggesting that the lessons to be derived from the body's wisdom might be applied to problems of social and economic... -
Smoke & Mirrors: How Hype Obscures the Future and How to See Past It Gemma Milne 9781472143662
RRP: $21.92$14.89'Stop following the news until you've read Gemma Milne's persuasive analysis of the hype and bullshit that distort our understanding of emerging science. As she shows, the starting point to grasping the genuine opportunities of AI, life sciences and... -
Lewin's Essential GENES by Jocelyn E. Krebs
$79.37Extensively reorganized and revised with the latest data from this rapidly changing field, Lewin's Essential GENES, Fourth Edition, provides students with a comprehensive overview of molecular biology and molecular genetics. The authors took care to... -
Ash Edward Parker 9781789143560
RRP: $23.22$16.72Ash is a beautifully illustrated account of the botanical and cultural faces of the ash tree. The book maps the tree's evolution and geographical spread across the entire Northern Hemisphere over the last 44 million years, and describes the 43 species... -
Our Political Nature: The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us by Avi Tuschman
RRP: $18.05$15.31By blending serious research with relevant contemporary examples, Our Political Nature casts important light on the ideological clashes that so dangerously divide and imperil our world today. It shows how political orientations arise from three clusters... -
Glacial Geology: Ice Sheets and Landforms by Matthew M. Bennett 9780470516911
RRP: $60.57$53.33The new Second Edition of Glacial Geology provides a modern, comprehensive summary of glacial geology and geomorphology. It is has been thoroughly revised and updated from the original First Edition. This book will appeal to all students interested in... -
Physics: a short history from quintessence to quarks by John L. Heilbron 9780198746850
RRP: $16.76$12.87How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalised enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origins as a liberal art in Ancient Greece? What is the path that leads from the old philosophy of nature and its... -
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Myron G. Best (Brigham Young University) 9781405105880
RRP: $127.65$112.81Igneous and metamorphic petrology has over the last twenty years expanded rapidly into a broad, multifaceted and increasingly quantitative science. Advances in geochemistry, geochronology, and geophysics, as well as the appearance of new analytical... -
Michael Faraday: A Very Short Introduction by Frank A. J. L. James
RRP: $11.60$8.58Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. Known as the discoverer of electro-magnetic induction, the principle behind the electric generator and transformer, he has frequently been portrayed as the 'father' of electrical... -
Why the Universe Exists: How particle physics unlocks the secrets of everything New Scientist 9781473629684
RRP: $19.34$12.77As you read this, billions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through your body, antimatter is sprouting from your dinner and the core of your being is a chaotic mess of particles known only as quarks and gluons.If the recent discovery of the Higgs... -
The World In A Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization by Vince Beiser
RRP: $20.63$14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399576447Author Vince BeiserFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Continuing Challenge to Unify the Laws of Physics by Peter Woit 9780099488644
RRP: $20.63$15.21Not Even Wrong is a fascinating exploration of our attempts to come to grips with perhaps the most intellectually demanding puzzle of all: how does the universe work at its most fundamnetal level?The book begins with an historical survey of the... -
Microbiology: An Evolving Science by Joan L. Slonczewski 9781324033561
$70.81The Sixth Edition of Microbiology: An Evolving Science inspires students to engage with the most cutting-edge research in the field through new digital tools and a transparent pedagogical framework. New research examples from two themes-the microbiome... -
Beetles (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 136) by Richard Jones
RRP: $45.15$30.47'A truly excellent account' British Wildlife Beetles are arguably the most diverse organisms in the world, with nearly half a million beetle species described and catalogued in our museums, more than any other type of living... -
The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky by Erich Karkoschka 9780387485379
RRP: $42.56$34.49Can you remember being impressed by a clear starry sky? Look at the Milky Way through binoculars and it will reveal its many hundreds of thousands of stars, double stars, stellar clusters, and nebulae. If you are a new observer, it is not that easy to... -
Vanished Ocean: How Tethys Reshaped the World by Dorrik Stow
RRP: $15.47$11.17This is a book about an ocean that vanished six million years ago - the ocean of Tethys. Named after a Greek sea nymph, there is a sense of mystery about such a vast, ancient ocean, of which all that remains now are a few little pools, like the Caspian... -
Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest: The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern Oceanography by Doug Macdougall
RRP: $29.03$24.45A gripping tale of exploration aboard H.M.S. Challenger, an expedition that laid the foundations for modern oceanography From late 1872 to 1876, H.M.S. Challenger explored the world's oceans. Conducting deep sea soundings, dredging the ocean floor,... -
The Science of Consequences: How They Affect Genes, Change the Brain, and Impact Our World by Susan M. Schneider 9781616146627
RRP: $20.63$10.35Actions have consequences--and the ability to learn from them revolutionized life on earth. While it's easy enough to see that consequences are important (where would we be without positive reinforcement?), few have heard there's a science of...