Science

Robert Hooke was one of the most inventive, versatile and prolific scientists of the late 17th Century, but for 300 years his reputation has been overshadowed by those of his two great contemporaries, his friend Sir Christopher Wren and his rival Sir...

This anthology contains fourteen intriguing stories by active research scientists and other writers trained in science. Science is at the heart of real science fiction, which is more than just westerns with ray guns or fantasy with spaceships. The people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839408717Author Geordie TorrFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

This book provides an accessible introduction to loop quantum gravity and some of its applications, at a level suitable for undergraduate students and others with only a minimal knowledge of college level physics. In particular it is not assumed that the...

Educational neuroscience is one of the most hotly debated areas of research and is often misrepresented with grand claims for what it means for teaching and learning. Is each side of the brain responsible for different types of mental activity? Can...

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Physics brings together cutting-edge writing by more than twenty leading authorities on the history of physics from the seventeenth century to the present day. By presenting a wide diversity of studies in a single...

In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. A distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roughgarden takes on the...

A beautifully written account of the symbiotic relationship between pine trees and jays; a cycle of dependency has progressed for several million years as birds have effectively planted the trees that sustain them by dispersing the seeds. This book...

Symptomatic: The Symptom-Based Handbook for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders offers a novel approach to the subject, structured around the panoply of symptoms those with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum...

A marvelous journey into the world of bird evolutionHow Birds Evolve explores how evolution has shaped the distinctive characteristics and behaviors we observe in birds today. Douglas Futuyma describes how evolutionary science illuminates the wonders of...

This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International EducationMaster the essential scientific concepts that underpin the new Cambridge Primary Science curriculum framework (0097), with specifically sign-posted tasks, activities and...

'So impossibly funny, clever, demented, charming and altogether wonderful that I was a convert within three pages. Buy it for everyone you know, regardless of what you think they like. Brilliant stuff' Lucy Mangan, Stylist Books of the Year'An eye-opener...

Numerical ability is an essential skill for everyone studying the biological sciences but many students are frightened by the 'perceived' difficulty of mathematics, and are nervous about applying mathematical skills in their chosen field of study. Having...

In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall...

This third volume of Paul Feyerabend's philosophical papers, which gathers together work originally published between 1960 and 1980, offers a range of his characteristically exciting treatments of classic questions in the philosophy of science. It...

The Thrive in Bioscience revision guides are written to help students achieve exam success in all core areas of bioscience. Each title encourages the reader to follow four steps to maximise their learning, with features to support this process. ...

Internationally acclaimed science writer Lone Frank swabs up her DNA to provide the first truly intimate account of the new science of consumer-led genomics. She challenges the business mavericks intent on mapping every baby's genome, ponders the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197531389Author Kim SterelnyFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press, USA

Feed your fascination with sharks! This complete resource enlightens readers on the biology, ecology, and behavior of sharks with approachable explanations and more than 250 stunning color illustrations.Studies of shark biology have flourished over the...

Be prepared for exam day with Barron's. Trusted content from AP experts!Barron's AP Physics C Premium, 2024 includes in-depth content review and practice. It's the only book you'll need to be prepared for exam day.Written by Experienced EducatorsLearn...

The incredible new dinosaur that dominates the Earth Hall of the Natural History Museum is the most intact Stegosaurus fossilskeleton ever found. Measuring nearly 6 metres long from head to tail, around 90% of the animal - nicknamed Sophie - is...

'Arvid Agren has undertaken the most meticulously thorough reading of the relevant literature that I have ever encountered, deploying an intelligent understanding to pull it into a coherent story. As if that wasn't enough, he gets it right.' (Richard...

Bioethics: 50 Puzzles, Problems, and Thought Experiments collects 50 cases—both real and imaginary—that have been, or should be, of special interest and importance to philosophical bioethics. Cases are collected together under topical headings in a...

What does it mean to be an expert? In "Rethinking Expertise", Harry Collins and Robert Evans offer a radical new perspective on the role of expertise in the practice of science and the public evaluation of technology. Collins and Evans present a Periodic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614294740Author Jinpa ThuptenFormat HardbackPage Count 550Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681373690Author Lyall WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

In this fascinating foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, "the world's best science communicator" (Times Literary Supplement), astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer Avis Lang examine how the methods and...

Since the advent of agriculture and animal husbandry, the human population has multiplied by about one thousand in a 'demographic explosion'. However, in recent years, global fertility rates have begun to decrease significantly, and this is one reason to...

How do cats land on their feet? Discover how this question stumped brilliant minds and how its answer helped solve other seemingly impossible puzzles The question of how falling cats land on their feet has long intrigued humans. In this playful and...

N. Katherine Hayles is known for breaking new ground at the intersection of the sciences and the humanities. In Unthought, she once again bridges disciplines by revealing how we think without thinking how we use cognitive processes that are inaccessible...

A lively and endlessly fascinating deep-dive into nature and the many groundbreaking human inventions inspired by the wild. "Delightful."-The Guardian "Fans of Helen Scales won't want to miss this."-Publishers Weekly STARRED Review When astronomers...

On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters - the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has both vertical and horizontal dimensions: with an average depth of 3,800...

People have been fascinated by minerals since prehistory. The attractions of minerals lie in their colours, their beautiful crystals and the discoveries of their uses and the metals that can be obtained from them. Minerals receive attention from a wide...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781035809653Author Uditha JayatungaFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

The first book surveying the history and ideas behind reverse mathematicsReverse mathematics is a new field that seeks to find the axioms needed to prove given theorems. In Reverse Mathematics, John Stillwell offers a historical and representative view,...

Epigenetics is the most exciting field in biology today, developing our understanding of how and why we inherit certain traits, develop diseases and age, and evolve as a species. This non-fiction comic book introduces us to genetics, cell biology and the...

A noted space expert explains the current revolution in spaceflight, where it leads, and why we need it. A new space race has begun. But the rivals in this case are not superpowers but competing entrepreneurs. These daring pioneers are creating a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781888009439Author Claudius PtolemyFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Green Lion PressPublisher Green Lion PressWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 251mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982111885Author YatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book Company