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The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen Bakke
$16.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632865687Author Gretchen BakkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 398g -
Terra Forma: A Book of Speculative Maps by Frederique Ait-Touati
RRP: $34.83$23.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046695Author Frederique Ait-TouatiFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
DIY Mushroom Cultivation: Growing Mushrooms at Home for Food, Medicine, and Soil by Willoughby Arevalo
RRP: $28.37$19.13"Offering clear and comprehensive instructions for low-tech growing for a range of budgets, interests, and scales, this book offers practical inspiration and a sense that "hey, I can do this!" -- DANIELLE STEVENSON, owner, DIY Fungi DIY Mushroom... -
Reflections of Eden: My Years with the Orangutans of Borneo by Birut e Marija Filomena Galdikas 9780316301862
$22.47Ever since Jane Goodall unlocked the mysteries of wild chimpanzees, and Dian Fossey lived among mountain gorillas, the world has been captivated by primates and the people who study them. Here, at last, is the riveting story of Birute Galdikas, a... -
What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner by Dan Levitt
RRP: $32.25$21.71For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular science that tells the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building... -
Majestic River: Mungo Park and the Exploration of the Niger by Charles W. J. Withers
RRP: $38.70$25.41One of the greatest stories of world exploration ever told. By the late eighteenth century, the river Niger was a 2,000-year-old two-part geographical problem. Solving it would advance European knowledge of Africa, provide a route to commercial... -
The Intervention of Ecocide: Agent Orange, Vietnam and the Scientists Who Changed the Way We Think about the Environment by David Zierler 9780820338279
$34.51As the public increasingly questioned the war in Vietnam, a group of American scientists deeply concerned about the use of Agent Orange and other herbicides started a movement to ban what they called "ecocide."David Zierler traces this movement, starting... -
Plant Families: A Guide for Gardeners and Botanists by Ross Bayton 9780226523088
RRP: $37.41$23.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226523088Author Ross BaytonFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)... -
Gravity: From Falling Apples to Supermassive Black Holes by Nicholas Mee 9780192845283
RRP: $29.01$24.72'Includes exciting recent advances in studying gravity and its cosmic manifestations.' Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, former President of the Royal Society A fascinating historical account of how we have reached our current understanding of gravity... -
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn 9780226458113
RRP: $54.18$52.13A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas... -
Introduction to Genomics by Arthur M. Lesk
RRP: $68.36$65.21Our genome is the blueprint for our existence: it encodes all the information we need to develop from a single cell into a hugely complicated functional organism. Yet it is more than a static information store: our genome is a dynamic, tightly-regulated... -
Classic Chemistry Demonstrations: One Hundred Tried and Tested Experiments by Ted Lister 9781870343381
RRP: $35.48$30.04Classic Chemistry Demonstrations is an essential, much-used resource book for all chemistry teachers. It is a collection of chemistry experiments, many well-known others less so, for demonstration in front of a class of students from school to... -
The Language of Physics: A Foundation for University Study by John P. Cullerne 9780199533800
$51.05This book introduces physics to a first year undergraduate in the language of mathematics. As such it aims to give a mathematical foundation to the physics taught pre-university, as well as extending it to the skills and disciplines approached during a... -
The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good by Professor David J Linden
RRP: $30.96$20.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143120759Author David J. LindenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 213mm *... -
And Yet It Moves: Strange Systems and Subtle Questions in Physics by Mark P. Silverman 9780521446310
RRP: $56.75$47.94Originally published in 1993, this book of essays is a largely nonmathematical account of some of the strange behaviour, both classical and quantum, exhibited by moving particles, fluids and waves. Drawn from the author's researches in quantum mechanics,... -
Biological Physics Student Edition: Energy, Information, Life by Philip Nelson 9780578687025
RRP: $36.11$27.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578687025Author Philip NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 584Imprint Chiliagon SciencePublisher Chiliagon ScienceWeight(grams) 1143gDimensions(mm) 254mm *... -
The Scientist: A Metaphysical Autobiography by John C. Lilly 9780914171720
RRP: $18.05$14.13Tells the story of John Lilly's discoveries from his early experiments; mapping the brains of monkeys and communication with dolphins, to his experience with consciousness expanding drugs. The book includes an update on Lilly's work on human/dolphin... -
Extinction and Evolution: What Fossils Reveal about the History of Life by Niles Eldredge 9780228101871
RRP: $25.80$17.88'A splendidly illustrated and thoughtfully constructed account of one of the greatest ideas ever conceived by the human mind - evolution.' Donald C. Johanson, Founder of the Institute of Human Origins, and author of From Lucy to Language. 'Splendid... -
Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?: Thinking from Women's Lives by Sandra Harding
RRP: $33.53$29.46Sandra Harding here develops further the themes first addressed in her widely influential book, The Science Question in Feminism, and conducts a compelling analysis of feminist theories on the philosophical problem of how we know what we know.Following a... -
The Prehistory of Music: Human Evolution, Archaeology, and the Origins of Musicality by Iain Morley 9780198827269
RRP: $41.27$38.38Music is possessed by all human cultures, and archaeological evidence for musical activities pre-dates even the earliest known cave art. Music has been the subject of keen investigation across a great diversity of fields, from neuroscience and psychology... -
The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson 9780871401007
RRP: $24.50$21.19Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche called "the rainbow colours" around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Edward O. Wilson bridges science and philosophy to create a twenty-first-century treatise on human existence. Once criticised for... -
Eurekas and Euphorias: The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotes by Walter Gratzer 9780198609407
RRP: $34.17$28.86The march of science has never proceeded smoothly. It has been marked through the years by episodes of drama and comedy, of failure as well as triumph, by outrageous strokes of luck, deserved and undeserved, and sometimes by human tragedy. It has seen... -
Four Ways to Click: Rewire Your Brain for Stronger, More Rewarding Relationships by Amy Banks
RRP: $21.92$15.84Do you find it difficult to 'click' with colleagues, neighbours, in-laws, or romantic partners? Loneliness has become an international epidemic, but according to Dr. Amy Banks, every one of us is quite literally hardwired for close relationships. The key... -
A Level Advancing Biology for OCR Year 1 and AS Student Book (OCR B) by Fran Fuller 9780198340973
$53.64Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: OCR Level: A Level Subject: Biology First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Written by curriculum and specification experts, this Student Book supports and... -
Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: How the Natural World is Adapting to Climate Change by Thor Hanson
RRP: $14.18$9.46'An original, wide-ranging and carefully researched book ... contains important lessons for humanity.' Mark Cocker, The SpectatorA fascinating insight into climate change biology around the globe, as well as in our own backyards.Hurricane Lizards and... -
XAFS for Everyone Scott Calvin 9781032745480
RRP: $109.64$95.27XAFS for Everyone provides a practical, thorough guide to x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy for both novices and seasoned practitioners from a range of disciplines. It’s enhanced with more than 200 figures as well as cartoon characters... -
Atomic Physics: Precise Measurements and Ultracold Matter by Massimo Inguscio 9780198525851
$52.90This book illustrates the history of Atomic Physics and shows how its most recent advances allow the possibility of performing precise measurements and achieving an accurate control on the atomic state. Written in an introductory style, this book is... -
Geodynamics by Donald L. Turcotte 9780521186230
RRP: $81.26$72.82Essential reading for any Earth scientist, this classic textbook has been providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the fundamentals needed to develop a quantitative understanding of the physical processes of the solid earth for over... -
Breasts: An Owner's Guide by Philippa Kaye
RRP: $19.35$14.14Become body literate with Breasts: An owner's guide, the first in an enlightening series of books that democratise health for a new generation of readers. Breasts is an informative, practical, and engaging introduction to understanding and caring for our... -
Badvertising: Polluting Our Minds and Fuelling Climate Chaos Andrew Simms 9780745349145
RRP: $25.80$17.48**An Independent Book of the Month** 'Brilliant ... if you thought your brain was being gently warmed by the advertising industry, read this book and you'll realise it's being fried' - Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2 Advertising is selling us a dream, a... -
It's Not Rocket Science Ben Miller 9780751545005
RRP: $14.18$9.82The Top Ten Bestseller Black holes. DNA. The Large Hadron Collider. Ever had that sneaking feeling that you are missing out on some truly spectacular science? You do? Well, fear not, for help is at hand. Ben Miller was working on his Physics PhD at... -
Atlas of the Mammals of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Derek Crawley
RRP: $45.15$37.69Based on more than 1.8 million records, this Atlas provides the most up-to-date information on the current distributions of both terrestrial and marine mammals in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Many changes over time, such... -
CBAC Safon Uwch Hanes - Canllaw i Fyfyrwyr Uned 5: Dehongliadau Hanesyddol (asesu di-arholiad) WJEC A-level History Student Guide Unit 5: Historical Interpretations (non-examined assessment; Welsh language edition) Phil Star 9781510482074
$16.37Exam board: WJECLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)Maximise your chance of coursework success with this step-by-step guide to the WJEC A-level History NEA.- Explains how to... -
The Duchess's Shells: Natural History Collecting in the Age of Cook's Voyages by Dr. Beth Fowkes Tobin
RRP: $38.70$33.35Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), was one of the wealthiest women in eighteenth-century Britain. She collected fine and decorative arts (the Portland Vase was her most famous acquisition), but her great love was... -
The Beat of Life: A surgeon reveals the secrets of the heart by Reinhard Friedl
RRP: $19.34$14.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800316058Author Reinhard FriedlFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint HeroPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g -
The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics by C. M. R. Fowler
RRP: $72.23$64.60The Solid Earth is a general introduction to the study of the physics of the solid Earth, including the workings of both the Earth's surface and its deep interior. The emphasis throughout is on basic physical principles rather than instrumentation or... -
Understanding Relativity: A Conceptual Journey Into Spacetime, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves by Wouter Schmitz
RRP: $64.49$57.55This book bridges the huge gap between popular science and mathematical treatments of Einstein's theories. It explains special and general relativity, gravity, black holes, and gravitational waves, also presenting current ideas about dark matter and dark... -
The Secret Pulse of Time: Making Sense of Life's Scarcest Commodity by Stefan Klein
$19.76Popular science at its very best, The Secret Pulse of Time awakens us to and empowers us with the idea that time is far more at our disposal than we have previously realized. award-winning journalist Stefan Klein, whose previous book, The Science of... -
The Earth After Us: What legacy will humans leave in the rocks? by Jan Zalasiewicz
RRP: $25.79$19.38What would alien visitors in the far future, piecing together the history of earth, find of our brief reign? What clues will we leave? What fossils? Just as we have gained knowledge of the past, of ancient climates and the activities of creatures long... -
Inside the Star Factory: The Creation of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's Largest and Most Powerful Space Observatory by Chris Gunn 9780262047906
RRP: $52.89$36.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047906Author Chris GunnFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 1432gDimensions(mm) 286mm * 260mm * 22mm