Science

Vital stories for hungry minds.In the first official book from BBC Radio 4's hit series The Food Programme, award-winning writer Alex Renton tells the stories of 13 key staples such as spice, oil, cocoa, bread and tomatoes, exploring their history,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782917260067Author Yakov PerelmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint ProdinnovaPublisher ProdinnovaWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618711680Author Leon LedermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658269Author David SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration-a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on...

Time is central to our lived experience of the world. Yet, as this book reveals, it is startlingly difficult to reconcile the way we seem to experience time with many of the theories presented to us in physics and metaphysics. This comprehensive and...

The word 'aliens' can be used in many ways, to invoke fear, dislike and fascination. For biologists it is used to indicate organisms that have been introduced by people to new territories. In the British Isles alien plants are common, conspicuous,...

A new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotions in humans and animalsThe Neuroscience of Emotion presents a new framework for the neuroscientific study of emotion across species. Written by Ralph Adolphs and David J. Anderson, two leading...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988604315Author Berdine ArdreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Storydesign LtdPublisher Storydesign LtdWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

From cells in our bodies to measuring the universe, big numbers are everywhere We all know that numbers go on forever, that you could spend your life counting and never reach the end of the line, so there can't be such a thing as a 'biggest number'...

Head hits cause brain damage - but not always. Should we ban sport to protect athletes? Exposure to electromagnetic fields is strongly associated with cancer development - does that mean exposure causes cancer? Should we encourage old fashioned...

The origin of biological diversity, via the formation of new species, can be inextricably linked to adaptation to the ecological environment. Specifically, ecological processes are central to the formation of new species when barriers to gene flow...

Marie Curie coined the term 'radioactivity', and it is to her and her husband, Pierre Curie, that we owe much of our current understanding of the very fabric of reality. Born in Warsaw, Marie was the fifth and youngest child of teachers. Her father...

The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January-December 2023. Diagrams drawn...

A large-format, folded paper map with a protective card cover. Printed by the best cartographic press in the UK with special pantone inks to highlight amazing walks and fun activities. Double-sided, with a city atlas on the reverse. It shows Glasgow in...

What is Big Data, and why should you care? Big data knows where you've been and who your friends are. It knows what you like and what makes you angry. It can predict what you'll buy, where you'll be the victim of crime and when you'll have a heart...

Kepler's essay, On the Six-Cornered Snowflake, provides the first published evidence of the ideas of regular arrangements and close-packing which have proved fundamental to crystallography. In it, Kepler ponders on the problem of why snowflakes are...

Now with a new postscript covering the unfolding health care revolutionMobile technology has transformed our lives, and personal genomics is revolutionizing biology. But despite the availability of technologies that can provide wireless, personalized...

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and is one of the planet's richest places for bird diversity, especially when it comes to the number of endemic species. Brazil's Atlantic Forest region is one of the most dazzling of all. Immediately...

* Where do our thoughts come from?* How can we manipulate our dreams?* What is the role of the unconscious?* How do we make decisions and trust the judgement of both others and ourselves? In this mind-bending...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805075199Author Bill McKibbenFormat PaperbackPage Count 271Imprint Owl Books,U.S.Publisher Henry Holt & Company Inc

This book is a philosophical essay on the sun. It draws on Georges Bataille's theories of the solar economy and solar violence and demonstrates their relevance to a world affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. The sun, which, since...

Is life getting on top of you? Do you dream of being stranded on an island just for some alone time? Are you currently standing on a chair, screaming, 'Enough is enough!'? I get it. Your diary is full and your brain is racing. The hectic world we...

Cartoonist and national treasure Ralph Steadman's unique take on a variety of extinct birds. When Ceri Levy asked Ralph Steadman to produce one piece of art representing an extinct bird for a recent exhibition, Ghosts of Gone Birds, Ralph said 'yes'...

The newest addition to John Brockman's Edge.org series explores life itself, bringing together the world's leading biologists, geneticists, and evolutionary theorists-including Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson, J. Craig Venter, and Freeman Dyson. ...

Radio spectrum for commanding and recording from our satellites is a shared resource with subtle hurdles. We walk the path originally paved by AMSATs to discuss the steps and licensing needed to set up and operate both a command uplink and a data...

In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of the first 35 years of his life from early childhood in Africa to publication of The Selfish Gene in 1976, when he shot to fame as one of the most exciting new scientists of his...

Introduction to Human-Animal Interaction focuses on the human dimension of interacting with other animals. This book introduces recent developments, theories, and debates in the relatively new research area of Human-Animal Interaction (HAI) and focuses...

Even the most enthusiastic of maths students probably at one time wondered when exactly it would all prove useful in 'real life'. Well, maths reaches so far and wide through our world that, love it or hate it, we're all doing maths almost every minute of...

Who will protect our planet from the corporations, governments, and individuals who pollute, destroy, and devastate our natural world? Step forward a fresh new breed of passionately purposeful environmental lawyers, whose client is the Earth itself...

There no longer seems any point to criticizing the internet. We indulge in the latest doom-mongering about the evils of social media-on social media. We scroll through routine complaints about the deterioration of our attention spans. We resign ourselves...

The only series for MYP 4 and 5 developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate (IB)Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused...

A masterly overview of the development of cosmological thinking from the Greeks, via Newton and Einstein, to the present day.It is science's last and greatest challenge: fathoming the depths of the night sky. The objective: to crack the cosmic code, to...

Did the human race almost go extinct? Can genetics explain a cat lady's love for felines? How does DNA lead to people with no fingerprints or humans born with tails? And how did the right combination of genes create the exceptionally flexible thumbs and...

All engineering disciplines have been developed from the basic sciences. Science gives us the information on the reasoning behind new product development, whereas engineering is the application of science to manufacture the product at the commercial...

This book gets to the heart of science by asking a fundamental question about its essence: what is the true nature of space and time? Both defy modern physics and scientists find themselves continually searching for answers. This unique volume brings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805070897Author Michael ShermerFormat PaperbackPage Count 349Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 344gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

In his study of Eliot as a psychological novelist, Michael Davis examines Eliot's writings in the context of a large volume of nineteenth-century scientific writing about the mind. Eliot, Davis argues, manipulated scientific language in often subversive...

A leadership consultant and neuropsychologist identify the universal habits of the heart and mind-the keys to unlocking our true potential, creating our best selves and eliminating behavior patterns that hold us back. Why is it so hard for leaders to...

'Lucid, calm, informed, directly helpful in trying to think about where we are now... The literature of the time after begins here' Evening Standard'Taking a breather from bewildering statistics and terrible tales of contagion to read Giordano's book was...