Science

A unique Scripture-engagement format with room to write notes and prayers, ideally suited for following a sermon series in church, participating in small-group study, or for individual devotional and study time.Focus on one book at a time with this NKJV...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741290738Author Jeremy GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Wtm Publications and Communications Pty LtdPublisher Wtm Publications and...

Why are humans so fond of water? Why is our skin colour so variable?Why aren't we hairy like our close ape relatives?A savannah scenario of human evolution has been widely accepted primarily due to fossil evidence; and fossils do not offer insight into...

In this book, Slava Gerovitch argues that Soviet cybernetics was not just an intellectual trend but a social movement for radical reform in science and society as a whole. Followers of cybernetics viewed computer simulation as a universal method of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062954794Author Thich Nhat HanhFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

Where did we come from? Where are we going?Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink of an evolutionary eye we have spread around the globe, taken control of Earth's...

BL For beginners of all ages BL Clear and systematic progression BL Companion book to Creative Saxophone BL 26 pieces that mirror the progression of the tutor book BL Focuses on contemporary music styles BL First steps in developing ensemble playing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941983157Author Fred EspenakFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Astropixels PublishingPublisher Astropixels PublishingWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm)...

Dreams, schemes and opportunity as space opens for tourism and commerce.Twentieth century space exploration may have belonged to state-funded giants such as NASA, but there is a parallel history which has set the template for the future.Even before...

With tipping points and extreme global warming looming, the key to understanding our climate future lies in our distant past With rising emissions, we are on track to cause rapid global warming with devastating con- sequences. But how bad could climate...

Our true origins are not just human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and the current cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology Origins explains the soul-stirring leaps in our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543835Author Alessio FasanoFormat PaperbackPage Count 552Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Modern Science is teamwork. But how can young academics go from being a productive member of a scientific team to leading their own? Entry level positions for PhDs in Science often require the infamous "people skills". The authors aim to equip young...

This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The intimate connection between the two is manifested in their scaling...

Most people try out diets just to see if they work. One friend cuts out sugar, a second cuts out fat. Another mumbles something about gut microbes. Even scientists still seem to be arguing about what causes obesity, so what hope is there for the rest of...

Bacteria were the first life on Earth. But what do we really know about them? In this captivating, science-driven book, you'll learn everything you need to know about these often misunderstood-and incredibly interesting-microbes.In this engagingly...

This book is a well-established guide to the interpretation of the mass, ultraviolet, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of organic compounds. It is designed for students of organic chemistry taking a course in the application of these...

Utterly Amazing Earth is a jaw-dropping pop-up book packed with fascinating facts about our amazing planet.Go deep below the Earth's crust to discover earthshattering facts. From volcanoes to earthquakes, the water cycle to seasons, this beautiful pop-up...

Discovering Relativity for yourself explains Einstein's Theory of Relativity to readers who are daunted by the standard mathematical approach to that profound theory. For twenty years Sam Lilley taught this subject to adults with no science background...

"The most remarkable history of biology that has ever been written."-Michel FoucaultNobel Prize-winning scientist Francois Jacob's The Logic of Life is a landmark book in the history of biology and science. Focusing on heredity, which Jacob considers the...

The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusive, enigmatic world. As seen from the Earth, it never emerges far from the Sun, and astronomers in the telescopic era found it challenging to work out such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805074581Author Evelyn Fox KellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 256g

An exhaustive exposition of propagating methods, from growing from seed to cuttings, grafting, layering, and tissue culture. It is based on the actual working methods of successful propagators worldwide and presents detailed explanations and...

A new, popular edition with a clear introduction, Special & General Relativity by Albert Einstein contains his core paper, 'Relativity, The Special & The General Theory: A Popular Exposition', which established his reputation as one of the greatest...

Galileo's trial by the Inquisition is one of the most dramatic incidents in the history of science and religion. Today, we tend to see this event in black and white-Galileo all white, the Church all black. Galileo in Rome presents a much more nuanced...

Foundations of Physics for Chemists presents the fundamental physics required for a full understanding of a diverse range of chemical phenomena and techniques such as diffraction, reaction rates and nuclear magnetic resonance. The text begins with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063088207Author Dave GoulsonFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

The only field guide to every species recorded in Seychelles. This compact field guide, based on Birds of Seychelles by Adrian Skerrett, Ian Bullock and Tony Disley (Helm 2000), is the only field guide to cover all of the more than 250 species...

A captivating historical look at the cultural and artistic significance of shells in early modern EuropeAmong nature's most artful creations, shells have long inspired the curiosity and passion of artisans, artists, collectors, and thinkers. Conchophilia...

The power of gender difference, not gender equality, is a secret source for success. Some smart businesses are starting to wake up to this fact. This book explores why and how. Properly valuing brain gender diversity in the workplace is one of the...

This book is an updated and revised version of the Oxford Chemistry Primer entitled Periodicity and the p-Block Elements. In addition to having updated and substantially rewritten parts of the first book, the most obvious change is that certain aspects...

Though separated by thousands of miles, the United States and Australia have much in common. Geographically both countries are expansive-the United States is the fourth largest in land mass and Australia the sixth-and both possess a vast amount of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546010Author Karl HerrupFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

If you have a child in school, you may have heard stories of long-dormant diseases suddenly reappearing-cases of measles, mumps, rubella, and whooping cough cropping up everywhere from elementary schools to Ivy League universities because a select group...

Consider the complexity of a living cell after 3.8 billion years of evolution. Is it more awesome to suppose that a transcendent God fashioned the cell at a stroke, or to realize that it evolved with no Almighty Hand, but arose on its own in the changing...

Volcanoes are intimately tied to the history of humanity, they help forge the Earth's crust and atmosphere, and they are very much an active feature of today. The archaeology of most ancient civilizations of Europe preserves the imprint of spectacular...

When it came out in 1994, My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization quickly became a classic of the ecopsychology movement. It is a book about roots which reach back millennia to a time when humans lived in and honored the natural...

The latest edition takes into account the requirements for the West African Examinations Council, the Hong Kong School Certificate, the East African Examnations Council and the Singapore Ministry of Education. Semiconductor devices and their applications...

A SPECTATOR BEST BOOK OF 2021'Richard Dawkins is a thunderously gifted science writer.' Sunday Times'It may be a collection of shorter parts, but the book is in no sense Dawkins made simple. It amounts to a substantive whole which offers a unitary...

"Very few people have spent as much time as William E. Glassley in such deep wilderness. So it would behoove us to pay attention even if he had not brought back such a fascinating, lovely, and useful set of observations. This is a remarkable book." Bill...