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Failure: Why Science Is so Successful by Stuart Firestein
RRP: £22.99£17.09The pursuit of science by professional scientists every day bears less and less resemblance to the perception of science by the general public. It is not the rule-based, methodical system for accumulating facts that dominates the public view. Rather it... -
The Art of NASA: The Illustrations That Sold the Missions, Expanded Collector's Edition Piers Bizony 9780760382578
RRP: £80.00£50.95In this expanded collector's edition of The Art of NASA, complete with a paper model Lunar Module and a poster, explore over 200 stunning artworks commissioned by NASA to sell its missions. Formed in 1958, NASA has long maintained a department of visual... -
The Lost Fens: England's Greatest Ecological Disaster by Ian D. Rotherham 9780752486994
RRP: £25.00£18.84The loss of the great fenlands of eastern England is the greatest single removal of ecology in our history. So thorough was the process that most visitors to the regions, or even people living there, have little idea of what has gone. For many, the... -
Plague: One Scientist's Intrepid Search for the Truth about Human Retroviruses and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Autism, and Other Diseases by Kent Heckenlively
RRP: £19.99£13.30#10 on Amazon Charts, USA Today Bestseller "This book is my best attempt to tell the truth about my research, the culture in science today which is hostile to new ideas, and what science can really do if allowed to pursue promising areas of inquiries... -
The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability - Designing for Abundance by William McDonough 9780865477483
RRP: £28.00£16.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865477483Author William McDonoughFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint North Point PressPublisher North Point Press -
Island of the Setting Sun: In Search of Ireland's Ancient Astronomers by Anthony Murphy 9781916099852
RRP: £29.95£21.32Ireland is home to some of the world's oldest astronomically-aligned structures, giant stone monuments erected over 5,000 years ago. Despite their apparent simplicity, these megalithic edifices were crafted by a scientifically knowledgeable community of... -
Gene Amplification in Mammalian Cells: A Comprehensive Guide by Rodney E. Kellems 9780367402662
RRP: £61.99£53.61Serves as a comprehensive review to the substantial impact of gene amplification in molecular biology, genetic engineering and medical science. The book covers the mechanism of gene amplification, organization and structure of amplified genes.Book... -
Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future by Philip Lymbery 9781526619327
RRP: £25.00£19.53'A book of urgency but also of hope, as Lymbery shares solutions to save us' Chris Packham 'Philip Lymbery pulls no punches in cataloguing the calamitous mistakes we've made in our food system, but he has bold and inspiring solutions to offer, too'... -
Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing: Principles and Practices Saeid Mokhatab (Gas Processing Consultant, Canada) 9780128158173
RRP: £133.00£119.10Written by an internationally-recognized team of natural gas industry experts, the fourth edition of Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing is a unique, well-researched, and comprehensive work on the design and operation aspects of natural... -
Cambridge IGCSE (TM) Physics Student's Book (Collins Cambridge IGCSE (TM)) by Malcolm Bradley
RRP: £26.99£26.16Collins Cambridge IGCSETM Physics provides complete coverage of the revised Cambridge IGCSE Physics syllabus (0625/0972) for examination from 2023 and is packed full of questions, in depth content, practical investigative skills features and more. ... -
Chasing the Moon: The Story of the Space Race - from Arthur C. Clarke to the Apollo landings by Robert Stone 9780008307882
RRP: £9.99£6.84In a world divided by the ideological struggles of the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement, more than one-fifth of the people on the planet paused to watch the live transmission of the Apollo 11 mission. To watch as humanity took a... -
A Naturalist in the Amazon: The Journals & Writings of Henry Walter Bates by Henry Walter Bates
RRP: £14.99£10.20This charming book revolves around the two journals Bates produced during his groundbreaking travels in the Amazon, and his classic work The Naturalist on the River Amazons. Alongside specially selected excerpts from his book are facsimile reproductions... -
The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist by Ben Barres
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539548Author Ben BarresFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
GCSE Combined Science Foundation AQA Practice Test Papers: GCSE Grade 9-1 (Collins GCSE 9-1 Revision) by Collins GCSE
RRP: £8.99£7.80Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE Grade 9-1 Foundation Subject: Combined Science Suitable for the 2024 exams Get ready for the exams with... -
The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force by Jeffrey M. Schwartz
£12.68A groundbreaking work of science that confirms, for the first time, the independent existence of the mind-and demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain. Conventional science has long held the position that 'the mind'... -
China Goes Green: Coercive Environmentalism for a Planet on the Brink by Yifei Li 9781509543120
£18.54What does it mean for the future of the planet when one of the world's most durable authoritarian governance systems pursues "ecological civilization"? Despite its staggering pollution and colossal appetite for resources, China exemplifies a model of... -
Hydroponics for the Home Grower by Howard M. Resh
RRP: £31.99£28.11Hydroponics offers many advantages to traditional soil-based horticulture. These include greater control over many of the limiting factors, such as light, temperature, and pests, as well as the ability to grow plants in all seasons. With instruction from... -
How to Change Your Body: What the Science of Interoception Can Teach Us About Healing through Connection by Saga Briggs 9781957869100
RRP: £16.99£11.67How to Change Your Body provides an enlightening discourse on the missing piece of the mind-body relationship - our need for social connection. What if symptoms from some of our most common afflictions-everything from depression and anxiety to addiction... -
Gravitational Solitons by V. Belinski 9780521018067
RRP: £51.99£46.73This 2001 book gives a self-contained exposition of the theory of gravitational solitons and provides a comprehensive review of exact soliton solutions to Einstein's equations. The text begins with a detailed discussion of the extension of the Inverse... -
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know Joanne Baker 9781529425123
RRP: £9.99£7.00In a series of 50 accessible essays, Joanne Baker introduces and explains the fundamental physical concepts and laws that govern the inners workings of our universe.From Newton's law of gravitation to black holes, Schroedinger's cat to chaos theory, 50... -
Newton'S Gift by Berlinski 9780743217767
RRP: £12.99£11.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743217767Author BerlinskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 305gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *... -
Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies by Rick Edwards
RRP: £10.99£7.97A Sunday Times Book of the YearA New Scientist Gift Pick"Bright, nerdy and funny! Of course I loved it." Dara O BriainCan we resurrect dinosaurs? Is a Martian holiday good for your health? Can we build a time machine? (And more importantly, can it look... -
Taxidermy by Alexis Turner
RRP: £16.95£12.66Taxidermy has come in from the cold. Stuffed animals are appearing everywhere from chic apartments to luxury boutiques. Museums have been dusting down their collections to put them back on display, while contemporary artists have rejuvenated the practice... -
Adventures of a Mathematician by S. M. Ulam
RRP: £21.00£16.63This autobiography of mathematician Stanislaw Ulam, one of the great scientific minds of the twentieth century, tells a story rich with amazingly prophetic speculations and peppered with lively anecdotes. As a member of the Los Alamos National Laboratory... -
Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection by Sam Apple 9781631493157
RRP: £22.99£17.46The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg was widely regarded as one of the most important biochemists of the twentieth century. A Jewish homosexual living openly with his partner, he was also among the most despised figures in the Third Reich. Yet top Nazi... -
The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science by Thomas S. Kuhn
RRP: £22.00£18.96A must-read follow-up to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, one of the most important books of the twentieth century. This book contains the text of Thomas S. Kuhn's unfinished book, The Plurality of Worlds: An Evolutionary Theory of Scientific... -
After Method: Mess in Social Science Research by John Law
RRP: £53.99£46.87John Law argues that methods don't just describe social realities but are also involved in creating them. The implications of this argument are highly significant. If this is the case, methods are always political, and it raises the question of what... -
The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems Reinette Biggs 9781032020761
RRP: £43.99£38.94The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems provides a synthetic guide to the range of methods that can be employed in social-ecological systems (SES) research. The book is primarily targeted at graduate students, lecturers... -
Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor by Brian Keating 9780393357394
RRP: £13.99£12.25In Losing the Nobel Prize, cosmologist and inventor of the BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) experiment Brian Keating tells the inside story of BICEP2's mesmerising discovery and the scientific drama that ensued. In an... -
What to Think About Machines That Think: Today's Leading Thinkers on the Age of Machine Intelligence by John Brockman
RRP: £11.99£8.09Weighing in from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, today's most forward-thinking minds explore the rise of "machines that think." Stephen Hawking recently made headlines by noting, "The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the... -
Klimat: Russia in the Age of Climate Change by Thane Gustafson
RRP: £34.95£28.40A discerning analysis of the future effects of climate change on Russia, the major power most dependent on the fossil fuel economy.Russia will be one of the countries most affected by climate change. No major power is more economically dependent on the... -
Electric Brain Signals: Foundations and Applications of Biophysical Modeling by Geir Halnes 9781009018623
RRP: £54.99£46.30It is common to study the electric activity of neurons by measuring the electric potential in the extracellular space of the brain. However, interpreting such measurements requires knowledge of the biophysics underlying the electric signals. Written by... -
Symmetry and the Monster: One of the greatest quests of mathematics by Mark Ronan
RRP: £13.99£10.01Imagine a giant snowflake in 196,884 dimensions... This is the story of a mathematical quest that began two hundred years ago in revolutionary France, led to the biggest collaboration ever between mathematicians across the world, and revealed the... -
Apollo 1: The Tragedy That Put Us on the Moon by Ryan S Walters
RRP: £22.00£14.05On January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee climbed into a new spacecraft perched atop a large Saturn rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a routine dress rehearsal of their upcoming launch into orbit, then less than... -
On Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
RRP: £7.99£5.98Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched... -
Between Inner Space and Outer Space: Essays on Science, Art, and Philosophy by John D. Barrow
RRP: £24.99£24.65In this fascinating and entertaining collection of essays, acclaimed cosmologist and writer John D. Barrow addresses the many questions that we ponder in our quest to discover the universe. Key topics are: the popularity of Big Science, and physics and... -
To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death by Mark O'Connell 9781101911594
RRP: £20.00£14.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2018. Short-listed for The Baillie Gifford Prize 2017.Book InformationISBN 9781101911594Author Mark O'ConnellFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
Think to New Worlds: The Cultural History of Charles Fort and His Followers by Joshua Blu Buhs 9780226831480
RRP: £28.00£23.27How a writer who investigated scientific anomalies inspired a factious movement and made a lasting impact on American culture. Flying saucers. Bigfoot. Frogs raining from the sky. Such phenomena fascinated Charles Fort, the maverick writer who scanned... -
Reinvention Of Science, The: Slaying The Dragons Of Dogma And Ignorance by Bernard J T Jones 9781800613607
RRP: £45.00£39.18Throughout the history of science, different thinkers, philosophers and scientists postulated the existence of entities that, in spite of their not being visible or detectable in their time, or perhaps ever, were nevertheless useful to explain the real... -
Making Social Sciences More Scientific: The Need for Predictive Models by Rein Taagepera 9780199534661
RRP: £112.50£96.52In his challenging new book Rein Taagepera argues that society needs more from social sciences than they have delivered. One reason for falling short is that social sciences have depended excessively on regression and other statistical approaches,...