Science

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486269573Author Bessette;Chapman Bessette;ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc...

Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 Subject: Physics First Teaching: 2017, First Exam: 2018 Covers all required techniques and apparatus...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143111344Author Dava SobelFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 323gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm *...

The more science tells us about the world, the stranger it looks. Ever since physics first penetrated the atom, early in this century, what it found there has stood as a radical and unanswered challenge to many of our most cherished conceptions of nature...

BBC Radio 4's celebrated THE LIFE SCIENTIFIC has featured some of the world's most renowned experts in the field of deadly viruses. The interviews make sobering reading, a reminder of all the deadly viruses that have threatened global health, and why...

Hard Science Fiction Films that Predict Future Technology"As the breakneck advance of technology takes us into a world that is both exciting and menacing, sci-fi films give us an inkling of what is to come, and what we should avoid." -Seth Shostak,...

Have you ever done something stupid, dangerous or self-sabotaging just to get one over someone else? Most of us have. Simon McCarthy-Jones draws on psychology, current affairs, literature and genetics to illuminate - whether we admit it or not - our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789392510939Author Haran Chandra BanerjiFormat HardbackPage Count 317Imprint Motilal Banarsidass,Publisher Motilal Banarsidass,Dimensions(mm) 230mm * 150mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594633416Author Noah StryckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 209mm...

A thorough and current introduction to evolutionary biology reinforced by tools that improve learning. Every chapter has been updated to provide a more focused, accessible introduction to core topics reflecting exciting new research, anthropogenic...

Five stunningly large forests remain on Earth: the Taiga, extending from the Pacific Ocean across all of Russia and far-northern Europe; the North American boreal, ranging from Alaska's Bering seacoast to Canada's Atlantic shore; the Amazon, covering...

The climate crisis is the greatest existential threat humanity faces today. The need for a radical societal transformation in the interests of social justice and ecological sustainability has never been greater. But where can we turn to find systemic...

Providing guidance that helps students practice and troubleshoot their exam technique,these books send them into their exam with the confidence to aim for the best grades.- Enables students to avoid common misconceptions and mistakes by highlighting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588346865Author Gavin BroadFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 692gDimensions(mm) 183mm *...

American Genesis is the book that helped earn Thomas Hughes his reputation as one of the foremost historians of technology of our age. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1990, the book tells the sweeping story of America's technological revolution...

For over 1500 years books have weathered numerous cultural changes remarkably unaltered. Through wars, radio, TV, computer games and fluctuating literacy rates, the book has, somewhat bizarrely, remained the more robust and culturally relevant way to...

Since the release of the documentary Blackfish in 2013, millions around the world have focused on the plight of the orca, the most profitable and controversial display animal in history. Yet, until now, no historical account has explained how we came to...

Why is it that Tony Blair always wore the same pair of shoes when answering Prime Minister's Questions? That John McEnroe notoriously refused to step on the white lines of a tennis court between points? And that President-elect Barack Obama played a game...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615197934Author David Robert GrimesFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint ExperimentPublisher ExperimentWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 140mm *...

Spanning the years from World War II, when he was a civilian statistician in the operations research section of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command, through his studies with Hans Bethe at Cornell University, his early friendship with Richard Feynman, and...

The aim of this book is to become a major reference text for gravitational-wave physics, covering in detail both the experimental and the theoretical aspects. It is the only existing book on gravitational waves to date, and it will likely remain unique...

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial...

The nanotechnology revolution that will transform human health and longevityNano Comes to Life opens a window onto the nanoscale-the infinitesimal realm of proteins and DNA where physics and cellular and molecular biology meet-and introduces readers to...

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...

An internationally-renowned cartoonist and reluctant war vet details Japan's involvement in World War II. Showa 1939-1944: A History of Japan continues Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's historical and autobiographical account of Japanese life...

An essential guide for succeeding in today's competitive environment, this book provides beginning scientists and experienced researchers with practical advice on writing about their work and getting published. This brand new, updated edition also...

Cosmology is in crisis. The more we discover, the more puzzling the universe appears to be. How and why are the laws of nature what they are? A philosopher and a physicist, world-renowned for their radical ideas in their fields, argue for a revolution...

The Language of Symmetry is a re-assessment of the structure and reach of symmetry, by an interdisciplinary group of specialists from the arts, humanities, and sciences at Oxford University.It explores, amongst other topics:order and chaos in the...

Are you fed up losing at family board game nights? Do you want to learn how to destroy the competition?Get the inside tips from preposterously overqualified experts on how to win a range of common family games, board games and more. * A mime artist...

Orchids have long held a fascination, both for keen botanists and the general public. From the mania of Victorian collectors to the enthusiasm of modern photographers, this family of flowering plants has a strange and exotic appeal. Many orchids are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781680455748Author Mike SeneseFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Make Community, LLCPublisher O'Reilly MediaWeight(grams) 194gDimensions(mm) 272mm * 212mm...

This textbook provides a simple introduction to mechanics for students coming to the subject for the first time. The text is based on courses given to first and second year undergraduates and has been written with this audience in mind. Prerequisites are...

In the 1990's it was realized that quantum physics has some spectacular applications in computer science. This book is a concise introduction to quantum computation, developing the basic elements of this new branch of computational theory without...

During the 1980s and 90s, the Resource Institute, headed by Jonathan White, held a series of "floating seminars" aboard a sixty-five-foot schooner featuring leading thinkers and writers from an array of disciplines. Over ten years, White conducted...

A decade after the Human Genome Project proved that human beings are not naturally divided by race, scientists are attempting to resuscitate race as a biological category. In this provocative analysis, leading legal scholar and social critic Dorothy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486672137Author Holt AshleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 530gDimensions(mm)...

A surprising look at the role of menopause in human history-and why we should change the ways we think about itAre the ways we look at menopause all wrong? Susan Mattern says yes and, in The Slow Moon Climbs, reveals just how wrong we have been. From the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328987808Author Tim FolgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm *...

An 800-CEO-READ "Editor's Choice" March 2019 How We Can Harness Carbon to Help Solve the Climate Crisis In order to rescue ourselves from climate catastrophe, we need to radically alter how humans live on Earth. We have to go from spending carbon...

What is Life? Decades of research have resulted in the full mapping of the human genome - three billion pairs of code whose functions are only now being understood. The gene's eye view of life, advocated by evolutionary biology, sees living bodies as...