Science

One of the world's leading experts on genetics unravels one of the most important breakthroughs in modern science and medicine. If our genes are, to a great extent, our destiny, then what would happen if mankind could engineer and alter the very essence...

For scientist and layman alike this book provides vivid evidence that the Copernican Revolution has by no means lost its significance today. Few episodes in the development of scientific theory show so clearly how the solution to a highly technical...

Struggles over drinking water, new outbreaks of mass violence, ethnic cleansing, civil wars in the earth's poorest countries, endless flows of refugees: these are the new conflicts and forces shaping the world of the 21st century. They no longer hinge on...

The Cultural Nature of Human Development presents an account of human development that looks at both the differences and similarities among cultures. Beyond demonstrating that 'culture matters', Rogoff focuses on how culture matters in human development...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837168760Author Sir Charles Galton DarwinFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

The astonishing new story of human originsWas Darwin wrong when he traced our origins to Africa? The Real Planet of the Apes makes the explosive claim that it was in Europe, not Africa, where apes evolved the most important hallmarks of our human lineage...

Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe?The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very distant from the everyday. There are those things that...

A beautiful Christmas gift for beginner and seasoned stargazers alike A beautiful giftable, coffee-table book, showcasing the most spectacular space photography of its kind, taken from locations across the globe. Marvel at the wonders of the...

Environmental Science for Environmental Management has quickly established itself as the leading introduction to environmental science, demonstrating how a more environmental science can create an effective approach to environmental management on...

As featured on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week 'A rich, timely study for the era of "global ageing"'- Nature The ageing of the world population is one of the most important issues facing humanity in the 21st century - up there with climate change in...

Murder by poison alarmed, enthralled, and in many ways encapsulated the Victorian age. Linda Stratmann's dark and splendid social history reveals the nineteenth century as a gruesome battleground where poisoners went head-to-head with authorities who...

The third edition of this successful textbook will supply advanced undergraduate and graduate students with the tools they need to understand modern glaciological research. Practicing glacial geologists and glaciologists will also find the volume useful...

Provides evidence that human consciousness can never be reproduced and exposes the perils of artificial intelligence * Explains how consciousness transcends the brain and body through quantum theory and accounts of consciousness in the clinically dead *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679758945Author Robert WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Appreciate the Adornment of BirdsFeathers-possibly the most amazing body covering in the entire animal kingdom. No other covering does all that feathers do. From the delicate down feathers that keep birds warm to the sturdy flight feathers that allow...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262038034Author Terrence J. SejnowskiFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 24mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486670478Author R.D. MattuckFormat PaperbackPage Count 429Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Einstein's general theory of relativity requires a curved space for the description of the physical world. If one wishes to go beyond superficial discussions of the physical relations involved, one needs to set up precise equations for handling curved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358645535Author Avi LoebFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 200mm * 134mm * 18mm

Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement in modern physics. Anything that involves gravity, the force that powers everything on the largest, hottest or densest of scales, can be explained by it...

For the majority of Americans, hard times have long been a way of life. Some work multiple low-wage jobs, others face the squeeze of stagnant wages and rising costs of living. Sociologist Celine-Marie Pascale talked with people across Appalachia, at the...

With nearly six hundred identified species of birds-and an average of five "new" species discovered annually-Belize is becoming a birding hotspot for amateur and professional birders from around the globe. Thousands of birders visit the country each year...

An exploration of how the Cryogenian Period, when our planet was covered in ice for millions of years, created today’s remarkable biodiversity More than half a billion years ago, our world was completely covered by glaciers, a “Snowball Earth” that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611800166Author David HintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Laika began her life as a stray dog on the streets of Moscow and died in 1957 aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik II. Initially the USSR reported that Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth, had survived in space for seven days, providing valuable...

You are reading the word "now" right now. But what does that mean? "Now" has bedeviled philosophers, priests, and modern-day physicists from Augustine to Einstein and beyond. In Now, eminent physicist Richard A. Muller takes up the challenge. He begins...

In this book of ""trialogues,"" the late psychedelic visionary and shamanologist Terence McKenna, acclaimed biologist and originator of the morphogenetic fields theory Rupert Sheldrake, and mathematician and chaos theory scientist Ralph Abraham explore...

Today's synthetic biologists are in the early stages of engineering living cells to help treat diseases, sense toxic compounds in the environment, and produce valuable drugs. With this manual, you can be part of it. Based on the BioBuilder curriculum,...

Improving the Sustainable Development Goals evaluates the Global Goals (Agenda 2030) by looking at their design and how they relate to theories of economic development. Adopted unanimously by the member states of the United Nations (UN) in 2015, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358108450Author Mark MiodownikFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 132mm *...

The Low-Carbon Good Life is about how to reverse and repair four interlocking crises arising from modern material consumption: the climate crisis, growing inequality, biodiversity loss and food-related ill-health.Across the world today and throughout...

The Book The behaviour of helicopters and tiltrotor aircraft is so complex that understanding the physical mechanisms at work in trim, stability and response, and thus the prediction of Flying Qualities, requires a framework of analytical and numerical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628841770Author Jason ScottsFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Speedy Publishing BooksPublisher Speedy Publishing BooksWeight(grams) 64gDimensions(mm)...

Philosophical controversy over non-human animals extends further back than many realize - before Utilitarianism and Darwinism to the very genesis of philosophy. This volume examines the richness and complexity of that long history. Twelve essays trace...

The Pocket Guide to the Insects of Costa Rica reveals the sheer number and diversity of insects and arthropods of the tropics. Every square meter of rainforest and cloud forest in Costa Rica offers up multitudes of gemlike tiny creatures with enough...

Science and Faith Can-and Do-Support Each Other Science and Christianity are often presented as opposites, when in fact the order of the universe and the complexity of life powerfully testify to intelligent design. With this comprehensive resource that...

The name "Allium" is said to come from the Greek word to avoid because of its offensive smell. The genus Allium includes more than 800 species of which only a few have been cultivated as foods. Many of the other members of this genus are popular with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997918601Author Doug SchoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Schoon ScientificPublisher Schoon ScientificWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

In the summer of 1876, Berlin anxiously awaited the arrival of what was billed as "the most gigantic ape known to zoology." Described by European explorers only a few decades earlier, gorillas had rarely been seen outside of Africa, and emerging theories...

Hans Florine embodies the genius of "and"-collaborative and competitive, fast and safe, audacious and disciplined, visionary and quantitative. The themes that run through Florine's 101 ascents of Yosemite's most iconic route can benefit people who will...