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Oxford Weather and Climate since 1767 by Stephen Burt
RRP: £48.99£36.22The British have always been obsessed by the weather. Thomas Hornsby, who founded the Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford in 1772, began weather observations at the site. They continue daily to this day, unbroken since 14 November 1813, the longest... -
Late Quaternary Environmental Change: Physical and Human Perspectives by Martin Bell
£77.00Late Quaternary Environmental Change addresses the interaction between human agency and other environmental factors in the landscapes, particularly of the temperate zone.Taking an ecological approach, the authors cover the last 20,000 years during which... -
Hydrogen, Batteries and Fuel Cells by Bengt Sundén 9780128169506
RRP: £118.00£105.32Hydrogen, Batteries and Fuel Cells provides the science necessary to understand these important areas, considering theory and practice, practical problem-solving, descriptions of bottlenecks, and future energy system applications. The title covers... -
Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide by Brian Clegg
RRP: £8.99£3.51Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers - and provoked and shocked others.The ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave... -
Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos by Priyamvada Natarajan
RRP: £11.99£10.15A noted astrophysicist presents a lively and accessible introduction to radical ideas and discoveries that are transforming our knowledge of the universe"A strikingly lucid account of the expansion, not just of the universe, but of the way we have tried... -
Development Theory and Practice in a Changing World by Padraig Carmody
RRP: £39.99£35.06Taking a critical and historical view, this text explores the theory and changing practice of international development. It provides an overview of how the field has evolved and the concrete impacts of this on the ground on the lives of people in the... -
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters from the Malay Archipelago by John Van Wyhe 9780199683994
RRP: £19.99£19.91This volume brings together the letters of the great Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) during his famous travels of 1854-62 in the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia), which led him to come independently to the... -
The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories by Sumathi Ramaswamy 9780520244405
RRP: £27.00£21.06During the nineteenth century, Lemuria was imagined as a land that once bridged India and Africa but disappeared into the ocean millennia ago, much like Atlantis. A sustained meditation on a lost place from a lost time, this elegantly written book is the... -
Secrets of the Snout: The Dog's Incredible Nose by Frank Rosell
RRP: £23.00£19.74Dogs and humans have worked side by side for thousands of years, and over the millennia we've come to depend upon our pooches as hunters, protectors, and faithful companions. But when it comes to the extraordinary quality of man's best friend which we... -
The Poison Trials: Wonder Drugs, Experiment, and the Battle for Authority in Renaissance Science by Alisha Rankin
RRP: £31.00£30.19In 1524, Pope Clement VII gave two condemned criminals to his physician to test a promising new antidote. After each convict ate a marzipan cake poisoned with deadly aconite, one of them received the antidote, and lived-the other died in agony. In... -
The Physical Universe by Frank H. Shu 9780935702057
RRP: £90.00£85.95"This is a truly astonishing book, invaluable for anyone with an interest in astronomy and surely the bargain of the year." ---Physics Bulletin "Just the thing for a first year university science course." ---Nature "This is a beautiful book in... -
Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800 by Margaret E. Schotte 9781421429533
RRP: £51.50£45.81Hands-on science in the Age of Exploration.Winner of the John Lyman Book Award in Naval and Maritime Science and Technology by the North American Society for Oceanic History and the Leo Gershoy Prize by the American Historical AssociationThroughout the... -
Basic Vacuum Technology, 2nd edition A. Chambers 9780750304955
RRP: £110.00£95.51Vacuum technology is widely used in many manufacturing and developmental processes and its applications grow in scope and sophistication. It is an inter-disciplinary subject, embracing aspects of mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering,... -
Spectra of Atoms and Molecules by Peter F. Bernath 9780199382576
RRP: £127.50£113.92This third edition of Peter Bernath's successful Spectra of Atoms and Molecules is designed to provide advanced undergraduates and graduate students a working knowledge of the vast field of spectroscopy. Also of interest to chemists, physicists,... -
The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter by Paul Steinhardt
RRP: £19.99£12.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476729930Author Paul SteinhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 211mm *... -
Properties of Matter by B.H. Flowers 9780471264989
RRP: £78.95£68.72The Manchester Physics Series is a collection of textbooks suitable for an undergraduate degree course in Physics. Each book has been individually developed to provide a reliable, self-contained text for an up-to-date course. Each book can be used... -
MP3: The Meaning of a Format by Jonathan Sterne
RRP: £23.99£20.84MP3: The Meaning of a Format recounts the hundred-year history of the world's most common format for recorded audio. Understanding the historical meaning of the MP3 format entails rethinking the place of digital technologies in the larger universe of... -
Experimental Organic Chemistry by Philippa B. Cranwell
RRP: £58.95£52.06The definitive guide to the principles and practice of experimental organic chemistry - fully updated and now featuring more than 100 experiments The latest edition of this popular guide to experimental organic chemistry takes students from their first... -
Aristotle: Physics by Aristotle 9781624666919
RRP: £25.99£21.45The Physics is a foundational work of western philosophy, and the crucial one for understanding Aristotle's views on matter, form, essence, causation, movement, space, and time. This richly annotated, scrupulously accurate, and consistent translation... -
The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future by Naomi Oreskes
RRP: £7.99£7.14The year is 2393, and the world is almost unrecognizable. Clear warnings of climate catastrophe went ignored for decades, leading to soaring temperatures, rising sea levels, widespread drought and-finally-the disaster now known as the Great Collapse of... -
The Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids by David Macdonald 9780199234455
£78.81The editors utilize their 50 years of combined experience in professional engagement with the behaviour and ecology of wild felids to draw together a unique network of the world's most respected and knowledgeable experts. For the first time, this... -
Breathless: Why Air Pollution Matters - and How it Affects You by Chris Woodford 9781785787096
RRP: £14.99£9.80An accessible and hard-hitting look at the facts behind air pollution in everyday life.Take a deep breath. You'll do it 20,000 times a day. You assume all this air is clean; it's the very breath of life.But in Delhi, the toxic smog is as bad for you as... -
Brain Rules for Aging Well: 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp by John Medina
RRP: £19.99£17.05How come I can never find my keys? Why don't I sleep as well as I used to? Why do my friends keep repeating the same stories? What can I do to keep my brain sharp? Scientists know. Brain Rules for Aging Well, by developmental molecular biologist Dr. John... -
Introduction to Modern Virology Nigel J. Dimmock (University of Warwick) 9781119978107
RRP: £55.95£49.53Praised forits clarity of presentation and accessibility, Introduction to Modern Virology has been a successful student text for over 30 years. It provides a broad introduction to virology, which includes the nature of viruses, the interaction of viruses... -
Migration Borders Freedom Harald Bauder 9781138544994
RRP: £43.99£38.44International borders have become deadly barriers of a proportion rivaled only by war or natural disaster. Yet despite the damage created by borders, most people can't - or don't want to - imagine a world without them. What alternatives do we have to... -
Maxwell's Demon 2 Entropy, Classical and Quantum Information, Computing Harvey Leff 9780750307598
RRP: £91.99£80.80Over 130 years ago, James Clerk Maxwell introduced his hypothetical "demon" as a challenge to the scope of the second law of thermodynamics. Fascination with the demon persisted throughout the development of statistical and quantum physics, information... -
Global Physical Climatology by Dennis L. Hartmann 9780123285317
RRP: £102.00£96.66Global Physical Climatology, Second Edition, provides an introduction to the science of climate and climate change that spans the atmosphere, ocean, and land surface, and the interactions among them. It begins with a basic introduction to the... -
Handbook of Astrobiology by Vera M. Kolb
RRP: £45.99£42.53Choice Recommended Title, August 2019 Read an exclusive interview with Professor Vera Kolb here.Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life on Earth. This exciting and significant field of research also... -
In Focus Space by Elizabeth Jenner
RRP: £14.99£10.38Ten illustrators blast off into outer space to explore the mysteries of our solar system and the galaxies and stars beyond it. Learn about everything from the Big Bang to the Moon landing, find out what makes the day light and the night dark, and... -
Self-Organization in Biological Systems by Scott Camazine
RRP: £78.00£60.77The synchronized flashing of fireflies at night. The spiraling patterns of an aggregating slime mold. The anastomosing network of army-ant trails. The coordinated movements of a school of fish. Researchers are finding in such patterns--phenomena that... -
The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit: A Guide to the Scientific Evidence and Current Debate by Jan Zalasiewicz
RRP: £51.99£47.73The Anthropocene, a term launched into public debate by Nobel Prize winner Paul Crutzen, has been used informally to describe the time period during which human actions have had a drastic effect on the Earth and its ecosystems. This book presents... -
Watching Giants: The Secret Lives of Whales by Elin Kelsey 9780520261587
RRP: £25.00£19.59Personal, anecdotal, and highly engaging, "Watching Giants" opens a window on a world that seems quite like our own, yet is so different that understanding it pushes the very limits of our senses. Elin Kelsey's colorful first-person account, drawing from... -
Speciation Jerry A. Coyne 9780878930890
RRP: £144.99£75.52Published by Sinauer Associates, an imprint of Oxford University Press. Over the last two decades, the study of speciation has expanded from a modest backwater of evolutionary biology into a large and vigorous discipline. Thus, the literature on... -
The Mating Game: The Revolting Pursuit of Love in the Animal Kingdom by Dahlia Gallin Ramirez
RRP: £11.99£8.27Through a series of funny dating profiles, find out more about the unbelievably weird mating habits of a variety of bachelors, bachelorettes, and non-gender-binary bachelorx, from capuchin monkeys and praying mantises to hyenas and hippos. Raunchy, yet... -
Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods by Alan K. Brisdon
RRP: £29.99£28.50An understanding of spectroscopic methods is a pre-requisite for students in chemistry and related disciplines from the undergraduate level onwards. Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods provides a firm introduction to common spectroscopic techniques and... -
Physics Behind Music: An Introduction by Bryan H. Suits
RRP: £29.99£27.07This engaging undergraduate text uses the performance, recording, and enjoyment of music to present basic principles of physics. The narrative lays out specific results from physics, as well as some of the methodology, thought processes, and... -
A Traveler's Guide to the Stars by Les Johnson
RRP: £22.00£18.27A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth... -
Explaining Culture: A Naturalistic Approach by Dan Sperber 9780631200451
RRP: £36.95£32.51Ideas, Dan Sperber argues, may be contagious. They may invade whole populations. In the process, the people, their environment, and the ideas themselves are being transformed. To explain culture is to describe the causes and the effects of this contagion... -
The Plasticology Project: The chilling reality of our plastic pollution crisis and what we can do about it. by Dr Paul Harvey 9780645504002
RRP: £19.95£13.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645504002Author Dr Paul HarveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Dr Paul HarveyPublisher Dr Paul HarveyWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm... -
Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space by Kevin Hand
RRP: £16.99£12.86Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar systemWhere is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions...