Science

Exam Board: WJEC, EduqasLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: BiologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Reinforce students' understanding throughout their course with clear topic summaries and sample questions and answers to help your students target...

Our understanding of ourselves and the cosmos has advanced immeasurably over the last five hundred years of modern science, yet many fundamental mysteries of existence persist. How did our Universe begin, if it even had a beginning? How big is it? What's...

Winner of the William James Book AwardWinner of the Eleanor Maccoby Book Award"A landmark in our understanding of human development."-Paul Harris, author of Trusting What You're Told"Magisterial...Makes an impressive argument that most distinctly human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420961652Author Charles DarwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 588Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 735gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

'Inferior is more than just a book. It's a battle cry - and right now, it's having a galvanising effect on its core fanbase' Observer Are women more nurturing than men? Are men more...

The Sunday Times Bestseller In Wonders of the Solar System - the book of the acclaimed BBC TV series - Professor Brian Cox will take us on a journey of discovery where alien worlds from your imagination become places we can see, feel and visit...

Beavers are widely recognised as a keystone species which play a pivotal role in riparian ecology. Their tree felling and dam building behaviours coupled with a suite of other activities create a wealth of living opportunities that are exploited by a...

What does E=mc2 actually mean? Dr. Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of twenty-first century science to unpack Einstein's famous equation. Explaining and simplifying notions of energy, mass, and light-while exploding...

How did our relationship with nature become broken, why does it matter and how can we fix it? From a past in which we were embedded in the natural world, revolutions in farming, science and industry have seen the human bond with nature eroded with the...

The latest edition of an essential resource in the theory and applications of environmental ethics In the newly revised Third Edition of Environmental Ethics, internationally renowned philosopher Michael Boylan delivers another accessible introduction...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875420288Author Ted AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Publisher Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 845g

This new edition of the well-established Kearey and Brooks text is fully updated to reflect the important developments in geophysical methods since the production of the previous edition. The broad scope of previous editions is maintained, with even...

Reveals how the pyramids of Egypt were sophisticated generators of clean energy. Sharing extensive new evidence and cutting-edge research that the Great Pyramid at Giza was built as an energy-harvesting machine, Christopher Dunn details how the ancient...

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Clinical Biochemistry is a best-selling textbook, with global sales of well over 80,000. It is used across the world, and has been translated into ten languages. Over six successive editions, it has provided students with just the right amount of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925228694Author Samer NashefFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Scribe PublicationsPublisher Scribe PublicationsDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 16mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780943763521Author Basil AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Gemstone PressPublisher Gemstone PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm...

'Bite-sized, cutting edge science delivered with enormous enthusiasm - all you need to travel the cosmos' CHRIS LINTOTT 'A lot of astrophysics is packed into this neat little book . . . I guarantee you will come away knowing your dark matter from your...

Your insider guide to the stuff of life 3.8 billion years old and counting, there's more than a little to know about the fundamentals of how life works. This friendly guide takes you from the primordial soup to the present, explaining how specialized...

Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: BiologyFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: Summer 2018Fully updated to account for the removal of Unit Assessments and the changes to the National 5 exam, this book contains all the advice and support you...

Selected as a Mission Specialist in 1978 in the first group of shuttle astronauts, Mike Mullane completed three missions and logged 356 hours aboard the Discovery and Atlantis shuttles. It was a dream come true. As a boy, Mullane could only read about...

Covering AS1, AS2 and AS3 of the Physics AS specification from CCEA, this book provides a bank of 276 original practice questions with answers. They are not past paper questions and have all been subject to a detailed quality assurance process by an...

Why does Nature use the same special patterns over and over again? What are the main families of natural design? How are they formed? Did the ancient Chinese really study this subtle and elegant subject? In this beautiful book, illustrated by the...

A sophisticated and original introduction to the philosophy of quantum mechanics from one of the world's leading philosophers of physicsIn this book, Tim Maudlin, one of the world's leading philosophers of physics, offers a sophisticated, original...

Fully revised and updated according to the specific needs of your high attainers, with appropriate language and content. A wealth of questions in each of the text books challenge, reinforce and consolidate learning. The...

'A book that will make the night sky your lifelong passion. An invitation to immerse yourself in the nature around you and the universe beyond.' - Professor Brian CoxThe Secret World of Stargazing is the ultimate astronomy book to set you on your epic...

Swearing, it turns out, is an incredibly useful part of our linguistic repertoire. Not only has some form of swearing existed since the earliest humans began to communicate, but it has been shown to reduce physical pain, help stroke victims recover their...

Support students through the AQA A-level Chemistry specification with this write-in workbook, providing extra guidance, practice and scaffolding to reinforce understanding and improve key skills.-Develop and consolidate understanding using the practice...

A vivid, thoughtful examination of how technological innovation-especially AI-is shaping the tensions between democracy and autocracy during the new Cold War.So much of what we hear about China and Russia today likens the relationship between these two...

A definitive account of the bright-eyed assassins of the British countryside. Stoats, weasels, martens and polecats belong to the mustelid family, along with badgers and otters, and feral American mink, which are a...

Illustrates the bedrock geology of northern England and Wales on one sheet. A perfect map for those wanting to explore the overall geology of the United Kingdom. A South sheet is also available The map is explained in a companion booklet. The booklet &...

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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2023* 'This book soars... Parikian is a nature writer at the top of his game.' Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs ___ This is the miracle of flight as you've never...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486600895Author Euclid EuclidFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.Provocative and playful, All Art is Ecological explores the strangeness of living in an age of mass extinction, and shows us that emotions and experience are the basis...

The perfect gift for nature lovers and weather watchers. A fascinating month-by-month collection of facts, figures and explanations related to UK weather. Discover historical facts, notable weather events, amazing statistics and stories that...

Magic takes many forms. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth. These are magical, extraordinary tales. But there is another kind of...

Life is definitively purposive and creative. Organisms use genes in controlling their destiny. This book presents a paradigm shift in understanding living systems. The genome is not a code, blueprint or set of instructions. It is a tool orchestrated by...

RSPB ID Spotlight Coastal Birds is a reliable fold-out chart that presents illustrations of 44 of our most widespread and familiar coastal birds by renowned artist Stephen Message. Whether you are scanning cliff faces packed with auks or watching...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593186602Author Sean CarrollFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint DuttonPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 438g