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Game Theory in Biology: concepts and frontiers by John M. McNamara
RRP: £45.49£42.69The principles of game theory apply to a wide range of topics in biology. This book presents the central concepts in evolutionary game theory and provides an authoritative and up-to-date account. The focus is on concepts that are important for biologists... -
The Routledge Handbook of Place by Tim Edensor 9781032570471
£46.98The handbook presents a compendium of the diverse and growing approaches to place from leading authors as well as less widely known scholars, providing a comprehensive yet cutting-edge overview of theories, concepts and creative engagements with place... -
Understanding Scientific Understanding by Henk W. De Regt 9780197510261
RRP: £35.49£26.30It is widely acknowledged that a central aim of science is to achieve understanding of the world around us, and that possessing such understanding is highly important in our present-day society. But what does it mean to achieve this understanding? What... -
Techno-Economic Challenges of Green Ammonia as Energy Vector by Agustin Valera-Medina
RRP: £118.00£105.72Techno-Economic Challenges of Green Ammonia as an Energy Vector presents the fundamentals, techno-economic challenges, applications, and state-of-the-art research in using green ammonia as a route toward the hydrogen economy. This book presents practical... -
CBAC CEMEG U2 LLYFR GWAITH ADOLYGU (WJEC CHEMISTRY FOR A2 LEVEL - REVISION WORKBOOK) David Ballard 9781912820948
£16.48Welsh language editionThis Revision Workbook provides a comprehensive collection of examination-style questions covering each topic from the WJEC A2 Chemistry specification.- Ideal for examination preparation, exam question practice and for improving... -
Static Conceptual Fracture Modeling: Preparing for Simulation and Development Ronald A. Nelson 9781119596936
RRP: £107.95£93.37Modelling of flow in naturally fractured reservoirs is quickly becoming mandatory in all phases of oil and gas exploration and production. Creation of a Static Conceptual Fracture Model (SCFM) is needed as input to create flow simulations for today and... -
Philosophy of Physics by Lawrence Sklar 9780198751380
£41.25The systematic study of the physical world had its orgins in philosophy; two-and-a-half millennia later, the scientific advances of the twentieth century are bringing the two fields closer together again. In this brilliant new textbook, Lawrence Sklar... -
Bird Census Techniques by C. J. Bibby 9780120958313
RRP: £72.00£65.22In this book there are entire chapters devoted to the most widely used bird counting techniques, and attempts to amalgamate other counting methodologies into major groups were made. Examples of the use of methods are provided wherever possible and the... -
The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 7 (English): The Berlin Years: Writings, 1918-1921. (English translation of selected texts) by Albert Einstein 9780691057187
RRP: £62.00£48.62In the spring of 1919, two British solar eclipse expeditions confirmed the correctness of general relativity theory and propelled Albert Einstein to instant celebrity. Before this major turning point, the majority of Einstein's writings published in this... -
Radioactive Poisoning and Radiation Exposure: Life and Death Rays by Alan Christopher Perkins
RRP: £25.99£22.63This unique book provides an accessible introduction to both the scientific background and the key people involved in the discovery and use of radiation and radioactivity. It begins by providing a short history of radiation exposures and radiation... -
Dynamics of Social Change and Perceptions of Threat by Ewald Frie 9783161566899
RRP: £70.40£36.25Why do things change at certain times and not at others? The contributions collected in this volume approach this question from the perspective of threat. Defined as the self-alerting which goes on within societies and social groups, threats open up... -
Doctrines Of Development by M.P. Cowen
RRP: £54.99£48.12Doctrines of Development sets out a critique of the idea of practice of development by exploring the history of development theory and action from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century, from Britain to Quebec and Kenya.About the... -
Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise by Manfred R. Schroeder 9780486472041
RRP: £41.99£27.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486472041Author Manfred R SchroederFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Life's Engines: How Microbes Made Earth Habitable by Paul G. Falkowski 9780691155371
RRP: £20.00£15.89For almost four billion years, microbes had the primordial oceans all to themselves. The stewards of Earth, these organisms transformed the chemistry of our planet to make it habitable for plants, animals, and us. Life's Engines takes readers deep into... -
Key Questions in Applied Ecology and Conservation: A Study and Revision Guide Dr Paul Rees (formerly University of Salford, UK) 9781789248494
RRP: £20.80£18.41An understanding of applied ecology and conservation is an important requirement of a wide range of programmes of study including applied biology, ecology, environmental science and wildlife conservation. This book is a study and revision guide for... -
Fundamentals Of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors by Peter Saulson 9789813271852
RRP: £50.00£43.76'The content of the SaulsonaEURO (TM)s book remains valid and offers a versatile introduction to gravitational wave astronomy. The book is appropriate for undergraduate students and can be read by graduate students and researchers who want to be involved... -
The Theory of Island Biogeography by Robert Helmer MacArthur
RRP: £70.00£54.30Biogeography was stuck in a "natural history phase" dominated by the collection of data, the young Princeton biologists Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson argued in 1967. In this book, the authors developed a general theory to explain the facts of... -
England's Leonardo: Robert Hooke and the Seventeenth-Century Scientific Revolution by Allan Chapman 9780367393557
RRP: £61.99£53.61All physicists are familiar with Hooke's law of springs, but few will know of his theory of combustion, that his Micrographia was the first book on microscopy, that his astronomical observations were some of the best seen at the time, that he contributed... -
The Labyrinth of Time: Introducing the Universe by Michael Lockwood
RRP: £22.49£17.17Modern physics has revealed the universe as a much stranger place than we could have imagined. The puzzle at the centre of our knowledge of the universe is time. Michael Lockwood takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the nature of things. He... -
Catalyst 1 Red Student Book by Carol Chapman
£29.03As well as following the QCA Scheme of Work order, Catalyst Pupil Books provide you with a stimulating way to teach the five key scientific ideas from the Framework: cells, forces, particles, energy and interdependence. Red Pupil Books challenge and... -
Charles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider: How Scientific Names Celebrate Adventurers, Heroes, and Even a Few Scoundrels by Stephen B. Heard
RRP: £22.50£18.95An engaging history of the surprising, poignant, and occasionally scandalous stories behind scientific names and their cultural significance, "More fun than you've ever had with taxonomy in your whole entire life!" (Diana Gabaldon, author of the... -
Nearest Star: The Surprising Science of our Sun by Leon Golub
RRP: £26.99£21.34How did the Sun evolve, and what will it become? What is the origin of its light and heat? How does solar activity affect the atmospheric conditions that make life on Earth possible? These are the questions at the heart of solar physics, and at the core... -
Ecological Economics: An Introduction Gareth Edwards-Jones (University of Wales, Bangor) 9780865427969
RRP: £77.95£67.87Ecological economics is an exciting interdisciplinary field of study that combines insights from the natural sciences, economics, philosophy and other fields to develop innovative approaches to environmental problems. It draws on a wide range of... -
Almeria by Adrian Harvey
RRP: £29.99£27.38Almeria exhibits superb structural geology (especially the fault system), a complete Neogene sedimentary sequence (itself rare) involving an enormous range of sedimentary environments, and classic dryland geomorphology. Exposure of the sedimentary... -
Great Adaptations: Star-Nosed Moles, Electric Eels, and Other Tales of Evolution’s Mysteries Solved by Kenneth Catania
RRP: £22.00£17.36"The irresistible enthusiasm of Great Adaptations couldn't come at a better time."-David P. Barash, Wall Street Journal"Be very amazed."-Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words and Becoming WildHow one scientist unlocked the secrets behind some of nature's... -
Quantum Legacies: Dispatches from an Uncertain World by David Kaiser 9780226819990
RRP: £16.00£13.84A series of engaging essays that explore iconic moments of discovery and debate in physicists' ongoing quest to understand the quantum world. The ideas at the root of quantum theory remain stubbornly, famously bizarre: a solid world reduced to puffs... -
Primate Adaptation and Evolution by John G. Fleagle 9780123786326
RRP: £70.99£68.60Primate Adaptation and Evolution, Third Edition, is a thorough revision of the text of choice for courses in primate evolution. The book retains its grounding in the extant primate groups as the best way to understand the fossil trail and the evolution... -
Realism for Realistic People: A New Pragmatist Philosophy of Science by Hasok Chang
RRP: £75.00£67.74In this innovative book, Hasok Chang constructs a philosophy of science for 'realistic people' interested in understanding and promoting the actual practices of inquiry in science and other knowledge-focused areas of life. Inspired by pragmatist... -
Cockroaches: Ecology, Behavior, and Natural History by William J. Bell
RRP: £76.50£73.74The cockroach is truly an evolutionary wonder. This definitive volume provides a complete overview of suborder Blattaria, highlighting the diversity of these amazing insects in their natural environments. Beginning with a foreword by Edward O. Wilson,... -
Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology, Global Edition Gerald Audesirk 9781292158167
RRP: £74.99£69.62For non-majors/mixed biology courses. An Inquiry Approach that engages students in critical thinking through the use of relatable case studies and more. With a proven and effective tradition of engaging readers with real-world applications, high-interest... -
How Animals Work by Knut Schmidt-Nielsen
RRP: £44.99£25.45An elegant analysis of how animals work and function. Professor Schmidt-Nielsen's incisive account gives a clear understanding of comparative physiology in relation to body size, form and function, energy supply, and environment. The author is concerned... -
Vanishing Ice: Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas by Vivien Gornitz
RRP: £30.00£23.69The Arctic is thawing. In summer, cruise ships sail through the once ice-clogged Northwest Passage, lakes form on top of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and polar bears swim farther and farther in search of waning ice floes. At the opposite end of the world,... -
GIS for Environmental Applications: A practical approach Xuan Zhu 9780415829076
RRP: £49.99£44.50GIS for Environmental Applications provides a practical introduction to the principles, methods, techniques and tools in GIS for spatial data management, analysis, modelling and visualisation, and their applications in environmental problem solving and... -
Through Our Eyes Only?: The Search for Animal Consciousness by Marian Stamp Dawkins 9780198503200
£47.26Through Our Eyes Only? is an immensely engaging exploration of one of the greatest remaining biological mysteries: the possibility of conscious experiences in non-human animals. Dawkins argues that the idea of consciousness in other species has now... -
Introduction To Particle Dark Matter, An by Stefano Profumo
RRP: £38.00£33.51What is the dark matter that fills the Universe and binds together galaxies? How was it produced? What are its interactions and particle properties?The paradigm of dark matter is one of the key developments at the interface of cosmology and elementary... -
Plasma Physics: Volume 4 of Modern Classical Physics by Kip S. Thorne
RRP: £50.00£39.12A groundbreaking textbook on twenty-first-century plasma physics and its applicationsKip Thorne and Roger Blandford's monumental Modern Classical Physics is now available in five stand-alone volumes that make ideal textbooks for individual graduate or... -
Applied Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis by Robin Whyman
£32.30This Primer has two main objectives: to provide an overview of the influence of organometallic chemistry on homogeneous and heterogenous catalysis and to provide an account of the principle commercial applications of homogeneous catalysis in industry... -
Life as Surplus: Biotechnology and Capitalism in the Neoliberal Era by Melinda E. Cooper
RRP: £27.99£24.14Focusing on the period between the 1970s and the present, Life as Surplus is a pointed and important study of the relationship between politics, economics, science, and cultural values in the United States today. Melinda Cooper demonstrates that the... -
Eureka!: The Birth of Science by Andrew Gregory
RRP: £8.99£3.51Medicine, anatomy, astronomy, mathematics and cosmology, science began with the Greeks, and Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes and Hippocrates were amongst its stars. That man ever managed to develop a 'scientific' attitude to the natural world at... -
The Philosophy of Cosmology by Khalil Chamcham 9781107145399
RRP: £59.99£54.75Following a long-term international collaboration between leaders in cosmology and the philosophy of science, this volume addresses foundational questions at the limit of science across these disciplines, questions raised by observational and theoretical...