Science

Many people who have ever owned a pet will swear that their dog or cat or other animal has exhibited some kind of behaviour they just can't explain. How does a dog know when its owner is returning home at an unexpected time?Filled with captivating...

'A do-er, not a dreamer, Gow has become one of our most outspoken rewilders.' Countryfile Magazine 'In this warm and funny autobiography, [Gow] writes with a whimsical fluency about the moments of humour and pathos in an unusual life.' Country...

Exam Board: CCEALevel: GCSESubject: ScienceFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: June 2019Build your students' scientific thinking and practical skills with this textbook developed specifically for the 2017 GCSE specifications, from the No. 1...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062071484Author Stephen C. MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 762g

Create a beautiful, climate-resilient, sustainable garden that will take your outdoor space into the future.As we live with an increasingly changing climate, summer droughts, winter waterlogging, high winds, erratic frosts and frequent pests are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781472992611Author Tim MackrillFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint T & AD PoyserPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

'A rich feast of his essays, reviews, forewords, squibs and conversations, in which talent and passion are married to deep knowledge.' Matt Ridley'Enjoy the unfailing clarity of his thought and prose, as well as the grandeur of his vision of life on...

COLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 'This is the book that has been wanting to be written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992466015Author Halah AzimFormat HardbackImprint TheheartsoflightPublisher TheheartsoflightWeight(grams) 499g

Ponds and pools are a common feature of our landscape – there are at least ten times as many ponds as lakes in the UK – and they are also important wildlife habitats. This book provides a comprehensive and detailed account of these freshwater habitats...

Break the rules, not the fast with world-renowned biohacker and New York Times bestselling author Dave Asprey. For more than a decade, the Bulletproof founder Dave Asprey has shared his unique point of view and expertise to help fans become...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Australian Book Designer Awards 2023 (Australia).Book InformationISBN 9781760761608Author Michael LimFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Thames and Hudson...

Exam Board: CCEALevel: GCSESubject: ScienceFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: June 2019Build your students' scientific thinking and practical skills with this Second Edition textbook, developed specifically for the 2017 GCSE specifications, from...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Refreshingly clear'Sunday Times'A hugely enjoyable slice of popular science'Daily Mail__________ A journey from the farthest reaches of the globe to the most cutting-edge...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047005Author Michael TomaselloFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607742456Author Lisa CronFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Covers 15 units including all mandatory units giving learners everything they need to complete the full diploma in one easy-to-use textbook.Achieve your potential: Assessment activities and grading tips throughout each unit give learenrs all the practice...

The visually arresting and often misunderstood octopus has long captured popular imagination. With an alien appearance and an uncanny intellect, this exceptional sea creature has inspired fear in famous lore and legends-from the giant octopus attack in...

'Vivid, personal, upbeat - makes you feel her happiness' Maggie Gee Joanne Bourne has been in awe of flint as long as she can remember.It was all around her where she grew up in Kent: used for garden walls, to edge drives and weight dustbin lids, as well...

- The first concise textbook on the topic of physiological circuits, it provides basic principles or ‘laws’, and then derives why physiology is built the way it is, and why certain diseases happen while others don’t.- By the end of the book you will be...

Metabolism, behaviour, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity, medical journalist Randi Hutter Epstein...

Professor Brian Cox is back with another insightful and mind-blowing exploration of space. This time he shows us our universe as we've never seen it before. 13.7 billion years old. 93 billion light years wide. It contains over 100 billion...

Exam board: ISEB Level: 13+ CE and KS3 Subject: Geography First exam: November 2022Equip your pupils with the skills and confidence they need to excel in their 13+ CE Geography exams with this comprehensive ISEB-endorsed revision guide.* Revise all...

There's no better way to prepare for the OCR A AS-Level (and Year 1 of A-Level) Chemistry exams than with this CGP Complete Revision & Practice book. It's brimming with straightforward study notes, helpful examples and full-colour diagrams. We've...

Timothy Morton argues that ecological awareness in the present Anthropocene era takes the form of a strange loop or Moebius strip, twisted to have only one side. Deckard travels this oedipal path in Blade Runner (1982) when he learns that he might be the...

This book offers detailed coverage of color, colorants, the coloring of materials, and reproducing the color of materials through imaging. It combines the clarity and ease of earlier editions with significant updates about the advancement in color theory...

'A gripping new drama in science ... if you want to understand how the concept of life is changing, read this' Professor Andrew Briggs, University of OxfordWhen Darwin set out to explain the origin of species, he made no attempt to answer the deeper...

Percolation theory is a well studied process utilized by networks theory to understand the resilience of networks under random or targeted attacks. Despite their importance, spatial networks have been less studied under the percolation process compared...

Many readers will doubtless be astonished to learn that animals were being fired aloft in U.S. and Soviet research rockets in the late 1940s. In fact most people not only believe that the Russian space dog Laika was the first canine to be launched into...

Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Chemistry First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: May 2019Get your best grade with comprehensive course notes and advice from Scotland's top experts, fully updated for the latest changes to SQA Higher assessment.How...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874778564Author James BurkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,USWeight(grams) 1g

The management of technological innovation (MTI) is one of the most important challenges facing businesses today. Innovation has become the fundamental driver of competitiveness for firms of all sizes in virtually all business sectors and nations. The...

Why is life the way it is? Bacteria evolved into complex life just once in four billion years of life on earth-and all complex life shares many strange properties, from sex to ageing and death. If life evolved on other planets, would it be the same or...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The Arctic is demanding global attention. It is warming, melting, and thawing in a manner that threatens fundamental state-change. For communities that call the Arctic 'home' this is unwelcome. A...

As plants see it, humans are not the masters of the Earth but only one of its most unpleasant and irksome residents. They have been on the planet for only about 300,000 years ago (nothing compared to the three billon years of plant evolution), yet have...

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

researchED is an educator-led organisation with the goal of bridging the gap between research and practice. This accessible and punchy series, overseen by founder Tom Bennett, tackles the most important topics in education, with a range of experienced...

Following the economic crisis of 2008, the website 'bitcoin.org' was registered by a mysterious computer programmer called Satoshi Nakamoto. A new form of money was born: electronic cash. Does Bitcoin have the potential to change how the world transacts...

Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: ChemistryFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: Summer 2018This book contains all the advice and support you need to revise successfully for your National 5 exam. It combines an overview of the course syllabus...

From man's first exploration of natural materials and their transformations to today's materials science, chemistry has always been the central discipline that underpins both the physical and biological sciences, as well as technology. In this Very...