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Causal Inference in Statistics: A Primer by Judea Pearl
RRP: £31.95£28.29CAUSAL INFERENCE IN STATISTICS A Primer Causality is central to the understanding and use of data. Without an understanding of cause-effect relationships, we cannot use data to answer questions as basic as "Does this treatment harm or help patients?" But... -
Genomics (WIRED guides): How genome sequencing will change healthcare by Rachael Pells
RRP: £8.99£6.45Genome sequencing is one of the most exciting scientific breakthroughs of the past thirty years. But what precisely does it involve and how is it developing? In this brilliantly wide-ranging, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Rachael Pells explains the... -
The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of the Social Life of Illness by Suzanne O'Sullivan
RRP: £16.99£15.11'In my view the best science writer around - a true descendant of Oliver Sacks.' Sathnam Sanghera, author of The Boy with the Topknot In Sweden, refugee children fall asleep for months and years at a time. In upstate New York, high school students... -
Ecotherapy: A Field Guide by David Key
RRP: £24.99£23.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915565020Author David KeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Karnac BooksPublisher Karnac BooksWeight(grams) 246gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 10mm -
Eyes in the Sky: Space Telescopes from Hubble to Webb by Andrew May 9781837731275
RRP: £10.99£7.32Over 50 years ago, astronomers launched the world's first orbiting telescope. This allowed them to gaze further into outer space and examine anything that appears in the sky above our heads, from comets and planets to galaxy clusters and stars. Since... -
The Two Cultures by C. P. Snow
RRP: £15.99£13.33The notion that our society, its education system and its intellectual life, is characterised by a split between two cultures - the arts or humanities on one hand and the sciences on the other - has a long history. But it was C. P. Snow's Rede lecture of... -
The Chemistry Book: From Gunpowder to Graphene, 250 Milestones in the History of Chemistry by Derek Lowe
RRP: £25.00£17.98From atoms and fluorescent pigments to sulfa drug synthesis and buckyballs, this lush and authoritative chronology presents 250 milestones in the world of chemistry. As the "central science" that bridges biology and physics, chemistry plays an important... -
Law for Social Workers by Helen Carr 9780198869924
RRP: £37.99£36.82Law for Social Workers has been supporting social work students and professionals for over 25 years. Written by an expert team with practical experience, this book provides the perfect combination of legal explanation and practical insight and is the... -
A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse by Victoria Shepherd 9780861545308
RRP: £10.99£7.12A curious history of the strange, wonderful and sometimes terrifying worlds created by our minds. 'An utterly engrossing book.' ZOE WILLIAMS For centuries we've dismissed delusions as something for doctors to sort out behind locked doors. But... -
Machine Readable Me: The Hidden Ways Tech Shapes Our Identities by Zara Rahman 9781912489824
RRP: £7.50£4.94As we go about our day-to-day lives, digital information about who we are is gathered from all angles via biometric scans, passport applications, and, of course, social media. This data can never fully capture our complex, fluid identities over decades... -
How the World is Making Our Children Mad and What to Do About It: A field guide to raising empowered children and growing a more beautiful world by Louis Weinstock
RRP: £16.99£15.11I know of no one better qualified to understand what young people are facing today - Philippa PerryLouis cares deeply about children and the world they are growing up in. In this book, he provides a brilliant, nurturing, much needed voice to children and... -
Northumberland Rocks: 50 Extraordinary Rocky Places That Tell The Story of the Northumberland Landscape by Ian Jackson
RRP: £12.00£9.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916237674Author Ian JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Northern HeritagePublisher Northern Heritage Services -
Climate Emergency Atlas: What's Happening - What We Can Do by Dan Hooke
RRP: £12.99£9.49Our house is on fire - it's time to wake up to the climate crisis facing planet Earth before it's too late. Which countries generate the highest CO2 emissions? Which coastal cities are most vulnerable to rising sea levels? What will the polar ice caps... -
Four Laws That Drive the Universe by Peter Atkins 9780199232369
RRP: £14.99£11.22The laws of thermodynamics drive everything that happens in the universe. From the sudden expansion of a cloud of gas to the cooling of hot metal, and from the unfurling of a leaf to the course of life itself - everything is directed and constrained by... -
Particles And Quantum Fields by Hagen Kleinert 9789814740906
RRP: £50.00£45.36This is an introductory book on elementary particles and their interactions. It starts out with many-body Schroedinger theory and second quantization and leads, via its generalization, to relativistic fields of various spins and to gravity. The text... -
The Last Drop: Solving the World's Water Crisis by Tim Smedley
RRP: £20.00£13.50The Times Book of the Year pick'Smart, sobering, and scholarly.' - Steve Brusatte, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of DinosaursA gripping, thought-provoking and ultimately optimistic investigation into the world's next great... -
Parasite Rex (with a New Epilogue): Inside the Bizarre World of Nature'sMost Dangerous Creatures by Zimmer
£11.83For decades parasites were the pariahs of science. Only recently have biologists begun to appreciate that these diverse and complex organisms are the most highly evolved life forms on earth. In this work, Carl Zimmer takes the reader on a tour of the... -
Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds by Phil Gregory
RRP: £55.00£29.31This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guide series, looks in detail at the remarkable and diverse birds of paradise - perhaps the ultimate birders' birds. Renowned for their elaborate and dazzling plumages, the birds of paradise... -
The Diet Compass: the 12-step guide to science-based nutrition for a healthier and longer life by Bas Kast
RRP: £14.99£9.80What do people with a particularly long life-span eat? How can you lose weight efficiently? Are illnesses in old age avoidable? Can you 'eat yourself young'? Discover the answers to these questions and more in this practical, science-based guide... -
WJEC Physics for AS Level: Revision Workbook by Gareth Kelly 9781912820627
RRP: £12.50£11.84This new Revision Workbook provides a comprehensive collection of examination-style questions covering each topic from the WJEC Physics for AS Level specification. // Ideal for examination preparation, exam question practice and for improving... -
Taking Flight: The Evolutionary Story of Life on the Wing by Lev Parikian
RRP: £16.99£11.76*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... -
Apollo: VII - XVII by Walter Cunningham
RRP: £45.00£31.65"If you're into space exploration, this stunning book is pretty much a must-have. It contains pretty much every legacy Apollo snap in one go, alongside some lesser-known pics that are just as spellbinding." - Amy Glover, BuzzFeed July 2019 marks the... -
Thermodynamics For Dummies by Mike Pauken
RRP: £18.99£13.15Take some heat off the complexity of thermodynamics Does the mere thought of thermodynamics make you sweat? It doesn't have to! This hands-on guide helps you score your highest in a thermodynamics course by offering easily understood, plain-English... -
The Psychology of Time by Richard Gross 9781032696195
RRP: £12.99£11.94What is the meaning of time? Do we have an internal clock? Can time speed up or slow down?The Psychology of Time considers how we define, describe, and experience time. From a discussion of how our language around time is dependent on metaphor, to the... -
Punk Science: Inside the Mind of God by Majir Samanta-Laughton 9781905047932
RRP: £12.99£11.46"Punk Science" demonstrates that ideas from the cutting-edge of science actually explain phenomena that have previously been thought of as "paranormal". Inspired by the "Gnostic Gospels" and the history of the sacred feminine, Dr Samanta-Laughton offers... -
Charles, The Alternative King: An Unauthorised Biography by Edzard Ernst 9781788361064
RRP: £14.95£14.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788361064Author Edzard ErnstFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 2100mm * 135mm * 13mm -
The Invisible Universe: Why There's More to Reality than Meets the Eye by Matthew Bothwell 9780861541249
RRP: £18.99£13.61From the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into cosmic 'prehistory', Bothwell shows us the Universe as we've never seen it before - literally. Since the dawn of our species, people all over the world have gazed in awe at the... -
AQA GCSE (9-1) Geography Workbook by Andy Owen
£7.27Exam board: AQA Level: GCSESubject: GeographyFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018 Build, practise and improve exam skills throughout your AQA GCSE (9-1) Geography course to boost confidence and grades in the final exams.Suitable for all... -
General Relativity: The Essentials by Carlo Rovelli
RRP: £14.99£12.89In this short book, renowned theoretical physicist and author Carlo Rovelli gives a straightforward introduction to Einstein's General Relativity, our current theory of gravitation. Focusing on conceptual clarity, he derives all the basic results in the... -
Human Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, From Pointless Bones to Broken Genes by Nathan Lents
RRP: £9.99£5.96We like to think of ourselves as highly evolved. But if we are evolution's greatest creation, why are we so badly designed? We have retinas that face backward, we must find vitamins and nutrients in our diets that other animals simply make for themselves... -
The Reign of Wolf 21: The Saga of Yellowstone's Legendary Druid Pack by Rick McIntyre 9781771645249
RRP: £18.99£12.93"A redemption story, an adventure story, and perhaps above all, a love story."-Nate Blakeslee, New York Times-bestselling author of American WolfThe Druid Peak Pack was the most famous wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park, and maybe even in the world... -
Everything is Obvious: Why Common Sense is Nonsense by Duncan J. Watts
RRP: £12.99£8.56Sociologist Duncan Watts explains in this provocative book that the explanations that we give for the outcomes that we observe in life - explanations that seem obvious once we know the answer - are less useful than they seem. Watts shows how commonsense... -
No. More. Plastic.: What you can do to make a difference - the #2minutesolution by Martin Dorey
RRP: £7.99£5.31Discover what you can do to save the planet from plastic. Start now. All it takes is 2 minutes of your time.'I read this book yesterday and I've done three things today and that is testament to Martin's brilliant vision and ideas. Now it's your turn!'... -
Gonzo Gismos by Simon Quellen Field 9781556525209
RRP: £14.95£12.11Step-by-step instructions to building more than 30 fascinating devices are included in this book for workbench warriors and grown-up geeks. Detailed illustrations and diagrams explain how to construct a simple radio with a soldering iron, a few basic... -
On the Fringe: Where Science Meets Pseudoscience by Michael D Gordin
RRP: £17.99£13.35Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience", typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under its umbrella-- astrology,... -
AQA Key Stage 3 Science 1 'Extend' Practice Book by Cliff Curtis
£13.78Broaden knowledge and understanding with these 'Extend' workbooks that focus on stretch and challenge questions and activities. - Matched to the AQA KS3 Science Pupil Books and full of worked examples and practice questions.- Extend practice books... -
Toxic Heritage: Legacies, Futures, and Environmental Injustice by Elizabeth Kryder-Reid 9781032429977
RRP: £36.99£32.93Toxic Heritage addresses the heritage value of contamination and toxic sites and provides the first in-depth examination of toxic heritage as a global issue.Bringing together case studies, visual essays, and substantive chapters written by leading... -
An Intimate History Of Humanity by Theodore Zeldin
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The book that changed my life... a constant companion' Bill Bailey'Extraordinary and beautiful...the most exciting and ambitious work of non-fiction I have read in more than a decade' The Daily TelegraphThis extraordinarily wide-ranging study looks at... -
Black Holes: The Reith Lectures by Stephen Hawking
RRP: £8.99£6.45"It is said that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, and nowhere is that more true than in the case of black holes. Black holes are stranger than anything dreamed up by science fiction writers."In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC... -
Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History by David E. Fastovsky
RRP: £51.99£47.06The ideal textbook for non-science majors, this lively and engaging introduction encourages students to ask questions, assess data critically and think like a scientist. Building on the success of previous editions, Dinosaurs has been thoroughly updated...