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The Hydrogen Revolution: a blueprint for the future of clean energy by Marco Alvera 9781529360271
RRP: £20.00£13.75A Financial Times BEST BOOKS OF 2021'Engaging, authoritative and very timely. Marco Alvera spells Hydrogen's critical role as an energy store in the clean power transition' - Mike Berners-Lee, author of THERE IS NO PLANET BPicture this: It's 2050. The... -
Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller
RRP: £20.00£15.72Caught on camera prior to their demise, this book reveals the surprisingly rich photographic record of now-extinct animals. A photograph of an animal long-gone evokes a feeling of loss more than a painting ever can. Often tinted sepia or... -
What Darwin Didn't Know: A Doctor Dissects the Theory of Evolution by Geoffrey Simmons 9780736913133
£16.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorDr. Geoffrey Simmons has studied the human body and evolutionary theory for more than 40 years. He received his M.D. in 1969 and now practices medicine in Oregon... -
Compact World Atlas: The Must-Have Companion to Our Planet by DK
RRP: £10.99£7.40Colourful maps, flags and fascinating insights make this pocket sized atlas an ideal source of information about our ever changing world.Arranged in two main sections - a world atlas and country factfile - the Pocket A-Z World Atlas provides an... -
Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey Into Seeing in Three Dimensions by Susan R. Barry
£16.12When neuroscientist Susan Barry was fifty years old, she took an unforgettable trip to Manhattan. As she emerged from the dim light of the subway into the sunshine, she saw a view of the city that she had witnessed many times in the past but now saw in... -
Measuring Behaviour: An Introductory Guide by Melissa Bateson
RRP: £28.99£24.27Measuring Behaviour is the established go-to text for anyone interested in scientific methods for studying the behaviour of animals or humans. It is widely used by students, teachers and researchers in a variety of fields, including biology, psychology,... -
Photo Ark Wonders: Celebrating Diversity in the Animal Kingdom by Joel Sartore
RRP: £30.00£21.80A glorious new volume of Sartore's signature animal portraits, this time highlighting the fascinating shapes, patterns, and expressions of animals both familiar and little known. Joel Sartore, on a mission to photograph all the animal species in human... -
Seba. Cabinet of Natural Curiosities. 40th Anniversary Edition by TASCHEN
RRP: £25.00£24.11The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era often collected natural specimens for research... -
Maths Skills for A Level Chemistry by Emma Poole 9780198428978
£11.27The maths needed to succeed in A Level Science is harder now than ever before. Suitable for all awarding bodies, this practical handbook addresses all of the maths skills needed for A Level Chemistry specifications. Worked examples, practice questions,... -
Topics in Dynamics: I: Flows by Edward Nelson 9780691621401
RRP: £30.00£23.29Kinematical problems of both classical and quantum mechanics are considered in these lecture notes ranging from differential calculus to the application of one of Chernoff's theorems. Originally published in 1970. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the... -
Primate Change: How the world we made is remaking us by Vybarr Cregan-Reid
RRP: £12.99£7.51'A work of remarkable scope' - GuardianFT Best science books of 2018Primate Change has been adapted into a radio series for the BBC WORLD SERVICE.*This is the road from climate change to primate change.PRIMATE CHANGE is a wide-ranging, polemical look at... -
Ugly Bugs by Nick Arnold 9780439944526
RRP: £3.99£2.91Science with the squishy bits left in! What do slugs do with their slime? Why do flies throw up on your tea? How do insects drink your blood? Get the awful answers in Ugly Bugs!Book InformationISBN 9780439944526Author Nick... -
Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses by David Scheel
RRP: £25.00£14.26A riveting new exploration of the octopus from the world-leading scientific expert. For fans of Netflix's 'My Octopus Teacher' and Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith.'Enchanting.' MAIL ON SUNDAY'Abounds with wonders.' KATHLEEN JAMIE, NEW STATESMAN'Brings... -
AQA AS/A-level Computer Science Workbook 2 by Mark Clarkson
£8.35Strengthen your students' understanding and upgrade their confidence with our AQA Computer Science workbooks, full of self-contained exercises to consolidate knowledge and improve performance. Written by an experienced Computer Science author and... -
The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision by Fritjof Capra 9781316616437
RRP: £24.99£19.98Over the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, networks, and patterns of organisation, leading to a novel kind of 'systemic' thinking. This volume... -
The Hidden World of Mosses by Neil Bell
RRP: £25.00£18.02Mosses have a spectacular diversity of beautiful and surprising forms. They are nearly always, what we as humans would consider, small; but they play a critical role in climate change prevention and have an ability to hold and control water in forests,... -
Exotic Vetting: What Treating Wild Animals Teaches You About Their Lives by Romain Pizzi
RRP: £20.00£18.02Anaesthetising a fish, x-raying a frog and hospitalising a walrus are all in a day's work for the world's wildest veterinarian. Travelling from the rainforests of Sierra Leone to the jungles of Borneo, Romain Pizzi... -
Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics Practical Skills Workbook by David Styles
£15.39This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.Reinforce learning and deepen understanding of the practical skills required by the revised syllabus; ideal as course companions or homework books for use when carrying out and... -
Know Thyself: The New Science of Self-Awareness by Stephen M Fleming
RRP: £10.99£7.40How do you know when you've studied enough to pass an exam?Should you accept the testimony of an eyewitness?How do you know when to trust a doctor's orders?The answer is self awareness. Self awareness is humans' greatest superpower. Like the conductor of... -
'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism' by Erwin Schrodinger
RRP: £15.99£13.33Nobel laureate Erwin Schroedinger was one of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century; his lectures on the history and philosophy of science are legendary. 'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism' makes available for the first... -
After Lockdown: A Metamorphosis by Latour
RRP: £14.99£9.80After the harrowing experience of the pandemic and lockdown, both states and individuals have been searching for ways to exit the crisis, many hoping to return as soon as possible to 'the world as it was before the pandemic'. But there is another way to... -
South Africa Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals by James Kavanagh 9781583559871
RRP: £5.99£4.85Eco-tourists, adventurers, and nature lovers will find African Wildlife to be the ideal pocket-sized, folding guide to refer to while driving or trekking through this region. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique... -
Chaos: A Very Short Introduction by Leonard Smith
RRP: £8.99£6.45Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behaviour, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Our growing... -
The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers who Sought to see the Future by Peter Moore
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Sunday Times bestseller. An astonishing account of the sailors, scientists and inventors who sought to understand the weather.**Book of the Week on Radio 4**'Gripping' The Times'Exhilarating' Sunday TimesIn an age when a storm was evidence of God's... -
Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J. Griffiths 9781009397759
RRP: £54.99£49.62In this new edition of the standard undergraduate textbook on electricity and magnetism, David Griffiths provides expanded discussions on topics such as the nature of field lines, the crystal ambiguity, eddy currents, and the Thomson kink model. Ideal... -
The Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Lawrence M. Principe
RRP: £8.99£6.61The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries witnessed such fervent investigations of the natural world that the period has been called the 'Scientific Revolution.' New ideas and discoveries not only redefined what human beings believed, knew, and could do,... -
Introduction to Stereochemistry by Andrew Clark 9781788013154
RRP: £19.99£16.97CHEMISTRY STUDENT GUIDES. GUIDED BY STUDENTS Why did the drug thalidomide cause birth defects? What is the chemical difference between sucrose and lactose in your food? Stereochemistry holds the answer and is essential to the understanding of the... -
The Better Half: On the Genetic Superiority of Women by Sharon Dr. Moalem
RRP: £10.99£7.77An award-winning physician and scientist makes the game-changing case that genetic females are stronger than males at every stage of life'A powerful antidote to the myth of a "weaker sex"' Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered BrainFrom birth, genetic... -
Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt
RRP: £20.00£13.35Using humour and real science in the tradition of Mary Roach, this groovy narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory Details blog illuminates the gross, strange, morbid, and outright absurd realities of our bodies, our earth, and our... -
Mathematics for Physicists: Introductory Concepts and Methods by Alexander Altland 9781108471220
RRP: £43.99£38.52This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the key disciplines of mathematics - linear algebra, calculus, and geometry - needed in the undergraduate physics curriculum. Its leitmotiv is that success in learning these subjects depends on a good... -
Chemistry of Atmospheres: An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Atmospheres of Earth, the Planets, and their Satellites by Richard P. Wayne 9780198503750
RRP: £85.99£68.73Atmospheric chemistry has been the focus of much research activity in recent years, and there is now heightened public awareness of the environmental issues in which it plays a part. In a clear, readable style, this important book looks at the insights... -
Sexual Selection: A Very Short Introduction by Marlene Zuk 9780198778752
RRP: £7.99£5.79What is responsible for the differences between the sexes in so many animals, from the brilliant plumage of birds of paradise to the antlers on deer? And why are the traits that distinguish the sexes sometimes apparently detrimental to survival? Even... -
The Art Of Randomness: Randomized Algorithms in the Real World by Ronald T. Kneusel 9781718503243
RRP: £47.99£27.70When properly applied, randomness can be a powerful tool in programming, science, and art. This highly practical but geekily fun introduction to randomness shows you how to put chaos to work, illustrating its ability to power everything from the... -
Understanding Cancer by Robin Hesketh 9781009005999
RRP: £11.99£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009005999Author Robin HeskethFormat PaperbackPage Count 225Imprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press -
The Musical Brain: What Students, Teachers, and Performers Need to Know by Lois Svard
RRP: £20.99£17.94We make or listen to music for the powerful effect it has on our emotions, and we can't imagine our lives without music. Yet we tend to know nothing about the intricate networks that neurons create throughout our brains to make music possible. The... -
Laws and Symmetry by Bas C. van Fraassen 9780198248606
RRP: £49.49£35.64Metaphysicians speak of laws of nature in terms of necessity and universality; scientists do so in terms of symmetry and invariance. This book argues that no metaphysical account of laws can succeed. The author analyses and rejects the arguments that... -
What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?: How Money Really Does Grow On Trees by Tony Juniper
RRP: £10.99£7.77From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, Nature provides the 'natural services' that keep the economy going. From the recycling miracles in the soil; an army of predators ridding us of unwanted pests; an abundance of life creating a genetic codebook that... -
Astrobiology: The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe by Andrew May
RRP: £10.99£7.32Extraterrestrial life is a common theme inscience fiction, but is it a serious prospect in the real world? Astrobiologyis the emerging field of science that seeks to answer this question.The possibility of life elsewhere in the cosmosis one of the most... -
Animal Nutrition by Peter McDonald 9781292251660
RRP: £60.99£55.28The latest edition of Animal Nutrition has been updated thoroughly to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the science and practice of animal nutrition. This classic, market-leading text is a trusted resource for undergraduates studying... -
Beetles of the World: A Natural History by Maxwell V. L. Barclay 9780691240732
RRP: £25.00£19.99A richly illustrated guide to the astonishing variety of beetles around the worldBeetles make up about a quarter of known animal species and are arguably the most diverse group of organisms on Earth: almost 400,000 species have been formally described so...