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Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
£17.53A cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. In Linked , Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, the nation's foremost expert in the new science of... -
Extinctions: Living and Dying in the Margin of Error by Michael Hannah
RRP: £14.99£12.75Are we now entering a mass extinction event? What can mass extinctions in Earth's history tell us about the Anthropocene? What do mass extinction events look like and how does life on Earth recover from them? The fossil record reveals periods when... -
British Cenozoic Fossils by Natural History Museum
RRP: £14.99£9.50The Cenozoic era began about 70 million years ago and still continues. In British Cenozoic Fossils 354 species from this period are classified and illustrated with accurate line drawings. This new edition has been fully revised and updated by John Todd,... -
Building with Cob: A Step-by-Step Guide by Adam Weismann
RRP: £27.99£21.73The ancient method of cob building uses a simple mixture of clay sub-soil, aggregate, straw and water to create solid structural walls built without shuttering or forms, onto a stone plinth. It is now undergoing a renaissance as an 'eco-friendly'... -
RSPB Spotlight Sparrows by Amy-Jane Beer
RRP: £12.99£8.96RSPB Spotlight: Sparrows is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos, and features succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist. Sparrows are often considered familiar to the point of invisibility, but the recent steep... -
Genesis of the Cosmos: The Ancient Science of Continous Creation by Paul A. LaViolette 9781591430346
RRP: £19.99£13.26Recent developments in theoretical physics, including systems theory and chaos theory, are challenging long-held mechanistic views of the universe. Many thinkers have speculated that the remnants of an ancient science survive today in mythology and... -
Fy Nodiadau Adolygu: CBAC UG/Safon Uwch Daearyddiaeth (My Revision Notes: WJEC/Eduqas AS/A-level Geography Welsh-language edition) Kevin Davis 9781510482166
RRP: £17.99£16.48Target success in WJEC and WJEC Eduqas AS/A-level Geography with this proven formula for effective, structured revision.Key content coverage is combined with exam-style tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to... -
The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body Prof Steven Mithen 9780753820513
RRP: £14.99£10.05A fascinating and incisive examination of our language instinct from award-winning science writer Steven Mithen.Along with the concepts of consciousness and intelligence, our capacity for language sits right at the core of what makes us human. But while... -
Locked in Time: Animal Behavior Unearthed in 50 Extraordinary Fossils by Dean R. Lomax 9780231197298
RRP: £14.95£12.13Fossils allow us to picture the forms of life that inhabited the earth eons ago. But we long to know more: how did these animals actually behave? We are fascinated by the daily lives of our fellow creatures-how they reproduce and raise their young, how... -
To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science by Steven Weinberg
RRP: £10.99£7.99In To Explain the World, pre-eminent theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg offers a rich and irreverent history of science from a unique perspective - that of a scientist. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of... -
Sea Monsters on Medieval Chet van Duzer 9780712357715
RRP: £14.99£10.45The sea monsters on medieval and Renaissance maps, whether swimming vigorously, gambolling amid the waves, attacking ships, or simply displaying themselves for our appreciation, are one of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, and yet they... -
A Geological Excursion Guide to the North-West Highlands of Scotland by Kathryn M. Goodenough
RRP: £15.99£13.73This is a companion volume to A Geological Excursion Guide to the Moine Geology of the Northern Highlands of Scotland, published in 2010 by NMS Enterprises Limited - Publishing in conjunction with Edinburgh Geological Society. Although new roads and... -
Introduction to Error Analysis, second edition: The study of uncertainties in physical measurements by John R. Taylor 9780935702750
RRP: £50.00£47.21The need for error analysis is captured in the book's arresting cover shot - of the 1895 Paris train disaster (also available as a wall poster). The early chapters teach elementary techniques of error propagation and statistical analysis to enable... -
A Dictionary of Weights, Measures, and Units by Donald Fenna 9780198605225
RRP: £16.99£14.71This comprehensive and authoritative dictionary provides clear definitions of units, prefixes, and styles of weights and measures within the Systeme International (SI), as well as traditional, and industry-specific units. It also includes general... -
A Level Biology for OCR A: Year 2 by Ann Fullick
£36.44Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: OCR Level: A Level Year 2 Subject: Biology First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Written by curriculum and specification experts in partnership with OCR,... -
Your Life Is about to Change Forever: A Guide for Climate People by Tom Steyer 9781954118645
RRP: £19.99£13.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954118645Author Tom SteyerFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Spiegel & GrauPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Last Giants: The Rise and Fall of the African Elephant by Levison Wood
RRP: £9.99£6.15*Levison Wood's documentary series on WALKING WITH ELEPHANTS is available to watch now on Channel 4*This book comes at a critical time. Fifty years ago, Africa was home to just over 1.3 million elephants, but by 1990 the number had halved. Meanwhile in... -
Botany by Charles Kovacs
RRP: £12.99£9.34Charles Kovacs characterizes different plants, from fungi, algae and lichens, to the lily and rose families. He describes the parts of each plant and their growth cycle.It is recommended for Steiner-Waldorf curriculum Classes 5 and 6 (age 10-12).About... -
Explaining Culture: A Naturalistic Approach Dan Sperber (CNRS, Paris) 9780631200451
RRP: £36.95£32.76Ideas, Dan Sperber argues, may be contagious. They may invade whole populations. In the process, the people, their environment, and the ideas themselves are being transformed. To explain culture is to describe the causes and the effects of this contagion... -
Birds of Greece by Rebecca Nason 9781472949035
RRP: £10.99£8.61From the Hoopoe to the Black-Headed Bunting, Greece is home to a wide range of avifauna, thanks to the richly varied habitats it has to offer. Pocket-sized and portable, this compact guide provides superb full colour photographs and detailed... -
Nature's Building Blocks: An A-Z Guide to the Elements by John Emsley
RRP: £19.99£16.02John Emsley's Nature's Building Bocks was published in paperback in 2003. In this readable, informative, and fascinating guide to the elements are entries on each of the 100-odd chemical elements, arranged alphabetically from actinium to zirconium. Each... -
A Student's Guide to Waves by Daniel Fleisch
RRP: £23.99£20.37Waves are an important topic in the fields of mechanics, electromagnetism, and quantum theory, but many students struggle with the mathematical aspects. Written to complement course textbooks, this book focuses on the topics that students find most... -
Stereoselectivity in Organic Synthesis by Garry Procter
£32.30This clear and concise text is concerned with the reactions used in stereoselective organic synthesis. It sets out to consider the general principles upon which such reactions are founded, especially stereoelectronic effects, and how these are applied to... -
Cosmic Perspective, The: Pearson New International Edition Jeffrey Bennett 9781292023304
RRP: £72.99£67.58Building on a long tradition of effective pedagogy and comprehensive coverage, The Cosmic Perspective, Seventh Edition provides a thoroughly engaging and up-to-date introduction to astronomy for non-science majors. The text provides a wealth of features... -
Bumblebees by Oliver E. Prys-Jones
RRP: £20.00£16.43An indispensable guide to identification, ecology and study of bumblebees. This new edition embraces the wealth of information published on bumblebee life history, ecology, foraging, parasites and conservation in recent years. It includes a new chapter... -
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina
RRP: £9.99£7.32THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER I wanted to know what they were experiencing, and why to us they feel so compelling, and so close. This time I allowed myself to ask them the question that for a scientist was forbidden fruit: Who are you? Weaving... -
The Origin of Our Species by Chris Stringer
RRP: £10.99£7.99Chris Stringer's bestselling The Origin of our Species tackles the big questions in the ongoing debate about the beginnings of human life on earth. Do all humans originate from Africa? How did we spread across the globe? Are we separate from... -
The Origin of Continents and Oceans by Alfred Wegener 9780486617084
RRP: £16.99£13.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486617084Author Alfred WegenerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Need to Know: Edexcel A-level Geography David Redfern 9781510428515
RRP: £9.50£9.01Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2017 (AS); Summer 2018 (A-level)Covering what you really need to know for Edexcel A-level Geography - in less than 140 pages - this revision... -
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments by George Johnson
RRP: £12.99£9.34George Johnson tells the stories of ten beautiful experiments which changed the world. From Galileo singing to mark time as he measured the pull of gravity and Newton carefully inserting a needle behind his own eye, to Joule packing a thermometer on his... -
To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before: A Joyous Journey Through All of Science by Luke O'Neill 9780241994122
RRP: £12.99£9.34Science is a serious business, right? Wrong. Scientists have been participants in the best reality show of all time, with all the highs, lows, bust-ups, and strange personalities of any show on telly today. From Luke O'Neill - the science teacher you... -
Nicolson Digital Scottish Whisky Distilleries Map by Val Fry
RRP: £5.99£4.38Our brand new and up to date whisky map shows over 150 distilleries on our exceptionally clear road mapping, allowing you to navigate to your chosen destination. Enlarged inset map of Speyside & clearly defined production regions allows you to plan your... -
Atlas of Amazing Birds by Matt Sewell
RRP: £16.99£12.65Matt Sewell takes you on a world tour, exploring the most amazing birds on every continent 'No budding ornithologist should be without Matt Sewell's Atlas of Amazing Birds... sumptuous illustrations and... -
Black Holes: The Reith Lectures by Stephen Hawking
RRP: £8.99£6.65"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... -
Materials: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Hall
RRP: £8.99£6.65The study of materials is a major field of research that supports and drives innovation in technology. Using modern scientific techniques, materials scientists and engineers explore and manipulate materials, and create new ones with remarkable strength... -
Designing Regenerative Cultures by Daniel Christian Wahl
RRP: £25.00£20.62This is a 'Whole Earth Catalog' for the 21st century: an impressive and wide-ranging analysis of what's wrong with our societies, organizations, ideologies, worldviews and cultures - and how to put them right. The book covers the finance system,... -
The Way of the Hare by Marianne Taylor
RRP: £11.99£8.66An exploration of the relationship between humans and the charismatic and elusive hare. To the people of rural Britain, hares are deeply beloved, perhaps above all other animals. They thrive in abundance in imagery but can be maddeningly elusive in... -
Predicting Our Climate Future: What We Know, What We Don't Know, And What We Can't Know by David Stainforth 9780198812937
RRP: £20.00£14.69This book is about how climate science works and why you should absolutely trust some of its conclusions and absolutely distrust others. Climate change raises new, foundational challenges in science. It requires us to question what we know and how we... -
A Traveler's Guide to the Stars by Les Johnson
RRP: £22.00£18.52A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth... -
Introduction to Modern Climate Change by Andrew E. Dessler
RRP: £34.99£31.34The third edition of this introductory textbook for both science students and non-science majors has been brought completely up-to-date. It reflects recent scientific progress in the field, as well as advances in the political arena around climate change...