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The Origins of Virtue by Matt Ridley
RRP: $16.76$12.05Why are people nice to each other? What are the reasons for altrusim? Matt Ridley explains how the human mind has evolved a special instinct for social exchange, offering a lucid and persuasive argument about the paradox of human benevolence.About the... -
How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed by Ray Kurzweil 9780143124047
RRP: $23.22$14.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143124047Author Ray KurzweilFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm *... -
An Introduction to Behavioural Ecology Nicholas B. Davies (University of Cambridge) 9781405114165
RRP: $60.57$54.52This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new illustrations and full colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural... -
Marine Pollution by Christopher L. J. Frid 9780198726296
RRP: $70.95$66.81As a society, we use more than 100,000 different industrial compounds to promote health and treat disease, to grow food and to access clean water. While technological developments have improved our lives, most of these compounds end up in our oceans... -
Data-Driven Fluid Mechanics: Combining First Principles and Machine Learning by Miguel A. Mendez
RRP: $77.39$71.20Data-driven methods have become an essential part of the methodological portfolio of fluid dynamicists, motivating students and practitioners to gather practical knowledge from a diverse range of disciplines. These fields include computer science,... -
New A-Level Biology for 2018: OCR A Year 2 Exam Practice Workbook - includes Answers by CGP Books
RRP: $7.73$7.28Biology exams can seem pretty daunting without plenty of practice at exam-style questions, which is why this CGP Year 2 OCR A A-Level Biology Exam Practice Workbook is full of them! There are hundreds of realistic exam questions covering every Year 2... -
Crystallography: A Very Short Introduction by A. M. Glazer 9780198717591
RRP: $11.60$8.58Crystals have fascinated us for centuries with their beauty and symmetry, and have often been invested with magical powers. The use of X-ray diffraction, first pioneered in 1912 by father and son William and Lawrence Bragg, enabled us to probe the... -
The Busy Brain Cure: The Eight-Week Plan to Find Focus, Tame Anxiety & Sleep Again Dr Romie Mushtaq 9781399728188
RRP: $21.92$14.89An eye-opening guidebook for professionals looking to overcome their chronic stress, burnout and Busy Brain symptoms using a simple eight-week plan by Dr Romie Mushtaq.Traditional methods in neurology and psychiatry treat anxiety, ADD and insomnia as... -
Principles of Condensed Matter Physics by Paul M. Chaikin 9780521794503
RRP: $94.16$80.70Now in paperback, this book provides an overview of the physics of condensed matter systems. Assuming a familiarity with the basics of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, the book establishes a general framework for describing condensed phases... -
Atomic: The First War of Physics and the Secret History of the Atom Bomb 1939-49 Jim Baggott 9781848319929
RRP: $14.18$10.24Spanning ten historic years, from the discovery of nuclear fission in 1939 to 'Joe-1', the first Soviet atomic bomb test in August 1949, Atomic is the first fully realised popular account of the race between Nazi Germany, Britain, America and the Soviet... -
Safety-II in Practice: Developing the Resilience Potentials Erik Hollnagel (University of Southern Denmark) 9781138708921
RRP: $42.56$37.91Safety-I is defined as the freedom from unacceptable harm. The purpose of traditional safety management is therefore to find ways to ensure this 'freedom'. But as socio-technical systems steadily have become larger and less tractable, this has become... -
Genes: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan Slack
RRP: $11.60$8.58Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In this exploration of the concept of the gene, Jonathan Slack looks at the discovery, nature, and role of genes in both evolution and development. By explaining the nature of genetic variation in... -
Physics and Technology for Future Presidents: An Introduction to the Essential Physics Every World Leader Needs to Know by Richard A. Muller 9780691135045
$112.91Physics and Technology for Future Presidents contains the essential physics that students need in order to understand today's core science and technology issues, and to become the next generation of world leaders. From the physics of energy to climate... -
The Experimentation Field Book: A Step-by-Step Project Guide by Jeanne Liedtka 9780231214179
RRP: $28.38$22.39Experimentation is an essential part of innovation. It is the link between generating new ideas and putting them into practice. We are constantly experimenting in our daily lives, and organizations place great value on testing new products, services, and... -
Selective Toxicity: The physico-chemical basis of therapy by Adrien Albert 9780412260209
$59.30This book is about selectively toxic agents. That is to say, it is about those substances that affect certain cells without harming others, even when they are close neighbours. Toxicity need not be fatal. It can be made easily reversible, as is the case... -
What's the Use of Philosophy? by Philip Kitcher 9780197657249
RRP: $20.63$17.93What's the use of philosophy? Philip Kitcher here grapples with an essential philosophical question: what the point of philosophy is, and what it should and can be. Kitcher's portrait of the discipline is not a familiar defense of the importance of... -
A Level Advancing Biology for OCR B: Year 2 by Fran Fuller 9780198357674
$54.15Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: OCR Level: A Level Subject: Biology First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Written by curriculum and specification experts, this Student Book supports and... -
Real-World Writers: A Handbook for Teaching Writing with 7-11 Year Olds by Ross Young
RRP: $32.24$28.13Real-World Writers shows teachers how they can teach their pupils to write well and with pleasure, purpose and power. It demonstrates how classrooms can be transformed into genuine communities of writers where talking, reading, writing and sharing give... -
Identification Guide to Garden Insects of Britain and North-West Europe by Dominic Couzens 9781913679255
RRP: $19.34$14.33A photographic identification guide to 150 species of garden insect most commonly found in Britain and North-West Europe. Packed with information, written with huge enthusiasm and illustrated with incredible close-up photos, this guide shines a spotlight... -
Tickets for the Ark: From wasps to whales - how do we choose what to save? by Rebecca Nesbit
RRP: $19.34$14.33A NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 'A fascinating read for anyone interested in the future of the planet' Adam Hart, author and BBC science presenter Our planet hasn't seen the current rate of extinction since the demise of the dinosaurs 65... -
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension by Michio Kaku
RRP: $15.47$11.17Already thoroughly familiar to the seasoned science fiction fan, hyperspace is that realm which enables a spaceship captain to take his ship on a physics-defying shortcut (or "wormhole") to the outer shores of the Galaxy in less time than it takes a 747... -
Every Brain Needs Music: The Neuroscience of Making and Listening to Music by Lawrence Sherman
RRP: $36.12$28.12Whenever a person engages with music-when a piano student practices a scale, a jazz saxophonist riffs on a melody, a teenager sobs to a sad song, or a wedding guest gets down on the dance floor-countless neurons are firing. Playing an instrument requires... -
New Scientist: The Origin of (almost) Everything by New Scientist
RRP: $16.76$6.36Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking.When Edwin Hubble looked into his telescope in the 1920s, he was shocked to find that nearly all of the galaxies he could see through it were flying away from one another. If these galaxies had always been... -
Peonies: A Little Book of Flowers by Tara Austen Weaver
RRP: $16.76$12.01This charming celebration of the peony reads like a "very smart love letter to cultivating beauty" and features 60+ vintage-inspired full-color botanical illustrations (Seattle Times)."Delightful...Next time you are lucky enough to be someone's... -
Guide to Lichens of Heaths and Moors by Frank Dobson 9781851532391
$5.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781851532391Author Frank DobsonPage Count 8Imprint Field Studies CouncilPublisher Field Studies Council -
Living Planet: The Web of Life on Earth by David Attenborough
RRP: $14.18$9.46The Sunday Times Bestseller A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals... -
Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change George Marshall 9781632861023
RRP: $16.76$12.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632861023Author George MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 276g -
A Monstrous Commotion: The Mysteries of Loch Ness Gareth Williams 9781409158745
RRP: $14.18$8.60The Loch Ness Monster: a creature that should have died out with the dinosaurs, or a legend built on hoaxes and wishful thinking?Sir Peter Scott, internationally renowned naturalist and president of the World Wildlife Fund, was convinced that the Monster... -
The End Of Time Dr Julian Barbour 9780753810200
RRP: $14.18$9.82Time is an illusion. Although the laws of physics create a powerful impression that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'. In THE END OF TIME, the British theoretical physicist Julian Barbour describes the coming revolution in our... -
The Incurable Romantic: and Other Unsettling Revelations by Frank Tallis
RRP: $14.18$9.82'Frank Tallis brings a lifetime's clinical experience and wise reflection to a condition that, by its own strange routes, leads us into the very heart of love itself. This is a brilliant, compelling book' Ian McEwanLove is a great leveller. Everyone... -
Diary of a Modern Country Gardener by Tamsin Westhorpe 9781903360422
RRP: $25.80$19.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903360422Author Tamsin WesthorpeFormat HardbackImprint Orphans PublishingPublisher Orphans Publishing -
Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer by Trevor Pinch 9780674016170
RRP: $33.48$27.14Though ubiquitous today, available as a single microchip and found in any electronic device requiring sound, the synthesizer when it first appeared was truly revolutionary. Something radically new--an extraordinary rarity in musical culture--it was an... -
Waders of Europe, Asia and North America by Stephen Message 9780713652901
RRP: $45.15$29.54This new field guide offers a complete identification reference to all of the sandpipers, plovers, stints and other waders found in Europe, Asia and North America. The superb plates show birds at rest and in flight, in every plumage variant likely to be... -
Spare Parts: An Unexpected History of Transplants by Paul Craddock
RRP: $14.18$10.31'Compelling' Christopher Hart, The Sunday Times'A fascinating book' Daily Mail_______________________________________________________________We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world -- but it's a lot older than you... -
Gardening in a Changing World: Plants, People and the Climate Crisis Darryl Moore 9781910258286
RRP: $25.80$17.48Our planet, the Earth, is under threat, with potentially catastrophic consequences for ourselves and the other lifeforms it sustains. Yet Nature itself can still rescue us - with plants playing a pivotal role, in the countryside - and everywhere. In ... -
All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms David Arora 9780898153880
RRP: $20.63$14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898153880Author David AroraFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 178mm *... -
Beetles of the World: A Natural History by Maxwell V. L. Barclay 9780691240732
RRP: $32.25$26.19A 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... -
The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day by Terry Pratchett
RRP: $21.92$15.84The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with THE REALLY BIG QUESTIONS, Terry Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by... -
Atoms in the Family: My Life with Enrico Fermi by Laura Fermi
RRP: $29.67$28.55In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their emigration to the United States in the 1930s--part of the widespread movement of scientists from Europe to the New World that was so... -
Modern Cosmology by Scott Dodelson 9780128159484
RRP: $101.90$96.49Modern Cosmology, Second Edition, provides a detailed introduction to the field of cosmology. Beginning with the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker metric, this trusted resource includes careful treatments of...