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New Eyes for Plants: A Workbook for Observation and Drawing Plants by Margaret Colquhoun 9781869890858
RRP: $24.50$18.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869890858Author Margaret ColquhounFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Hawthorn PressPublisher Hawthorn PressWeight(grams) 594gDimensions(mm) 270mm *... -
The Emerald Planet: How plants changed Earth's history by David Beerling
RRP: $16.76$12.05Plants have profoundly moulded the Earth's climate and the evolutionary trajectory of life. Far from being 'silent witnesses to the passage of time', plants are dynamic components of our world, shaping the environment throughout history as much as that... -
The Sense Of Being Stared At: And Other Aspects of the Extended Mind by Rupert Sheldrake
RRP: $14.18$10.31Have you ever had a premonition, the feeling of being watched, or a telepathic experience? Renowned biologist Rupert Sheldrake explores the intricacies of the mind and discovers that our perceptive abilities are stronger than many of us could have... -
The Emperor Of Scent by Chandler Burr
RRP: $14.18$10.31In the tradition of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief and James Gleick's Genius, The Emperor of Scent tells the story of Luca Turin, an utterly unusual, stubborn scientist, his otherworldly gift for perfume, his brilliant, quixotic theory of how we smell,... -
An Introduction to Clouds: From the Microscale to Climate by Ulrike Lohmann 9781107018228
RRP: $74.81$68.90An Introduction to Clouds provides a fundamental understanding of clouds, ranging from cloud microphysics to the large-scale impacts of clouds on climate. On the microscale, phase changes and ice nucleation are covered comprehensively, including aerosol... -
Atlas of Medieval Europe by David Ditchburn
RRP: $43.85$39.22The Atlas of Medieval Europe covers the period from the fall of the Roman Empire through to the beginnings of the Renaissance, spreading from the Atlantic coast to the Russian steppes. Each map approaches a separate issue or series of events in medieval... -
The Outer Hebrides: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $10.31$7.64The remote archipelago which lies off the north-west coast of Scotland boasts a huge range of contrasting and spectacular land- and seascapes. Lewis is austere, with a featureless peatland core, bounded by dramatic sea cliffs, whilst neighbouring Harris... -
Inglorious: Conflict in the Uplands by Mark Avery
RRP: $15.47$12.02ONE OF 2015'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES AND THE MAIL ON SUNDAY. A hard-hitting, passionate and well-researched book about the conflict between driven grouse shooting and nature conservation in Britain, with a foreword by Chris Packham. Driven... -
A Field Guide to the Flowers of the Alps by Ansgar Hoppe
RRP: $25.79$21.52Explore the colourful world of alpine flowers. This practical book will help you make a quick, reliable identification of each plant, with concise descriptions and illustrations for individual plants to enable differentiation from similar species... -
Fire Ants by Kari Schuetz 9781626172227
RRP: $16.76$10.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626172227Author Kari SchuetzFormat HardbackPage Count 24Imprint Bellwether MediaPublisher Bellwether MediaWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 165mm... -
Birds of Bali, Sumatra and Java by Tony Tilford
RRP: $21.92$17.23The definitive photographic guide to the avifauna of Bail, Sumatra and Java. The islands of Bali, Sumatra and Java, covering some 613,000 square kilometres, are home to an extensive and varied list of recorded avifauna of roughly 700 species. They are... -
Neutron Stars: The Quest to Understand the Zombies of the Cosmos by Katia Moskvitch
RRP: $32.19$26.06The astonishing science of neutron stars and the stories of the scientists who study them.Neutron stars are as bewildering as they are elusive. The remnants of exploded stellar giants, they are tiny, merely twenty kilometers across, and incredibly dense... -
Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves by Ed Regis
$24.74Bold and provocative, Regenesis tells of recent advances that may soon yield endless supplies of renewable energy, increased longevity and the return of long-extinct species.", New Scientist In Regenesis , Harvard biologist George Church and science... -
Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar by Nick Garbutt
RRP: $60.63$46.13The most up-to-date and comprehensive handbook to the region's mammals, illustrated with exceptional photography. Madagascar is home to one of the most remarkable assemblages of mammals on earth. Millions of years of isolation has resulted in the... -
Climate Change: How We Can Get to Carbon Zero (WIRED guides) by Bianca Nogrady
RRP: $11.60$8.45Man-made global warming is advancing inexorably. Are there ways to halt it?In this invaluable, one-stop guide Bianca Nogrady analyses the science of climate change and offers a concise overview of the ways in which our carbon emissions might be reduced... -
Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Constantly Changing World by Leonard Mlodinow
RRP: $14.18$10.31The bestselling author of The Drunkard's Walk unlocks the secrets of flexible thinkingWhat do Pokemon Go and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein have in common?Why do some businesses survive, and others fail at the first sign of change?What gives the human brain... -
How the Body Works: The Facts Simply Explained by DK 9781465429933
RRP: $36.11$26.72This book takes you on the ultimate anatomical adventure around your own body, revealing how little you know about yourself in mind-blowing depth and detail.As part of the best-selling How Things Work series, this biological bonanza uses dynamic... -
Blessed Days of Anaesthesia: How anaesthetics changed the world by Stephanie J. Snow
RRP: $29.01$23.34Among all the great discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century, few offer us a more fascinating insight into Victorian society than the discovery of anaesthesia. Now considered to be one of the greatest inventions for humanity since the... -
The Importance of Being Educable: A New Theory of Human Uniqueness by Leslie Valiant 9780691230566
RRP: $32.25$24.41In the age of AI, why our future depends on better understanding what makes us humanWe are at a crossroads in history. If we hope to share our planet successfully with one another and the AI systems we are creating, we must reflect on who we are, how we... -
Gut: the inside story of our body's most under-rated organ by Giulia Enders 9781925228601
RRP: $12.89$9.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Australian Book Industry Awards, International Book of the Year 2016. Short-listed for British Book Industry Awards, Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2016 (UK)... -
How We Became Our Data: A Genealogy of the Informational Person by Colin Koopman
RRP: $33.54$32.06We are now acutely aware, as if all of the sudden, that data matters enormously to how we live. How did information come to be so integral to what we can do? How did we become people who effortlessly present our lives in social media profiles and who are... -
1493: How Europe's Discovery of the Americas Revolutionized Trade, Ecology and Life on Earth by Charles C. Mann
RRP: $16.76$11.35Two hundred million years ago the earth consisted of a single vast continent, Pangea, surrounded by a great planetary sea. Continental drift tore apart Pangaea, and for millennia the hemispheres were separate, evolving almost entirely different suites of... -
Imagining Imaging by Michael R. Jackson 9780367427825
RRP: $59.33$51.77From Roentgen to Rembrandt, Hounsfield to Hollywood and Vesalius to videogames, Imagining Imaging explores the deeply entwined relationship between art (and visual-based culture) and radiology / medical imaging. Including artworks from numerous... -
The Human Cosmos: A Secret History of the Stars by Jo Marchant
RRP: $14.18$9.73For most of human history, we have had a close relationship with the stars. Once they shaped our religious beliefs, power structures, scientific advances and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe... -
NMR: The Toolkit: How Pulse Sequences Work by Peter Hore
RRP: $42.56$40.31The renowned Oxford Chemistry Primer series, which provides focused introductions to a range of important topics in chemistry, has been refreshed and updated to suit the needs of today's students, lecturers, and postgraduate researchers. The rigorous,... -
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Nick Mann
$21.19With more than 1 million copies sold worldwide, The Elements is the most entertaining, comprehensive, and visually arresting book on all 118 elements in the periodic table.Includes a poster of Theodore Gray's iconic photographic periodic table of the... -
Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller
RRP: $25.80$20.59Caught 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... -
General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy 9780807600153
$23.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807600153Author Ludwig von BertalanffyFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint George Braziller IncPublisher George Braziller IncWeight(grams)... -
Population and Community Ecology of Ontogenetic Development by Andre M. de Roos 9780691137575
RRP: $96.75$76.05Most organisms show substantial changes in size or morphology after they become independent of their parents and have to find their own food. Furthermore, the rate at which these changes occur generally depends on the amount of food they ingest. In this... -
The Beauty in the Beast: Britain's Favourite Creatures and the People Who Love Them by Hugh Warwick 9780857203960
RRP: $19.34$14.33The Beauty in the Beastis a delightful portrait of some of the UK's best-loved wild animals and birds and the colourful enthusiasts who champion their causes. Meet the water vole-woman from Shropshire, the owl-man from Somerset, Paul, the beaver-man of... -
Workbook for Organic Synthesis: Strategy and Control Paul Wyatt (School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK) 9780471929642
RRP: $61.86$55.19Workbook for Organic Synthesis: Strategy and Control Paul Wyatt Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK Stuart Warren Reader in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of... -
Ocean of Life by Callum Roberts
RRP: $21.92$15.84'Thrilling' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall'Authoritative and furious, urgent and persuasive' Sunday Times'Compelling ... Roberts is that precious pearl: a practising scientist who not only knows his field inside out, but also understands how to write' ... -
The Virtues of Limits by David McPherson 9780192848536
RRP: $95.46$86.83Human beings seek to transcend limits. This is part of our potential greatness, since it is how we can realize what is best in our humanity. However, the limit-transcending feature of human life is also part of our potential downfall, as it can lead to... -
Molecular Nanomagnets by Dante Gatteschi 9780199602261
$54.36Nanomagnetism is a rapidly expanding area of research which appears to be able to provide novel applications. Magnetic molecules are at the very bottom of the possible size of nanomagnets and they provide a unique opportunity to observe the coexistence... -
Essential SQA Exam Practice: Higher Human Biology Questions and Papers: From the publisher of How to Pass Billy Dickson 9781510471801
RRP: $12.89$12.16Exam board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: Human BiologyFirst teaching: September 2018First exam: Summer 2019Practice makes permanent. Feel confident and prepared for the SQA Higher Human Biology exam with this two-in-one book, containing practice questions... -
Genomics: A Very Short Introduction by John M. Archibald
RRP: $11.60$8.58Genomics has transformed the biological sciences. From epidemiology and medicine to evolution and forensics, the ability to determine an organism's complete genetic makeup has changed the way science is done and the questions that can be asked of it. Its... -
The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behaviour by David Attenborough 9780008477905
RRP: $14.18$9.13Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck
RRP: $21.92$15.84In 1940 Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California. The expedition was described by the two men in SEA OF CORTEZ, published in... -
Irresistible: How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World by Professor Joshua Paul Dale 9781788162388
RRP: $24.50$17.83A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week' 'Fascinating ... you'll never look at a Hello Kitty or a Pokemon the same way again' Mail on Sunday Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did... -
Extremes: How Far Can You Go to Save a Life? Kevin Fong 9781444737776
RRP: $14.18$9.82In anaesthetist Dr Kevin Fong's television programmes he has often demonstrated the impact of extremes on the human body by using his own body as a 'guinea pig'. So Dr Fong is well placed to share his experience of the sheer audacity of medical practice...