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Oceanography: An Invitation to Marine Science by Tom Garrison
$125.59Developed in partnership with the National Geographic Society, OCEANOGRAPHY: AN INVITATION TO MARINE SCIENCE, 10th edition gives you a basic understanding of the complexities and uncertainties involved in ocean use as well as its role in sustaining life... -
Rivers and Streams by John Wright 9781904349105
RRP: $7.68$6.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904349105Author John WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint The Dovecote PressPublisher The Dovecote Press -
Mechanics Of Scour In The Marine Environment, The by B. Mutlu Sumer
RRP: $98.04$85.95This book treats the subject of local scour around different kinds of marine structures, exposed to waves and/or currents. The first, major part of the book is devoted to marine pipelines, describing in detail all kinds of scour scenarios, and also... -
Treading on Thin Air: Atmospheric Physics, Forensic Meteorology, and Climate Change: How Weather Shapes Our Everyday Lives by Elizabeth Austin 9781605988221
RRP: $16.76$10.55Weather, water, and climate. How we feel, how productive we are, even our sheer existence, depends on these three things. The United States economic activity varies annually by 1.7% due to weather-that is more than $500 billion dollars each year! Weather... -
Drought, Flood, Fire: How Climate Change Contributes to Catastrophes by Chris C. Funk
RRP: $19.34$18.42Every year, droughts, floods, and fires impact hundreds of millions of people and cause massive economic losses. Climate change is making these catastrophes more dangerous. Now. Not in the future: NOW. This book describes how and why climate change is... -
Ice Ages: Solving the Mystery by John Imbrie 9780674440753
RRP: $37.35$28.95This book tells the exciting story of the ice ages-what they were like, why they occurred, and when the next one is due. The solution to the ice age mystery originated when the National Science Foundation organized the CLIMAP project to study changes in... -
Mineral Systems, Earth Evolution, and Global Metallogeny by David Ian Groves 9780443216848
RRP: $148.35$130.24Mineral Systems, Earth Evolution, and Global Metallogeny provides insights into the critical parameters of Earth's evolution, particularly in terms of thermal state, tectonics, and the atmosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere system that control the metallogeny... -
The Ice Age by Juergen Ehlers
RRP: $58.04$53.64Nothing new from the Ice Age? Far from it! Barely ten years have passed since the first edition of this book was published, but in that time researchers around the world have developed new methods and published their findings in scientific journals... -
Fluvial Forms and Processes: A New Perspective by David Knighton 9780340663134
RRP: $56.75$51.51David Knighton's best-selling book looks at the wide range of forms developed by natural rivers and the processes responsible for that development. The book combines empirical and theoretical approaches, and provides a critical assessment of the many... -
Introducing Metamorphism by Ian Sanders 9781780460642
RRP: $24.50$22.37Metamorphic rocks are one of the three main types of rock. Originally comprising either igneous or sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks are the products of change by heat and pressure, often at great depths in the earth's crust, into a completely new... -
Fundamentals of Physical Volcanology by E Parfitt 9780632054435
RRP: $73.47$64.20Fundamentals of Physical Volcanology is a comprehensive overview of the processes that control when and how volcanoes erupt. Understanding these processes involves bringing together ideas from a number of disciplines, including branches of geology, such... -
Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs by Mark Sanders 9781486313259
RRP: $55.41$45.76Australia is home to more than 240 species of frogs, many of which cannot be found anywhere else in the world.The Photographic Field Guide to Australian Frogs provides readers with the tools to confidently identify 242 species and five recognised... -
Cultural Histories, Memories and Extreme Weather: A Historical Geography Perspective by Georgina H. Endfield
RRP: $51.59$45.23Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinating aspects of climate variability. Historical records and memories charting the impacts and responses... -
Remote Sensing and GIS by Basudeb Bhatta
RRP: $123.83$116.45Beginning with the history and basic concepts of remote sensing and GIS, the book gives an exhaustive coverage of optical, thermal, and microwave remote sensing, global navigation satellite systems (such as GPS and IRNSS), digital photogrammetry, visual... -
European Glacial Landscapes: The Holocene by David Palacios 9780323997126
RRP: $148.35$130.24European Glacial Landscapes: The Holocene presents the current state of knowledge on glacial landscapes of Europe and nearby areas over the Holocene to deduce the influence of atmospheric and oceanic currents and the insolation forcing variability and... -
Volcanoes of Europe by Dougal Jerram
RRP: $51.60$44.70Volcanoes are intimately tied to the history of humanity, they help forge the Earth's crust and atmosphere, and they are very much an active feature of today. The archaeology of most ancient civilizations of Europe preserves the imprint of spectacular... -
Introducing Sea Level Change by Alastair Dawson 9781780460871
RRP: $24.50$22.37One of the most important issues in current debates on climate change is sea level rise. Hardly a day goes by when there is not a newspaper article, TV or radio presentation on the topic. Nearly half of the world's population live on or near the coast,... -
Volcanotectonics: Understanding the Structure, Deformation and Dynamics of Volcanoes by Agust Gudmundsson
$79.45A volcanic eruption occurs when a magma-filled fracture propagates from its source to the surface. Analysing and understanding the conditions that allow this to happen constitute a major part of the scientific field of volcanotectonics. This new volume... -
Green History: A Reader in Environmental Literature, Philosophy and Politics by Derek Wall
RRP: $70.94$62.07Green History traces the development of ecological writing through history and forms a broad critical review of green ideas and movements reinforcing the importance of environmental concern and action in our own time. Animal rights, ecology as science,... -
Essential Maths for Geoscientists: An Introduction by Paul I. Palmer
RRP: $46.38$42.45Essential Maths for Geoscientists An Introduction Essential Maths for Geoscientists: An Introduction is an accessible, student-friendly introduction to the mathematics required by those students taking degree courses within the geosciences. Clearly... -
Everything You Know About Planet Earth is Wrong by Matt Brown
RRP: $12.89$9.17A fascinating and humorous read that debunks the surprising myths about the world we always believed. The latest addition to the popular Everything You Know series, this book will blow apart your beliefs in the world's physical and social landscape,... -
Pearl: Nature's Perfect Gem by Fiona Lindsay
RRP: $38.70$27.54This is a beautifully illustrated account of pearls through millennia, from fossils to contemporary jewellery. Pearls are the most human of gems, both miraculous and familiar. Uniquely organic in origin, they are as intimate as our bodies, created... -
Creative Placemaking: Research, Theory and Practice by Cara Courage 9780367586935
RRP: $51.59$45.23This book makes a significant contribution to the history of placemaking, presenting grassroots to top-down practices and socially engaged, situated artistic practices and artsled spatial inquiry that go beyond instrumentalising the arts for development... -
The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change: A Complete Visual Guide by Juliane L. Fry 9780520261013
RRP: $51.54$45.16"Encyclopedia of Weather" features: spectacular color photographs, detailed diagrams, beautiful graphics, and maps; easy-to-understand text that is packed with enough detail for scientists yet accessible in classrooms from the junior high school level... -
The Urban and Regional Transformation of Britain by John Goddard 9781138480490
RRP: $47.72$41.96Originally published in 1983 The Urban and Regional Transformation of Britain, analyses economic and social changes recorded across the cities and regions of Britain since the Barlow Report. The collection analyses the whole country at a more detailed... -
Environmental Science for Environmental Management by Timothy O'Riordan 9780582356337
RRP: $76.10$73.79Environmental Science for Environmental Management has quickly established itself as the leading introduction to environmental science, demonstrating how a more environmental science can create an effective approach to environmental management on... -
Domestic Abuse: Contemporary Perspectives and Innovative Pratices by Oona Brooks 9781780460598
RRP: $45.15$40.93Domestic abuse is a global health and social problem. This edited volume considers Scottish responses in a wide comparative context.About the AuthorOona Brooks-Hay, Lecturer in Criminology, Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research, University of... -
Working Bodies: Interactive Service Employment and Workplace Identities by Linda McDowell
RRP: $25.79$22.82Through a series of case studies of low-status interactive and embodied servicing work, Working Bodies examines the theoretical and empirical nature of the shift to embodied work in service-dominated economies. Defines 'body work' to include the work by... -
Bedrock Geology of the UK: North by P Stone 9780852726051
RRP: $19.35$16.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852726051Author P StoneImprint British Geological SurveyPublisher British Geological Survey -
Probing the Sky with Radio Waves: From Wireless Technology to the Development of Atmospheric Science by Chen-Pang Yeang
$40.24By the late nineteenth century, engineers and experimental scientists generally knew how radio waves behaved, and by 1901 scientists were able to manipulate them to transmit messages across long distances. What no one could understand, however, was why... -
Eastern England from the Tees to the Wash by P.E. Kent 9780118841214
RRP: $9.03$7.59Regional Geology Guides provide a broad view and interpretation of the geology of a region.Book InformationISBN 9780118841214Author P.E. KentFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint British Geological SurveyPublisher British Geological Survey -
Irrigation Engineering: Principles, Processes, Procedures, Design, and Management by Vijay P. Singh
$87.29This textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of irrigation engineering for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It does not require a background in calculus, hydrology, or hydraulics, offering a one-stop overview of the entire field of... -
The Biosphere by Vladimir I. Vernadsky 9781461272649
RRP: $38.69$29.89Long unknown in the West, The Biosphere established the field of biogeochemistry and is one of the classic founding documents of what later became known as Gaia theory. It is the first sustained expression of the idea that life is a geological force that... -
Climate Mathematics: Theory and Applications by Samuel S. P. Shen
$63.08This unique text provides a thorough, yet accessible, grounding in the mathematics, statistics, and programming that students need to master for coursework and research in climate science, meteorology, and oceanography. Assuming only high school... -
Fluvial Processes in Geomorphology: Seco by Luna B. Leopold
RRP: $38.04$24.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486845524Author Luna B. LeopoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Mineralogy of Uranium and Thorium by Robert J. Lauf 9780764351136
RRP: $70.94$47.74For students of geology, this book offers a systematic overview of uranium and thorium minerals, which are known for their intense ultraviolet fluorescence and are critically important as our source of nuclear energy. Learn about the geochemical... -
The Land Beneath the Ice: The Pioneering Years of Radar Exploration in Antarctica by David J. Drewry
RRP: $45.15$35.10A wondrous story of scientific endeavor-probing the great ice sheets of AntarcticaFrom the moment explorers set foot on the ice of Antarctica in the early nineteenth century, they desired to learn what lay beneath. David J. Drewry provides an insider's... -
Reconstructing Quaternary Environments by J. J. Lowe 9780582101661
RRP: $76.10$73.79Examines the various forms of evidence used to establish the history and scale of environmenal changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse, ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and isotope ratios, bringing the... -
Smart Urbanism: Utopian vision or false dawn? by Simon Marvin
RRP: $56.75$49.59Smart Urbanism (SU) - the rebuilding of cities through the integration of digital technologies with buildings, neighbourhoods, networked infrastructures and people - is being represented as a unique emerging 'solution' to the majority of problems faced... -
Decolonizing Development: Colonial Power and the Maya by Joel Wainwright 9781405157063
RRP: $25.79$22.82Winner of the 2010 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology (Honors of the CAPE specialty group (Cultural and Political Ecology)) Decolonizing Development investigates the ways colonialism shaped...