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The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Fight to Protect the Arctic and Save the Planet from Climate Change by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
RRP: $35.08$31.01A "courageous and revelatory memoir" (Naomi Klein) chronicling the life of the leading Indigenous climate change, cultural, and human rights advocate For the first ten years of her life, Sheila Watt-Cloutier traveled only by dog team. Today there are... -
The Weather Experiment: The Pioneers who Sought to see the Future by Peter Moore
RRP: $33.13$23.95The 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... -
Chemistry of Atmospheres: An Introduction to the Chemistry of the Atmospheres of Earth, the Planets, and their Satellites by Richard P. Wayne 9780198503750
RRP: $167.68$134.02Atmospheric 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... -
The Cold and the Dark: The World After Nuclear War by Paul R. Ehrlich 9780393302417
RRP: $36.08$29.41The Cold and the Dark is the record of the Conference on the Long-Term Worldwide Biological Consequences of Nuclear War, held in Washington, D.C., on October 31 to November 1, 1983. The conference involved over 200 scientists from many nations and drew... -
Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century by Geoffrey Parker
RRP: $38.98$35.04How to account for decades of worldwide war, revolution, and human suffering in the seventeenth century? A master historian uncovers the disturbing answer. Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the... -
Firmament: The Hidden Science of Weather, Climate Change and the Air That Surrounds Us by Simon Clark
RRP: $21.43$12.62Compelling . . . Clark's enthusiasm shines through on every page' Sunday Times'An engaging and lively history' Financial Times__________A thin, invisible layer of air surrounds the Earth, sustaining all known life on the planet and creating the unique... -
Geophysical and Climate Hazards: A Very Short Introduction by Bill McGuire 9780192874535
RRP: $17.53$12.58Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In this Very Short Introduction Bill McGuire takes a fresh look at our sometimes perilous planet, and evaluates the causes and consequences of what used to be thought of as 'natural' hazards... -
The Goldilocks Planet: The 4 billion year story of Earth's climate by Jan Zalasiewicz 9780199683505
RRP: $28.26$24.12Climate change is a major topic of concern today, scientifically, socially, and politically. It will undoubtedly continue to be so for the foreseeable future, as predicted changes in global temperatures, rainfall, and sea level take place, and as human... -
50 Things to See in the Sky by Sarah Barker
RRP: $25.33$16.54A beautifully presented, practical gift guide to 50 sights in the skies above us. Explained with fascinating, easy-to-understand commentary from astrophysicist and science communicator, Sarah Barker, and illustrated... -
Meteorite: The Stones From Outer Space That Made Our World Tim Gregory 9781529327649
RRP: $33.13$18.68Every rock has a story tell, and none more so than those which have fallen from the sky: meteorites. Originating in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, these rocky fragments offer clues not just to the earliest origins of the Solar System but... -
Storms: Level 2 (National Geographic Readers) by Miriam Busch Goin
RRP: $12.68$12.23National Geographic Primary Readers pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with engaging text by skilled authors to help your child learn to read. Developed by education experts, this series of books for beginner readers is spread across four... -
Climate Change (A Ladybird Expert Book) by Charles
RRP: $19.48$10.35What is climate change? How does it work? Learn from the experts in the ALL-NEW LADYBIRD EXPERT SERIESLearn about one of the most important issues facing our world today in this clear, simple and enlightening introduction.From HRH The Prince of Wales,... -
Introduction to Modern Climate Change by Andrew E. Dessler
RRP: $68.23$61.11The 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... -
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Dipesh Chakrabarty 9780226732862
RRP: $46.80$44.91For the past decade, historian Dipesh Chakrabarty has been one of the most influential scholars addressing the meaning of climate change. Climate change, he argues, upends long-standing ideas of history, modernity, and globalization. The burden of The... -
What Does Rain Smell Like?: Discover the fascinating answers to the most curious weather questions from two expert meteorologists by Simon King
RRP: $25.33$17.02'Clear, succinct and engaging answers to every question you could ask about the weather.' Gavin Pretor-Pinney, author of The Cloudspotter's GuideWhy doesn't rain fall all at once?Can technology change the track of a hurricane?What's the weather like on... -
Understanding Flying Weather by Derek Piggott
RRP: $33.13$25.66The second edition of Derek Piggott's introduction to meteorology for glider and light aeroplane pilots. Understanding Flying Weather explains in simple and accessible terms how atmospheric phenomena can be used to improve flying performance and to... -
An Introduction to Metallurgy, Second Edition by Sir Alan Cottrell
RRP: $93.58$82.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780901716934Author Sir Alan CottrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Maney PublishingPublisher Maney PublishingWeight(grams) 860g -
Weather: A Very Short Introduction by Storm Dunlop
RRP: $17.53$12.58From deciding the best day for a picnic, to the devastating effects of hurricanes and typhoons, the weather impacts our lives on a daily basis. Although new techniques allow us to forecast the weather with increasing accuracy, most people do not realise... -
Endless Universe: Beyond The Big Bang Paul J. Steinhardt 9780753824429
RRP: $19.48$13.26A radical, yet accessible, new theory of the origins and future of the universe by two of the world's leading cosmologistsThe first serious challenge to the widely accepted 'Big Bang' model of the universe. According to 'Big Bang' theory, space and time... -
A Student's Manual for A First Course in General Relativity by Robert B. Scott
RRP: $44.83$39.99This comprehensive student manual has been designed to accompany the leading textbook by Bernard Schutz, A First Course in General Relativity, and uses detailed solutions, cross-referenced to several introductory and more advanced textbooks, to enable... -
An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology: Volume 88 by James R. Holton 9780123848666
$154.44During the past decade, the science of dynamic meteorology has continued its rapid advance. The scope of dynamic meteorology has broadened considerably. Much of the material is based on a two-term course for seniors majoring in atmospheric sciences. ... -
The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future - Updated Edition by Richard B. Alley
RRP: $29.23$20.12In the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes... -
The Science of Our Changing Climate by Michael A. Box 9781009372336
RRP: $77.98$68.66This compelling textbook provides a broad overview of the science underpinning our understanding of our climate, and how it is changing. Presented in clear and accessible language, and requiring only minimal algebra, it enables students to understand how... -
The Atmosphere: A Very Short Introduction by Paul I. Palmer
RRP: $17.53$12.58The atmosphere is the thin, diffuse fluid that envelops the Earth's surface. Despite its apparent fragility, the existence of this fluid is vital for human and other life on Earth. In this Very Short Introduction Paul Palmer describes the physical and... -
Snowflakes in Photographs by W. A. Bentley
RRP: $24.36$15.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486412535Author W. A. BentleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Primacy of Doubt: From Quantum Physics to Climate Change, How the Science of Uncertainty Can Help Us Understand Our Chaotic World by Tim Palmer
RRP: $58.50$36.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541619715Author Tim PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 161mm * 29mm -
The Vanishing Ice: Diaries of a Scottish snow hunter by Iain Cameron 9781839811081
RRP: $39.00$28.24There are few more beautiful places than Scotland's winter mountains. But even when most of the snow has melted, isolated patches can linger well into summer and beyond. In The Vanishing Ice, Iain Cameron chronicles these remarkable and little-seen... -
Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate by David A. Randall
RRP: $62.40$48.28The atmosphere is critical to climate change. It can amplify shifts in the climate system, and also mitigate them. This primer offers a short, reader-friendly introduction to these atmospheric processes and how they work, written by a leading expert on... -
Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice by Gillen D'Arcy Wood 9780691229041
RRP: $29.23$21.86A gripping history of the polar continent, from the great discoveries of the nineteenth century to modern scientific breakthroughsAntarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the South Pole, looms large in the human imagination. The secrets of this vast frozen... -
A Student's Guide to Special Relativity by Norman Gray
RRP: $37.03$31.82This compact yet informative Guide presents an accessible route through Special Relativity, taking a modern axiomatic and geometrical approach. It begins by explaining key concepts and introducing Einstein's postulates. The consequences of the postulates... -
The Lost Art of Finding Our Way by John Edward Huth
RRP: $42.80$36.29Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way. Encyclopedic... -
The Sun's Influence on Climate by Joanna D. Haigh 9780691153841
RRP: $58.50$45.42The Earth's climate system depends entirely on the Sun for its energy. Solar radiation warms the atmosphere and is fundamental to atmospheric composition, while the distribution of solar heating across the planet produces global wind patterns and... -
Hot Air: The Inside Story of the Battle Against Climate Change Denial by Peter Stott 9781838952518
RRP: $21.43$13.88***SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2022******SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE 2022***'Fascinating... timely, understandable and informative' Forbes Ours is the age of global warming. Rising sea levels, extreme weather,... -
Climate Change in Prehistory: The End of the Reign of Chaos by William James Burroughs 9780521824095
RRP: $193.05$84.69Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Joseph Romm
RRP: $21.43$15.54"This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change." (New York Magazine) "The right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane." (The Daily Beast) "A must-read." (The Guardian) The... -
Paleoclimate and Evolution, with Emphasis on Human Origins by Elisabeth S. Vrba 9780300063486
$193.50This book focuses on how climatic change during the last fifteen million years-especially the last three million-has affected human evolution and other evolutionary events. Leading evolutionists and physical geologists from all over the world-authorities... -
The Little Book of Snow by Sally Coulthard
RRP: $15.58$11.29A charming celebration of all things snow. Is it true that no two snowflakes are ever alike? How many Christmases have actually been white? Do the Inuit have dozens of words for snow? Can it ever be too cold to snow? Our memories and imagination... -
The Disenchanted Earth: Reflections on Ecosocialism and Barbarism by Richard Seymour 9781911648413
RRP: $19.48$13.26From Richard Seymour, one of the UK's leading public intellectuals, comes a characteristic blend of forensic insight and analysis, personal journey, and a vivid respect for the natural world. A planetary fever-dream. An environmental awakening that... -
Bring Me Sunshine: A Windswept, Rain-Soaked, Sun-Kissed, Snow-Capped Guide To Our Weather by Charlie Connelly
RRP: $21.43$15.15We talk about the weather a lot. It exasperates, confounds and on occasion delights us. Our national conversation is dominated by the weather, but how much do we really know about it? In Bring Me Sunshine, Charlie Connelly sets off on the trail of our... -
Modern Cosmology by Scott Dodelson 9780128159484
RRP: $154.03$145.86Modern 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...