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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacher by Richard P. Feynman
RRP: £13.99£9.49Learn how to think like a physicist from a Nobel laureate and "one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century" (New York Review of Books) with these six classic and beloved lessonsIt was Richard Feynman's outrageous and scintillating method of... -
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 9780565095024
RRP: £12.99£8.60An instant bestseller in 1859, few books have had such a revolutionary impact and left such a lasting impression as On the Origin of Species. Possibly the most important and challenging scientific book ever published, Darwin's language remains ... -
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler 9780316540506
RRP: £21.99£12.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316540506Author Sabrina ImblerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm... -
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari 9780062464316
RRP: £37.50£24.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062464316Author Yuval Noah HarariFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 1161gDimensions(mm)... -
Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology by Ellen Ullman
RRP: £19.00£12.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250181695Author Ellen UllmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 201mm *... -
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Civilization in the Aftermath of a Cataclysm by Lewis Dartnell
RRP: £19.00£11.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143127048Author Lewis DartnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 140mm... -
Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
RRP: £21.99£15.54Living on a damaged planet challenges who we are and where we live. This timely anthology calls on twenty eminent humanists and scientists to revitalize curiosity, observation, and transdisciplinary conversation about life on earth.As human-induced... -
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
RRP: £10.99£7.25Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations. Since 2003 Dr Ben... -
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
RRP: £15.99£11.55From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos -- and a call for a more just practice of science.In The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for physics, from the Standard Model... -
I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That by Ben Goldacre
RRP: £12.99£8.48The very best journalism from one of Britain's most admired and outspoken science writers, author of the bestselling Bad Science and Bad Pharma. In Bad Science, Ben Goldacre hilariously exposed the tricks that quacks... -
Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World by Mark A. Miodownik
RRP: £10.99£7.77* * * Winner of the 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books * * *Stuff Matters by Mark Miodnownik is a unique and inspiring exploration of human creativity.'Enthralling. A mission to re-acquaint us with the wonders of the fabric that sustains... -
What We Cannot Know: From consciousness to the cosmos, the cutting edge of science explained by Marcus du Sautoy
RRP: £12.99£8.48'Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting' Bill Bryson Britain's most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know. ... -
Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
RRP: £12.99£9.09THE PHENOMENAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Science writing at its best. If only chemistry had been like this at school' Matt Ridley ____________________ Everything in the universe is made of them, including you. Like you, the elements have personalities,... -
Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales by Oliver Sacks 9781509821808
RRP: £9.99£7.27From the bestselling author of On Gratitude and On the Move.In this spirited volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life - both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence, and as a polymath conversant in all the... -
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
RRP: £10.99£7.77What happens to your body after you have died?Fertilizer? Crash Test Dummy? Human Dumpling? Ballistics Practise? Life after death is not as simple as it looks. Mary Roach's Stiff lifts the lid off what happens to our bodies once we have died. Bold,... -
The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris
RRP: £10.99£7.15Sam Harris's first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people - from religious fundamentalists to nonbelieving scientists - agree on one point: science has... -
Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You, Edited by Adam Kay Various 9781398701182
RRP: £16.99£11.54THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCurated and edited by Adam Kay (author of multi-million bestseller This is Going to Hurt), Dear NHS features 100 household names telling their personal stories of the health service. Contributors include: Paul... -
Dispersals: On Plants, Borders and Belonging by Jessica J. Lee 9780241597125
RRP: £16.99£12.28'An invigorating cross-pollination of memoir and natural history, both beautifully phrased and delicately structured-this book deserves your time and attention' Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment A poetic and intimate essay collection on the... -
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World by Jevin D. West
RRP: £10.99£7.77'A necessary book for our times. But also just great fun' Saul Perlmutter, Nobel LaureateThe world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Start-up culture elevates... -
Ideas and Opinions Albert Einstein 9780679601050
RRP: £22.00£14.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679601050Author Albert EinsteinFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)... -
Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating by Charles Spence
RRP: £10.99£8.53A ground-breaking book by the world-leading expert in sensory science: Freakonomics for food'Popular science at its best' - Daniel Levitin Why do we consume 35% more food when eating with one more person, and 75% more when with three? Why are 27% of... -
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness by Carlo Rovelli
RRP: £20.00£14.29'A joy of a book - enriching, illuminating, eclectic and far from a conventional science read' Richard Webb, New Scientist Books of the Year'Carlo Rovelli's imaginative rigour, his lively humour and his beautiful writing are inspiring' Erica WagnerOne of... -
The Grand Biocentric Design: How Life Creates Reality by Robert Lanza
RRP: £12.99£9.09What if life isn't just a part of the universe . . . what if it determines the very structure of the universe itself? The theory that blew your mind in Biocentrism and Beyond Biocentrism is back, with brand-new research revealing the startling truth... -
My Inventions and Other Writings by Nikola Tesla
RRP: £12.99£9.09Nikola Tesla's life is as interesting for his idiosyncrasy as it is for his brilliance. The inventor's mind knew no limits and his incredible sense of possibility rings through his memoir. This authorative volume of My Inventions includes three... -
When Einstein Walked with Goedel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought by Jim Holt 9780374538422
RRP: £20.00£14.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374538422Author Jim HoltFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)... -
For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics by Walter H. G. Lewin
RRP: £10.99£7.00Beloved MIT professor Walter Lewin, whose riveting physics lectures have made him a YouTube super-star, offers a mind-opening and delightful journey through the most intriguing discoveries in physics. A wonderful raconteur, Lewin takes readers on a... -
Diagnosis: Solving the Most Baffling Medical Mysteries by Lisa Sanders
RRP: £13.99£9.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593136638Author Lisa SandersFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav
RRP: £19.99£14.28This is an account of the essential aspects of the new physics for those with little or no knowledge of mathematics or science. It describes current theories of quantum mechanics, Einstein's special and general theories of relativity and other... -
The Scientist As Rebel Freeman J. Dyson 9781590172940
RRP: £21.00£13.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590172940Author Freeman J. DysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing by Richard Dawkins 9780199216819 [USED COPY]
RRP: £13.99£1.25Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with... -
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing by Richard Dawkins
RRP: £13.99£10.15Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with... -
Trick or Treatment?: Alternative Medicine on Trial by Dr. Simon Singh
RRP: £11.99£8.43Welcome to the world of alternative medicine.Prince Charles is a staunch defender and millions of people swear by it; most UK doctors consider it to be little more than superstition and a waste of money. But how do you know which treatments really heal... -
Science and Spiritual Practices: Reconnecting through direct experience Rupert Sheldrake 9781473630093
RRP: £9.99£6.80In this pioneering book Rupert Sheldrake shows how science helps validate seven practices on which all religions are built, and which are part of our common human heritage:* Meditation* Gratitude* Connecting with nature* ... -
Liquid: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives by Mark A. Miodownik
RRP: £10.99£7.77BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING, PRIZE-WINNING STUFF MATTERS Sometimes explosive, often delightful, occasionally poisonous, but always fascinating: the secret lives of liquids, from one of our best-known scientists________________A series of glasses of... -
Seeing Further: The Story of Science and the Royal Society by Bill Bryson
RRP: £14.99£9.70Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated... -
The Science Of Discworld II: The Globe by Terry Pratchett
RRP: £14.99£11.35Acclaimed The Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction... -
Nothing: Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero to Oblivion by New Scientist 9781615192052
RRP: £16.95£9.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615192052Author New ScientistFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint ExperimentPublisher ExperimentWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 127mm * 20mm -
The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day by Terry Pratchett
RRP: £16.99£12.28The 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... -
Combining by Nora Bateson 9781913743857
RRP: £30.00£24.77In 'Combining', Nora Bateson invites us into an ecology of communication where nothing stands alone, and every action sets off a chain of incalculable consequences. She challenges conventional fixes for our problems, highlighting the need to tackle... -
Space at the Speed of Light: The History of 14 Billion Years for People Short on Time by Dr Becky Smethurst
RRP: £18.00£9.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984858696Author Dr. Becky SmethurstFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/RodaleWeight(grams)...