Essays

Insightful, good-humored essays on the possibilities of alien life and the uses of space exploration, based on an astrobiologist's everyday conversations with his fellow humans-taxi drivers, to be precise.If you've ever sat in the back seat of a taxi,...

"You are about to enter a new genre, that of scientific fables, by which I don't mean science fiction, or false stories about science, but, on the contrary, true ways of understanding how difficult it is to figure out what animals are up to." -Bruno...

Look in the mirror - what do you see? We all feel, instinctively, that self exists. That somewhere inside us, under the clothes, the make-up and self-tan, lurks a hard 'pearl', a kernel of truth called 'me'. And it's big business uncovering that...

Apologies 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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637120262Author David BerlinskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Discovery InstitutePublisher Discovery InstituteWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm)...

The newest addition to John Brockman's Edge.org series explores life itself, bringing together the world's leading biologists, geneticists, and evolutionary theorists-including Richard Dawkins, Edward O. Wilson, J. Craig Venter, and Freeman Dyson. ...

Apologies 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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679781400Author Sherwin B. NulandFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809052172Author Brian HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm)...

Thought the science of the future was all hoverboards and space travel? Think again. Every day, scientists come up with the ingenious solutions and surprising discoveries that will define our future. So here, Jim Al-Khalili and his crack team of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262513678Author Massimo PigliucciFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262536349Author Thomas LinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Leading scholars take stock of Darwin's ideas about human evolution in the light of modern scienceIn 1871, Charles Darwin published The Descent of Man, a companion to Origin of Species in which he attempted to explain human evolution, a topic he called...

Gorgeous Beasts takes a fresh look at the place of animals in history and art. Refusing the traditional subordination of animals to humans, the essays gathered here examine a rich variety of ways animals contribute to culture: as living things, as...

Modern Science is teamwork. But how can young academics go from being a productive member of a scientific team to leading their own? Entry level positions for PhDs in Science often require the infamous "people skills". The authors aim to equip young...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767908184Author Bill BrysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A Division...

Sleep. Memory. Pleasure. Fear. Language. We experience these things almost every day, but how do our brains create them?Your Brain, Explained is a personal tour around your gray matter. Neuroscientist Marc Dingman gives you a crash course in what goes on...

Elemental learning.The splendid achievement of Greek mathematics is here illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works. Volume I (LCL 335) contains the divisions of mathematics; mathematics in Greek education; calculation; arithmetical...

In Linus Pauling in his Own Words the Two-time Nobel Prize winner, Linus Pauling who was known for his scientific discoveries and of his breadth of knowledge, which spanned discipline shares a selections from his work.Edited by Barbara Marinacci, who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767908177Author Bill BrysonFormat HardbackPage Count 560Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684838915Author Robert M. SapolskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 224g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060975197Author R.C. LewontinFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525537090Author Randall MunroeFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 726gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

Apologies 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...

Apologies 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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358400066Author Ed YondFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing CompanyPublisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Award.Book InformationISBN 9780140047431Author Lewis ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin...

Weighing in from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, today's most forward-thinking minds explore the rise of "machines that think." Stephen Hawking recently made headlines by noting, "The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the...

This sparkling collection explores the impact of Richard Dawkins as scientist, rationalist, and one of the most important thinkers alive today. Specially commissioned pieces by leading figures in science, philosophy, literature, and the media, such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Award.Book InformationISBN 9780140243192Author Lewis ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590174883Author Sir Thomas BrowneFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593192153Author Carlo RovelliFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies 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 *...

A Many-Colored Glass does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist's thoughts on science and technology into a unified theory. The emphasis is, instead, on the myriad ways in which the universe presents itself to us - and how, as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316484923Author Toby OrdFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 38mm

A tale of some of the most amazing creatures ever to grace this tiny planet-unearth how the science fiction of the Jurassic World franchise inspired the evolution of dinosaur science. It all began in 1993. Jurassic Park was a movie landmark in the...

An essential read for the legions of Sherlockians about the globe. Sherlock Holmes is the world's greatest-ever consulting detective. The huge popularity of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional creation, and his sixty stories, made Sherlock one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307946492Author Leonard MlodinowFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 164gDimensions(mm)...

In Skeptic, Shermer "turns a critical eye toward questions big, small, and trivial." His trademark combination of deep scientific understanding and entertaining writing style has thrilled his huge and devoted audience for years. Now, seventy-five of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805077698Author Michael ShermerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)...