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"Gina Says": Adventures In The Blogosphere String War by Gil Kalai 9789813142077
RRP: $44.85$39.23In the summer of 2006 two books attacking string theory, a prominent theory in physics, appeared: Peter Woit's 'Not Even Wrong' and Lee Smolin's 'The Trouble with Physics'. A fierce public debate, much of it on weblogs, ensued.Gina is very curious about... -
"Gina Says": Adventures In The Blogosphere String War by Gil Kalai 9789813142060
RRP: $93.60$82.00In the summer of 2006 two books attacking string theory, a prominent theory in physics, appeared: Peter Woit's 'Not Even Wrong' and Lee Smolin's 'The Trouble with Physics'. A fierce public debate, much of it on weblogs, ensued.Gina is very curious about... -
Solving Everyday Problems With The Scientific Method: Thinking Like A Scientist by Angela T. Mak 9789813145290
RRP: $89.70$78.68This book describes how one can use The Scientific Method to solve everyday problems including medical ailments, health issues, money management, traveling, shopping, cooking, household chores, etc. It illustrates how to exploit the information collected... -
50 Years Of Science In Singapore by Bernard Tan 9789813140899
RRP: $78.00$68.68As part of the commemorative book series on Singapore's 50 years of nation-building, this important compendium traces the history and development of the various sectors of Singapore science in the last 50 years or so. The book covers the government... -
50 Years Of Science In Singapore by Bernard Tan 9789813140882
RRP: $142.35$124.14As part of the commemorative book series on Singapore's 50 years of nation-building, this important compendium traces the history and development of the various sectors of Singapore science in the last 50 years or so. The book covers the government... -
Science Matters: Humanities As Complex Systems Maria Burguete (Scientific Research Inst Bento Da Rocha Cabral, Portugal) 9789812835932
RRP: $175.50$152.45All earnest and honest human quests for knowledge are efforts to understand Nature, which includes both human and nonhuman systems, the objects of study in science. Thus, broadly speaking, all these quests are in the science domain. The methods and tools... -
Solving Everyday Problems With The Scientific Method: Thinking Like A Scientist by Don K. Mak 9789812835093
RRP: $64.35$57.02This book describes how one can use The Scientific Method to solve everyday problems including medical ailments, health issues, money management, traveling, shopping, cooking, household chores, etc. It illustrates how to exploit the information collected... -
Playing With Planets by Gerard 'T Hooft 9789812793072
RRP: $81.90$72.01If you think the future is a mystery, think again. With a solid foothold in realism, an extraordinary insight into scientific and technological developments, and a dry sense of humor, Nobel laureate Professor Gerard 't Hooft confidently dissects fact... -
Brain-mind Machinery: Brain-inspired Computing And Mind Opening by Gee Wah Ng 9789812790255
RRP: $157.95$138.26Brain and mind continue to be a topic of enormous scientific interest. With the recent advances in measuring instruments such as two-photon laser scanning microscopy and fMRI, the neuronal connectivity and circuitry of how the brain's various regions are... -
Playing With Planets by Gerard 'T Hooft 9789812790200
RRP: $35.10$31.12If you think the future is a mystery, think again. With a solid foothold in realism, an extraordinary insight into scientific and technological developments, and a dry sense of humor, Nobel laureate Professor Gerard 't Hooft confidently dissects fact... -
Discovery Of Anti-matter, The: The Autobiography Of Carl David Anderson, The Second Youngest Man To Win The Nobel Prize David A K Anderson (-) 9789810236809
RRP: $70.20$62.03In 1936, at age 31, Carl David Anderson became the second youngest Nobel laureate for his discovery of antimatter when he observed positrons in a cloud chamber.He is responsible for developing rocket power weapons that were used in World War II.He was... -
Brief History Of Light And Those That Lit The Way, A Richard J Weiss (Formerly Of King's College London, Uk) 9789810223786
RRP: $52.65$45.73From Leonardo to Oppenheimer, from candles to lasers, from cave drawings to cinema, from stonehenge to quantum mechanics, from Genesis to the Big Bang, light has filled our thoughts, our way of life, our aesthetics, our technology, and our means for... -
Interconnected Universe, The: Conceptual Foundations Of Transdisciplinary Unified Theory Ervin Laszlo (.) 9789810222024
RRP: $83.85$73.67This book offers an original hypothesis capable of unifying evolution in the physical universe with evolution in biology; herewith it lays the conceptual foundations of "transdisciplinary unified theory". The rationale for the hypothesis is presented... -
Introduction To Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics by Jerzy Bartke 9789810212315
RRP: $140.40$122.48This book attempts to cover the fascinating field of physics of relativistic heavy ions, mainly from the experimentalist's point of view. After the introductory chapter on quantum chromodynamics, basic properties of atomic nuclei, sources of relativistic... -
Oppenheimer And The Manhattan Project: Insights Into J Robert Oppenheimer, "Father Of The Atomic Bomb" by Cynthia C. Kelly 9789812564184
RRP: $134.55$116.982004 marked the centennial of the birth of J Robert Oppenheimer, and brought historians and scholars, former students, nuclear physicists, and politicians together to celebrate this event. Oppenheimer's life and work became central to 20th century... -
Facts And Mysteries In Elementary Particle Physics by Martinus Veltman 9789812381484
RRP: $105.30$92.78New Edition: Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics (Revised Edition)This book provides a comprehensive overview of modern particle physics accessible to anyone with a true passion for wanting to know how the universe works. We are introduced... -
Technical Education for Sustainability: An Analysis of Needs in the 21 st Century by Mahshid Sotoudeh 9783631585948
RRP: $92.04$75.06How does technical education fit into today's society? What is the implication of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) for technical education? This book examines these questions. The author analyses the... -
Science and Faith: Two Faces of the Same Fact by Mustafa Mencutekin 9781935295235
RRP: $17.53$11.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935295235Author Mustafa MencutekinFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Blue Dome PressPublisher Blue Dome PressWeight(grams) 258g -
Fundamentals Of Imaging, The: From Particles To Galaxies by Michael Mark Woolfson 9781848166851
RRP: $78.00$68.68It is through images that we understand the form and function of material objects, from the fundamental particles that are the constituents of matter to galaxies that are the constituents of the Universe. Imaging must be thought of in a flexible way as... -
Fundamentals Of Imaging, The: From Particles To Galaxies by Michael Mark Woolfson 9781848166844
RRP: $169.65$148.24It is through images that we understand the form and function of material objects, from the fundamental particles that are the constituents of matter to galaxies that are the constituents of the Universe. Imaging must be thought of in a flexible way as... -
Order And Disorder: Science Essentials For The Non-scientist by Myron Kaufman 9781848165748
RRP: $175.50$153.23Order and Disorder is a non-mathematical introduction to the most important ideas in science for university students not majoring in a scientific area. The objective is to prepare non-science students for making both life and political decisions... -
Materials, Matter And Particles: A Brief History by Michael Mark Woolfson 9781848164604
RRP: $76.05$67.02This book traces the history of ideas about the nature of matter and also the way that mankind has used material resources that the world offers. Starting with the ideas of ancient civilizations that air, earth, fire and water were the basic ingredients... -
Materials, Matter And Particles: A Brief History by Michael Mark Woolfson 9781848164598
RRP: $132.60$116.08This book traces the history of ideas about the nature of matter and also the way that mankind has used material resources that the world offers. Starting with the ideas of ancient civilizations that air, earth, fire and water were the basic ingredients... -
Imagining The Elephant: A Biography Of Allan Macleod Cormack Christopher Leonard Vaughan (Univ Of Cape Town, South Africa) 9781860949883
RRP: $202.80$176.55Imagining the Elephant is a biography of Allan MacLeod Cormack, a physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1979 for his pioneering contributions to the development of the computer-assisted tomography (CAT) scanner, an honor he shared... -
Nature Not Mocked: Places, People And Science by Peter Day 9781860945762
RRP: $159.90$139.13We often forget that the science underpinning our contemporary civilization is not a marmoreal edifice. On the contrary, at each moment in its development over past centuries, it grew and advanced through the efforts of individuals and the institutions... -
Science, Faith And Ethics by L. L. Hench 9781860942204
RRP: $76.05$67.02Every day, headlines emphasise the impact that technology has on the manipulation of life. We all want to live longer, healthier, happier lives. To live at all costs and maintain life at all costs has become a popular aim. This book examines those costs;... -
Science, Faith And Ethics by L. L. Hench 9781860942198
RRP: $134.55$116.98Every day, headlines emphasise the impact that technology has on the manipulation of life. We all want to live longer, healthier, happier lives. To live at all costs and maintain life at all costs has become a popular aim. This book examines those costs;... -
Letters Of Sir Joseph Banks, The, A Selection, 1768-1820 Neil Chambers (The Natural History Museum, Uk) 9781860942044
RRP: $118.95$103.66Sir Joseph Banks was man of science, of affairs, and of letters. He circumnavigated the globe with Lieutenant James Cook on H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771, taking with him a team of naturalists, illustrators and assistants at a personal cost of GBP10,000... -
Speaking Technically: A Handbook For Scientists, Engineers And Physicians On How To Improve Technical Presentations Sinclair Goodlad (Imperial College, Uk) 9781860940347
RRP: $33.15$29.48This is a concise guide for anyone who has ever found the prospect of speaking technically to be daunting.The author draws upon his observations of people speaking technically in after-dinner speeches; conference presentations; coping with visitors;... -
Enjoy Your Science Meeting!: A Practical Guide To Getting The Most Out Of Attending Scientific Conferences by Richard C Thompson 9781786347350
RRP: $38.98$34.34The book provides a practical and readable guide to getting the most out of attending a scientific conference. The topics covered include writing an abstract, preparing and presenting a poster or talk, chairing a session, making good use of poster and... -
Enjoy Your Science Meeting!: A Practical Guide To Getting The Most Out Of Attending Scientific Conferences by Richard C Thompson 9781786347220
RRP: $87.75$77.01The book provides a practical and readable guide to getting the most out of attending a scientific conference. The topics covered include writing an abstract, preparing and presenting a poster or talk, chairing a session, making good use of poster and... -
Creative Mobile Media: A Complete Course by Sylvie E. Prasad 9781786342812
RRP: $99.45$87.01Creative Mobile Media provides a guide to the creation, production and display of media with mobile technology at its heart. Split into two parts, the first gives a practical how-to guide on producing and exhibiting different forms of mobile art... -
Creative Mobile Media: A Complete Course by Sylvie E. Prasad 9781786342805
RRP: $185.25$160.78Creative Mobile Media provides a guide to the creation, production and display of media with mobile technology at its heart. Split into two parts, the first gives a practical how-to guide on producing and exhibiting different forms of mobile art... -
Grant Writer's Handbook, The: How To Write A Research Proposal And Succeed by Gerard M. Crawley 9781783267590
RRP: $93.60$82.78The Grant Writer's Handbook: How to Write a Research Proposal and Succeed provides useful and practical advice on all aspects of proposal writing, including developing proposal ideas, drafting the proposal, dealing with referees, and budgeting. The... -
Enjoy Writing Your Science Thesis Or Dissertation! : A Step-by-step Guide To Planning And Writing A Thesis Or Dissertation For Undergraduate And Graduate Science Students (2nd Edition) by Richard C. Thompson 9781783264209
RRP: $103.35$91.10This book is a step by step illustrated guide to planning and writing dissertations and theses for undergraduate and graduate science students. Topics covered include advice on writing each section of a thesis as well as general discussions on collecting... -
Publishing And The Advancement Of Science: From Selfish Genes To Galileo's Finger Michael Rodgers (Univ College London, Uk) 9781783263714
RRP: $46.80$40.85Popular science books, selling in their thousands - even millions - help us appreciate breakthroughs in understanding the natural world, while highlighting the cultural importance of scientific knowledge. Textbooks bring these same advances to students;... -
Publishing And The Advancement Of Science: From Selfish Genes To Galileo's Finger by Michael Rodgers 9781783263707
RRP: $95.55$83.67Popular science books, selling in their thousands - even millions - help us appreciate breakthroughs in understanding the natural world, while highlighting the cultural importance of scientific knowledge. Textbooks bring these same advances to students;... -
Scientific Americans: The Making of Popular Science and Evolution in Early-twentieth-century U.S. Literature and Culture by John Bruni 9781783160174
RRP: $126.75$102.59Demonstrating the timely relevance of Theodore Dreiser, Edith Wharton, Jack London and Henry Adams, this book shows how debates about evolution, identity, and a shifting world picture have uncanny parallels with the emerging global systems that shape our... -
Energy: What About It? by Jean-pierre Fillard 9789811267468
RRP: $87.75$77.01Energy has been both a driving force behind human civilizations and the source of so many conflicts and wars around the world. Today, it remains a major element which guides both economic and political decisions. Yet despite its huge influence on human... -
The Future of Us: The Science of What We'll Eat, Where We'll Live, and Who We'll Be Jay Ingram 9781668003343
RRP: $38.98$25.08A fascinating look at the cutting-edge science and technologies that are on the cusp of changing everything from where we'll live, how we'll look, and who we'll be, by the popular science broadcaster and bestselling author Jay Ingram. Where will we live?...