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Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality Dean Radin, Ph.D. 9781416516774
RRP: £11.99£7.59A fascinating, yet-unexplained scientific phenomenon shows that individual objects in the universe are not quite as separate as they seem. Once two objects interact, they remain connected in space and time in what Einstein called 'spooky action at a... -
Taking Flight: The Evolutionary Story of Life on the Wing by Lev Parikian
RRP: £16.99£11.76*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2023* 'This book soars... Parikian is a nature writer at the top of his game.' Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs ___ This is the miracle of flight as you've never... -
Punk Science - Inside the Mind of God Manjir Samanta-laughto 9781905047932
RRP: £12.99£11.46"Punk Science" demonstrates that ideas from the cutting-edge of science actually explain phenomena that have previously been thought of as "paranormal". Inspired by the "Gnostic Gospels" and the history of the sacred feminine, Dr Samanta-Laughton offers... -
Everything is Obvious: Why Common Sense is Nonsense by Duncan J. Watts
RRP: £12.99£8.56Sociologist Duncan Watts explains in this provocative book that the explanations that we give for the outcomes that we observe in life - explanations that seem obvious once we know the answer - are less useful than they seem. Watts shows how commonsense... -
Gonzo Gismos by Simon Quellen Field 9781556525209
RRP: £17.99£11.86Step-by-step instructions to building more than 30 fascinating devices are included in this book for workbench warriors and grown-up geeks. Detailed illustrations and diagrams explain how to construct a simple radio with a soldering iron, a few basic... -
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... -
Animal Vegetable Criminal: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
RRP: £9.99£7.11What's to be done about a drunken elephant? A monkey caught mugging passers-by? A trespassing squirrel? Mary Roach delves into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. 'Delightful' Ed Yong, author of An Immense World Follow Mary... -
Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything by Tim James
RRP: £14.99£9.80SELECTED AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2018 BY THE DAILY MAIL 'A hugely entertaining tour of the periodic table and the 118 elements that are the basic building blocks of everything' Daily MailIn 2016, with the addition of four final elements - nihonium,... -
The One: How an Ancient Idea Holds the Future of Physics by Heinrich Päs 9781837730308
RRP: £11.99£7.93In The One, particle physicist Heinrich Pas presents a bold idea: fundamentally, everything in the universe is an aspect of one unified whole.This idea, called monism, has a rich 3,000-year history: Plato believed that 'all is one', but monism was later... -
Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience by Pim van Lommel 9780061777264
RRP: £10.99£7.25Dr. Pim van Lommel, a renowned cardiologist, was so inspired by the stories his patients told of their Near Death Experiences (NDEs) that he became the first medical practitioner to risk his reputation with a full, systematic trial into the phenomenon... -
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham
RRP: £12.99£9.09In this stunningly original book, Richard Wrangham argues that it was cooking that caused the extraordinary transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. At the heart of Catching Fire lies an explosive new idea: the habit of eating... -
The Science of Rick and Morty: What Earth's Stupidest Show Can Teach Us About Quantum Physics, Biological Hacking and Everything Else In Our Universe (An Unofficial Guide) by Matt Brady
RRP: £14.99£9.98Learn about quantum physics, cloning, exoplanets, the number 137 and all of modern science's biggest questions through the crazy adventures of Rick and Morty, the international Netflix success, now airing on Channel 4.What is concentrated Dark Matter?Can... -
The Beak Of The Finch by Jonathan Weiner
RRP: £15.99£11.61This is one of the easiest-to-read, most exciting books on evolution of the past twenty years. It describes evolution happening before our eyes among the isolated bird populations of the Galapagos - the very finches observed by Darwin on his Beagle... -
Statistics: A Very Short Introduction by David J. Hand
RRP: £8.99£6.45Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools to shed light and enable understanding. And it sheds this light on... -
Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam by Gar Alperovitz 9780745309477
RRP: £29.99£19.80This book provides important new evidence to support the thesis that the primary reason for bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not to end the war in Japan, as was said at the time, but to 'make the Russians more manageable'. Drawing on recently... -
Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation: Why Physicists Are Studying Human Consciousness and AI to Unravel the Mysteries of the Universe by George Musser 9780861547197
RRP: £25.00£17.62Distant galaxies, dark matter, black holes - elusive, incomprehensible and inhospitable - these are the building blocks of modern physics. But where do we fit in this picture? 'A delightful account of one of the deepest and most fascinating... -
Dance Psychology by Peter Lovatt 9780244960568
RRP: £14.99£13.45Dance Psychology is the study of dance and dancers from a scientific, psychological perspective. Written by Dr Peter Lovatt (AKA Dr Dance), this Dance Psychology textbook provides a general introduction to the Psychology of Dance and then it delves in to... -
Programming The Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos by Seth Lloyd 9780099455370
RRP: £15.99£11.61IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE BIT...The universe is made of bits of information and it has been known for more than a century that every piece of the the universe - every electron, atom and molecule - registers these bits and that information. It is only in... -
AQA GCSE Physics 9-1 Student Book (GCSE Science 9-1) by Sandra Mitchell
RRP: £21.99£20.99Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE PhysicsFirst teaching: September 2016 Next exams: June 2024 AQA approved Collins AQA GCSE (9-1) Physics Student Book revised edition has been approved by AQA. GCSE Science is changing... -
Gory Details: Adventures From the Dark Side of Science by Erika Engelhaupt
RRP: £20.00£13.35Using humour and real science in the tradition of Mary Roach, this groovy narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory Details blog illuminates the gross, strange, morbid, and outright absurd realities of our bodies, our earth, and our... -
Cruelty: Human evil and the human brain by Kathleen Taylor
RRP: £19.99£15.42In this thoughtful exploration of a painful subject, Kathleen Taylor seeks to bring together the fruits of work in psychology, sociology, and her own field of neuroscience to shed light on the nature of cruelty and what makes human beings cruel. The... -
Breakfast with Einstein: The Exotic Physics of Everyday Objects by Chad Orzel
RRP: £9.99£7.11A Sunday Times Book of the Year From the author of the international bestseller How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog Your humble alarm clock, digital cameras, the smell of coffee, the glow of a grill, fibre broadband, smoke detectors... all... -
Sleights of Mind: What the neuroscience of magic reveals about our brains by Stephen L. Macknik
RRP: £10.99£7.77What can magic tell us about ourselves and our daily lives? If you subtly change the subject during an uncomfortable conversation, did you know you're using attentional 'misdirection', a core technique of magic? And if you've ever bought an expensive... -
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... -
One Renegade Cell: How Cancer Begins by Robert Weinberg 9780465072767
RRP: £18.99£12.00Cancer research has reached a major turning point, and no one is better qualified to explain the past two deacades' dramatic leaps forward in understanding this disease than world-renowned molecular biologist Robert Weinberg, director of the Oncology... -
The Student's Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience Jamie Ward 9781138490543
£51.94Reflecting recent changes in the way cognition and the brain are studied, this thoroughly updated fourth edition of this bestselling textbook provides a comprehensive and student-friendly guide to cognitive neuroscience. Jamie Ward provides an... -
Student Book for SQA Exams - S1 to National 4 Physics Student Book: For Curriculum for Excellence SQA Exams by Anna Lee
RRP: £17.99£17.42Exam Board: SQALevel: S1-N4Subject: Physics Bring physics to life with this exciting new resource for S1-S3 classrooms! Provides in-depth coverage of Third Level and Fourth Level as well as National 3 and National 4Keep mixed level... -
Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias by Dr Pragya Agarwal
RRP: £11.99£8.15'Passionate and urgent.' Guardian, Book of the Week 'A must-read for all.' Stylist, best new books for 2020 'Cogently argued and intensely persuasive. Groundbreaking Work.' Waterstones, best new books of April 'Impressive and much-needed.' Financial... -
The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions Peter Brannen 9781786073983
RRP: £10.99£7.77'A book about one apocalypse - much less five - could have been a daunting read, were it not for the wit, lyricism, and clarity that Peter Brannen brings to every page.' Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes Apocalypse, now? Death by fire, ice,... -
Death on Earth: Adventures in Evolution and Mortality by Jules Howard 9781472915092 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99£2.42There is nothing more life-affirming than understanding death in all its forms. Natural selection depends on death; little would evolve without it. Every animal on Earth is shaped by its presence and fashioned by its spectre. We are all survivors of... -
Death on Earth: Adventures in Evolution and Mortality Jules Howard 9781472915092
RRP: £18.99£13.61There is nothing more life-affirming than understanding death in all its forms. Natural selection depends on death; little would evolve without it. Every animal on Earth is shaped by its presence and fashioned by its spectre. We are all survivors of... -
The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra
RRP: £12.99£9.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorFritjof Capra received his PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Vienna and has done research in high-energy physics at several European and American... -
How Long is Now?: Fascinating Answers to 191 Mind-Boggling Questions by New Scientist 9781473628595 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£1.81A Sunday Times bestsellerHow long is 'now'? The short answer is 'somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds'. The long answer involves an incredible journey through neuroscience, our subconscious and the time-bending power of meditation. Living in the present may... -
How Long is Now?: Fascinating Answers to 191 Mind-Boggling Questions by New Scientist
RRP: £10.99£7.40A Sunday Times bestsellerHow long is 'now'? The short answer is 'somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds'. The long answer involves an incredible journey through neuroscience, our subconscious and the time-bending power of meditation. Living in the present may... -
Basic Machines and How They Work by United States Bureau of Naval Personnel 9780486217093
RRP: £8.49£5.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486217093Author United States Bureau of PersonnelFormat PaperbackPage Count 161Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc... -
The Angina Monologues: stories of surgery for broken hearts by Samer Nashef 9781911617785
RRP: £14.99£9.80A pioneering cardiac surgeon expertly sews up the heart of surgery, the health of the nation, and the NHS. The Angina Monologues speeds from the transporting of a donor's heart up the motorway hard shoulder, to cautionary stories of excessive... -
Biodiversity: A Beginner's Guide (revised and updated edition) by John I. Spicer
RRP: £9.99£6.41Our future is closely tied to that of the variety of life on Earth, and yet there is no greater threat to it than us. From population explosions and habitat destruction to climate change and mass extinctions, John Spicer explores the causes and... -
Pinch Technology: Energy Recycling in Oil, Gas, Petrochemical and Industrial Processes by Vahid Pirouzfar 9783110786316
RRP: £52.00£38.02Pinch Technology explains the principles of process integration, the use of pinch technology as well as energy recycling in oil, gas, petrochemical and industrial processes. It gives an complete overview of all relevant and similar references in the fi... -
Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife by Mary Roach
RRP: £10.99£7.32Does the light just go out and that's that - the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness, persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my laptop?"Mary Roach trains her considerable... -
Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists by Dennis Shasha 9780387982694
RRP: £24.99£20.46Imagine living during the Renaissance and being able to interview that era's greatest scientists about their inspirations, discoveries, and personal interests. The latter half of our century has seen its own Renaissance--informations technology has...