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Quantitative thinking is our inclination to view natural and everyday phenomena through a lens of measurable events, with forecasts, odds, predictions, and likelihood playing a dominant part. The Error of Truth recounts the astonishing and unexpected...

Radical political activist movements are growing all the time. Activist politics have come to influence 'mainstream' politics over fundamental issues such as trade, gender relations, the environment and war. This book brings together activists and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991005598Author Josh Bloom Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint American Council on Science and HealthPublisher American Council on Science and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956644343Author Dr S SteeleFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Academic Medical PressPublisher Academic Medical PressWeight(grams) 283g

Eugen Bleuler's treatise on schizophrenia provides an important glimpse into the history of mental illness, how psychiatric science came to understand, categorize and diagnose various types of psychosis. As the science and study of mental illness was...

How do "The Matrix", "Avatar", and "Tron" reveal the future of existence? Can our brains recognize where reality ends and virtual begins? What would it mean to live eternally in a digital universe? Where will technology lead us in five, fifty, and five...

The stuff the earth is made of. In a tour de force of writing Rebecca explores the science, the scientists, the legends and the stories connected with water (from tidal waves to the health-giving properties of bathing), air (from hurricanes to humming...

The intriguing story of how wireless was invented by Guglielmo Marconi – and how it amused Queen Victoria, saved the lives of the Titanic survivors, tracked down criminals and began the radio revolution. Wireless was the most fabulous invention of the...

The Usborne Junior Illustrated Science Dictionary contains clear definitions of over 700 key terms and concepts that children and parents need in order to understand science at junior school level.Book InformationISBN 9781409524328Author Sarah KhanFormat...

This textbook covers the AQA GCSE 2006 specifications for science.Book InformationISBN 9780435586003Author Mick HiscockFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HeinemannPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 943g

In the bestselling, prize-winning "A Short History of Nearly Everything", Bill Bryson achieved the seemingly impossible by making the world of science both understandable and entertaining to millions of people around the globe. Now, in this...

An established and successful textbook which provides a thorough and comprehensive basis for GCSE syllabuses. The social, environmental, and technological aspects of biology are discussed throughout the book and students are encouraged to explore topics...

Collins KS3 Science Homework Book 2 contains three exciting and levelled questions for every double-page lesson in Pupil Book 2, as well as a CD-ROM of Pupil Book 2. There are three styles of levelled question - Test yourself, Creative and Digital - each...

At a moment of great discovery, one Big Idea can change the world...Black holes have long been a topic of fascination, from pop culture to science fiction. Stephen Hawking's discoveries and research on black holes and cosmology have made him an academic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471138129Author Charles M. WynnFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

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Marie Curie reminisces about her and her husband's efforts to isolate the element radium. Herodotus observes the Nile Valley and concludes that it was once under water. Carl Sagan argues against assertions that aliens regularly visit Earth. These are...

The power of Darwin's theory of natural selection is beyond doubt, it explains how useful adaptations are preserved over generations. But evolution's biggest mystery eluded Darwin: how those adaptations arise in the first place. Can random mutations over...

“Physics: An Introduction to Physical Dynamics” provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of physics for science and engineering undergraduates who are studying elementary physics.This textbook contains twelve chapters with accompanying...

“Physics: An Introduction to Physical Dynamics” provides an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of physics for science and engineering undergraduates who are studying elementary physics.This textbook contains twelve chapters with accompanying...

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This unique and topical book assesses the impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a multitude of different aspects of human life. With chapters from researchers from a diverse selection of countries, this new volume, Exploring the Consequences of the...

This cutting-edge volume focuses on how artificial intelligence can be used to give computers the ability to imitate human sight. With contributions from researchers in diverse countries, including Thailand, Spain, Japan, Turkey, Australia, and India,...

Fundamentals of Nano-Textile Science provides a detailed overview of advanced nano-textiles methods, techniques, and treatments along with explanations of a wide range of applications. This book places emphasis on nanotechnology-based textile...

Sustainable Water Resource Development and Management is a comprehensive volume on this important topic. It broadly covers the sources, availability, demand, and supply of water and its uses in irrigation and crop production in agriculture. It then...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780367768263Author LiliaImprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

An upsurge in artworks negotiating the conditions of their own production, distribution, and reception has called attention to the infrastructural relations that shape the art world but have long been understudied. In response, this book introduces the...

This book introduces the reader not only to the mathematical foundation but also to the programming paradigms encountered in modern hybrid software-hardware scientific computing.

This new book, Bioethanol: Biochemistry and Biotechnological Advances, presents some insightful perspectives and important advances in the bioethanol industry. The volume goes into detail on the biochemical and physiological parameters carried out by the...

Explores the use of nanobiotechnology in treatment of cancer, obstructive pulmonary diseases, chronic infectious diseases. It also considers the use of nanobiotechnology to improve plant systems, such as in tissue culture, in the transfer of...

The formability features of sheets made of the alloy Al 8011 are examined experimentally and the results are compared with the numerical ones in this research. Through an axisymmetric finite element simulation of the Erichsen cupping test, formability...

The Wonders of Science reveals that the physical world is a far more complex and amazing world than it appears to be, so wondrous that it almost defies comprehension. Brilliant scientists have devoted their lives to uncovering these secrets. However,...

A rollicking visual and narrative history of popular ideas, phenomena, and widely held beliefs disproven by science.The Bermuda Triangle. Personality tests. Ghost hunting. Crop circles. Mayan Doomsday. What do all these have in common? None can quite...

A scientist’s personal reflections on how to harness creativity and curiosity to generate new ideas and discover the unexpectedLike any creative endeavor, science can be a messy and chaotic affair. On the Art and Craft of Doing Science shares the...

This is a “how to guide” for making introductory calculations in classical physics for undergraduates studying the subject.The calculations are performed in Mathematica, and stress graphical visualization, units, and numerical answers. The techniques...

As a medium that aims to connect people through the communication and interpretation of experiences, cinema is uniquely positioned to showcase cultural misunderstandings around issues of mental health. Frames of Minds traces a history of psychiatry in...

Brainjacking takes us on a journey through advertising and marketing's attempts to understand and influence our thoughts and desires, from the earliest billboards to the technologies of the future. To discover how science intersects with our desires and...

Since virtually its first moments as an academic science, women have played a major role in the development of psychology, gaining from the outset research opportunities and academic positions that had been denied them for centuries in other branches of...

This is a “how to guide” for making introductory calculations in classical physics for undergraduates studying the subject.The calculations are performed in Mathematica, and stress graphical visualization, units, and numerical answers. The techniques...

A scientist’s personal reflections on how to harness creativity and curiosity to generate new ideas and discover the unexpectedLike any creative endeavor, science can be a messy and chaotic affair. On the Art and Craft of Doing Science shares the...