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Electronic Dreams: How 1980s Britain Learned to Love the Computer by Tom Lean
RRP: €22.60€16.98How did computers invade the homes and cultural life of 1980s Britain? Remember the ZX Spectrum? Ever have a go at programming with its stretchy rubber keys? How about the BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, or Commodore 64? Did you marvel at the immense... -
Stephen Hawking: A Life Well Lived by Kitty Ferguson
RRP: €17.84€13.03In 1963 Stephen Hawking was given two years to live. Defying all the odds, he died in March 2018 at age seventy-six as the most celebrated scientist in the world. This carefully researched and updated biography and tribute gives a rich picture of... -
My Father's Brain: Understanding Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer’s by Sandeep Jauhar
RRP: €22.60€16.20A son's journey through his father's dementia. As a cardiologist, Sandeep Jauhar is trained to think logically and dispassionately about medical problems, and primed to offer his patients reassurance and solutions. But when his father is diagnosed... -
Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning by Tom Vanderbilt 9781786493095
RRP: €20.22€14.26'Beginners belongs on the list of books that have changed the way I understand my own limitations.'Malcolm GladwellFor many of us, the last time we learned a new skill was during childhood. We live in an age which reveres expertise but looks down on the... -
Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists by Dennis Shasha 9780387982694
RRP: €29.74€25.03Imagine 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... -
First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience by Rod Pyle
RRP: €29.75€20.68In honor of the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking Apollo 11 mission, this lavishly illustrated book--featuring stunning photographs and many rarely seen images and documents--tells the incredible story of the first men on the Moon. Acclaimed... -
The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age by Nathan D. Wolfe
RRP: €15.46€10.82'Wolfe has an important story to tell and as a virologist at the forefront of pandemic forecasting, he is the perfect person to tell it' GuardianIn The Viral Storm award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe - known as 'the Indiana Jones of virus hunters' for... -
The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins by Alan H. Guth
RRP: €17.84€13.03This classic Big Bang text neatly describes what happened after the bang. Yet, until recently, particle physicists and cosmologists were stuck on many questions that the Big Bang Theory still couldn't answer, primarily: If matter can neither be created... -
Human Origins by New Scientist
RRP: €13.08€8.81Where did we come from? Where are we going?Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink of an evolutionary eye we have spread around the globe, taken control of Earth's... -
Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Worlds of Nature and People by Steven Vogel 9780393319903
RRP: €26.78€22.91Nature and humans build their devices with the same earthly materials and use them in the same air and water, pulled by the same gravity. Why, then, do their designs diverge so sharply? Humans, for instance, love right angles, while nature's angles are... -
How Long is a Piece of String?: More hidden mathematics of everyday life by Rob Eastaway
RRP: €11.89€7.90A fascinating book, from a leading maths educator and demystifier, that shows how maths is relevant to our everyday lives. Have you ever wondered how the meter in a taxi works? Or why a lift takes so long to respond... -
Youniverse: A Short Guide to Modern Science by Elsie Burch Donald
RRP: €11.89€8.03Your guide to science, from the Big Bang to AI Whether you wish to discover the basics of science or catch up on its latest developments, this short accessible guide is for you. YOUNIVERSE describes in simple terms the world you are inseparably a... -
Beyond the Human Condition by Jeremy Griffith 9780646039947
RRP: €17.84€14.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646039947Author Mr Jeremy GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 203Imprint FHA Publishing & Communications Pty Ltd,Publisher WTM Publishing & Communications... -
Your Conscious Mind by New Scientist
RRP: €13.08€4.18What is this strange mental world that seems so essential to being human? The conscious mind brings together sensations, perceptions, thoughts and memories to generate the seamless movie of a person's life. It makes us aware of the world around us and... -
The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy's Vanishing Explorers by Emily Levesque
RRP: €13.08€8.47SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2021 FINALIST FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2020 To be an astronomer is to journey to some of the most inaccessible parts of the globe, braving... -
The Science of Star Trek: The Scientific Facts Behind the Voyages in Space and Time by Mark Brake
RRP: €13.08€8.33Boldly go where no man has gone before and discover the real science behind the cyborgs, starships, aliens, and antimatter of the Star Trek galaxy.Star Trek is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. It has changed our cultural... -
Raising the Skirt: The Unsung Power of the Vagina by Catherine Blackledge
RRP: €11.89€7.09'A meticulous guide not only to the vagina but to changing perceptions of womanhood' OBSERVER'An empowering and enlightening book' IRISH TIMESThe vagina is the ultimate symbol of female power. Sexual power, creative power and the power to prevent harm... -
Humanology: A Scientist's Guide to our Amazing Existence by Luke O'Neill
RRP: €33.31€24.53Taking us on an incredible journey across centuries and galaxies, accompanied by his characteristic wit, Professor Luke O'Neill explains how it all began, how it all will end and everything in between. Readers will benefit from Luke's insatiable... -
The Great Deception: Anglo-American Power and World Order by Mark Curtis 9780745312347
RRP: €32.12€20.93An original and radically revised view of British and US foreign policy, exposing the extent to which Anglo-American interests have shaped and damaged the current world order.About the AuthorMark Curtis has published widely on British and US foreign... -
Reef Life: An Underwater Memoir by Callum Roberts
RRP: €15.46€10.82Reef Life is the story of how Callum Roberts, Britain's pre-eminent marine conservation scientist, fell in love with coral reefs and embarked on a thirty-year career. He began as a young university student who had never been abroad, spending a summer... -
Choke by Sian Beilock
RRP: €13.08€8.81In the tradition of Steven Pinker's How the Mind Works, popular psychologist Sian Beilock, an expert on performance and brain science, reveals the astonishing new science of why we choke under pressure. She explains what happens in the body and mind when... -
The Human Mind by Robert Winston
RRP: €17.84€13.03It is the most complex and mysterious object in the universe. Covered by a dull grey membrane, it resembles a gigantic, convoluted fungus. Its inscrutability has captivated scientists, philosophers and artists for centuries. It is, of course, the human... -
The Cloud Book: How to Understand the Skies by The Met Office 9780715328088
€15.54Clouds have been the object of fascination throughout history, their fleeting magnificence and endless variability providing food for thought for scientists and daydreamers alike. Clouds may have many individual shapes, but there are a few basic forms... -
Short-cut Mathematics by G. W. Kelly
RRP: €7.72€6.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486246116Author G.W. KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 146gDimensions(mm)... -
From Science Fiction to Science Fact: How Writers of the Past Invented Our Present by Joel Levy
RRP: €23.80€16.17The iconic futurist artist and designer Syd Mead once described science fiction as "reality ahead of schedule". In From Science Fiction to Science Fact, Levy explores the visions of the writers, futurists and far-sighted inventors who made those... -
Graph Theory (on Demand Printing Of 02787) by Frank Harary
RRP: €89.24€87.88An effort has been made to present the various topics in the theory of graphs in a logical order, to indicate the historical background, and to clarify the exposition by including figures to illustrate concepts and results. In addition, there are three... -
Plants That Kill: A Natural History of the World's Most Poisonous Plants by Elizabeth Dauncey 9781842466575
RRP: €29.75€27.12Plants That Kill is not a field guide, clinical care manual, or pharmacology textbook-it is a fascinating and beautifully presented natural history of the world's most poisonous plants, the extraordinary strategies they employ for survival, and the... -
This Will Make You Smarter by John Brockman
RRP: €17.84€13.03Over 150 of the world's leading scientists and thinkers offer their choice of the ideas, strategies and arguments that will help all of us understand our world, and its future, better. Includes contributions from:Richard Dawkins, Stephen Pinker, Daniel... -
Facts And Mysteries In Elementary Particle Physics (Revised Edition) by Martinus J. G. Veltman
RRP: €29.75€25.93This 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 to the known particles of the world we live in. An elegant explanation of... -
Introducing Statistics: A Graphic Guide by Eileen Magnello 9781848310568
RRP: €10.70€7.89From the medicine we take, the treatments we receive, the aptitude and psychometric tests given by employers, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear to even the beer we drink, statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. For the media, statistics... -
Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle by Colin Burgess 9780387360539
RRP: €53.54€42.76Many readers will doubtless be astonished to learn that animals were being fired aloft in U.S. and Soviet research rockets in the late 1940s. In fact most people not only believe that the Russian space dog Laika was the first canine to be launched into... -
The Scent Of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense Of Smell by Rachel Herz 9780060825386
RRP: €13.08€11.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060825386Author Rachel HerzFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm)... -
Nikola Tesla: Lectures and Patents by Rodoljub Colakovic 9781505419818
RRP: €38.41€37.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781505419818Author Rodoljub ColakovicFormat PaperbackPage Count 738Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Secret Life of Bones: Their Origins, Evolution and Fate by Brian Switek
RRP: €11.89€8.03Bone is a marvel, an adaptable and resilient building material developed over 500 million years of evolutionary history. It has manifested itself in wings, sails, horns, armour, and an even greater array of appendages since the time of its origin. In... -
Skills for engineering and built environment students: university to career by John W. Davies
RRP: €29.74€27.68There are a lot of important skills needed for a career in engineering. As well as academic skills, future engineers need to be able to present data, work in project teams, carry out experiments, problem solve and write reports. This book emphasises the... -
The Alien Perspective: A New View of the Cosmos and Our Future by David Whitehouse
RRP: €21.41€14.52'Often-complex ideas are explained with clarity and precision, but this is clearly a passion project for the author, and the book soars where he deploys more poetic language, as when musing on the deeper themes that arise from his central... -
The Hand by Frank R. Wilson
RRP: €17.84€14.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679740476Author Frank R. WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 373gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
In the Footsteps of Joseph Dalton Hooker: A Sikkim adventure by Seamus O'Brien 9781842466568
RRP: €59.50€44.77In 1847 Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) embarked on an expedition to Sikkim in the eastern Himalaya, a region where he would discover a huge number of botanical treasures previously unknown to the West. A scientist of breath-taking ability, Hooker would... -
Dreams Of A Final Theory: The Search for The Fundamental Laws of Nature by Steven Weinberg
RRP: €19.03€13.82An understanding of nature's final laws may be within our grasp - a way of explaining forces and symmetries and articles that does not require further explanation. 'This starting point, to which all explanations can be traced, is what I mean by a final... -
The Constants Of Nature by John D. Barrow
RRP: €15.46€10.82The constants of nature are the numbers that define the essence of the Universe. They tell us how strong its forces are, and what its fundamental laws can do: the strength of gravity, of magnetism, the speed of light, and the masses of the smallest...