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It's Not Rocket Science by Ben Miller
RRP: £10.99£7.40The Top Ten Bestseller Black holes. DNA. The Large Hadron Collider. Ever had that sneaking feeling that you are missing out on some truly spectacular science? You do? Well, fear not, for help is at hand. Ben Miller was working on his Physics PhD at... -
This Book Could Fix Your Life: The Science of Self Help by New Scientist 9781529311419
RRP: £12.99£8.60We all want to be happier, more successful and less stressed, but what really works? From building confidence and boosting creativity to forming better relationships and getting smarter (and healthier), This Book Could Fix Your Life explores the real... -
Erwin Schrodinger and the Quantum Revolution by John Gribbin
RRP: £12.99£9.09Erwin Schroedinger was an Austrian physicist famous for his contribution to quantum physics. He won the Nobel Prize in 1933 and is best known for his thought experiment of a cat in a box, both alive and dead at the same time, which revealed the seemingly... -
Where the Universe Came From: How Einstein s relativity unlocks the past, present and future of the cosmos by Scientist New
RRP: £10.99£7.40How did it all begin? Where is it all going?A little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the world and utterly transformed our understanding of the universe. His theory changed the way we think about... -
Universe by Roger Freedman
£76.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781319248642Author Roger FreedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 896Imprint W.H.Freeman & Co LtdPublisher Macmillan Learning -
I Think, Therefore I Laugh: The Flip Side of Philosophy by John Allen Paulos 9780231119153
RRP: £18.95£14.28The preeminent explicator of mathematical logic to non-mathematicians, John Allen Paulos is familiar to general readers not only from his bestselling books but also from his media appearances, including The David Letterman Show and National Public... -
Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction by Morton D. Davis 9780486296722
RRP: £10.99£7.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486296722Author Morton D. DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Badass Bricks: Thirty-Five Weapons of Mass Construction by Jake Mackay 9781626363045
£14.47LEGO is fun. So are toy weapons. The only thing more fun is LEGO toy weapons! A compilation of badass brick weapons-some that actually even work-this book is designed for the adult brick enthusiast. Each project is original (i.e., not from a LEGO kit)... -
The Bride of Science: Romance, Reason and Byron's Daughter by Benjamin Woolley
RRP: £14.99£10.86Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron was born in 1815 just after the Battle of Waterloo, and died aged 36, soon after the Great Exhibition of 1851. She was connected with some of the most influential and colourful characters of the age: Charles... -
How to Be Human: The Ultimate Guide to Your Amazing Existence by New Scientist
RRP: £9.99£6.80If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN.Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction?What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee,... -
Human Instinct by Robert Winston
RRP: £12.99£9.09From caveman to modern man ...Few people doubt that humans are descended from the apes; fewer still consider, let alone accept, the psychological implications. But in truth, man not only looks, moves and breathes like an ape, he also thinks like one... -
The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration by Colin Burgess 9781789144604
RRP: £25.00£18.62The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the 20th century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, discovery and exploration, as astronauts and cosmonauts were launched on space missions of increasing length, complexity and danger. ... -
The Biology of the Honey Bee by Mark L. Winston
RRP: £31.95£24.67From ancient cave paintings of honey bee nests to modern science's richly diversified investigation of honey bee biology and its applications, the human imagination has long been captivated by the mysterious and highly sophisticated behavior of this... -
Nuclear Fusion: The Race to Build a Mini-Sun on Earth by Sharon Ann Holgate
RRP: £9.99£6.70'Holgate guides us expertly and with a deft touch along the journey towards the holy grail of unlimited energy for all.' - JIM AL-KHALILI'What is nuclear fusion? In clear and accessible language, this book explains the basics and the hope for the future... -
When the Earth Was Flat: All the Bits of Science We Got Wrong by Graeme Donald 9781782437833
RRP: £7.99£5.42From pseudoscience to incorrect assumptions and unfounded belief, science hasn't always been right...Contrary to recent debate on the internet, nowadays we are fairly confident that the earth is not flat and that we are in fact inhabitants of a spherical... -
Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Continuing Challenge to Unify the Laws of Physics by Peter Woit 9780099488644
RRP: £15.99£11.61Not Even Wrong is a fascinating exploration of our attempts to come to grips with perhaps the most intellectually demanding puzzle of all: how does the universe work at its most fundamnetal level?The book begins with an historical survey of the... -
A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse by Victoria Shepherd
RRP: £16.99£12.28A curious history of the strange, wonderful and sometimes terrifying worlds created by our minds. 'An utterly engrossing book.' ZOE WILLIAMS For centuries we've dismissed delusions as something for doctors to sort out behind locked doors. But... -
Drawing as a Way of Knowing in Art and Science by Gemma Anderson
RRP: £34.95£33.44In recent history, the arts and sciences have often been considered opposing fields of study, but a growing trend in drawing research is beginning to bridge this divide. Gemma Anderson's Drawing as a Way of Knowing in Art and Science introduces tested... -
The Wavewatcher's Companion by Gavin Pretor-Pinney
RRP: £16.99£12.28One bright February afternoon on a beach in Cornwall, Gavin Pretor-Pinney took a break from cloudspotting and started watching the waves rolling into shore. Mesmerised, he wondered where they had come from, and decided to find out. He soon realised that... -
The Compleat Strategyst: Being a Primer on the Theory of Games Strategy by John Davis Williams 9780486251011
RRP: £8.99£7.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486251011Author John Davis WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
BTEC First in Applied Science: Application of Science - Unit 8 Revision Guide by Jennifer Stafford-Brown
£6.97The guide is organised by the assessment structure of the qualification and gives students guidance on the external assessment. Key point summaries of what candidates should know are included to reinforce teaching. Information is presented in a... -
How to Identify Grasses and Grasslike Plants: Sedges and Rushes by H. D. Harrington 9780804007467
£15.94There is no easy way to identify grasses. And no one understands this better than H.D. Harrington, who observed thousands of students struggle and learn. His clear, concise, and well-organized guide will continue to be a basic and essential text for use... -
The Strategy of the Genes by C. H. Waddington 9781138998131
RRP: £45.99£40.13First published in 1957, this essential classic work bridged the gap between analytical and theoretical biology, thus setting the insights of the former in a context which more sensitively reflects the ambiguities surrounding many of its core concepts... -
Quantum Electrodynamics by Richard P. Feynman
RRP: £52.99£47.72This classic work presents the main results and calculational procedures of quantum electrodynamics in a simple and straightforward way. Designed for the student of experimental physics who does not intend to take more advanced graduate courses in... -
The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain by Terrence W. Deacon 9780393317541
RRP: £27.00£24.21This revolutionary book provides fresh answers to long-standing questions of human origins and consciousness. Drawing on his breakthrough research in comparative neuroscience, Terrence Deacon offers a wealth of insights into the significance of symbolic... -
Vampirology: The Science of Horror's Most Famous Fiend by Kathryn Harkup
RRP: £19.99£16.97Our fascination with the vampire myth has scarcely diminished since Bram Stoker's publication of the classic Dracula tale in 1897, but how much of the lore is based in fact and can science explain the origins of horror's most famous fiend? Vampirology... -
Impossible, Possible, and Improbable: Science Stranger Than Fiction by John Gribbin 9781785788833
RRP: £11.99£8.43'Gribbin has inspired generations with his popular science writing' Jim Al-KhaliliA scintillating collection of short essays that really does cover 'life, the Universe, and everything'.From the mysteries of the subatomic world to the curious property of... -
The Fate of Food: What We'll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World by Amanda Little 9781786076458
RRP: £16.99£12.28Is the future of food looking bleak - or better than ever? At a time when every day brings news of drought and famine, Amanda Little investigates what it will take to feed a hotter, hungrier, more crowded world. She explores the past along with the... -
Know Thyself: How The New Science of Self Awareness Gives Us The Edge by Stephen Fleming
RRP: £20.00£13.35From the ancient Greeks to Buddhism, our ability to check reality and recalibrate has fascinated philosophers for thousands of years. Yet it is only recently that we've developed the technology to create a rigorous science of self-awareness, what we call... -
The Greatest Story Ever Told...So Far by Lawrence Krauss
RRP: £20.00£12.86'Probably the most readable, exciting and authoritative writer on science we have. A new Lawrence Krauss book always goes to the top of the curious mind's wish list.' Stephen Fry 'A great educator as well as a great physicist ' Richard DawkinsIn the... -
Why Does the World Exist?: One Man's Quest for the Big Answer by Jim Holt
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?' remains the most curious and most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. Moving away from the narrower paths of Christopher Hitchens, Roger Penrose and Stephen Hawking, the celebrated essayist Jim Holt... -
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes 9780618057078
£15.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618057078Author Julian JaynesFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 708g -
The Report On Unidentified Flying Objects: By The Former Head Of Project Blue Book by Edward J Ruppelt 9781440462375
RRP: £11.58£10.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781440462375Author Edward J RuppeltFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The Ascent of Jacob Bronowski: The Life and Ideas of a Popular Science Icon by Timothy Sandefur
RRP: £18.99£14.40Best remembered today for his blockbuster documentary series The Ascent of Man, Jacob Bronowski spent decades explaining scientific ideas to laypersons on television and radio. A true Renaissance man, Bronowski was not only a scientist, but a philosopher... -
The Universe: Leading Scientists Explore the Origin, Mysteries, and Future of the Cosmos by John Brockman 9780062296085
RRP: £11.99£10.08John Brockman brings together the world's best-known physicists and science writers-including Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Martin Rees-to explain the universe in all wondrous splendor. In The... -
The Richness of Life: A Stephen Jay Gould Reader by Stephen Jay Gould
RRP: £16.99£12.28There aren't many scientists famous enough in their lifetime to be canonized by the US Congress as one of America's 'living legends'. Yet few would have grudged this accolade to Stephen Jay Gould, whose writings on history - both of the natural world and... -
Whole Earth Discipline by Stewart Brand
RRP: £12.99£8.56The green movement used to protect the earth from mankind; now they need to protect mankind from the earth. In Whole Earth Discipline, Stewart Brand argues that in order to do this, they urgently need to abandon much conventional environmental wisdom,... -
Counterexamples in Topology by Lynn Arthur Steen 9780486687353
RRP: £13.49£8.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486687353Author Lynn Arthur SteenFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Science of Harry Potter: The Spellbinding Science Behind the Magic, Gadgets, Potions, and More! by Mark Brake
RRP: £10.99£7.00How does magic in J. K. Rowling's universe work? Finally, the scientific secrets are revealed! The story of the boy who lived has brought the idea of magic and sorcery into mainstream fruition more than any other book series in history. Modern muggle... -
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...