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Religion and Science: The Basics by Philip Clayton
RRP: $34.29$30.34Religion and science are arguably the two most powerful social forces in the world today. But where religion and science were once held to be compatible, many people now perceive them to be in conflict. This unique book provides the best available... -
Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction by Michael Archer 9780643108059
RRP: $113.19$99.09For most of the past 300 million years, the world's continents were interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around 50 million years ago, Australia tore itself free from Antarctica to become the huge, splendidly isolated island it is... -
The 4-Percent Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality by Richard Panek
RRP: $17.14$12.20It is one of the most disturbing aspects of our universe: only four per cent of it consists of the matter that makes up every star, planet, and every book. The rest is completely unknown. Acclaimed science writer Richard Panek tells the story of the... -
Global Catastrophic Risks by Nick Bostrom
RRP: $42.87$37.02A global catastrophic risk is one with the potential to wreak death and destruction on a global scale. In human history, wars and plagues have done so on more than one occasion, and misguided ideologies and totalitarian regimes have darkened an entire... -
Science Year by Year: A visual history, from stone tools to space travel by DK
RRP: $29.14$22.78This epic journey of scientific discovery starts in ancient times and travels through centuries of invention before fast forwarding into the future.In this ultimate home reference, you'll see simple machines and modern-day marvels, following incredible... -
Controlling Human Heredity: 1865 to the Present by D.B. Paul 9781573923439
RRP: $46.31$42.32In the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, it was widely assumed that society ought to foster the breeding of those who possessed favorable traits and discourage the breeding of those who did not. Controlled human breeding, or "eugenics" as... -
Death by Dogma: The biological reason why the Left is leading us to extinction, and the solution by Jeremy Griffith 9781741290660
RRP: $18.85$13.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741290660Author Jeremy GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint WTM Publishing & Communications Pty LtdPublisher WTM Publishing & Communications Pty... -
Plant Biology by Alison M. Smith
RRP: $132.06$128.27Plant Biology is a new textbook written for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. It is an account of modern plant science, reflecting recent advances in genetics and genomics and the excitement they have created. The book begins with a review... -
Experiment with Time by J. W. Dunne
RRP: $30.79$21.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781571742346Author J. W. DunneFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Hampton Roads Publishing CoPublisher Hampton Roads Publishing Co -
This Is Planet Earth: Your Ultimate Guide to the World We Call Home by New Scientist
RRP: $10.27$7.05The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And what a planet it is.Formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the debris of the big bang and long-dead stars, at first it was nothing special,... -
The Physics of Everyday Things: The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day by James Kakalios 9781472141514
RRP: $25.71$16.81Most of us are clueless when it comes to the physics that makes our modern world so convenient. What's the simple science behind motion sensors, touch screens and toasters? How do we enter our offices using touch-on passes or find our way to new places... -
How the Chicken Crossed the World: The Story of the Bird that Powers Civilisations by Andrew Lawler
RRP: $17.14$11.58Queen Victoria was obsessed with it. Socrates' last words were about it. Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur made their scientific breakthroughs using it. Hailed as a messenger of the gods, powerful sex symbol, gambling aid, all-purpose medicine and handy... -
The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless by John D. Barrow
RRP: $22.28$15.59'A delight. Popular science doesn't come much better than this' IndependentEverything you might want to know about infinity - in history and all the way to today's cutting-edge science.Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever had... -
Eight Lessons on Infinity: A Mathematical Adventure by Haim Shapira
RRP: $18.85$12.69Do you want to learn about the most beautiful concept ever invented by humankind? In this book, best-selling author and mathematician Haim Shapira will inspire you with his humorous and engaging exploration of infinity.Written in clear, simple language... -
Janice VanCleave's Big Book of Science Experiments by Janice VanCleave
RRP: $27.43$19.43Janice VanCleave once again ignites children's love for science in her all-new book of fun experiments-featuring a fresh format, new experiments, and updated content standards From everyone's favorite science teacher comes Janice VanCleave's Big Book of... -
Dark Data: Why What You Don't Know Matters by David J. Hand
$34.29A practical guide to making good decisions in a world of missing dataIn the era of big data, it is easy to imagine that we have all the information we need to make good decisions. But in fact the data we have are never complete, and may be only the tip... -
Foundations of Science Mathematics OCP 2e by Devinder Sivia
RRP: $56.59$53.60Mathematics plays a key part in every quantitative and theoretical subject, and is taught to all science and engineering students. Foundations of Science Mathematics bridges the gap between school and university, and spans a large range of topics, from... -
Superstrings: And the Search for the Theory of Everything by F. David Peat 9780349104874 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.57$3.76Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Water Book by Alok Jha 9781472209535 [USED COPY]
RRP: $18.85$5.03Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Water Book by Alok Jha
RRP: $18.85$12.69Water is the most every day of substances. It pours from our taps and falls from the sky. We drink it, wash with it, and couldn't live without it. Yet, on closer examination it is also a very strange substance (it is one of only a very small number of... -
Coral: A Pessimist in Paradise by Professor Steve Jones 9780349121475 [USED COPY]
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Coral: A Pessimist in Paradise by Professor Steve Jones 9780349121475
$21.84While writing this book, Steve Jones had beside him the coral brooch that his sea captain grandfather brought back across the Indian Ocean as a gift for his wife. This simple object is a starting point for a dazzling narrative that touches on a number of... -
Mind, Matter and Quantum Mechanics by Henry P. Stapp 9783642434983
RRP: $111.48$68.58"Scientists other than quantum physicists often fail to comprehend the enormity of the conceptual change wrought by quantum theory in our basic conception of the nature of matter," writes Henry Stapp. Stapp is a leading quantum physicist who has given... -
calmism: 8 habits for complete rest by Doctor Alexis Willett 9781786750716
RRP: $22.28$14.75Is life getting on top of you? Do you dream of being stranded on an island just for some alone time? Are you currently standing on a chair, screaming, 'Enough is enough!'? I get it. Your diary is full and your brain is racing. The hectic world we... -
The Hedgehog, The Fox And The Magister's Pox: Mending and Minding the Misconceived Gap Between Science and the Humanities by Stephen Jay Gould
RRP: $29.14$21.06Completed shortly before his death, this is the last work of science from the most celebrated popular science writer in the world.In characteristic form, Gould weaves the ideas of some of Western society's greatest thinkers, from Bacon to Galileo to E. O... -
Women in Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity by Lisa M. P. Munoz 9780231206143
$27.26Women working in the sciences face obstacles at virtually every step along their career paths. From subtle slights to blatant biases, deep systemic problems block women from advancing or push them out of science and technology entirely.Women in Science... -
Some Remarks by Neal Stephenson 9781848878563
RRP: $17.14$11.49'Sometimes when you're reading Neal Stephenson, he doesn't just seem like one of the best novelists writing in English right now; he seems like the only one.' TimeOne of the most talented and creative authors working today, Neal Stephenson is renowned... -
Famous Problems in Geometry and How to Solve Them by Benjamin Bold 9780486242972
RRP: $18.85$12.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486242972Author A. B. PolandFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Who's Who of the Brain: A Guide to its Inhabitants, Where They Live and What They Do by Ken Nunn
$28.32Meet the inhabitants of the brain in this reader-friendly introduction to what it is and how it works.Residents include Frederick Foresight (the frontal cortex), Mayor of Cephalton-upon-Ridge, who is the `big picture' person responsible for planning and... -
The Science of Monsters: Why Monsters Came to Be and What Made Them so Terrifying by Matt Kaplan 9781472101150
RRP: $25.71$16.81Modern audiences do not find dragons frightening. Fascinating as mythical creatures, yes, but terrifying, no. Yet, present them with a story about a virus that can kill a healthy adult in hours and they will have nightmares for weeks. The difference... -
The Quantum World: Quantum Physics for Everyone by Diane Goldstein 9780674018327
RRP: $46.23$38.51As Kenneth W. Ford shows us in The Quantum World, the laws governing the very small and the very swift defy common sense and stretch our minds to the limit. Drawing on a deep familiarity with the discoveries of the twentieth century, Ford gives an... -
Programming The Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes on the Cosmos by Seth Lloyd 9780099455370
RRP: $27.43$19.91IN 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... -
The Stuff of Life: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA by Mark Schultz 9780809089475
RRP: $22.28$17.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809089475Author Mark SchultzFormat PaperbackImprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm *... -
How to Write History that People Want to Read by Ann Curthoys 9780230290389
RRP: $42.87$38.37Drawn from decades of experience, this is a concise and highly practical guide to writing history. Aimed at all kinds of people who write history academic historians, public historians, professional historians, family historians and students of all... -
Your Brain Knows More Than You Think: the new frontiers of neuroplasticity by Niels Birbaumer 9781911344384
RRP: $25.71$18.78Our brains are more powerful than we ever realised. Too often, we assume that people's natures are fixed, immutable. For sufferers of depression, anxiety, ADHD, addiction, or the after-effects of stroke, this can be a difficult thought. For those... -
Mind Sculpture: Your Brain's Untapped Potential by Ian Robertson 9780857500199
RRP: $27.43$19.91Listen. Can you hear an aircraft passing overhead? A dog barking? The twittering of birds? In straining to listen, you have just sent a surge of electrical activity through millions of brain cells. In choosing to do this with your mind, you have changed... -
To Engineer Is Human: The Role Of Failure In Successful Design by Henry Petroski
RRP: $30.88$19.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679734161Author Henry PetroskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Spitting Blood: The history of tuberculosis by Helen Bynum
RRP: $22.28$15.59Tuberculosis is characterized as a social disease and few have been more inextricably linked with human history. There is evidence from the archaeological record that Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its human hosts have been together for a very long time... -
A History of Greek Mathematics: From Thales to Euclid v.1 by Sir Thomas L. Heath 9780486240732
RRP: $36.00$23.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486240732Author Sir Thomas HeathFormat PaperbackPage Count 461Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Brain Fever: How Vaccines Prevent Meningitis by Richard Moxon 9781800610019
RRP: $34.29$30.21In Brain Fever, the internationally renowned medical scientist, Richard Moxon FRS, shares his experiences of bacterial meningitis, a fearful and devastating infection of the brain. In a clear, non-technical style, he explains what meningitis is, what...