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Who's Bigger?: Where Historical Figures Really Rank by Steven Skiena 9781107041370
RRP: £26.99£23.20Is Hitler bigger than Napoleon? Washington bigger than Lincoln? Picasso bigger than Einstein? Quantitative analysts are rapidly finding homes in social and cultural domains, from finance to politics. What about history? In this fascinating book, Steve... -
Big Data: How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives by Brian Clegg 9781785782343 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.13Is the Brexit vote successful big data politics or the end of democracy? Why do airlines overbook, and why do banks get it wrong so often? How does big data enable Netflix to forecast a hit, CERN to find the Higgs boson and medics to discover if red wine... -
Big Data: How the Information Revolution Is Transforming Our Lives by Brian Clegg
RRP: £8.99£3.51Is the Brexit vote successful big data politics or the end of democracy? Why do airlines overbook, and why do banks get it wrong so often? How does big data enable Netflix to forecast a hit, CERN to find the Higgs boson and medics to discover if red wine... -
Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? by Jesse Bering
RRP: £16.99£13.09Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does 'free will' really exist? And why is the penis shaped like that anyway?Research psychologist and... -
The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age by John Horgan 9780349109268
£12.73As a writer for SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, John Horgan has an unsurpassed window on contemporary science, routinely interviewing the scientific geniuses of our times, scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen Hawking, Karl Popper and Noam... -
Vital Dust: The Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth by Christian De Duve 9780465090457
£27.40Is the emergence of life on Earth the result of a single chance event or combination of lucky accidents, or is it the outcome of biochemical forces woven into the fabric of the universe? And if inevitable, what are these forces, and how do they account... -
The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artefacts - from Forks and Pins to Paperclips and Zippers - Came to be as They are by Henry Petroski 9780679740391
£9.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679740391Author Henry PetroskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Inventing the Universe: Why we can't stop talking about science, faith and God by Alister McGrath
RRP: £10.99£7.40We just can't stop talking about the big questions around science and faith. They haven't gone away, as some predicted they might; in fact, we seem to talk about them more than ever. Far from being a spent force, religion continues to grow around the... -
A Theory of Everything (That Matters): A Short Guide to Einstein, Relativity and the Future of Faith by Dr Alister E McGrath
RRP: £9.99£6.80On 29th May 1919, British astronomers tested Einstein's theory of relativity by measuring the path of the stars travelling near the sun during an eclipse. On 7th November 1919, the results of that experiment were announced in London, proving Einstein's... -
The Greatest Story Ever Told...So Far by Lawrence Krauss 9781471158377 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00£3.39'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... -
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... -
Anatomy in Action: The Dynamic Muscular Systems that Create and Sustain the Moving Body by Theodore Dimon Jr.
RRP: £23.00£16.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623175801Author Theodore Dimon Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
Science, Music, And Mathematics: The Deepest Connections by Michael Edgeworth Mcintyre 9789811241833
RRP: £20.00£17.62Professor Michael Edgeworth McIntyre is an eminent scientist who has also had a part-time career as a musician. From a lifetime's thinking, he offers this extraordinary synthesis exposing the deepest connections between science, music, and mathematics,... -
The Science Magpie: Fascinating facts, stories, poems, diagrams and jokes plucked from science by Simon Flynn 9781848315990 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£1.87From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, The Science Magpie is a compelling collection of scientific curiosities.Expand your knowledge as you view the history of the Earth on the face of a clock, tremble at the power of the Richter... -
The Science Magpie: Fascinating facts, stories, poems, diagrams and jokes plucked from science by Simon Flynn
RRP: £9.99£6.70From the Large Hadron Collider rap to the sins of Isaac Newton, The Science Magpie is a compelling collection of scientific curiosities.Expand your knowledge as you view the history of the Earth on the face of a clock, tremble at the power of the Richter... -
Borrowed Time by Sue Armstrong
RRP: £16.99£15.11As featured on BBC Radio 4's Start the Week 'A rich, timely study for the era of "global ageing"'- Nature The ageing of the world population is one of the most important issues facing humanity in the 21st century - up there with climate change in... -
The Starchild Skull -- Genetic Enigma or Human-Alien Hybrid? by Lloyd Pye 9780979388149
RRP: £11.00£7.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979388149Author Lloyd PyeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bell Lap Books Inc.Publisher Bell Lap Books Inc.Weight(grams) 390g -
Tilings and Patterns by Branko Grunbaum 9780486469812
RRP: £45.99£30.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486469812Author Branko GrunbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 720Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Song Of The Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions by David Quammen
RRP: £20.00£14.69Why have island ecosystems always suffered such high rates of extinction? In our age, with all the world's landscapes, from Tasmania to the Amazon to Yellowstone, now being carved into island-like fragments by human activity, the implications of this... -
AQA Biology A2 Student Book by Glenn Toole 9780748798131 [USED COPY]
RRP: £29.99£1.97Covers everything you need for the AQA Biology AS specification, including the skills required for How Science Works and practical assessment. Learning Objectives clearly referenced to the specification throughout tell you exactly what you need to learn... -
AQA Biology A2 Student Book by Glenn Toole 9780748798131
£17.43Covers everything you need for the AQA Biology AS specification, including the skills required for How Science Works and practical assessment. Learning Objectives clearly referenced to the specification throughout tell you exactly what you need to learn... -
Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds by Mary Shelley
RRP: £21.00£15.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533287Author Mary ShelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 165mm * 21mm -
It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations Of Modern Science by Graham Farmelo
RRP: £9.99£6.70The exact sciences have an immense weight and influence in our culture. At the heart of their effectiveness lies the mathematical equation. The difficult form of the great equations - particularly those of modern physics - has often acted as an obstacle... -
A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time by John Brinckerhoff Jackson 9780300063974
£22.03J.B. Jackson, a pioneer in the field of landscape studies, here takes us on a tour of American landscapes past and present, showing how our surroundings reflect important changes in our culture. Because we live in urban and industrial environments that... -
BTEC First in Applied Science: Application of Science - Unit 8 Revision Workbook by Jennifer Stafford-Brown
£6.97This Revision Workbook has been specifically written for Unit 8: Scientific Skills in Application of Science of the Level 2 BTEC Firsts in Applied Science. With lots of revision practice and guided questions, guidance on how to answer the... -
Forbidden Science: From Ancient Technologies to Free Energy by J. Douglas Kenyon 9781591430827
RRP: £15.99£10.48Following the model of his bestselling Forbidden History and Forbidden Religion, J. Douglas Kenyon has assembled from his bimonthly journal, Atlantis Rising, material that explores science and technology that has been suppressed by the orthodox... -
Taking Chances: Winning with Probability by John Haigh
RRP: £12.99£9.09What are the odds against winning the Lottery, making money in a casino, or backing the right horse? Every day, people make judgements on these matters and face other decisions that rest on their understanding of probability: buying insurance, following... -
Why God Won't Go away by Newberg Andrew Md 9780345440341
RRP: £20.00£13.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345440341Author Andrew NewbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm)... -
Lucy, the Beginnings of Humankind: The Beginnings of Humankind by Donald C. Johanson
RRP: £18.00£14.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671724993Author Donald C. JohansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 409Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 590g -
The Consolations of Physics: Why the Wonders of the Universe Can Make You Happy by Tim Radford
RRP: £8.99£4.11'A beautifully crafted love letter to physics.' Nature'A book more about life and passion than physics. People who have never cared a jot about physics (like me) must read this book.' SUZANNE O'SULLIVANThe Consolations of Physics is an eloquent manifesto... -
Big Data by Timandra Harkness 9781472920072 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.65What is Big Data, and why should you care? Big data knows where you've been and who your friends are. It knows what you like and what makes you angry. It can predict what you'll buy, where you'll be the victim of crime and when you'll have a heart... -
Big Data by Timandra Harkness
RRP: £12.99£9.79What is Big Data, and why should you care? Big data knows where you've been and who your friends are. It knows what you like and what makes you angry. It can predict what you'll buy, where you'll be the victim of crime and when you'll have a heart... -
The Science of Cooking by Peter Barham 9783540674665
RRP: £74.99£68.13A kitchen is no different from most science laboratories and cookery may properly be regarded as an experimental science. Food preparation and cookery involve many processes which are well described by the physical sciences. Understanding the chemistry... -
This Is Planet Earth: Your Ultimate Guide to the World We Call Home by New Scientist
RRP: £10.99£4.11The 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,... -
Eloquent Science - A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker and Scientist by David M. Schultz 9781878220912
RRP: £34.00£33.37"Eloquent Science" evolved from a workshop aimed at offering atmospheric science students formal guidance in communications, tailored for their eventual scientific careers. Drawing on advice from over twenty books and hundreds of other sources, this... -
Jupiter by William Sheehan
RRP: £20.00£14.29Now available in paperback, this beautifully illustrated volume ranges across the entire history of Jupiter studies, from the naked-eye observations of the Babylonians and the Greeks, through the telescopic discoveries of Galileo and T.E.R. Phillips, to... -
Weirder Maths: At the Edge of the Possible by David Darling
RRP: £9.99£7.11Even the most enthusiastic of maths students probably at one time wondered when exactly it would all prove useful in 'real life'. Well, maths reaches so far and wide through our world that, love it or hate it, we're all doing maths almost every minute of... -
God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter between Christianity and Science by David C. Lindberg
RRP: £33.00£26.61Since the publication in 1896 of Andrew Dickson White's classic "History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom", no comprehensive history of the subject has appeared in the English language. Although many twentieth-century... -
The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition by Susan Solomon 9780300099218
RRP: £22.50£22.08"These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale." So penned Captain Robert Falcon Scott in 1912 as he confronted defeat and death in the crippling subzero temperatures of Antarctica. In this riveting book, Susan Solomon finishes the interrupted... -
The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge by Matt Ridley 9780062296016
RRP: £19.99£14.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062296016Author Matt RidleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...