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The Social Edge: The Power of Sympathy Groups for Our Health, Wealth and Sustainable Future by Anthony Costello 9781912664009
RRP: £25.00£20.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912664009Author Anthony CostelloFormat HardbackPage Count 525Imprint ThornwickPublisher Thornwick -
Measurement: A Very Short Introduction by David J. Hand
RRP: £8.99£6.45Measurement is a fundamental concept that underpins almost every aspect of the modern world. It is central to the sciences, social sciences, medicine, and economics, but it affects everyday life. We measure everything - from the distance of far-off... -
The Age of Uncertainty: how the greatest minds in physics changed the way we see the world by Tobias Hurter
RRP: £25.00£16.59The epic, page-turning history of how a group of physicists toppled the Newtonian universe in the early decades of the twentieth century. Marie Curie, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schroedinger, and Albert Einstein didn't only... -
The Mice Who Sing For Sex: And Other Weird Tales from the World of Science by Lliana Bird
RRP: £5.99£4.51Lliana Bird and Dr Jack Lewis tackle the strange and surreal phenomena from the depths of the oceans to the limits of the far flung universe; the dark corners of your laundry basket to the forgotten compartments of your fridge. Packed with unusual facts... -
Lower Secondary Science Workbook: Stage 7 (Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary Science) by Heidi Foxford
RRP: £12.99£12.55Build confidence and understanding with our brand new Lower Secondary Science write-in workbooks offering comprehensive coverage of the curriculum framework. Offers a full range of questions for every topic in the student book Provides... -
Dialectics of Nature by Frederick Engels 9781900007450
RRP: £24.99£16.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900007450Author Frederick EngelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Well Red PublicationsPublisher Well Red PublicationsWeight(grams)... -
A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition by Bill Bryson 9780307885159
RRP: £35.00£30.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307885159Author Bill BrysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1894gDimensions(mm) 254mm *... -
The Woman who Changed Her Brain: How We Can Shape our Minds and Other Tales of Cognitive Transformation by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young 9780099563587 [USED COPY]
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The Woman who Changed Her Brain: How We Can Shape our Minds and Other Tales of Cognitive Transformation by Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
RRP: £12.99£9.09Barbara Arrowsmith-Young was born with severe learning disabilities that caused teachers to label her as slow, stubborn - or worse. As a child, she read and wrote everything backwards, was physically uncoordinated and she continually got lost. But by... -
On Intelligence: How a New Understanding of the Brain Will Lead to the Creation of Truly Intelligent Machines by Jeff Hawkins 9780805074567
RRP: £26.99£20.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805074567Author Jeff HawkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 261Imprint Times BooksPublisher Times BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 184mm * 32mm -
Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt by Sonia Zakrzewski
RRP: £39.99£35.46Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt takes an innovative and integrated approach to the use of scientific techniques and methodologies within the study of ancient Egypt. Accessibly demonstrating how to integrate scientific methodologies into Egyptology... -
Virus Hunt: The search for the origin of HIV/AIDs by Dorothy H. Crawford
£11.42The hunt for the origin of the AIDS virus began over twenty years ago. It was a journey that went around the world and involved painstaking research to unravel how, when, and where the virus first infected humans. Dorothy H. Crawford traces the story... -
Other Brain by R. Douglas Fields 9780743291422
RRP: £18.99£13.78Despite everything that has been written about the brain, a potentially critical part of this vital organ has been overlooked-until now. The Other Brain examines the growing importance of glia, which make up approximately 85 percent of the cells in the... -
The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Retold as Science by Professor Steve Jones 9780349123486 [USED COPY]
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The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Retold as Science by Professor Steve Jones
RRP: £12.99£8.60The Bible was the first scientific textbook of all; and it got some things right (and plenty more wrong). Steve Jones' new book rewrites it in the light of modern science. Are we all descended from a single couple, a real-life Adam and Eve? Was the... -
Sparks of Genius by Michele Root-Bernstein
RRP: £17.99£12.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618127450Author Robert S. Root-BernsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams)... -
At the Edge of Uncertainty: 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise by Michael Brooks 9781781251287 [USED COPY]
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At the Edge of Uncertainty: 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise by Michael Brooks
RRP: £8.99£6.45The atom. The Big Bang. DNA. Natural selection. All ideas that have revolutionised science - and that were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. The surprises haven't stopped: here, Michael Brooks, bestselling author of 13 Things that Don't... -
Time Travel: In Einstein's Universe by Richard Gott
RRP: £9.99£6.80One of the world's most outstanding astrophysicists provides a state-of-the-art investigation into the possibility of time travel.Human beings have a strong desire to travel through time. Although scientists are not yet taking out patents on a time... -
Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England by Professor Steve Jones 9780349121413 [USED COPY]
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Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England by Professor Steve Jones
RRP: £10.99£7.40The Origin of Species may be the most famous book in science but its stature tends to obscure much of Charles Darwin's other works. His visit to the Galapagos lasted just five weeks and on his return he never left Britain again. Darwin spent forty years... -
The Elementary Theory of Analytic Functions of One or Several Complex Variables by Henri Cartan 9780486685434
RRP: £15.95£10.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486685434Author Henri CartanFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Building The H Bomb: A Personal History by Kenneth W. Ford 9789814618793
RRP: £20.00£17.62In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time when, in his mid-twenties, he was a member of the team that designed and built the first hydrogen bomb. He worked with - and relaxed with - scientific giants of that time such as Edward... -
Biology for the IB Diploma Third edition by C. J. Clegg
£61.61Developed in cooperation with the International Baccalaureate (R)Trust experienced and best-selling authors to navigate the new syllabuses confidently with these coursebooks that implement inquiry-based and conceptually-focused teaching and learning.-... -
The Short Story of Science: A Pocket Guide to Key Histories, Experiments, Theories, Instruments and Methods by Tom Jackson
RRP: £14.99£10.95The Short Story of Science is a new introduction to the complete subject of science. Covering 60 key experiments, from Archimedes' investigations of buoyancy to the discovery of dark matter, and then linking these to the history of science, as well as to... -
Introducing Evolution: A Graphic Guide by Dylan Evans
RRP: £3.99£3.42In 1859, Charles Darwin shocked the world with a radical theory - evolution by natural selection. One hundred and fifty years later, his theory still challenges some of our most precious beliefs.Introducing Evolution provides a step-by-step guide to... -
Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes 9780691179001
£15.89Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthyDo doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global... -
Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" by Philip C. Plait
RRP: £12.99£9.24A clever, thought-provoking guide that attacks common astronomical misconceptions What is Bad Astronomy? Anything that accidentally or intentionally mangles the basic principles of astronomy. And who is on the lookout for good examples of Bad Astronomy?... -
Microlands: The Future of Life on Earth (and Why It’s Smaller Than You Think) by J. Craig Venter 9781472144171
RRP: £25.00£16.38'An epic travelogue, brimming with the excitement of discovery. With characteristic panache, Venter unveils the teeming array of bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotes that crowd our planet's oceans' - Siddhartha Mukherjee'This page-turner gives . . . the... -
In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation by William J. Cook 9780691163529
£11.42What is the shortest possible route for a traveling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and return to his city of origin? It sounds simple enough, yet the traveling salesman problem is one of the most intensely studied puzzles in... -
Handbook of Cubik Math by Alexander H. Frey
£14.91In thirty years, Rubik's cube, invented by Erno Rubik, has established itself as a neverending source of delight, frustration and intellectual stimulation to children and adults alike. There is a large literature on the subject, but one of the few books... -
Cancer Virus: The story of Epstein-Barr Virus by Dorothy H. Crawford
RRP: £19.99£14.28The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was discovered in 1964. At the time, the very idea of a virus underlying a cancer was revolutionary. Cancer is, after all, not catching. Even now, the idea of a virus causing cancer surprises many people. But Epstein-Barr,... -
<I>What Is Life?</I>: The Intellectual Pertinence of Erwin Schroedinger by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht 9780804769167 [USED COPY]
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<I>What Is Life?</I>: The Intellectual Pertinence of Erwin Schroedinger by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht 9780804769167
RRP: £22.00£17.02Erwin Schroedinger (1887-1961) is best known as a co-recipient of the 1933 Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of a mathematical description of quantum mechanics. Today, many experts also consider him the father of bioengineering, and philosophers... -
Twelve Days of Terror: Inside the Shocking 1916 New Jersey Shark Attacks by Richard G. Fernicola 9781493023240
RRP: £14.99£13.03Upon the 100th anniversary of the most terrifying stretch of shark attacks in American history--a wave said to have been the inspiration for Jaws--comes a reissue of the classic account and investigation. In July 1916, a time when World War I loomed over... -
Lie Algebras In Particle Physics: from Isospin To Unified Theories by Howard Georgi 9780738202334
RRP: £76.99£67.05Howard Georgi is the co-inventor (with Sheldon Glashow) of the SU(5) theory. This extensively revised and updated edition of his classic text makes the theory of Lie groups accessible to graduate students, while offering a perspective on the way in which... -
It's ONLY Rocket Science: An Introduction in Plain English by Dr. Lucy Rogers
RRP: £44.99£29.69For over fifty years satellites have circled the Earth and spacecraft have been used to explore our solar system. Every day ordinary people around the world use satellites for satellite television, GPS navigation, weather forecasts and other technologies... -
At the Edge of Time: Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe's First Seconds by Dan Hooper
£15.89A new look at the first few seconds after the Big Bang-and how research into these moments continues to revolutionize our understanding of our universeScientists in the past few decades have made crucial discoveries about how our cosmos evolved over the... -
Hormonal: How Hormones Drive Desire, Shape Relationships, and Make Us Wiser by Martie Haselton 9781786072542
RRP: £12.99£9.09Provocative, ground-breaking and entertaining, the world's leading expert on sexuality and the ovulation cycle reveals the hidden intelligence of hormones. In this paradigm-shifting book, Martie Haselton explains how hormonal intelligence works -... -
Mercury by William Sheehan
RRP: £25.00£17.62The last of the five naked-eye planets discovered in ancient times, Mercury has long been an elusive, enigmatic world. As seen from the Earth, it never emerges far from the Sun, and astronomers in the telescopic era found it challenging to work out such...