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Capturing the Light starts with a tiny scrap of purple-tinged paper, 176 years old and about the size of a postage stamp. On it you can just make out a tiny, ghostly image of a gothic window, an image so small and perfect that it 'might be supposed to be...

Scholars have long argued that moral judgements arise from rational deliberations about what society determines is right and wrong. This has generated the idea that our moral psychology is founded on cultural experience. In the revolutionary MORAL MINDS,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486234007Author Rudolf RuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 133Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908388582Author Frederick S. OliverFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Aziloth BooksPublisher Aziloth BooksWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The ?rst and foremost goal of this lecture series was to show the beauty, depth and usefulness of the key ideas in computer science. While working on the lecture notes, we came to understand that one can recognize the true spirit of a scienti?c...

Surveys the entire cross section of sexual topics from the mechanics of reproduction to sexually transmitted diseases and sexual abuse of children.Book InformationISBN 9780316501606Author William MastersFormat PaperbackPage Count 621Imprint Little, Brown...

"A discussion of the historical development of our ideas of time as they relate to nature, human nature and society. . . . The excellence of The Discovery of Time is unquestionable."--Martin Lebowitz, The Kenyon ReviewBook InformationISBN...

The 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781468313024Author David NeiwertFormat PaperbackPage Count 305Imprint Harry N. AbramsPublisher Harry N. AbramsWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm...

Apologies 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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760554149Author Damon GameauFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Macmillan AustraliaPublisher Pan Macmillan AustraliaWeight(grams) 1093gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681881584Author Sean Michael RaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Weldon OwenPublisher Weldon OwenWeight(grams) 993gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 191mm *...

We live in an unprecedented era of flourishing of scientific publishing. However, many professionals in the biomedical sciences find writing articles to be a daunting task. The book is meant to serve as a practical writing guide that covers the writing...

With the emergence of "cultural studies" and the blurring of once-clear academic boundaries, scholars are turning to subjects far outside their traditional disciplines and areas of expertise. In Higher Superstition scientists Paul Gross and Norman...

The issue of a logic foundation for African thought connects well with the question of method. Do we need new methods for African philosophy and studies? Or, are the methods of Western thought adequate for African intellectual space? These questions are...

Sunday Times Book of the YearThis is a book about what it feels like to be exceptional - and what it takes to get there. Why can some people achieve greatness when others can't, no matter how hard they try? What are the secrets of long life and...

In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a formula so innovative and complex that it continues to inspire research, discussion, and even the occasional limerick. Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula shares the fascinating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780517884546Author Robert BauvalFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 323gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

A new view of the economy as an evolving, complex system has been pioneered at the Santa Fe Institute over the last ten years, This volume is a collection of articles that shape and define this view,a view of the economy as emerging from the interactions...

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose questions some of the most fashionable ideas in physics today, including string theoryWhat can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the...

Developed 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.-...

As you read this, billions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through your body, antimatter is sprouting from your dinner and the core of your being is a chaotic mess of particles known only as quarks and gluons.If the recent discovery of the Higgs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780618352104Author Steve OlsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Cengage Learning, Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780557764884Author Dee GraggFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Measurement 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 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...

Why 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...

In 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...

'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...

What if the earth were square? Discover the amazing answers to some cooland weird questions aboutour world * What if the earth stopped spinning? * What if we could see sounds? * What if the moon fell down? * What if aliens landed and only wanted to talk...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780471661955Author Lois H. GreshFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint John Wiley & Sons IncPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)...

Pain is one of medicine's greatest mysteries. When farmer John Mitson caught his hand in a baler, he cut off his trapped hand and carried it to a neighbor. "Sheer survival and logic" was how he described it. "And strangely, I didn't feel any pain." How...

All developed human beings possess a practical mastery of a vast range of concepts, including such basic structural notions as those of identity, truth, existence, material objects, mental states, space, and time; but a practical mastery does not entail...

Is 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...

At a time of increasing volatility in healthcare provision, we are all having to become more responsible for our own well-being. This book - an imaginative, practical and accessible guide to our inner organs - is written for anyone who wants to improve...

A book which offers fresh perspectives on the scientific developments of the past hundred years through the complementary work of two of the century's greatest thinkers, Einstein and Freud. At the turn of the century there was a widespread...

In the mid-1800s, inveterate showman/salesman P. T. Barnum introduced a real-life Tom Thumb and spawned a huge movement of midget exhibits. Little people were paraded en masse throughout Europe and the New World, earning fame and fortune as the central...

This book is a unique insight into the beliefs and political ideology of the Ulster Defence Assocation (UDA) and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF). Featuring interviews with key members of these paramilitary groups, many conducted inside the Maze prison,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983958444Author Professor Robert H GrayFormat HardbackPage Count 266Imprint Palmer Square PressPublisher Palmer Square PressWeight(grams)...

50 Science Ideas You Really Need to Know is your guide to the biggest questions and deepest concepts from across the whole of science. What was the Big Bang? How did life on Earth arise? What does quantum mechanics tell us about the universe? Is true...