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The Serpent's Promise: The Bible Retold as Science by Professor Steve Jones 9780349123486 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.29The 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... -
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... -
At the Edge of Uncertainty: 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise by Michael Brooks 9781781251287 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99£2.19The 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... -
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... -
The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About The Ultimate Fate Of The Universe by Paul Davies 9780465038510
RRP: £14.95£10.32Ragnarok. Armageddon. Doomsday. Since the dawn of time, man has wondered how the world would end. In The Last Three Minutes, Paul Davies reveals the latest theories. It might end in a whimper, slowly scattering into the infinite void. Then again, it... -
Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England by Professor Steve Jones 9780349121413 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99£2.20The 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... -
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: £16.99£10.11Apologies 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)... -
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.-... -
Atomic Adventures: Secret Islands, Forgotten N-Rays, and Isotopic Murder: A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science by James Mahaffey
RRP: £12.99£8.18Whether you are a scientist or a poet, pro-nuclear energy or staunch opponent, conspiracy theorist or pragmatist, James Mahaffey's books have served to open up the world of nuclear science like never before. With clear explanations of some of the most... -
The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil 9780140282023
£14.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140282023Author Ray KurzweilFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 459gDimensions(mm) 235mm *... -
Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes 9780691179001
RRP: £20.00£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... -
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... -
Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" by Philip C. Plait
RRP: £18.00£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?... -
The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain by Gene Cohen 9780465012046
£18.09The Mature Mind delivers good news for those in the second half of life, with an extraordinary account of cutting-edge neuroscience, ground-breaking psychology, fascinating vignettes from history and case studies, and practical advice for personal growth... -
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
RRP: £13.99£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
RRP: £18.50£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
RRP: £18.99£15.07Erwin 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... -
Pain: The Science of Suffering by Patrick Wall 9780231120074
RRP: £21.95£16.30Pain 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... -
Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium by Lucy Jane Santos 9781785786075
RRP: £16.99£11.58'Half Lives shines a light on the shocking history of the world's toxic love affair with a deadly substance, radium. Unnerving, fascinating, informative and truly frightening.' Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five'The story of this supposed cure-all in... -
Lie Algebras In Particle Physics: from Isospin To Unified Theories by Howard Georgi 9780738202334
RRP: £74.99£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... -
A PhD Is Not Enough!: A Guide to Survival in Science by Peter J. Feibelman
RRP: £12.99£9.13Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find. ... -
Four Ways to Click: Rewire Your Brain for Stronger, More Rewarding Relationships by Amy Banks
RRP: £16.99£12.28Do you find it difficult to 'click' with colleagues, neighbours, in-laws, or romantic partners? Loneliness has become an international epidemic, but according to Dr. Amy Banks, every one of us is quite literally hardwired for close relationships. The key... -
The Politics of Money: Towards Sustainability and Economic Democracy by Frances Hutchinson 9780745317205
RRP: £27.99£21.57Classical and radical economists have marginalised the role of money, most particularly the role of credit, in driving the machinery of accumulation and exclusion. Although critiques of capitalism from Marxist, feminist and ecological perspectives... -
It's ONLY Rocket Science: An Introduction in Plain English by Dr. Lucy Rogers
RRP: £34.99£29.02For 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
RRP: £20.00£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... -
The Serpent and the Rainbow by Davis
£12.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684839295Author DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 274g -
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 -... -
Farewell to Reality: How Fairytale Physics Betrays the Search for Scientific Truth by Jim Baggott 9781780334929
£12.73Modern physics is heady stuff. It seems that barely a week goes by without some new astounding science story; some revelation about hidden dimensions, multiple universes, the holographic principle or incredible cosmic coincidences. But is it true? What... -
Academia Obscura: The Hidden Silly Side of Higher Education by Glen Wright
RRP: £7.99£5.60Academia Obscura is an irreverent glimpse inside the ivory tower, exposing the eccentric and slightly unhinged world of university life. Take a trip through the spectrum of academic oddities and unearth the Easter eggs buried in peer reviewed papers, the... -
Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World by Bruce Schneier 9780387026206
RRP: £39.99£31.34Many of us, especially since 9/11, have become personally concerned about issues of security, and this is no surprise. Security is near the top of government and corporate agendas around the globe. Security-related stories appear on the front page... -
Human Origins: 7 million years and counting by New Scientist
RRP: £14.99£9.80Where did we come from? Where are we going?Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the Earth. In the blink of an evolutionary eye we have spread around the globe, taken control of Earth's... -
This Book Needs No Title: A Budget of Living Paradoxes by Raymond Smullyan 9780671628314
£11.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671628314Author Raymond SmullyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 256gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm... -
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... -
AQA GCSE Chemistry for Combined Science: Trilogy 9-1 Student Book (GCSE Science 9-1) by Ann Daniels
RRP: £16.99£16.52Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: GCSE Combined Science: TrilogyFirst teaching: September 2016 Next exams: June 2024 AQA approved GCSE Science is changing and AQA GCSE (9-1) Chemistry for Combined Science from Collins has been... -
The Earth Book: From the Beginning to the End of Our Planet, 250 Milestones in the History of Earth Science by Jim Bell 9781454929109
RRP: £25.00£17.98A beautifully illustrated presentation of 250 milestones in the history of our home planet, from celebrated geologist and planetary scientist Jim Bell. Spanning Earth's entire history, from its birth 4.6 billion years ago to its inevitable destruction... -
The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Sir Karl Popper
RRP: £89.99£78.49Described by the philosopher A.J. Ayer as a work of 'great originality and power', this book revolutionized contemporary thinking on science and knowledge. Ideas such as the now legendary doctrine of 'falsificationism' electrified the scientific...