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The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge by Abraham Flexner 9780691174761
RRP: $19.48$12.83A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughs A forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or... -
The Invention of Surgery by Dr David Schneider
RRP: $25.33$16.77"Bold and compelling... Uniformly excellent, and often wryly amusing."" - The Wall Street Journal "A globetrotting historical adventure, told from the inside of the operating room... Medical writing at its most exhilarating." - Michael Paul... -
Don't Be Such a Scientist, Second Edition: Talking Substance in an Age of Style Randy Olson 9781610919173
RRP: $42.88$36.17In Don't Be Such a Scientist, Randy Olson recounts the lessons from his own hilarious-and at times humiliating-evolution from science professor to Hollywood filmmaker, sharing the secrets of talking substance in an age of style. The key, he argued, is to... -
Every Breath You Take: A User's Guide to the Atmosphere by Mark Broomfield
RRP: $21.43$14.39A fascinating journey through the atmosphere that will leave you breathless. With seven million early deaths a year linked to air pollution, air quality is headline news around the world. But how do we measure air pollution and what on earth is an... -
Technology and the Lifeworld: From Garden to Earth by Don Ihde
RRP: $42.88$37.42"A sophisticated celebration of cultural diversity and of its enabling technologies...perhaps the best single volume relating the philosophical tradition to the broad issues raised by contemporary technologies." -ChoiceDiscusses the role of tools and... -
The Strategy of the Genes C.H. Waddington 9781138998131
RRP: $89.68$78.25First published in 1957, this essential classic work bridged the gap between analytical and theoretical biology, thus setting the insights of the former in a context which more sensitively reflects the ambiguities surrounding many of its core concepts... -
Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc by Arthur Miller 9780465018604
RRP: $40.93$31.75The most important scientist of the twentieth century and the most important artist had their periods of greatest creativity almost simultaneously and in remarkably similar circumstances. This fascinating parallel biography of Albert Einstein and Pablo... -
Best of the National Air and Space Museum by Hakima Amri
RRP: $42.90$36.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588341600Author Hakima AmriFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g -
A Life of Perfume by Edmond Roudnitska 9780244713225
RRP: $25.31$22.97A Collection of essays and material by the master of perfumery Edmond Roudnitska. Includes material translated from French and previously unpublished in the english Language. Includes an appreciation by Jean Claude EllenaBook InformationISBN... -
Advanced Calculus by David V. Widder
RRP: $57.51$30.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486661032Author D C SpencerFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 655gDimensions(mm)... -
Citizenship and Social Class T. H. Marshall 9780745304762
RRP: $52.63$42.51Over forty years after it first appeared, T.H. Marshall's seminal essay on citizenship and social class in post-war Britain has acquired the status of a classic. His lucid analysis of the principal elements of citizenship - namely, the possession of... -
The Smell of Fresh Rain: The Unexpected Pleasures of our Most Elusive Sense by Barney Shaw
RRP: $17.53$8.01Smell is the most emotional and evocative of our senses: it can bring back memories faster and with more immediacy than a photograph - so why is it so little understood? Armed with a hungry curiosity and a willingness to self-experiment, author Barney... -
Anarcho-Syndicalism Rudolf Rocker 9780745313870
RRP: $48.73$31.94Rudolf Rocker's classic survey of anarcho-syndicalism was written during the Spanish Civil War to explain to the wider reading public the ideology which inspired the social revolution in Spain. It remains unsurpassed as a general introduction to... -
God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter between Christianity and Science by David C. Lindberg
RRP: $64.35$51.89Since 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 Mice Who Sing For Sex: And Other Weird Tales from the World of Science by Lliana Bird
RRP: $25.33$8.79Lliana 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... -
The Recursive Universe: Cosmic Complexity and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge by William Poundstone 9780486490984
RRP: $28.26$17.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486490984Author William PoundstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Practice of Social Research by Earl Babbie
$144.59Known as the gold standard for research methods, Babbie's THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH gives you a definitive guide to research as practiced by social scientists. Combining a straightforward approach with the author's renowned sense of humor, this... -
Solving Everyday Problems With The Scientific Method: Thinking Like A Scientist by Don K. Mak 9789814304047
RRP: $29.25$26.25This book describes how one can use The Scientific Method to solve everyday problems including medical ailments, health issues, money management, traveling, shopping, cooking, household chores, etc. It illustrates how to exploit the information collected... -
Revise Edexcel: Edexcel GCSE Science Extension Units Revision Guide by Penny Johnson 9781446902677 [USED COPY]
RRP: $11.68$4.47Revise smart, and save!Book InformationISBN 9781446902677Author Penny JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Edexcel LimitedPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 302gDimensions(mm) 295mm * 211mm * 7mm -
Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape by Erin Sullivan 9781578631803
RRP: $42.90$36.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578631803Author ERIN SULLIVANFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g -
Where Mathematics Come From: How The Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics Into Being by George Lakoff
$59.16This book is about mathematical ideas, about what mathematics means-and why. Abstract ideas, for the most part, arise via conceptual metaphor-metaphorical ideas projecting from the way we function in the everyday physical world. Where Mathematics Comes... -
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021 by Ed Yong
RRP: $33.13$23.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780358400066Author Ed YondFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing CompanyPublisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing... -
Engines of Creation by K. Eric Drexler
RRP: $39.00$23.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385199735Author Eric DrexlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group... -
Reptiles: A Very Short Introduction by T. S. Kemp
RRP: $17.53$12.58For millions of years reptiles have walked, crawled, and slithered over the face of our Earth. From the mighty dinosaurs who dominated the land, the pterosaurs who took to the air, and the marine adapted ichthyosaurs, to the living reptiles today such as... -
Infinite In All Directions by Freeman J Dyson 9780060728892
RRP: $21.43$18.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060728892Author Freeman J DysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm)... -
Short Cuts: Science: Navigate Your Way Through Big Ideas by Mark Peplow
RRP: $29.23$18.58A LAUNCH TITLE FOR ICON BOOKS' BRAND-NEW SHORT CUTS SERIESWhat with accelerating particles and gravitational waves, dark matter and light speed, nanoscales and exoplanets, the landscape of today's science is an amazing place to explore. But how are you... -
Houston, We Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story by Randy Olson
RRP: $37.05$25.94Ask a scientist about Hollywood, and you'll probably get eye rolls. But ask someone in Hollywood about science, and they'll see dollar signs: moviemakers know that science can be the source of great stories, with all the drama and action that... -
The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey Into The Land Of The Chemical Elements by P.J. Atkins
$22.15Come on a journey into the heart of matter,and enjoy the process!,as a brilliant scientist and entertaining tour guide takes you on a fascinating voyage through the Periodic Kingdom, the world of the elements. The periodic table, your map for this trip,... -
The Beauty of Numbers in Nature: Mathematical Patterns and Principles from the Natural World by Ian Stewart
RRP: $35.00$34.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262534284Author Ian StewartFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 714gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 170mm * 21mm -
Elementary Science Education: Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding, Vol. II, grades 3-5, 2nd ed. by Bernard J Nebel Phd 9781478769163
$63.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478769163Author Bernard J Nebel PhdFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Outskirts PressPublisher Outskirts PressWeight(grams) 998g -
White Blood: A History of Human Milk by Lawrence Weaver
$31.73White Blood is a history of human milk and tells the story of how babies have been fed from antiquity to modern times and why it matters. 'Breast is Best' is the popular mantra, but there is a perennial debate about the pros and cons of 'breast and... -
Biometrics: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Fairhurst 9780198809104
RRP: $17.53$12.58We live in a society which is increasingly interconnected, in which communication between individuals is mostly mediated via some electronic platform, and transactions are often carried out remotely. In such a world, traditional notions of trust and... -
How Slow Can you Waterski?: and other puzzling questions ... by Guardian News and Media Ltd 9780099505266 [USED COPY]
RRP: $15.58$4.23When the powers that be reduced the speed limit on Lake Windermere to 10 knots, waterskiers complained that their sport was now completely scuppered. So just how slow can you waterski before you start to sink beneath the waves?And, while we're about it,... -
A Fractured Profession: Commercialism and Conflict in Academic Science by David R. Johnson 9781421423531
RRP: $83.85$74.33The commercialization of research is one of the most significant contemporary features of US higher education, yet we know surprisingly little about how scientists perceive and experience commercial rewards. A Fractured Profession is the first book to... -
Missed Diagnoses Myalgic Encephalomyelitis & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Second Edition by Byron Hyde MD 9780557325177
RRP: $25.31$22.97A few notes on this NEW revised and expanded edition which includes Dr. Hyde's chapter from the new Puri & Treasaden textbook: "Thirty years ago when a patient presented to a hospital clinic with unexplained fatigue, any medical school physician... -
How the World Looks to a Bee: And Other Moments of Science by Don Glass
RRP: $23.38$21.33What can you learn about your world in just a moment? Have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? Or whether dogs can read our facial expressions? Don Glass and experts in their fields answer these questions and many more. Written for readers of all ages... -
Brain Fever: How Vaccines Prevent Meningitis And Other Killer Diseases Richard Moxon (Univ Of Oxford, Uk) 9781786349873
RRP: $107.25$93.66In 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... -
Edexcel GCSE Science: GCSE Science Student Book by Mark Levesley 9781846908897 [USED COPY]
RRP: $61.21$4.50This Student Book: features high quality, engaging content to motivate and support studentshelps students achieve their potential with a range of exam-style questions, sample student answers and step-by-step guidance on the new question typesprovides... -
Edexcel GCSE Science: GCSE Science Student Book Mark Levesley 9781846908897
$66.40This Student Book: features high quality, engaging content to motivate and support studentshelps students achieve their potential with a range of exam-style questions, sample student answers and step-by-step guidance on the new question typesprovides... -
Salters Nuffield Advanced Biology A2 Student Book (UYSEG) University of York Science Education Group 9781408205914
$81.04Providing complete step-by-step coverage of the 2008 Edexcel GCE Biology specification, Salters-Nuffield Advanced Biology (SNAB) is the official support material for the context-led approach to the specification. Written by the University of York...