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This volume preserves the format in which Discourse on Method was originally published: as a preface to Descartes's writings on optics, geometry, and meteorology. In his introduction, Olscamp discusses the value of reading the Discourse alongside these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871136640Author Howard K. BloomFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly...

Widely considered the greatest genius of all time, Albert Einstein revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos with his general theory of relativity and helped to lead us into the atomic age. Yet in the final decades of his life he was also ignored by...

When her twenty-five-year marriage unexpectedly falls apart, journalist Florence Williams expects the loss to hurt. What she doesn't expect is that she'll end up in the hospital, examining close-up the way our cells listen to loneliness. She travels to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486241043Author Morris KlineFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

What 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...

In 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...

This 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...

'Gribbin has inspired generations with his popular science writing' Jim Al-KhaliliA scintillating collection of short essays that really does cover 'life, the Universe, and everything'.From the mysteries of the subatomic world to the curious property of...

The Cosmic Mystery Tour takes us on a lightning tour of the mysteries of the universe enlivened by brief stories of the colourful characters who created modern science. It explores hot topics in physics and astronomy, including the recent discovery of...

For more than a century, we were restricted to studying evolution from the outside, observing its progress only through the fossil record. No longer. We can now also read the DNA record. As well as containing the operating instructions for everyday...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440508793Author Robert WolkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984609703Author Ben GoertzelFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Humanity+Publisher Humanity+Weight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 19mm

The 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...

This book contains some of the problems and solutions in the past domestic theoretical and experimental competitions in Japan for the International Physics Olympiad. Through the exercises, we aim at introducing the appeal and interest of modern physics...

While we worry over the depletion of the earth's natural resources, the pollution of our planet, and the challenges presented by the earth's growing population, billions of dollars worth of metals, fuels, and life-sustaining substances await us in nearby...

The sheer volume of talk about energy, energy prices, and energy policy on both sides of the political aisle suggests that we must know something about these subjects. But according to Peter W. Huber and Mark P. Mills, the things we think we know are...

Since 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...

There are over one billion organisms in a pinch of soil, and many of them perform functions essential to all life on the planet. Yet we know much more about deep space than about the universe below. In Tales from the Underground, Cornell ecologist David...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of IACP Crystal Whisk Award (Wine/Beer/Spirits) 2015.Book InformationISBN 9780544538542Author Adam RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Harvest...

From the visionary founder of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, a manifesto for the dawning age of active materialsThings in life tend to fall apart. Cars break down. Buildings fall into disrepair. Personal items deteriorate. Yet today's researchers are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932813039Author David Hatcher ChildressFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Adventures Unlimited PressPublisher Adventures Unlimited PressWeight(grams)...

On 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...

Modern 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...

Even geniuses change their minds sometimes. Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online intellectual salon, recently asked 150 high-powered thinkers to discuss their most telling missteps and reconsiderations: What have you changed your mind about? The...

'The book is well-illustrated, earlier chapters with monochrome portraits of Mandelbrot, his family and those who influenced him, and later ones with striking colour pictures not only of the Mandelbrot set and other computer generated fractals, but also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143038399Author Charles SeifeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm...

This is the only book that teaches all aspects of modern mathematical modeling and that is specifically designed to introduce undergraduate students to problem solving in the context of biology. Included is an integrated package of theoretical modeling...

For 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906964917Author Virginia MorellFormat PaperbackPage Count 291Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing

Have you ever done something stupid, dangerous or self-sabotaging just to get one over someone else? Most of us have. Simon McCarthy-Jones draws on psychology, current affairs, literature and genetics to illuminate - whether we admit it or not - our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250763587Author John V PetrocelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Edexcel's resources for the new GCSEs in Science for 2011Book InformationISBN 9781846908835Author Mark LevesleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Edexcel LimitedPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 872gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 219mm * 15mm

Apologies 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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359022199Author D D PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

"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...

Exam Board: OCRLevel & Subject: GCSE Combined ScienceFirst teaching: September 2016 Next exams: June 2024 OCR endorsed GCSE Science is changing and OCR Gateway GCSE (9-1) Biology for Combined Science from Collins has been developed...

Known 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...

Apologies 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...

The Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, was the birthplace of particle accelerators, radioisotopes, and modern big science. This first volume of its history is a saga of physics and finance in the Great Depression, when a new kind of science...