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Suitable for both concept- and context-led approaches, this Revision Guide is Edexcel's own resource for the 2008 Edexcel GCE Biology specification. Written by experienced examiners, it features guidance from the people who write and mark exam papers and...

Racial identity has been central to twentieth-century Western imagination. Yet, argues Frank Furedi, advocates of racial identity have long felt uncomfortable with the racialised global order they created. In The Silent War, Frank Furedi provides a...

"The author makes an eloquent plea for marine biodiversity conservation."-Library Journal"Harvell seems to channel the devotion that motivated the Blaschkas."-The Guardian Winner of the 2016 National Outdoor Book Award, Environment Category It started...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781979226325Author John MuirFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780412130304Author D. A. ReesFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Chapman and HallPublisher Chapman and HallWeight(grams) 122g

In this enchanting work of scientific exploration, acclaimed science author Frank Ryan explains how metamorphosis - the intricate trick of nature by which caterpillars transform into butterflies - reveals secrets that are shaking the scientific world...

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 "Heinemann Science Scheme" offers an approach to the QCA's Scheme of Work. Teacher's resource packs provide support with lesson planning, with each chapter matching the Scheme of Work, and in-built assessment. The scheme aims to improve on the Scheme...

The iconic futurist artist and designer Syd Mead once described science fiction as "reality ahead of schedule". In From Science Fiction to Science Fact, Levy explores the visions of the writers, futurists and far-sighted inventors who made those...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486411460Author R. Newton MayallFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Comprehensive and authoritative scientific style and format rules from the leading professional association in science publishing.The CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format for Authors, Editors, and Publishers delivers complete coverage of rules and...

From the medicine we take, the treatments we receive, the aptitude and psychometric tests given by employers, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear to even the beer we drink, statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. For the media, statistics...

In this medical detective adventure, Cytowic shows how synesthesia, or "joined sensation," illuminates a wide swath of mental life and leads to a new view of what it means to be human. Richard Cytowic's dinner host apologized, "There...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781987491951Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688107369Author Danah ZoharFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperPaperbacksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 320gDimensions(mm)...

From Roentgen to Rembrandt, Hounsfield to Hollywood and Vesalius to videogames, Imagining Imaging explores the deeply entwined relationship between art (and visual-based culture) and radiology / medical imaging. Including artworks from numerous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780730391081Author OodgerooFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdPublisher John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdWeight(grams)...

Inspire and engage your students with this brand new Lower Secondary Science course from Collins offering comprehensive coverage of the curriculum framework including all suggested practicals and scientific enquiry skills. - Develop your...

Our understanding of human evolution is proceeding at an unprecedented rate over the last years due to spectacular fossil finds, reconstructions based on genome comparison, ancient DNA sequencing and new insights into developmental genetics. This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Award.Book InformationISBN 9780140243192Author Lewis ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin...

Calling all of the trivia buffs! Loaded with over 200 entries and almost 2,000 bits of trivia, this book will arm you with hundreds of useless scientific tidbits - perfect for curious minds. Organized from A ("Amino Acids") to Z ("Zombie...

'Making Media' uncovers what it means and what it takes to make media, focusing on the lived experience of media professionals within the global media, including rich case studies of the main media industries and professions: television, journalism,...

In 2010, scientists led by J. Craig Venter became the first to successfully create 'synthetic life' -- putting humankind at the threshold of the most important and exciting phase of biological research, one that will enable us to actually write the...

For many years, scientists thought that the human brain simply decayed over time and its dying cells led to memory slips, fuzzy logic, negative thinking, and even depression. But new research from neuroscien tists and psychologists suggests that, in...

THIS BOOK HAS BEEN WRITTEN BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR AN up-to-date compact book on cell organelles that transmits the excitement and challenge of modern subcellular biology. We hope that the book will be interesting and useful to students...

According to Darwin, our galaxy is almost certainly teeming with large animal life, but intelligent extra-terrestrial life can come in just two rare forms: senselessly ferocious, without meaning or purpose, or thoughtful and less murderous although never...

Based on the author's experience in treating over 500 gender dysphoric individuals over the last 26 years, The Gendered Self is the story of what it's like to be born into and to live out one's life as a transsexual in a cissexual world. The author...

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...

If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. But there's no need to feel guilty. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with...

'"If the chanting stops, he will die. My patient will die." I was certain of this-as certain as someone crouching in an unheated tent sitting on the highest mountain in the world can feel about anything.'Dr Ken Kamler knows what happens when bodies are...

'"If the chanting stops, he will die. My patient will die." I was certain of this-as certain as someone crouching in an unheated tent sitting on the highest mountain in the world can feel about anything.'Dr Ken Kamler knows what happens when bodies are...

Written for students beginning a formal study of chemistry, this volume encompasses many different topics in and approaches to introductory chemistry. Chapters are devoted to topics such as the atom, elements and the periodic table, bonding, equilibrium...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780730391135Author OodgerooFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdPublisher John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdWeight(grams)...

There is a secret to healing faster and this book is your guide! Over 191 independent studies show that those who practice meditation recover faster and experience fewer complications and reduced pain following surgery. This book provides the...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470586952Author Satoshi KanazawaFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing Company

Organic Chemistry: A mechanistic approach provides readers with a concise review of the essential concepts underpinning the subject. It combines a focus on core topics and themes with a mechanistic approach to the explanation of the reactions it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781482709438Author Rhiannon MeharchandFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

part of the Heinemann Explore Science New International Edition - a comprehensive, easy-to-use, six-level science programme, designed specially for teachers and students at International schools studying the Cambridge International Examinations Primary...

A new vision is sweeping through ecological science: The dense web of dependencies that makes up an ecosystem has gained an added dimension-the dimension of time. Every field, forest, and park is full of living organisms adapted for relationships with...