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Today, the language of science is English. But the dominance of this particular language is a relatively recent phenomenon - and far from a foregone conclusion. In a sweeping history that takes us from antiquity to the modern day, Michael D. Gordin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462986060Author Frits ZwartFormat PaperbackPage Count 1354Imprint Amsterdam University PressPublisher Amsterdam University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262516709Author Richard E. CytowicFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

"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.AwardsWinner of National Book Award.Book InformationISBN 9780140243192Author Lewis ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982703007Author Venkatesh Guru RaoFormat PaperbackImprint Ribbonfarm IncPublisher Ribbonfarm IncWeight(grams) 268g

This book explores an exciting range of creative engagements with ecologies of place, using geopoetics, deep mapping and slow residency to propose broadly based collaborations in a form of 'disciplinary agnosticism'.Providing a radical alternative to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061137921Author Peter D PhD. WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

'A beautifully crafted love letter to physics.' Nature'A book more about life and passion than physics. People who have never cared a jot about physics (like me) must read this book.' SUZANNE O'SULLIVANThe Consolations of Physics is an eloquent manifesto...

Apologies 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)...

Coronavirus, AIDS, and Ebola: Viruses are normally defined as pathogens. Most viruses are, however, not enemies or killers. Well-known virologist and cancer researcher Karin Moelling describes surprising insights about a completely new and unexpected...

How do new species evolve? Although Darwin identified inherited variation as the creative force in evolution, he never formally speculated where it comes from. His successors thought that new species arise from the gradual accumulation of random...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936033034Author Robert G JahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 398Imprint Icrl PressPublisher Icrl PressWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979388149Author Lloyd PyeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bell Lap Books Inc.Publisher Bell Lap Books Inc.Weight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 230mm *...

This popular text contains physics and chemistry data suitable for all A Level Physics and Chemistry students. Book InformationISBN 9780582354487Author NCCTFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint LongmanPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams)...

-- What is the true nature of water and does it have memory? -- By working with the rhythm and flow of water, can we increase its life-giving power? Water is not only fundamental to life but is essential for the cycles and changes in nature. John Wilkes...

Suitable for both concept- and context-led approaches, this book features: 'ResultsPlus' Examiner feedback which draws on past exam data to help students avoid common pitfalls and build better answers. Exam-style questions - including the...

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...

Many online applications, especially in the financial industries, are running on blockchain technologies in a decentralized manner, without the use of an authoritative entity or a trusted third party. Such systems are only secured by cryptographic...

In this remarkable book Jonathan Miller considers the functioning of the body as a subject of private experience. He explores our attitudes towards the body, our astonishing ignorance about certain parts of it and our inability to read its signals...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993563324Author Darryl CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374515980Author John A. McPheeFormat PaperbackPage Count 231Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)...

Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does 'free will' really exist? And why is the penis shaped like that anyway?Research psychologist and...

Collectors have long admired uranium and thorium minerals for their brilliant colors, intense ultraviolet fluorescence, and rich variety of habits and associates. Radioactive minerals are also critically important as our source of nuclear energy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385476768Author Fritjof CapraFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 301gDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it's sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing...

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...

'Full of tips and life hacks that are backed up by cold, hard science' - Sun'Contains a staggering amount of common sense, scientifically solid advice, much of it new information to this particular reviewer, who will be adopting some of its principles...

In The Dark Side of Man, Michael Ghiglieri, a biologist and protege of Jane Goodall, takes on one of the most highly charged debates in modern science: the biological roots of bad behaviour. Beginning with rape, and moving on to murder, war, and...

Former NASA Astronaut Harrison Schmitt advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon-to extract Helium 3 for energy production, to use the Moon as a platform for science and manufacturing, and to establish permanent human...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956377807Author Manjir Samanta-LaughtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Paradigm Revolution PublishingPublisher Paradigm Revolution...

Interdisciplinary education has been identified by many educational organisations in Europe and the United States as important for what lies ahead, and it has become a buzzword in some debates about educating for the future. Now, more than ever, higher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906308087Author Simon LevayFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Monday BooksPublisher Monday BooksWeight(grams) 208g

One of Britain's foremost astrobiologists offers an accessible and game-changing account of life on Earth.__________________Why is all life based on carbon rather than silicon? And beyond Earth, would life - if it exists - look like our own?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award 2017 (Australia) and Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Media Award 2017 (Australia). Short-listed for...

The question 'What is the meaning of life?' is one of the most fascinating, oldest and most difficult questions human beings have ever posed themselves. In an increasingly secularized culture, it remains a question to which we are ineluctably and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062071224Author Mario BeauregardFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 194g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853432040Author Michel OdentFormat PaperbackPage Count 159Imprint Free Association BooksPublisher Free Association Books

The Compact Guide: DNA provides a fascinating look at the world of the double helix and examines who we are, how we're wired, and how we repair ourselves. With information on so-called 'junk' DNA, how our genes evolved, heritability, the genetics of...