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This first comprehensive study of social insects since the 1930s includes more than 250 illustrations and covers all aspects of classification, evolution, anatomy, physiology, and behavior of the social insects-social wasps and bees, ants, termites...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623175801Author Theodore Dimon Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.

'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...

'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...

Most of our everyday life experiences are multisensory in nature; that is, they consist of what we see, hear, feel, taste, smell, and much more. Almost any experience you can think of, such as eating a meal or going to the cinema, involves a magnificent...

In this book, after discussing the fundamental problems of current science and other philosophic concepts, beginning with controversies between Heraclitus and Parmenides, Ilya Prigogine launches into a message of great hope: the future has not been...

Few revolutions in science have been more far-reaching,but less understood,than the quantum revolution in physics. Everyday experience cannot prepare us for the sub-atomic world, where quantum effects become all-important. Here, particles can look like...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060523367Author Scientific AmericanFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

An accessible and hard-hitting look at the facts behind air pollution in everyday life.Take a deep breath. You'll do it 20,000 times a day. You assume all this air is clean; it's the very breath of life.But in Delhi, the toxic smog is as bad for you as...

Enter the gray area between overheated imagination and overheated reality, and meet a network of scientists bent on creating artificial life forms, building time machines, hatching plans for dismantling the sun, enclosing the solar system in a cosmic...

Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we don't often hear about because they are so specialised,...

Science tells us grand things about the universe: how fast light travels, and why stones fall to earth. But scientific endeavour goes far beyond these obvious foundations. There are some fields we don't often hear about because they are so specialised,...

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 9780062071224Author Mario BeauregardFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 194g

A big, beautiful beginner's guide to the cosmos - planets, stars, galaxies, and beyond - through the Star Trek lens. For the science enthusiasts among Star Trek fans and the parents looking for gift books that offer education with entertainment. As Star...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671724993Author Donald C. JohansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 409Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 590g

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 9780440508793Author Robert WolkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

Whitehead was among the first initiates into the 20th century's new cosmological story. This book bring's Whitehead's philosophy of organism into conversation with several components of contemporary scientific cosmology-including relativistic, quantum,...

Making Sense of the Senses provides an easily understandable and engaging overview of the senses. The book allows readers insights into how humans and other animals perceive the world, reflecting a level of knowledge similar to that acquired by studying...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062296016Author Matt RidleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Behind the Wireless tells the story of women at the BBC in the 1920s and 30s. Broadcasting was brand new in Britain and the BBC developed without many of the overt discriminatory practices commonplace at the time. Women were employed at all levels,...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781482596144Author Tim SandleFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781505809992Author Dan JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Discusses consciousness, the nature of God, sexuality, human knowledge, robots, and the future.Book InformationISBN 9780914171454Author Robert Anton WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Ronin PublishingPublisher Ronin PublishingWeight(grams) 255g

How do you crack nuts with a piece of string? Reverse gravity? Cobble together a clock out of a coffee cup, a soda bottle, and some water? Use a vacuum cleaner and nineteenth-century railroad technology to fashion a makeshift bazooka that can launch...

This book is a step by step illustrated guide to planning and writing dissertations and theses for undergraduate and graduate science students. Topics covered include advice on writing each section of a thesis as well as general discussions on collecting...

THE ECOLOGICAL SURVEY on which this book is based began to be planned in 1942, and since 1945 has been mainly centred upon Oxford University's estate at Wytham Woods, where a rich series of habitats from open ground and limestone to woodland with many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533287Author Mary ShelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 165mm * 21mm

This book investigates the role of literary criticism in the process of Irish decolonisation since the late eighteenth century, with special emphasis on the 1950s. Drawing on the work of both Irish and international commentators - including Edward...

A tale of some of the most amazing creatures ever to grace this tiny planet-unearth how the science fiction of the Jurassic World franchise inspired the evolution of dinosaur science. It all began in 1993. Jurassic Park was a movie landmark in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580899345Author Michelle SchaubFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.Publisher Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.

Politicians employ a wide range of strategies to achieve their goals - and language is one of them. What impact does their language have on us, on their opponents, on the public opinion? If language matters, then the interesting question naturally...

Majestic and awe-inspiring, mountains demand our attention. Through the centuries, they have both repulsed and attracted. They have been appreciated and despised as sites of divine and diabolic sublimity, as the dwellings of gods and demons, hermits and...

This work makes available to readers without specialized training in mathematics complete proofs of the fundamental metatheorems of standard (i.e., basically truth-functional) first order logic. Included is a complete proof, accessible to...

To become a ninja master, you need discipline, a silent footstep, and an impressive personal arsenal. Author and toy designer John Austin provides step-by-step instructions on how to turn everyday household and office items into 37 different ninja...