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An essential read for the legions of Sherlockians about the globe. Sherlock Holmes is the world's greatest-ever consulting detective. The huge popularity of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional creation, and his sixty stories, made Sherlock one of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780359749119Author Eugen BleulerFormat PaperbackPage Count 46Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Western esotericism; Occultism; Spirituality.Book InformationISBN 9789463720205Author Marco PasiFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Amsterdam University PressPublisher Amsterdam University PressWeight(grams) 0g

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.

Fire! Few subjects are as fundamental to both nature and human civilization. This reference breaks new ground by going beyond a discussion of the scientific and technical aspects of fire to show how human societies in all parts of the world throughout...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933665191Author Brad, SteigerFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Anomalist Books LLCPublisher Anomalist Books LLCWeight(grams) 305gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942401438Author Ian WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Arc Humanities PressPublisher Arc Humanities Press

National Geographic answers all the questions about how things work--the science, technology, biology, chemistry, physics, and mechanics--in an indispensible book that reveals the science behind virtually everything. How does the voice of a distant radio...

Winner of the Best Book Award in the 2009 Garden Writers Association Media AwardsNamed an "Outstanding Title" in University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries, 2009In this introduction to sustainable landscaping practices, Linda...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262534215Author Thierry PoibeauFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925603064Author Alan BurdickFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint The Text Publishing CompanyPublisher Text Publishing

Written by experts and bespoke to the AQA KS3 Science Syllabus this guide will allow you to teach Part 2 with confidence. With an introduction to the syllabus, tailored lesson plans and schemes of work you will have all the tools for success. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741290011Author Mr Jeremy GriffithFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint FHA Publishing & Communications Pty Ltd,Publisher WTM Publishing & Communications...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399171710Author John C. HavensFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Written by experts and bespoke to the AQA KS3 Science Syllabus this guide will allow you to teach Part 1 with confidence. With an introduction to the syllabus, tailored lesson plans and schemes of work you will have all the tools for success. ...

This classic study was originally published in 1949 in Dutch as Samenleving in een grensgebied. This English translation is based on a second revised Dutch edition from 1971. The point of departure is J.S. Furnivall's concept of 'plural society' to...

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...

This magnificent account of the coming of age of physics in America has been heralded as the best introduction to the history of science in the United States. Unsurpassed in its breadth and literary style, Daniel J. Kevles's account portrays the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400048854Author Scott HulerFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 332gDimensions(mm) 205mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916279117Author James V StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint James V StonePublisher James V StoneWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244775605Author Jacob Levy MorenoFormat PaperbackPage Count 466Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.com

Peter Higgins distills centuries of work into one delightful narrative that celebrates the mystery of numbers and explains how different kinds of numbers arose and why they are useful. Full of historical snippets and interesting examples, the book ranges...

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 9780809089475Author Mark SchultzFormat PaperbackImprint Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm *...

Essential Science aims to be the most detailed, accessible and authoritative book of its kind. Each of the 34 discoveries is broken down into seven essential elements to aid comprehension and inform the reader about what really matters: THE ESSENTIAL...

John Brockman brings together the world's best-known physicists and science writers-including Brian Greene, Walter Isaacson, Nobel Prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Martin Rees-to explain the universe in all wondrous splendor. In The...

Metaphysics isn't ordinarily much of a laughing matter. But in the hands of acclaimed comedy writer and scholar Eric Kaplan, a search for the truth about old St. Nick becomes a deeply insightful, laugh-out-loud discussion of the way some things exist but...

Did you know your irises are lying to you and all human eyes are actually brown?Want to know the absolute worst way to die, according to science? Did you know that a smoking psychedelic toad milk could alleviate depression for up to four weeks?117 Things...

We know that our diet influences our health. But is there more to the adage "you are what you eat?" Connecting the dots from agriculture to medicine, geologist David R. Montgomery and biologist Anne Bikle argue we overlook the other half of a healthy...

Many times through deep history Earth's magnetic poles have switched places, leaving our planet's protective shield weaker and life vulnerable to devastating solar storms. The last time it happened was 780,000 years ago, long before humans emerged, but...

More than meets the eye - the science of how we see and the secrets it reveals about how the brain works. Spotting a familiar face in a crowd is so easy, you take it for granted. But how you do it is one of science's great mysteries. Vision is...

Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza draws upon his lifelong work in archaeology, anthropology, genetics, molecular biology, and linguistics, to address the basic questions of human origins and diversity. Coauthored by his son, Francesco, the book answers age-old...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953321114Author John SchuesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint UFO Books PressPublisher UFO Books PressWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

In Tales from the Ant World, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson takes us on a thrilling myrmecological tour across continents and through time, inviting us into his decades-long scientific obsession with ants. Animating his observations with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956372581Author Orson WedgwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Orson WedgwoodPublisher Wedgwood Publishing

This is an action-packed collection of 100 simple science experiments using easily-sourced materials. It features making crystals, electrical circuits, paper planes, kaleidoscopes, balloon rockets, shadow puppets and much, much more. It combines hands-on...

How did chemistry and physics acquire their separate identities, and are they on their way to losing them again? Mary Jo Nye has written a graceful account of the historical demarcation of chemistry from physics and subsequent reconvergences of the two,...

Science in the Provinces: Scientific Communities and Provincial Leadership in France, 1860-1930 by Mary Jo Nye reconceptualizes the Paris-provinces dichotomy by recovering the intellectual vitality and institutional ambition of five non-Parisian...