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Key Stage 3 Science - Student Book 3 by Tracey Baxter
RRP: £16.99£16.12Secure the key science skills and knowledge students need to succeed in the new KS3 Science curriculum with Pupil Book 3. Engage students of all levels in KS3 Science with clearly differentiated material.Introduce fundamental ideas in the blue... -
Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales by Oliver Sacks 9781509821808
RRP: £9.99£7.06From the bestselling author of On Gratitude and On the Move.In this spirited volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life - both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence, and as a polymath conversant in all the... -
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J. E. Gordon
RRP: £12.99£9.09In "The New Science of Strong Materials" the author made plain the secrets of materials science. In this volume he explains the importance and properties of different structures.About the AuthorJames Edward Gordon was born in 1913. He took a degree in... -
Exploring Science QCA Pupils Book Year 8 Second Edition Paper by Mark Levesley
£26.44Exploring Science Pupils' Books Pupils' Books provide full coverage of the Key Stage 3 Science Curriculum and are each divided into twelve units that follow the Units in the QCA Scheme of work. Pupils' Book 9 contains eighteen units - twelve units that... -
Thirty Years that Shook Physics: The Story of Quantum Theory by George Gamow 9780486248950
RRP: £18.49£11.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486248950Author George GamowFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Brilliant History of Color in Art by Victoria Finlay
RRP: £21.99£18.95This is a irresistible and wonderfully illustrated exploration of the history of colour in art. The history of art is inseparable from the history of colour. And what a fascinating story they tell together: one that brims with an all-star cast of... -
Island on Fire: The extraordinary story of Laki, the volcano that turned eighteenth-century Europe dark by Alexandra Witze
RRP: £10.99£7.77Laki is Iceland's largest volcano. Its eruption in 1783 is one of history's great, untold natural disasters. Spewing out sun-blocking ash and then a poisonous fog for eight long months, the effects of the eruption lingered across the world for years. It... -
Surrounded by Narcissists: Or, How to Stop Other People's Egos Ruining Your Life by Thomas Erikson
RRP: £12.99£9.09From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Surrounded by IdiotsAre you overshadowed by the narcissists in your life? Are you worn out by their constant demands for attention, their absolute belief they are right (even when clearly they are not), their... -
Student Book for SQA Exams - S1 to National 4 Chemistry Student Book: For Curriculum for Excellence SQA Exams by Bob Wilson
RRP: £17.99£17.42Exam Board: SQALevel: S1-N4Subject: Chemistry Bring chemistry to life with this exciting new resource for S1-S3 classrooms! Provides in-depth coverage of Third Level and Fourth Level as well as National 3 and National 4Keep mixed... -
Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness: Our leading theories of how your brain really works by Patrick House 9781035400041
RRP: £12.99£8.60"Stylish, witty and insightful" -The Wall Street Journal"Makes us look at ourselves and the human mind in a series of fascinating ways" - New Scientist"House is a pleasure to read. Like Oliver Sacks ..." - Los Angeles Review of BooksA concise, elegant,... -
The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe by Lynne McTaggart
RRP: £10.99£7.25A book which gives scientific proof of the paranormal. Psychic activity, remote viewing, the power of prayer and homeopathy are all discussed in this book which The Ecologist called 'one of the most thought-provoking reads of the year', and which has... -
Superspy Science: Science, Death and Tech in the World of James Bond by Kathryn Harkup 9781472982254
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Witty and well researched.' THE TIMES 'A scientific dose of reality.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A fun and comprehensive exploration.' LINDA McROBBIE 'Endlessly fascinating.' LIBRARY JOURNAL The science behind James Bond's exploits - armaments, tactics,... -
Weird Plants by Chris Thorogood
RRP: £18.00£12.29For the first time, this extraordinary compilation showcases weird, mysterious and bizarre plants from around the world. Plants trick, kill, steal and kidnap, and this unique book explores a fascinating world in which plants have turned the tables on... -
Rat Trap: The capture of medicine by animal research – and how to break free by Dr Pandora Pound 9781805140528
RRP: £9.99£7.11With devastating logic and clarity, Dr Pandora Pound, Research Director at Safer Medicines Trust, comprehensively dismantles the case for animal research, bringing to an end the 150-year-old debate about its value once and for all. Focusing on the... -
A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong by Dr Rebecca Smethurst
RRP: £20.00£13.81In A Brief History of Black Holes, the award-winning University of Oxford researcher Dr Becky Smethurst charts five hundred years of scientific breakthroughs in astronomy and astrophysics.'A jaunt through space history . . . with charming wit and many... -
How Infrastructure Works: Transforming our shared systems for a changing world by Deb Chachra 9781911709541
RRP: £22.00£16.02'Pulsing with wisdom and humanity, How Infrastructure Works is a masterpiece' Ed Yong'You won't see the world the same after reading this book!' Austin KleonEvery day, we are granted the power to travel at high speeds, fly, see in the dark, summon water... -
A Species in Denial by Jeremy Griffith 9781741290011
RRP: £19.99£17.07Apologies 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... -
Awe: The Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder by Prof. Dacher Keltner 9781802061161
RRP: £10.99£7.77From a foremost expert on the science of emotions, a ground-breaking exploration into the history, psychology and meaning of aweSocial psychologist Dacher Keltner has spent his career speaking to different groups of people, from schoolchildren to... -
Sustainable Materials without the hot air: Making buildings, vehicles and products efficiently and with less new material by Julian Allwood
RRP: £27.99£27.67Now in its second edition, Sustainable Materials shows how we can greatly reduce the amount of material demanded and used in manufacturing, while still meeting everyone's needs. Materials, transformed from natural resources into the buildings,... -
When the Rivers Run Dry: The Global Water Crisis and How to Solve It by Fred Pearce 9781846276484
RRP: £9.99£6.52FULLY UPDATED FOR 2019 We cannot live without water. But with 7.5 billion people competing for this single unevenly-distributed resource, the planet is drying up. In When the Rivers Run Dry, Fred Pearce explores the growing world water crisis,... -
Deep Simplicity: Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life by John Gribbin
RRP: £10.99£7.77Simplifying chaos and complexity theory for the perplexed, John Gribbin's Deep Simplicity: Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life brilliantly illuminates the harmony underlying our existence. The world around us can be a complex, confusing place... -
Student Book for SQA Exams - S1 to National 4 Physics Student Book: For Curriculum for Excellence SQA Exams by Anna Lee
RRP: £17.99£17.42Exam Board: SQALevel: S1-N4Subject: Physics Bring physics to life with this exciting new resource for S1-S3 classrooms! Provides in-depth coverage of Third Level and Fourth Level as well as National 3 and National 4Keep mixed level... -
Language: The Cultural Tool by Daniel Everett
RRP: £12.99£9.09Like other tools, language was invented, can be reinvented or lost, and shows significant variation across cultures. It's as essential to survival as fire - and, like fire, is found in all human societies. Language presents the bold and controversial... -
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock
RRP: £9.99£7.11In this classic work that continues to inspire many readers, Jim Lovelock puts forward his idea that the Earth functions as a single organism. Written for non-scientists, Gaia is a journey through time and space in search of evidence in support of a... -
Key Stage 3 Science - Student Book 1 by Sarah Askey
RRP: £16.99£15.99Secure the key science skills and knowledge students need to succeed in the new KS3 Science curriculum with Pupil Book 1. Engage students of all levels in KS3 Science with clearly differentiated material.Introduce fundamental ideas in the blue... -
The Holographic Universe by Michael Talbot
RRP: £10.99£7.25'There is evidence to suggest that our world and everything in it - from snowflakes to maple trees to falling stars and spinning electrons - are only ghostly images, projections from a level of reality literally beyond both space and time.' ... -
Pasteur's Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation by Donald E. Stokes
RRP: £18.99£17.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815781776Author Donald E. StokesFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm)... -
Activate Chemistry Student Book by Philippa Gardom-Hulme 9780198307167
£24.91Activate is a new Key Stage 3 Science course for the 2014 curriculum, designed to support every student on their journey through Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4 success. This student book will spark students' curiosity in chemistry, whilst gradually building... -
Activate Biology Student Book by Jo Locke 9780198307150
£24.51Activate is a new Key Stage 3 Science course for the 2014 curriculum, designed to support every student on their journey through Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4 success. This student book will spark students' curiosity in biology, whilst gradually... -
How To Identify Plants by H. D. Harrington
RRP: £14.99£13.11First issued in 1957 by Swallow Press, this classic guide to the art of plant identification is now familiar to an entire generation of students. Harrington who was Professor of Botany and Curator of the Herbarium at Colorado State University, gives... -
Licence to Kill: The Science of 007 by Kathryn Harkup 9781472982261
RRP: £17.99£13.80'Witty and well researched.' THE TIMES 'A scientific dose of reality.' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'A fun and comprehensive exploration.' LINDA McROBBIE 'Endlessly fascinating.' LIBRARY JOURNAL The science behind James Bond's exploits - armaments, tactics,... -
The Geometry of Art and Life by Matila Ghyka 9780486235424
RRP: £10.99£7.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486235424Author Matila GhykaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll
RRP: £10.99£7.00Quantum physics is not mystifying. The implications are mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but this revolutionary theory is truly illuminating. It stands as the best explanation of the fundamental nature of our world. 'An authoritative and... -
Elephants on Acid: From zombie kittens to tickling machines: the most outrageous experiments from the history of science by Alex Boese
RRP: £8.99£6.40The Sunday Times Top Ten BestsellerHave you ever wondered if a severed head retains consciousness long enough to see what happened to it? Or whether your dog would run to fetch help, if you fell down a disused mineshaft? And what would happen if you were... -
The Magic of Reality: How we know what's really true by Richard Dawkins 9780593066126
RRP: £30.00£21.95What are things made of?What is the sun?Why is there night and day, winter and summer?Why do bad things happen?Are we alone?Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound questions such as these. Have you heard the... -
Insight: The Power of Self-Awareness in a Self-Deluded World by Dr Tasha Eurich
RRP: £12.99£9.02Nominated as one of the 2019 Thinkers50 Radar groupResearch shows that self-awareness is the meta-skill of the 21st century - the foundation for high performance, smart choices, and lasting relationships. Unfortunately, we are remarkably poor judges of... -
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
RRP: £14.99£9.70Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world's leading prize for popular science writing. We live in the information age. But every era of history has had its own information revolution: the invention of writing,... -
The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain by Simon Baron-Cohen
RRP: £10.99£7.77Simon Baron-Cohen's The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain is an unflinching look at the scientific evidence behind the innate sex differences of the mind. Men and women have always seemed to think in entirely different ways,... -
Surrounded by Setbacks: Or, How to Succeed When Everything's Gone Bad by Thomas Erikson
RRP: £12.99£9.09How to handle everything (and everyone) around you when all hell breaks loose, from the international bestselling author of Surrounded by Idiots.Not everything goes the way we want it to - the world or people around us sometimes just spin out of control... -
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the new science of the human past by David Reich
RRP: £11.99£8.43The past few years have seen a revolution in our ability to map whole genome DNA from ancient humans. With the ancient DNA revolution, combined with rapid genome mapping of present human populations, has come remarkable insights into our past. This...