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Sea Legs is the story of Kathleen Crane, one of the first women oceanographers out of the world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. By turns personal and objective, Crane tells how her quest for freedom led her to the...

An accessible overview of the evolution and development of our universe- from the Big Bang to cosmic strings.Book InformationISBN 9780738208879Author Barry R. ParkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Perseus BooksPublisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692788691Author Suzan MazurFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Caswell BooksPublisher Caswell BooksWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645878004Author Rafael Pintos-LópezFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Rafael Pintos-LopezPublisher Rafael Pintos-LopezWeight(grams) 177g

labouratory Earth taps the relevant knowledge from physical, biological, and social sciences needed to study the planet holistically. This so-called Earth Systems Science fosters a new way to understand the Earth and our roles as inhabitants, with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780464381143Author Sir Michael HuhnFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 417g

First published in 1986, this award-winning account of how Einstein's theory holds up after more than seventy-five years has been updated to accommodate the most recent experimental findings, as well as the exciting story of the rise and fall of the...

From avalanches to glaciers and seals to snowflakes, from igloos to icebergs, permafrost to hoarfrost, chilblains to frostbite, Bill Streever unearths the consistent, ongoing influence of cold on the planet. Evoking history, myth, geography and ecology,...

Much has been written about Albert Einstein, technical and biographical, but very little remains as valuable as this unique hybrid of a book written by Einstein's colleague and contemporary. Both rich in personal insights and grounded in a deep knowledge...

In the words of one of his English contemporaries, Louis Pasteur was "the most perfect man who ever entered the kingdom of science." His contributions to the development of microbiology and medicine were profound, both practically...

The portraits of Freud, Shakespeare, Einstein, and Leonardo da Vinci on the cover symbolize a major theme of How We Know ,that the creative imagination plays a role in the sciences no less than in the arts, and that scientific discoveries have an...

With elegant simplicity, Maxim D. Frank-Kamenetskii elucidates the essential history and inner workings of DNA-a tiny molecule that holds within it the deepest mysteries of life. As Frank-Kamenetskii explains, DNA will undoubtedly shape our future, too,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060732653Author Ira FlatowFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 292g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993634963Author Ben TrippFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Ben TrippPublisher Ben TrippWeight(grams) 640g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989666312Author Adam a AllardFormat PaperbackImprint Adam AllardPublisher Adam AllardWeight(grams) 100g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988192201Author Ted HuntingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Ted HuntingtonPublisher Ted HuntingtonWeight(grams) 358g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983309932Author D W KregerFormat PaperbackImprint Windham Everitt PublishingPublisher Windham Everitt PublishingWeight(grams) 336g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873864633Author Rebecca StarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint January Productions, IncorporatedPublisher January Productions,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873864466Author Rebecca StarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint January Productions, IncorporatedPublisher January Productions,...

Over the past decade, organic products have become the fastest growing sector of agriculture, with an annual increase of at least 20 percent. This book explains why organic production and consumption have seen such phenomenal growth in recent years-and,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986555206Author Don GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Don GriffinPublisher Don GriffinWeight(grams) 133g

In Anatomy of a Rose, Sharman Apt Russell eloquently unveils the "inner life" of flowers, showing them to be more individual, more enterprising, and more responsive than we ever imagined. From their diverse fragrances to their nasty deceptions, Russell...

Were Jurassic dinosaurs social creatures? Can you determine the shape of a ram's horns from the evidence of its footprints? Paleontologist Martin Lockley answers these and other fascinating questions in this highly original tale of tracking and track...

To some a brand-new forum for the freedom of speech, the Internet is also the most up-to-date way to gather intelligence. Brilliant hackers like Kevin Mitnik,modern-day pirates",pose real security threats to government and industry. Cyberwars...

Are we still evolving? Scientists have grappled with this question since the time of Darwin. Now, in this provocative book, biologist Christopher Wills argues that we are not only continuing to evolve but that our pace of change is accelerating. He...

In 1992 the fastest object known to mankind hit the Earth's atmosphere at a speed within a billion-trillionth of one percent of the speed of light, carrying an energy far above that of the most powerful particle accelerator ever built. That object was a...

Where Stonehenge's giant bluestones come from? Was the fall of the Roman Empire hastened by lead poisoning? How did amber get from the Baltic to Belize? In exploring these and other historical enigmas, Joseph Lambert expertly details the rich insights...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671617660Author Richard MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint TouchstonePublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 315gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615895260Author Dennis L MuldrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Dennis L. MuldrowPublisher Dennis L. MuldrowWeight(grams) 100g

When we view a work of art, we often experience an emotional response, but the causes of our reactions are complex. Our knowledge of why we respond to art as we do is rooted in science—in psychology and biology. Eric R. Kandel traces the origins of this...

In this immensely readable book, noted cosmologist Rocky Kolb reveals the very human struggles of astronomy superstars seeking cosmic truths while lost in the clouds of confusion. Punctuated by the author's razor-sharp wit, this book provides anyone...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061138409Author Carl ZimmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 487Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 440g

When historians of the future come to examine western civilization in the twentieth century, one area of intellectual accomplishment will stand out above all others: more than any other era before it, the twentieth century was an age of science. Not only...

This volume contains descriptions of direct observations on, and illustrations of all known American species of the family Saprolegmiaceae. Notes are added on related families, as Leptomitaceae, Blastocladiaceae, and Monoblepharidaceae. Originally...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996117654Author Randolph R CroxtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Palustris Press LLCPublisher Palustris Press LLCWeight(grams) 263g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991005598Author Josh Bloom Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint American Council on Science and HealthPublisher American Council on Science and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991005543Author Nicholas StaropoliFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint American Council on Science and HealthPublisher American Council on Science and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988192225Author Ted HuntingtonFormat PaperbackImprint Ted HuntingtonPublisher Ted HuntingtonWeight(grams) 168g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985882310Author Clarence MenningaFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Clarence MenningaPublisher Clarence MenningaWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873864442Author Rebecca StarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint January Productions, IncorporatedPublisher January Productions,...