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Idea Makers: Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Some Notable People by Stephen Wolfram
RRP: $38.98$26.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781579550035Author Stephen WolframFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Wolfram Media IncPublisher Wolfram Media Inc -
Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab by Christine Montross 9780143113669
RRP: $46.80$32.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143113669Author Christine MontrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Ending Plague: A Scholar's Obligation in an Age of Corruption by Dr. Francis W. Ruscetti 9781510764682
RRP: $52.63$32.57"An engrossing expose of scientific practice in America." -KIRKUS REVIEWS From the authors of the New York Times bestselling Plague of Corruption comes the prescription on how to end the plague infecting our medical community.Ending Plague continues the... -
Uncertainty by David Lindley
RRP: $31.18$19.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400079964Author David LindleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy by Moiya McTier
RRP: $39.00$26.03NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLYAfter a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one hundred billion humans go about their day-to-day lives, of feeling unbelievably lonely, and of hearing its own story told by... -
John Whitehurst FRS: Innovator, Scientist, Geologist and Clockmaker by Maxwell Craven 9781781552650
RRP: $78.00$58.97John Whitehurst was one of a select number of men of science living and working in the eighteenth century whose minds were as remarkable for their breadth as their talents were for their diversity. Although remembered today mainly as a notable clockmaker... -
October Child by Linda Bostroem Knausgard
RRP: $25.33$23.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642860894Author Linda Bostroem KnausgardFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint World EditionsPublisher World Editions -
The Age of Uncertainty: how the greatest minds in physics changed the way we see the world by Tobias Hurter
RRP: $48.75$32.35The epic, page-turning history of how a group of physicists toppled the Newtonian universe in the early decades of the twentieth century. Marie Curie, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schroedinger, and Albert Einstein didn't only... -
Edward Jenner - the Original Vaccinator by Robin Jenner
RRP: $19.48$13.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528993241Author Robin JennerFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers -
Leonhard Euler: Mathematical Genius in the Enlightenment by Ronald S. Calinger 9780691196404
RRP: $68.25$55.01An acclaimed biography of the Enlightenment's greatest mathematicianThis is the first full-scale biography of Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), one of the greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists of all time. In this comprehensive and authoritative... -
Tales from Both Sides of the Brain: A Life in Neuroscience by Director Michael S Gazzaniga 9780062228857
RRP: $33.13$21.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062228857Author Director Michael S GazzanigaFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Ecco PressPublisher Ecco PressWeight(grams) 318g -
The Enlightened Mr. Parkinson: The Pioneering Life of a Forgotten English Surgeon by Cherry Lewis 9781785781780
RRP: $39.00$11.13'Billy Connolly says he's no idea who Parkinson was and just wishes he'd kept his disease to himself. He should read this book.' Jeremy PaxmanParkinson's disease is one of the most common forms of dementia, with 10,000 new cases each year in the UK... -
Books do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science by Richard Dawkins
RRP: $87.75$57.92A SPECTATOR BEST BOOK OF 2021'Richard Dawkins is a thunderously gifted science writer.' Sunday Times'It may be a collection of shorter parts, but the book is in no sense Dawkins made simple. It amounts to a substantive whole which offers a unitary... -
Comrade Haldane Is Too Busy to Go on Holiday: The Genius Who Spied for Stalin by Gavan Tredoux
RRP: $42.88$29.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594039836Author Gavan TredouxFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint Encounter Books,USAPublisher Encounter Books,USA -
Darwin: The man, his great voyage, and his Theory of Evolution by John van Wyhe
$21.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780233005362Author John van WyheFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Welbeck Publishing GroupPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group -
Planting the World: Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany by Jordan Goodman
RRP: $21.43$13.88'Based on meticulous research in original sources ... Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was ... Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated' Jenny Uglow, New York... -
The Many Worlds of Hugh Everett III: Multiple Universes, Mutual Assured Destruction, and the Meltdown of a Nuclear Family by Peter Byrne
RRP: $49.71$42.86Peter Byrne tells the story of Hugh Everett III (1930-1982), whose "many worlds" theory of multiple universes has had a profound impact on physics and philosophy. Using Everett's unpublished papers (recently discovered in his son's basement) and dozens... -
From Our Own Correspondent: A Decade of Dispatches from Across the World by Polly Hope
RRP: $21.43$14.43For more than sixty-five years on the air, From Our Own Correspondent has been one of BBC Radio's flagship programmes. It has taken listeners to parts of the world where they have never gone, and perhaps never would: war zones, refugee camps, elite... -
Ivan Pavlov: A Russian Life in Science by Daniel P. Todes 9780199925193
RRP: $77.01$56.63This is a definitive, deeply researched biography of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) and is the first scholarly biography to be published in any language. The book is Todes's magnum opus, which he has been working on for some twenty years... -
Matthew Forster Heddle by Hamish H. Johnston
RRP: $29.23$24.47Professor Matthew Heddle (1828-97) was a larger-than-life character, a renowned academic and one of Scotland's most famous mineralogists. His rich legacy includes: Encyclopaedia Britannica 9th edition (section on Mineralogy) A fossil fish Heddleichthys A... -
"Well, Doc, You're In": Freeman Dyson's Journey through the Universe by David Kaiser
RRP: $52.65$35.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047340Author David KaiserFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Archaeology from Space: How the Future Shapes Our Past by Sarah Parcak 9781250231345
RRP: $37.03$25.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250231345Author Sarah ParcakFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougal -
Autobiology of a Vet: The life story of a veterinary surgeon - from the suburbs of South London to rural Kent via Africa by John Sauvage 9781912576289
RRP: $52.63$45.26Opening with his award of Membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the book relates John's personal and family history from his English and Belgian parents and grandparents and their roles in two World Wars. His Belgian grandparents were... -
A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman by Linda Elkins-Tanton
RRP: $58.48$34.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063086906Author Lindy Elkins-TantonFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)... -
Adventures Of A Computational Explorer by Stephen Wolfram 9781579550264
RRP: $42.88$29.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781579550264Author Stephen WolframFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Wolfram Media IncPublisher Wolfram Media Inc -
Bechamp or Pasteur? by Ethel, D Hume 9780980297607
RRP: $50.60$43.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980297607Author Ethel, D HumeFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Distant MirrorPublisher Distant MirrorWeight(grams) 582gDimensions(mm) 140mm * 216mm *... -
Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine by Harry Parker
RRP: $19.48$13.86*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BARBELLION PRIZE* *A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week* As seen on Sky Arts Book Club with Elizabeth Day and Andi Oliver An eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and technology are changing what it means... -
The Life Scientific: Explorers by Anna Buckley 9781474607483
RRP: $29.23$26.23Inspiring life stories from BBC Radio 4's hit series The Life ScientificA Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2018'In showing non-scientists why science offers so many paths to discovery it has no equal' Gillian Reynolds, TelegraphBased on Jim... -
Ada Lovelace: The World's First Computer Programmer by Beverley Adams
RRP: $39.00$27.87The name Ada Lovelace perhaps is not a name that you would automatically link to computer science but she was in fact the first person to create a computer algorithm. Working with the renowned scientist Charles Babbage, Lovelace translated a set of notes... -
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
RRP: $37.03$23.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400080670Author Erik LarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Crown Publishing Group (NY)Publisher Crown Publishing Group (NY)Weight(grams)... -
Biographic: Leonardo by Andrew Kirk 9781781452905
RRP: $19.48$13.86The Biographies series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits, and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey each of... -
Plague: One Scientist's Intrepid Search for the Truth about Human Retroviruses and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Autism, and Other Diseases by Kent Heckenlively
RRP: $38.98$27.57#10 on Amazon Charts, USA Today Bestseller "This book is my best attempt to tell the truth about my research, the culture in science today which is hostile to new ideas, and what science can really do if allowed to pursue promising areas of inquiries... -
Google Guys by Richard L. Brandt
RRP: $42.88$28.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591844129Author Richard L. BrandtFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly 9780062363596
RRP: $37.03$34.65Soon to be a major motion picture starring Golden Globe--winner Taraji P. Henson and Academy Award--winners Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story... -
The Forgotten Genius of Oliver Heaviside: A Maverick of Electrical Science by Basil Mahon
RRP: $38.98$33.09FINALIST! 2019 IEEE William and Joyce Middleton Electrical Engineering History Award This biography of Oliver Heaviside profiles the life of an underappreciated genius and describes his many contributions to electrical science, which proved to be... -
Bunty by Halwart Schrader 9781787113480
RRP: $38.98$27.38The fascinating biography of David Scott-Moncrieff, alias `Bunty' - a colourful larger-than-life personality, enthusiastic car expert, charming entertainer, and passionate vintage car addict. Bunty's favourite marque was Rolls-Royce, and, for some... -
First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth by Norman Burr 9781787111035
RRP: $68.25$47.33The names 'Keith Duckworth' and 'DFV' are practically synonymous, such is the reputation of the famous F1 racing engine which he designed. Whilst there are books covering the technical aspects of the DFV engine, and other designs from Cosworth, the... -
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 9781400052189
RRP: $37.03$16.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of 2010 Indie Lit Award for NonFiction 2010 and Ambassador Book Award in American Studies 2011 and American Association for the Advancement of Science's Young Adult... -
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird 9780375726262
RRP: $35.08$21.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Critics Circle Awards and Pulitzer Prize 2006. Short-listed for J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780375726262Author Kai... -
Darwin's Backyard: How Small Experiments Led to a Big Theory by James T. Costa 9780393239898
RRP: $42.88$36.95James T. Costa takes readers on a journey from Charles Darwin's youth and travels on the HMS Beagle to Down House, his bustling home of forty years. To test his insights into evolution, Darwin devised experiments using his garden and greenhouse, the...