Science & Technology

In 1880, Griffith Evans, an army veterinary surgeon in India, made the seminal discovery that blood parasites - then universally considered benign - were pathogenic. Spurned by peers and colleagues, his conclusions from experiments with diseased horses...

Through Francesco Bianchini, the 'greatest Italian of his time' this book explores the exciting meeting of science, history, and politics in early modern Europe. Born in a time where entry into the church granted power, privilege, and access to the...

Learn from Kellie Gerardi What It's Like to Be a Female Astronaut"Kellie is probably one of the best ambassadors for spaceflight in the 21st century that the industry could have." Lucy Hawking, author of George's Secret Key to the Universe and host of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228840169Author Timothy DouglassFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

From Alec Nevala-Lee, the author of the Hugo and Locus Award finalist Astounding, comes a revelatory biography of the visionary designer who defined the rules of startup culture and shaped America's idea of the future. During his lifetime, Buckminster...

As the pioneer of modern neuroscience, Santiago Ramon y Cajal may be the most influential figure in the history of biology you've never heard of. Along with Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur, Cajal ranks among the most brilliant and original scientists of...

In 1977, Feynman and his sidekick- fellow drummer and geography enthusiast Ralph Leighton-set out to make arrangements to visit Tuva, doing noble and hilarious battle with Soviet red tape, befriending quite a few Tuvans, and discovering the wonders of...

Planck's Law, an equation used by physicists to determine the radiation leaking from any object in the universe, was described by Albert Einstein as "the basis of all twentieth-century physics." Max Planck is credited with being the father of quantum...

New one-volume autobiography spans Asimov's life for the first time! As one of the most gifted and prolific writers of the twentieth century, Isaac Asimov became legendary for his inexhaustible creativity, wide-ranging intellectual curiosity, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898751383Author A KosmodemyanskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

The 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307237217Author David BodanisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 309gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

BBC Radio 4's celebrated THE LIFE SCIENTIFIC has featured some of the world's most renowned experts in the field of deadly viruses. The interviews make sobering reading, a reminder of all the deadly viruses that have threatened global health, and why...

Apologies 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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984898357Author Richard RhodesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780702265433Author Lauren BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint University of Queensland PressPublisher University of Queensland PressWeight(grams)...

Few scientists have made lasting contributions to as many fields as Francis Galton. He was an important African explorer, travel writer, and geographer. He was the meteorologist who discovered the anticyclone, a pioneer in using fingerprints to identify...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400081226Author Neal ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 595gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

This is the first full-scale biography of Leonhard Euler (1707-83), one of the greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists of all time. In this comprehensive and authoritative account, Ronald Calinger connects the story of Euler's eventful life to...

Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547053561Author Dale PetersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 853gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 165mm *...

Focusing on the lives and relationships behind their magnificent careers, The Curies is the first biography to trace the entire Curie dynasty, from Pierre and Marie's fruitful union and achievements to the lives and accomplishments of their two...

When John Napier published his invention of logarithms in 1614 he was announcing one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics, and log tables were used universally until the mid 1970s. With his Rabdologia, an ingenious calculating tool...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913012335Author Stephen HenstridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Chalk Stream BooksPublisher Riverside Publishing Solutions LtdDimensions(mm) 198mm...

In this moving and eloquent portrait, John Heilbron describes how the founder of quantum theory rose to the pinnacle of German science. With great understanding, he shows how Max Planck suffered morally and intellectually as his lifelong habit of service...

Soon 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781920942588Author Ann MoyalFormat PaperbackImprint ANU PressPublisher ANU Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947534087Author Bruce PascoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribe USPublisher Scribe USWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 135mm * 23mm

This is the story of one man's fight against a multibillion dollar colossus. A man who stood up for what was right, whatever the cost. The brilliant young forensic pathologist had no idea that the body on the slab in front of him would change his life,...

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN AND BBC SCIENCE FOCUS'An intimate, unique, and inspiring perspective on the life and work of one of the greatest minds of our time. Filled with insight, humour, and...

The new book from the BBC Radio 4 hit series The Life ScientificInside the lives of the scientists who are exploring our world, our universe, our past, ourselves.Based on interviews broadcast on BBC Radio 4's hugely popular series, The Life Scientific...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143785460Author Charlie VeronFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Viking AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888412228Author Nikola TeslaFormat HardbackPage Count 738Imprint Discovery PublisherPublisher Discovery PublisherWeight(grams) 1470gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

From historical figures such as Marie Curie to contemporaries such as Steve Jobs, a handful of innovators have changed the world. What made them so spectacularly inventive? Melissa A. Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, looks at...

J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964) was one of the most brilliant of British scientists - and one of the most controversial. A trail-blazing geneticist and physiologist, who used himself as his own guinea-pig, he was also a highly successful populariser of...

In this absorbing memoir, well-known eco-philosopher, Buddhist scholar, and deep ecology activist /teacher Joanna Macy recounts her adventures of mind and spirit in the key social movements of our era. Macy's autobiography reads like a novel as she...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853616405Author Peter GraftonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

'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...

In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, and world-class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman...

A "beautiful and astonishing" (Walter Isaacson, # 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker) narrative that examines the many ways to be fully human, told by the first young adult with autism to attend Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar...