Science & Technology

Born in colonial New Zealand, Ernest Rutherford grew up on the frontier-a different world from Cambridge, to which he won a scholarship at the age of twenty-four. His work revolutionized modern physics. Among his discoveries were the orbital structure of...

A sonnet to science presents an account of six ground-breaking scientists who also wrote poetry, and the effect that this had on their lives and research. How was the universal computer inspired by Lord Byron? Why was the link between malaria and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990538523Author Rackham HoltFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Greenwoman Publishing LLCPublisher Greenwoman Publishing LLCWeight(grams)...

We think of bees as being among the busiest workers in the garden, admiring them for their productivity. But amid their buzzing, they are also great communicators-and unusual dancers. As Karl von Frisch (1886-1982) discovered during World War II, bees...

The 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...

Many people know that Albert Einstein was a brilliant theoretical physicist who revolutionised modern science. What they may not know is that he only learnt to speak at four years old; that he was asked to become the President of Israel in 1952, but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250143792Author Gino Segr Format PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 30mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476729930Author Paul SteinhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998276526Author Richard TarnasFormat HardbackPage Count 456Imprint Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic StudiesPublisher Multidisciplinary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646639403Author Barry L StoddardFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Koehler BooksPublisher Koehler BooksWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853616573Author John E. ChacksfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147509772Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 135g

The legend of Charles Darwin has never been more alive or more potent, but by virtue of this, his legacy has become susceptible to myths and misunderstandings. Understanding Charles Darwin examines key questions such as what did Darwin's work change...

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 9780743255363Author James TobinFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 133mm...

James 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...

By addressing the enigma of the exceptional success of Hungarian emigrant scientists and telling their life stories, Brilliance in Exile combines scholarly analysis with fascinating portrayals of uncommon personalities. Istvan and Balazs Hargittai...

In 1993, Alan Rabinowitz, called the "Indiana Jones" of wildlife science by "The New York Times", arrived for the first time in the country of Myanmar, known until 1989 as Burma, uncertain of what to expect. Working under the auspices of the Wildlife...

The present age is sometimes called the Scientific Age. This does not imply that every member of the community is an expert scientist-far from it. It does mean, however, that the labours of the scientists have given the age certain features which...

Robert M. Keating's story is America's story. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1862 to poor Irish immigrants, he was just 13 when his father died suddenly. A precocious boy with a knack for mechanics, Keating filed his first patent at 22, started...

Within the study of Endocrinology, particularly the thyroid gland, there are wide ranging subjects. In this volume John Lazarus has illustrated this by referring to his introduction to clinical aspects of thyroid disease while at medical school. He...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781779699497Author Tarek SalimFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Ice Cream Tree BooksPublisher Ice Cream Tree BooksWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935641285Author Tod F StuessyFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Missouri Botanical Garden PressPublisher Missouri Botanical Garden PressWeight(grams)...

Despite the renown of the Fields Medals, J. C. Fields has been until now a rather obscure figure, and recovering details about his professional activities and personal life was not at all a simple task. This work is a triumph of persistence with...

The first granular study of nineteenth-century composer devotion-a network of devotees who preserved tangible traces of composers through relics, rituals, pilgrimage, exhumation, and embalming. During the nineteenth century, music institutions promoted...

When Darwin announced his theory of evolution by natural selection, he did more than transform biology. Before his great work, humans were comfortably different from other life, a special creation. By showing how life on Earth evolved, Darwin told us...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262551397Author David H. DevorkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398828186Author Jon BalchinFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

This comprehensive volume completes Frederic Holmes's notable and detailed biography of Hans Krebs, from the investigator's early development through the major phase of his groundbreaking investigation, which lay the foundations upon which the modern...

Definitive, concise, and very interesting...From William Shakespeare to Winston Churchill, the Very Interesting People series provides authoritative bite-sized biographies of Britain's most fascinating historical figures - people whose influence and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Science/Technology) 2003.Book InformationISBN 9780786866595Author Paul HoffmanFormat HardbackPage Count 380Imprint TheiaPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995102934Author Adam ClaasenFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint Massey University PressPublisher Massey University PressWeight(grams) 500gDimensions(mm)...

A major biography of the brilliant naturalist, traveler, humanitarian, and codiscoverer of natural selectionAlfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) was perhaps the most famed naturalist of the Victorian age. His expeditions to remote Amazonia and southeast...

Showcases the life of the first American woman in space, from her childhood, to her accomplishments as a tennis star, and her pioneering achievements as an astronaut and science educator. Explore Sally Ride's life and contributions and understand the...

'An absorbing and moving account of what it is like to live with brain injury' Penelope Lively'Heartbreaking and uplifting' Robert NewmanMatthew has a meticulously logical mind. He is intelligent, compassionate and fiercely loyal. He also has a brain...

This beginners guide introduces the complex ideas in Hawking's book, "A Brief History of Time". Hawking has made discoveries about where the two theories of relativity and quantum mechanics break down or overlap, such as at the edge of a Black Hole or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781443736046Author Samuel SmilesFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 464gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 17mm

This book seeks to redefine the genius of Isaac Newton, casting off the mythologised baggage of bygone eras.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781961341159Format HardbackPage Count 480Imprint McNally EditionsPublisher McNally EditionsWeight(grams) 649gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 152mm * 38mm

God of Sperm tells the remarkable story of Dr. Cappy Miles Rothman, the son of notorious gangster Norman "Roughhouse" Rothman, who went on to become a trailblazer in the field of reproductive medicine. Rothman started the California Cryobank, one of the...