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Beam: The Race to Make the Laser by Jeff Hecht 9780199738717
Booksplease Price: £43.09Beam is the story of the race to make the laser, the three intense years from the birth of the laser idea to its breakthrough demonstration in a California laboratory. The quest was a struggle... -
Beam: The Race to Make the Laser by Jeff Hecht 9780195142105
Booksplease Price: £81.83In 1954, Charles Townes invented the laser's microwave cousin, the maser. The next logical step was to extend the same physical principles to the shorter wavelengths of light, but the idea did not... -
Vanishing Life: The Mystery of Mass Extinctions by Jeff Hecht 9781416994220
Booksplease Price: £6.02The fascinating phenomenon of mass extinction is the subject of Jeff Hecht's spellbinding book. In clear and lucid style he explores the geological evidence of extinction and its interpretation, the... -
City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics by Jeff Hecht 9780195162554
Booksplease Price: £39.21City of Light tells the story of fiber optics, tracing its transformation from 19th-century parlor trick into the foundation of our global communications network. Written for a broad audience by a... -
Lasers, Death Rays, and the Long, Strange Quest for the Ultimate Weapon by Jeff Hecht 9781633884601
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £17.18The whole story of laser weapons with a focus on its many interesting characters and sometimes bizarre schemes The laser--a milestone invention of the mid-twentieth century--quickly captured the... -
Understanding Lasers: An Entry-Level Guide Jeff Hecht (Laser Focus World, USA) 9781119310648
RRP: £85.95Booksplease Price: £73.96The expanded fourth edition of the book that offers an essential introduction to laser technology and the newest developments in the field The revised and updated fourth edition of Understanding... -
Introduction to Laser Technology by C. Breck Hitz
RRP: £110.95Booksplease Price: £90.73The only introductory text on the market today that explains the underlying physics and engineering applicable to all lasers Although lasers are becoming increasingly important in our high-tech... -
Getting the Message: A History of Communications by Laszlo Solymar 9780198503330
Booksplease Price: £83.12The past century has seen developments in communications technology probably unrivalled in any other field of human activity. Significant advances are made every year, and both our work and leisure... -
Getting the Message: A History of Communications, Second Edition by Laszlo Solymar 9780198863007
RRP: £32.49Booksplease Price: £31.24Getting the Message is a unique and engaging exploration of the fascinating history of communications, starting with ancient civilisations, the Greeks and Romans, then leading through the development... -
The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia by Mikhail A. Fedonkin 9780801886799
Booksplease Price: £69.58Among the major events in evolutionary history, few rival in importance the appearance of animals. The Rise of Animals-a significant reference providing a comprehensive synthesis of the early... -
Making Space: How the Brain Knows Where Things Are by Jennifer M. Groh 9780674863217
RRP: £23.95Booksplease Price: £20.95Knowing where things are seems effortless. Yet our brains devote tremendous computational power to figuring out the simplest details about spatial relationships. Going to the grocery store or finding... -
Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy by Mark P. Witton 9780691150611
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £30.62For 150 million years, the skies didn't belong to birds--they belonged to the pterosaurs. These flying reptiles, which include the pterodactyls, shared the world with the nonavian dinosaurs until...