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Science: general issues
Brand: Prometheus Books
Revealed uncovers the science behind mysteries of nature and secrets of frauds who have been fooling us for centuries. Beginning at the Greek oracle in Delphi, author Loren Pankratz, PhD. guides us through the mysteries of the ancient world, the rit..
31.69£
Brand: Princeton University Press
The nanotechnology revolution that will transform human health and longevityNano Comes to Life opens a window onto the nanoscale-the infinitesimal realm of proteins and DNA where physics and cellular and molecular biology meet-and introduces readers..
20.06£
Brand: National Geographic Society
Calling all tech nerds! This hefty little book is big on awesomeness-including cutting-edge tech, cool science, stunning stats, and even a little silliness. In this electrifying addition to the Nerdlet book series, you'll glimpse incredible inventio..
16.06£
Brand: National Geographic Society
Calling all tech nerds! This hefty little book is big on awesomeness-including cutting-edge tech, cool science, stunning stats, and even a little silliness. In this electrifying addition to the Nerdlet book series, you'll glimpse incredible inventio..
31.34£
Brand: Prometheus Books
This book explains in laypersons' terms a new approach to studying consciousness based on a partnership between neuroscientists and complexity scientists. The author, a physicist turned neuroscientist, outlines essential features of this partnership..
24.13£
Brand: Princeton University Press
A book that finally demystifies Newton's experiments in alchemyWhen Isaac Newton's alchemical papers surfaced at a Sotheby's auction in 1936, the quantity and seeming incoherence of the manuscripts were shocking. No longer the exemplar of Enlightenm..
42.01£
Brand: Princeton University Press
AIDS is not caused by HIV. Coal and oil are not fossil fuels. Radiation exposure is good for you. Distributing more guns reduces crime. These ideas make headlines, but most educated people scoff at them. Yet some of science's most important concepts..
32.21£
Brand: Princeton University Press
The extraordinary story of the scientific expeditions that ushered in the era of relativityIn 1919, British scientists led expeditions to Brazil and Africa to test Albert Einstein's new theory of general relativity in what became the century's most ..
21.35£
Brand: W. W. Norton & Company
Professional arborist and award-winning nature writer William Bryant Logan deftly relates the delightful history of the reciprocal relationship between humans and oak trees since time immemorial. For centuries these supremely adaptable, generous tr..
20.73£
Brand: Yale University Press
An insightful exploration of the iconic Galápagos tortoises, and how their fate is inextricably linked to our own in a rapidly changing world The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. For sixty years, conserv..
26.43£
Brand: Princeton University Press
A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin ReesHumanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks..
14.42£
Brand: Princeton University Press
The first collection and translation into English of the earliest biographical accounts of Galileo's lifeThis unique critical edition presents key early biographical accounts of the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), written by his close ..
48.94£
Brand: University of Chicago Press
Owing its inspiration and title to On the Origin of Species, James W. Valentine's ambitious book synthesizes and applies the vast treasury of theory and research collected in the century and a half since Darwin's time. By investigating the origins o..
56.50£
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection is both a key scientific work of research, still read by scientists, and a readable narrative that has had a cultural impact unmatched by any other scientific text. First publis..
45.70£
Brand: Dover Publications Inc.
Over 120 delightful pen-and-ink illustrations by the author add another dimension of good-natured charm to these wide-ranging explorations. A mind-expanding volume for the layman and the science-minded. "This is a layman's book as readable as a hist..
15.08£
Brand: Wiley
OPEN CHANNEL DESIGN A fundamental knowledge of flow in open channels is essential for the planning and design of systems to manage water resources. Open channel design has applications within many fields, including civil engineering, agriculture, hy..
136.86£
Brand: Wiley
The easy way to shed light on Optics In general terms, optics is the science of light. More specifically, optics is a branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light?including visible, infrared, and ultraviolet?and the interact..
24.63£
Read the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the Earth's awesome impact on the shape of human civilisations.'Stands comparison with Sapiens… Thrilling' Sunday Times Human evolution in East Africa was driven by geological forces. Ancient Greece deve..
14.08£
In diesem mehrbändigen Werk finden sich die Briefwechsel des bedeutenden Physikers und Nobelpreisträgers Otto Stern (1888-1969). Das Besondere an dieser Sammlung ist, dass die einzelnen Bände nicht streng chronologisch, sondern nach Themen und Perso..
84.26£
Brand: Little Brown and Company
Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things. ISBN: 9780201483406Publisher: Little, BrownImprint: Basic BooksPubl..
27.77£
Brand: Wiley
Life on our planet depends upon having a climate that changes within narrow limits - not too hot for the oceans to boil away nor too cold for the planet to freeze over. Over the past billion years Earth's average temperature has stayed close to 14-1..
90.19£
Brand: University of Chicago Press
It is hard to imagine, by their very name, the life sciences not involving the study of living things, but until the twentieth century much of what was known in the field was based primarily on specimens that had long before taken their last breaths..
74.40£
Brand: Princeton University Press
An essential introduction to the philosophy of biologyThis is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both,..
22.04£
Brand: Princeton University Press
Philosophical foundations of the physics of space-timeThis concise book introduces nonphysicists to the core philosophical issues surrounding the nature and structure of space and time, and is also an ideal resource for physicists interested in the ..
23.88£