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The Long and the Short of It: The Science of Life Span and Aging

The Long and the Short of It: The Science of Life Span...

Author: Jonathan Silvertown (The Open University)
ISBN: 9780226757896
Format: Hardback
$44.95

Everything that lives will die. That's the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age. A giant...  Read More >>

Mediating Memory in the Museum: Trauma, Empathy, Nostalgia

Mediating Memory in the Museum: Trauma, Empathy, Nostalgia...

Author: S. Arnold-de-Simine ,  Kenneth A. Loparo
ISBN: 9781349350117
Format: Paperback
$419.76

Mediating Memory in the Museum is a contribution to an emerging field of research that is situated at the interface...  Read More >>

Lights On!: The Science of Power Generation

Lights On!: The Science of Power Generation

Author: Mark Denny
ISBN: 9781421409962
Format: Paperback
$69.99

For those who wish to delve deeper into the science, a technical appendix provides estimations for a variety of...  Read More >>

Lights On!: The Science of Power Generation

Lights On!: The Science of Power Generation

Author: Mark Denny
ISBN: 9781421409955
Format: Hardback
$137.00

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77 Fairly Safe Science Activities for Illustrating Bible Lessons

77 Fairly Safe Science Activities for Illustrating Bible...

Author: Donald B. Deyoung
ISBN: 9780801015373
Format: Paperback
$44.85

This engaging book provides teachers and parents with easy, fun-filled, and memorable experiments, revealing truths...  Read More >>

The Medical Book (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions): 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine

The Medical Book (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions):...

Author: Clifford A. Pickover
ISBN: 9781435148048
Format: Hardback
$77.63

The history of medicine is as old as the history of human civilisation. In The Medical Book,  Read More >>

The War of the Sexes: How Conflict and Cooperation Have Shaped Men and Women from Prehistory to the Present

The War of the Sexes: How Conflict and Cooperation Have...

Author: Paul Seabright
ISBN: 9780691159720
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Radiation: What It Is, What You Need to Know

Radiation: What It Is, What You Need to Know

Author: Robert Peter Gale ,  Eric Lax
ISBN: 9780307950208
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A clarifying, fascinating, urgently needed book on radiation--what it is, what should and shouldn't concern us about...  Read More >>

Life at the Speed of Light: from the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life

Life at the Speed of Light: from the Double Helix to...

Author: J. Craig Ventor
ISBN: 9781408705254
Format: Paperback
$32.99

In 2010, scientists led by J. Craig Venter became the first to successfully create 'synthetic life' -- putting humankind...  Read More >>

Don't Look, Don't Touch, Don't Eat: The Science Behind Revulsion

Don't Look, Don't Touch, Don't Eat: The Science Behind...

Author: Valerie Curtis (The Hygiene Centre London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , UK)
ISBN: 9780226131337
Format: Hardback
$71.28

Every flu season, sneezing, coughing, and graphic throat-clearing become the day-to-day background noise in every...  Read More >>

Die geometrische Revolution: Aus dem Amerikanischen von Christof Menzel

Die geometrische Revolution: Aus dem Amerikanischen...

Author: Richard Trudeau
ISBN: 9783034878302
Format: Paperback
$92.37

Epistemologie f. Das Studium des Wesens und des Ursprungs der Erkenntnis. Als ieh ein Teenager war, sptirte ieh,...  Read More >>

Advances in Biochemical Engineering

Advances in Biochemical Engineering

Author: T. K. Ghose ,  A. Fiechter
ISBN: 9783662155561
Format: Paperback
$145.17

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The Explainer: From Deja Vu to Why the Sky is Blue, and Other Conundrums

The Explainer: From Deja Vu to Why the Sky is Blue,...

Author: The Conversation
ISBN: 9781486300501
Format: Paperback
$19.95

Ever wondered how vaccines work, why whales strand themselves or if luck exists? The Explainer: From Dej Vu to...  Read More >>

The Secret Language Of Color: Science, Nature, History, Culture, Beauty of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, & Violet

The Secret Language Of Color: Science, Nature, History,...

Author: Arielle Eckstut ,  Joann Eckstut
ISBN: 9781579129491
Format: Hardback
$55.00

In the same format as The Elements by Theodore Gray comes the most complete, fascinating and beautiful book ever...  Read More >>

New Stars for Old - Stories from the History of Astronomy: Stories from the History of Astronomy

New Stars for Old - Stories from the History of Astronomy:...

Author: M Read
ISBN: 9780957154865
Format: Hardback
$46.58

New Stars for Old takes readers on a journey through the history of astronomy from the perspective of pivotal figures...  Read More >>

Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner

Undiluted Hocus-Pocus: The Autobiography of Martin Gardner...

Author: Martin Gardner ,  Persi Diaconis
ISBN: 9780691159911
Format: Hardback
$44.99

Includes topics as diverse as magic, philosophy, religion, pseudoscience, and Alice in Wonderland. This title takes...  Read More >>

The Goldilocks Planet: The 4 billion year story of Earth's climate

The Goldilocks Planet: The 4 billion year story of Earth's...

Author: Jan Zalasiewicz (Senior Lecturer in Geology, Leicester University) ,  Mark Williams (Reader in Geology, Leicester University)
ISBN: 9780199683505
Format: Paperback
$25.95

In the struggle to cope with climate change, what lessons can be learnt from Earth's long history? Two leading geologists...  Read More >>

Time Loops and Space Twists: How God Created the Universe

Time Loops and Space Twists: How God Created the Universe...

Author: Fred Alan Wolf (Fred Alan Wolf)
ISBN: 9781938289002
Format: Paperback
$50.03

A new view of how consciousness and science are related  Read More >>

Fractals: A Very Short Introduction

Fractals: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Kenneth Falconer (Professor of Pure Mathematics, University of St Andrews)
ISBN: 9780199675982
Format: Paperback
$21.95

From the contours of coastlines to the outlines of clouds, fractal shapes can be found regularly in nature. This...  Read More >>

Are Dolphins Really Smart?: The mammal behind the myth

Are Dolphins Really Smart?: The mammal behind the myth...

Author: Justin Gregg (Research Associate, Dolphin Communication Project)
ISBN: 9780199660452
Format: Hardback
$45.95

Are Dolphins Really Smart? provides a highly critical look at the popular myths about dolphin intelligence and behaviour....  Read More >>

Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy

Darwin and His Children: His Other Legacy

Author: Tim M. Berra (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University)
ISBN: 9780199309443
Format: Hardback
$74.95

The only book that deals substantially with the lives of his children from their birth to their death, each in his...  Read More >>

Don't Look, Don't Touch: The science behind revulsion

Don't Look, Don't Touch: The science behind revulsion...

Author: Valerie Curtis (Director of the Hygiene Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
ISBN: 9780199579488
Format: Hardback
$42.95

Disgust, like its much better understood companions fear and love, is a powerful subconscious impulse that influences...  Read More >>

Vom Urknall zum modernen Menschen: Die Entwicklung der Welt in zehn Schritten

Vom Urknall zum modernen Menschen: Die Entwicklung der...

Author: Peter Ulmschneider
ISBN: 9783642299254
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Peter Ulmschneider zeichnet anhand von 10 Entwicklungsstufen den Weg von der Entstehung des Universums bis zum modernen...  Read More >>

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