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The Diabetic Foot, An Issue of Medical Clinics

The Diabetic Foot, An Issue of Medical Clinics

Author: Andrew J.M. Boulton (University of Manchester)
ISBN: 9781455775989
Format: Hardback
$261.33

Covers the best practices surrounding the management of patients with diabetic foot complications. This title includes...  Read More >>

The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

The Ultimate Quotable Einstein

Author: Albert Einstein ,  Alice Calaprice (Senior Editor)
ISBN: 9780691160146
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Offers a collection of Einstein quotations that has sold tens of thousands of copies worldwide and been translated...  Read More >>

Sundials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights Which Are Here Displayed in Every Truth and Are Moreover Regarded as Emblems

Sundials and Roses of Yesterday: Garden Delights Which...

Author: Alice Morse Earle
ISBN: 9781108065184
Format: Paperback
$126.79

The American author Alice Morse Earle (1851–1911) practised a distinctive form of historical writing which made...  Read More >>

Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery: The Race to Find the Body's Own Morphine

Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery: The Race to Find...

Author: Jeff Goldberg
ISBN: 9781626361935
Format: Paperback
$27.99

In late 1973, scientists John Hughes and Hans Kosterlitz spent the majority of their time in an underfunded, obscure,...  Read More >>

The Life of a Leaf

The Life of a Leaf

Author: Steven Vogel (Duke University, North Carolina)
ISBN: 9780226104775
Format: Paperback
$47.95

Whether plant or person, every organism must contend with its immediate physical environment, a world that both...  Read More >>

Digitized: The science of computers and how it shapes our world

Digitized: The science of computers and how it shapes...

Author: Peter J. Bentley (Honorary Reader, Department of Computer Science, University College London)
ISBN: 9780199678761
Format: Paperback
$22.95

Everyone uses computers today. But what do you really know about them? Using the voices of pioneers and leading...  Read More >>

Reductionism: A Beginner's Guide

Reductionism: A Beginner's Guide

Author: Alastair I. M. Rae
ISBN: 9781780742540
Format: Paperback
$25.85

From the atom to our societies, an unparalleled introduction to how the science of the small explains the greatest...  Read More >>

Elegance and Enigma: The Quantum Interviews

Elegance and Enigma: The Quantum Interviews

Author: Maximilian Schlosshauer
ISBN: 9783642269813
Format: Paperback
$171.57

Participants: Guido Bacciagaluppi, Caslav Brukner, Jeffrey Bub, Arthur Fine, Christopher Fuchs, GianCarlo Ghirardi,...  Read More >>

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic...

Author: David Quammen
ISBN: 9780393346619
Format: Paperback
$36.00

A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases, Spillover is “fascinating...  Read More >>

Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration

Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned...

Author: Christopher Impey ,  Holly Henry
ISBN: 9780691147536
Format: Hardback
$62.99

Describes the unmanned space missions that have opened windows on distant worlds. Spanning four decades of dramatic...  Read More >>

Risk Intelligence: How to Live with Uncertainty

Risk Intelligence: How to Live with Uncertainty

Author: Dylan Evans
ISBN: 9781848877399
Format: Paperback
$25.85

An elegant and radical manual that teaches us how take better control of our lives in an age of global uncertainty....  Read More >>

The Science Magpie: Fascinating facts, stories, poems, diagrams and jokes plucked from science

The Science Magpie: Fascinating facts, stories, poems,...

Author: Simon Flynn
ISBN: 9781848315990
Format: Paperback
$23.99

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History of British Birds: Volume 2, Containing the History and Description of Water Birds

History of British Birds: Volume 2, Containing the History...

Author: Thomas Bewick
ISBN: 9781108065078
Format: Paperback
$155.76

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History of British Birds: Volume 1, Containing the History and Description of Land Birds

History of British Birds: Volume 1, Containing the History...

Author: Thomas Bewick
ISBN: 9781108065405
Format: Paperback
$93.15

Thomas Bewick (1753–1828) is synonymous with finely crafted wood engravings of the natural world, and his instantly...  Read More >>

Introducing Particle Physics: A Graphic Guide

Introducing Particle Physics: A Graphic Guide

Author: Tom Whyntie ,  Oliver Pugh
ISBN: 9781848315891
Format: Paperback
$22.99

An Introducing Graphic Guide to partner the perennial bestseller Introducing Quantum Theory.  Read More >>

Le culture del cibo: Salute e nutrizione, tradizioni, emozioni

Le culture del cibo: Salute e nutrizione, tradizioni,...

Author: Antonio Gaddi ,  Claudia Fragiacomo
ISBN: 9788847054462
Format: Paperback
$65.97

L’alimentazione, oltre a soddisfare un bisogno primario e a svolgere un ruolo chiave nella prevenzione delle malattie,...  Read More >>

The Future of the Mind: The New Mind's Eye

The Future of the Mind: The New Mind's Eye

Author: Jack Huber
ISBN: 9781909470071
Format: Paperback
$79.20

Computers, social media, the 'cyberous' are transforming our lives. But what about our minds? Some scientists believe...  Read More >>

Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat: The science behind drugs in sport

Run, Swim, Throw, Cheat: The science behind drugs in...

Author: Chris Cooper (Head of Research, Sports and Exercise Science, University of Essex)
ISBN: 9780199678785
Format: Paperback
$31.95

Sportsmen and women achieve extraordinary feats through hard work and natural talent. But some do use drugs to push...  Read More >>

Hear Where We Are: Sound, Ecology, and Sense of Place

Hear Where We Are: Sound, Ecology, and Sense of Place...

Author: Michael Stocker
ISBN: 9781461472841
Format: Paperback
$73.89

Throughout history, hearing and sound perception have been typically framed in the context of how sound conveys...  Read More >>

SuperFuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future

SuperFuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the...

Author: Richard Martin
ISBN: 9781137278340
Format: Paperback
$52.80

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Searching for Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads, and Cryptozoology

Searching for Sasquatch: Crackpots, Eggheads, and Cryptozoology...

Author: B. Regal
ISBN: 9781137349439
Format: Paperback
$294.98

The first academic study of this subject is an entertaining look at the search for Sasquatch which considers not...  Read More >>

The Bluffer's Guide to the Quantum Universe

The Bluffer's Guide to the Quantum Universe

Author: Jack Klaff
ISBN: 9781909365766
Format: Paperback
$34.98

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