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The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform The World

The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform...

Author: David Deutsch
ISBN: 9780140278163
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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Fat, Fate, and Disease: Why exercise and diet are not enough

Fat, Fate, and Disease: Why exercise and diet are not...

Author: Peter Gluckman (Professor of Paediatrics and Perinatal Biology, University of Auckland) ,  Mark Hanson (Director of the Centre for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, University of Southampton)
ISBN: 9780199644629
Format: Hardback
$42.95

'Why are we losing the war against obesity and chronic disease?' This is the simple question Peter Gluckman and...  Read More >>

A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century

A History of Optics from Greek Antiquity to the Nineteenth...

Author: Olivier Darrigol (Research Director at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, Research Director at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, University of Paris 7)
ISBN: 9780199644377
Format: Hardback
$108.95

This book is a long-term history of optics, from early Greek theories of vision to the nineteenth-century victory...  Read More >>

Higgs Force: The Symmetry-breaking Force That Makes the World an Interesting Place

Higgs Force: The Symmetry-breaking Force That Makes...

Author: Nicholas Mee
ISBN: 9780718892784
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Higgs Force is a gripping account of the scientists who have revealed the hidden structure of the natural world....  Read More >>

The Velikovsky Heresies: Worlds in Collision and Ancient Catastrophes Revisited

The Velikovsky Heresies: Worlds in Collision and Ancient...

Author: Laird Scranton
ISBN: 9781591431398
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A reexamination of Immanuel Velikovsky’s controversial Venus theories in light of new astronomical and archaeological...  Read More >>

The Physiological Mechanisms of Motivation

The Physiological Mechanisms of Motivation

Author: D.W. Pfaff
ISBN: 9781461256946
Format: Paperback
$145.17

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pfaff Motivational Concepts: Definitions and...  Read More >>

The Brain

The Brain

Author: Ammar al-Chalabi ,  R Shane Delamont
ISBN: 9781743104538
Format: Audio
$38.76

It has been remarked that if the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't....  Read More >>

That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion

That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion...

Author: Rachel Herz, PhD
ISBN: 9780393076479
Format: Hardback
$71.15

An entertaining and revealing look at the science behind the emotion of disgust.  Read More >>

Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

Author: Peter H. Diamandis ,  Steven Kotler
ISBN: 9781451614213
Format: Hardback
$68.64

Providing abundance is humanity's grandest challenge--this is a book about how we rise to meet it. Abundance for...  Read More >>

Middle Age: A Natural History

Middle Age: A Natural History

Author: David Bainbridge
ISBN: 9781846274367
Format: Electronic book text
$62.67

A vet turns forty and discovers sound - and surprising - zoological evidence that he's about to experience the best...  Read More >>

Der antike Roman und seine mittelalterliche Rezeption

Der antike Roman und seine mittelalterliche Rezeption...

Author: Michelangelo Picone ,  Bernhard Zimmermann
ISBN: 9783034898508
Format: Paperback
$224.37

Unter den Gattungen der antiken Literatur ist nach Jahren der Ver- nachUissigung in der letzten Zeit ein besonderes...  Read More >>

The Search for Aliens: A Rough Guide to Life on Other Worlds

The Search for Aliens: A Rough Guide to Life on Other...

Author: Piers Bizony
ISBN: 9781405383240
Format: Paperback
$50.13

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A Brief History of Bad Medicine

A Brief History of Bad Medicine

Author: Ian Schott ,  Robert Youngson
ISBN: 9781780332611
Format: Paperback
$42.99

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Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements

Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements

Author: Hugh Aldersey-Williams
ISBN: 9780141041452
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Everything in universe is made of them, including you. Like you, elements have personalities, attitudes, talents,...  Read More >>

Planet Earth: A Beginner's Guide

Planet Earth: A Beginner's Guide

Author: John R. Gribbin
ISBN: 9781851688289
Format: Paperback
$24.99

In this lively expedition into the origins, evolution, and workings of our planet, John Gribbin does what he does...  Read More >>

In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation

In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at...

Author: William J. Cook
ISBN: 9780691152707
Format: Hardback
$73.79

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Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers

Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future: The Ingenious...

Author: John MacCormick ,  Chris Bishop
ISBN: 9780691147147
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Every day, we use our computers to perform remarkable feats. A simple web search picks out a handful of relevant...  Read More >>

The Glorious Golden Ratio

The Glorious Golden Ratio

Author: Alfred S. Posamentier ,  Ingmar Lehmann
ISBN: 9781616144234
Format: Hardback
$58.99

Provides an exploration of the Golden Ration, maths most intriguing and elegant phenomena. This title gives readers...  Read More >>

The Rudolf Mössbauer Story: His Scientific Work and Its Impact on Science and History

The Rudolf Mössbauer Story: His Scientific Work and...

Author: Michael Kalvius ,  Paul Kienle
ISBN: 9783642179518
Format: Hardback
$237.47

The “Rudolf Mössbauer Story” recounts the history of the discovery of the “Mössbauer Effect” in 1958 by Rudolf Mössbauer...  Read More >>

From Sugar to Splenda: A Personal and Scientific Journey of a Carbohydrate Chemist and Expert Witness

From Sugar to Splenda: A Personal and Scientific Journey...

Author: Bert Fraser-Reid
ISBN: 9783642227806
Format: Hardback
$340.56

More than just coincidence connects a Tate & Lyle lawsuit and artificial sweetener to Jamaican-born Chemist Bert...  Read More >>

Praxisleitfaden Immobilienanschaffung und Immobilienfinanzierung: Verständlicher und praxisorientierter Ratgeber für Immobilienerwerber in Deutschland mit aktueller Darstellung der Rechtslage und Berechnungstool für Kreditfinanzierungen

Praxisleitfaden Immobilienanschaffung und Immobilienfinanzierung:...

Author: Guido Rennert
ISBN: 9783642226212
Format: Hardback
$343.17

Die wichtige Thematik der Immobilienfinanzierung stellt der Autor des Praxisleitfadens vor dem Hintergrund des Erfahrungsschatzes...  Read More >>

A Universe from Nothing

A Universe from Nothing

Author: Lawrence M. Krauss ,  Christopher Hitchens
ISBN: 9781451624458
Format: Hardback
$65.97

A provocative account of the astounding new answers to the most basic philosophical questions: Where did the universe...  Read More >>

Inequalities: Theorems, Techniques and Selected Problems

Inequalities: Theorems, Techniques and Selected Problems...

Author: Zdravko Cvetkovski
ISBN: 9783642237911
Format: Paperback
$131.87

This work is about inequalities which play an important role in mathematical Olympiads. It contains 175 solved problems...  Read More >>

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