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Psi Wars: Getting to Grips with the Paranormal

Psi Wars: Getting to Grips with the Paranormal

Author: James E Alcock ,  Jean Burns
ISBN: 9780907845485
Format: Paperback
$46.45

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Exploring Reincarnation

Exploring Reincarnation

Author: Hans Tendam
ISBN: 9780712660204
Format: Paperback
$71.15

This title examines the full range of explanations for past-life recall. It includes fascinating stories and case...  Read More >>

The Future Of Life

The Future Of Life

Author: Professor Edward O. Wilson
ISBN: 9780349115795
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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Asteroid: Earth Destroyer Or New Frontier?

Asteroid: Earth Destroyer Or New Frontier?

Author: Patricia Barnes-Svarney
ISBN: 9780738208855
Format: Paperback
$39.99

A look at the creation and composition of asteroids and the frightening eventuality of a collision with the earth....  Read More >>

The Genie in the Bottle: 67 All-new Digestible Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life

The Genie in the Bottle: 67 All-new Digestible Commentaries...

Author: Joe Schwarcz
ISBN: 9780805071382
Format: Paperback
$52.77

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Computers Ltd: What They REALLY Can't Do

Computers Ltd: What They REALLY Can't Do

Author: David Harel
ISBN: 9780198604426
Format: Paperback
$66.00

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Rockets: Sulfur, Sputnik and scramjets

Rockets: Sulfur, Sputnik and scramjets

Author: Peter Macinnis
ISBN: 9781865087948
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A history of rockets from their early Chinese origins to their modern use in the military, space exploration and...  Read More >>

The Skeptic's Dictionary

The Skeptic's Dictionary

Author: Roberta Carroll
ISBN: 9780471272427
Format: Paperback
$52.67

A wealth of evidence for doubters and disbelievers ""Whether it's the latest shark cartilage scam, or some new...  Read More >>

The Cyclical Serpent: Prospects For An Ever-repeating Universe

The Cyclical Serpent: Prospects For An Ever-repeating...

Author: Paul Halpern
ISBN: 9780738208848
Format: Paperback
$43.99

A comparative overview of common images of the universe from world art and folklore and their similarities to our...  Read More >>

Creation: The Story Of The Origin And Evolution Of The Universe

Creation: The Story Of The Origin And Evolution Of The...

Author: Barry Parker
ISBN: 9780738208879
Format: Paperback
$43.99

An accessible overview of the evolution and development of our universe- from the Big Bang to cosmic strings.  Read More >>

Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine

Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine

Author: Roy Porter
ISBN: 9780141010649
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Discusses about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. This book features various chapters that...  Read More >>

Evolution: A Very Short Introduction

Evolution: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Brian Charlesworth (Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology at the University of Edinburgh) ,  Deborah Charlesworth (Professor in the ICABP at Edinburgh)
ISBN: 9780192802514
Format: Paperback
$31.55

Few would dispute that the modern scientific method has been spectacularly successful, particularly in the 20th...  Read More >>

The Earth: A Very Short Introduction

The Earth: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Martin Redfern (, Science Producer at the BBC Science Radio Unit)
ISBN: 9780192803078
Format: Paperback
$21.95

This is a look at the Earth: how it was formed and how it works. It explores the emerging geological research and...  Read More >>

Life Sciences For The Non-scientist

Life Sciences For The Non-scientist

Author: Viqar Zaman (Formerly Head Of Dept Of Microbiology, Nus, S'pore)
ISBN: 9789812383310
Format: Paperback
$87.12

This exploration of the life sciences covers many topical issues, ranging from the origin of life to mad-cow disease....  Read More >>

Life Sciences For The Non-scientist

Life Sciences For The Non-scientist

Author: Viqar Zaman (Formerly Head Of Dept Of Microbiology, Nus, S'pore)
ISBN: 9789812383303
Format: Hardback
$137.28

This exploration of the life sciences covers many topical issues, ranging from the origin of life to mad-cow disease....  Read More >>

Gaia's Gift: Earth, Ourselves and God after Copernicus

Gaia's Gift: Earth, Ourselves and God after Copernicus...

Author: Anne Primavesi (Westar Institute and Lokahi Foundation, UK)
ISBN: 9780415288354
Format: Paperback
$83.99

In this, the second of Anne Primavesi's explorations of human relationships with the Earth, she asks that we complete...  Read More >>

A Celebration of the World’s Barrier Islands

A Celebration of the World’s Barrier Islands

Author: Orrin H. Pilkey ,  Mary Edna Fraser
ISBN: 9780231119702
Format: Hardback
$157.95

From the Carolina Outer Banks to New York's Fire Island, from Iceland to the Netherlands and Colombia to Vietnam,...  Read More >>

The Future of Spacetime

The Future of Spacetime

Author: Stephen W. Hawking ,  Kip Thorne
ISBN: 9780393324464
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Where the science of black holes, gravitational waves, and time travel will likely lead us, as reported by spacetime's...  Read More >>

Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory of Networks

Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Theory of...

Author: Mark Buchanan
ISBN: 9780393324426
Format: Paperback
$42.11

As Chaos explained the science of disorder, Nexus reveals the new science of connection and the odd logic of six...  Read More >>

Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet

Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful...

Author: David Toomey
ISBN: 9780393324488
Format: Paperback
$39.95

Fifty years after Isaac's Storm, a riveting story of the first Hurricane Hunters, and the one crew who paid the...  Read More >>

Quest: The Essence of Humanity

Quest: The Essence of Humanity

Author: Charles Pasternak ,  Baruch Blumberg
ISBN: 9780470851449
Format: Hardback
$86.99

An intriguing work of history, philosophy, and popular science that explores the human desire to quest. Scientists...  Read More >>

Newton's Apple: Isaac Newton and the English Scientific Renaissance

Newton's Apple: Isaac Newton and the English Scientific...

Author: Peter Aughton
ISBN: 9780297843214
Format: Hardback
$118.80

In the aftermath of the English Civil War, the Restoration overturned England's medieval outlook and a new way of...  Read More >>

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: Definitive Guide to the Evolutionary Biology of Sex

Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation: Definitive...

Author: Olivia Judson
ISBN: 9780099283751
Format: Paperback
$35.00

A take on the science behind many of the curiosities of the animal kingdom.  Read More >>

I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History

I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History...

Author: Stephen Jay Gould
ISBN: 9780099749714
Format: Paperback
$35.00

Stephen Jay Gould's writing remains the modern standard by which popular science writing is judged. Throughout his...  Read More >>

A User's Guide To The Brain

A User's Guide To The Brain

Author: Dr. John J. Ratey
ISBN: 9780349112961
Format: Paperback
$26.99

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