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1089 and All That: A Journey into Mathematics

1089 and All That: A Journey into Mathematics

Author: Acheson
ISBN: 9780198516231
Format: Hardback
$92.40

This text provides an introduction to mathematics.  Read More >>

Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour

Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human...

Author: Kevin N Laland ,  Gillian R Brown
ISBN: 9780198508847
Format: Hardback
$132.00

Can evolutionary theory really help us to understand human behaviour? 'Sense and nonsense' provides an introduction...  Read More >>

Die Dreifachhelix: Gen, Organismus und Umwelt

Die Dreifachhelix: Gen, Organismus und Umwelt

Author: Richard Lewontin ,  A. Pillmann
ISBN: 9783540433255
Format: Hardback
$105.47

Dieses allgemein verständliche Buch eines weltbekannten Evolutionsbiologen gibt einen brilliant geschriebenen Überblick...  Read More >>

Hunt For Zero Point

Hunt For Zero Point

Author: Nick Cook
ISBN: 9780099414988
Format: Paperback
$24.99

But the trail that takes Cook deep into the once-impenetrable empire of SS General Hans Kammler - the man charged...  Read More >>

Three Roads To Quantum Gravity

Three Roads To Quantum Gravity

Author: Lee Smolin
ISBN: 9780465078363
Format: Paperback
$42.11

From one of the world's most distinguished scientists, the first popular book to present the controversial and exciting...  Read More >>

Aging with Grace: The Nun Study and the Science of Old Age. How We Can All Live Longer, Healthier and More Vital Lives.

Aging with Grace: The Nun Study and the Science of Old...

Author: David Snowdon
ISBN: 9781841152929
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A look at the research that has transformed scientists' understanding of healthy aging and shows what everyone can...  Read More >>

The ""New York Times"" Book of Genetics

The ""New York Times"" Book of Genetics

Author: Nicholas Wade
ISBN: 9781585745319
Format: Paperback
$44.75

A collection of over 40 articles on genetics from ""The New York Times"". It explores issues such as: genetics as...  Read More >>

A Guide to the End of the World

A Guide to the End of the World

Author: Bill McGuire
ISBN: 9780192802972
Format: Hardback
$37.95

Focusing on the many potential catastrophes facing our planet and our species, this title looks at both the probability...  Read More >>

Smokin' Rockets: The Romance of Technology in American Film, Radio and Television, 1945-1962

Smokin' Rockets: The Romance of Technology in American...

Author: Patrick Lucanio ,  Gary Coville
ISBN: 9780786412334
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds

Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight...

Author: Gregory S. Paul
ISBN: 9780801867637
Format: Hardback
$144.00

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Bittersweet: The story of sugar

Bittersweet: The story of sugar

Author: Peter Macinnis
ISBN: 9781865086576
Format: Paperback
$36.99

An historical journey of the discovery and development of sugar around the world.  Read More >>

The Invention of Telepathy

The Invention of Telepathy

Author: Roger Luckhurst (, Lecturer in English, Birkbeck College, University of London)
ISBN: 9780199249626
Format: Hardback
$352.00

The belief in telepathy is still widely held and yet it remains much disputed by scientists. Roger Luckhurst explores...  Read More >>

Fermat’s Last Theorem

Fermat’s Last Theorem

Author: Simon Singh
ISBN: 9781841157917
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The story of the solving of a puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century. The solution of...  Read More >>

I Wish I'd Made You Angry Earlier: Essays on Science, Scientists and Humanity

I Wish I'd Made You Angry Earlier: Essays on Science,...

Author: Perutz
ISBN: 9780198590279
Format: Paperback
$63.95

This delightful collection of essays by Nobel Laureate Max Perutz explores a wide range of scientific and personal...  Read More >>

The Little Book of Earthquakes and Volcanoes

The Little Book of Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Author: Rolf Schick
ISBN: 9780387952871
Format: Hardback
$52.80

A brief, literate look at the forces that make the surface of the Earth subject to earthquakes and volcanoes.  Read More >>

Science in Popular Culture: A Reference Guide

Science in Popular Culture: A Reference Guide

Author: A. Bowdoin Van Riper
ISBN: 9780313318221
Format: Hardback
$120.00

Spaceships travel through time at lightspeed, piloted by human clones and talking animals. Serious injuries are...  Read More >>

The Science of Soccer

The Science of Soccer

Author: John Wesson
ISBN: 9780750308137
Format: Paperback
$108.11

Deals with a wide range of subjects where scientific analysis can be applied to football, answering questions like...  Read More >>

The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals...

Author: Bryan Sykes (Oxford Ancestors)
ISBN: 9780393323146
Format: Paperback
$44.75

The national bestseller that reveals how we are descended from seven prehistoric women.  Read More >>

Quantum Evolution: How Physics' Weirdest Theory Explains Life's Biggest Mystery

Quantum Evolution: How Physics' Weirdest Theory Explains...

Author: Johnjoe McFadden (University of Surrey)
ISBN: 9780393323108
Format: Paperback
$47.39

""Challenging but invariably eloquent and elegant answers to the most fundamental questions...: What is life? What...  Read More >>

The Other End of the Microscope: The Bacteria Tell Their Own Story

The Other End of the Microscope: The Bacteria Tell Their...

Author: Elmer W Koneman
ISBN: 9781555812270
Format: Paperback
$79.07

This work offers a unique and fascinating look at the relationship between bacteria and humans. Told from the bacteria's...  Read More >>

Frogs, Flies, and Dandelions: Speciation - The Evolution of New Species

Frogs, Flies, and Dandelions: Speciation - The Evolution...

Author: Schilthuizen
ISBN: 9780198503927
Format: Paperback
$140.95

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What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained...

Author: Robert L. Wolke
ISBN: 9780393011838
Format: Hardback
$82.95

Einstein's cook was lucky. But you, too, can have a scientist in your kitchen: Robert L. Wolke.  Read More >>

Theory of Interaction: The Simplest Explanation of Everything

Theory of Interaction: The Simplest Explanation of Everything...

Author: Eugene Savov
ISBN: 9789549103458
Format: Paperback
$65.87

The author discovered a spirally contracting and expanding interaction and the consequent fireworks-like universe...  Read More >>

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