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Unsere Boeden entdecken - Die verborgene Vielfalt unter Feldern und Wiesen

Unsere Boeden entdecken - Die verborgene Vielfalt unter...

Author: Axel Don ,  Roland Prietz
ISBN: 9783662597279
Format: Mixed media product
$65.97

Boeden sind die Grundlage unserer Nahrungsmittelproduktion, aber ihre Vielfalt und Schoenheit ist verborgen unter...  Read More >>

The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the Dangerous Illusions that Shape Our World

The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the...

Author: Ziya Tong
ISBN: 9781838850470
Format: Hardback
$39.99

A groundbreaking look at the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways, from...  Read More >>

Saint Joan of New York: A Novel About God and String Theory

Saint Joan of New York: A Novel About God and String...

Author: Mark Alpert
ISBN: 9783030325527
Format: Paperback
$51.72

SAINT JOAN OF NEW YORK is a novel about a math prodigy who becomes obsessed with discovering the Theory of Everything....  Read More >>

Apollo 11: The Inside Story

Apollo 11: The Inside Story

Author: David Whitehouse ,  David Whitehouse
ISBN: 9781785786181
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The amazing inside story of Apollo 11 - The Right Stuff for a new generation  Read More >>

Bonobo and Chimpanzee: The Lessons of Social Coexistence

Bonobo and Chimpanzee: The Lessons of Social Coexistence...

Author: Takeshi Furuichi ,  Reiko Matsuda Goodwin
ISBN: 9789811380587
Format: Hardback
$85.36

This book describes the similarities and differences between two species, bonobos and chimpanzees, based on the...  Read More >>

Conserving Humanity at the Dawn of Posthuman Technology

Conserving Humanity at the Dawn of Posthuman Technology...

Author: Joseph R. Carvalko Jr.
ISBN: 9783030264062
Format: Paperback
$72.42

This volume examines the latest scientific and technological developments likely to shape our post-human future....  Read More >>

Nico Bloembergen: Master of Light

Nico Bloembergen: Master of Light

Author: Rob Herber
ISBN: 9783030257361
Format: Hardback
$158.37

This biography is a personal portrait of one of the best-known Dutch physicists, Nicolaas Bloembergen. Born in 1920...  Read More >>

Tesla'S German and American Patents: A Selection of the Most Important Patents with Notes

Tesla'S German and American Patents: A Selection of...

Author: Nikola Tesla
ISBN: 9781948803144
Format: Paperback
$65.87

This book is a readable compendium of patents, diagrams and explanations of the many incredible inventions of the...  Read More >>

A Pocket History of Human Evolution

A Pocket History of Human Evolution

Author: Silvana Condemi ,  Fran ois Savatier
ISBN: 9781615196043
Format: Paperback
$24.99

An approachable and helpfully illustrated introduction to our earliest relatives - the first sapiens and their relatives,...  Read More >>

NASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement

NASA and the Long Civil Rights Movement

Author: Brian C. Odom ,  Stephen P. Waring
ISBN: 9780813066202
Format: Hardback
$224.40

Examining the ways in which NASA's goal of space exploration both conflicted and aligned with the cause of racial...  Read More >>

Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI reveals what really goes on in our minds

Sex, Lies, and Brain Scans: How fMRI reveals what really...

Author: Barbara J. Sahakian (Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge) ,  Julia Gottwald (PhD student at Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780198752899
Format: Paperback
$23.95

The potential of fMRI is extraordinary. It allows us to observe brain activity in real time, build an understanding...  Read More >>

Maths Unwrapped: The easy way to understand and master mathematics

Maths Unwrapped: The easy way to understand and master...

Author: Mattias Ribbing ,  Per Sundin
ISBN: 9781473696129
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Unwrap the puzzle of maths forever with this engaging guide to learning how to do maths and remember it.  Read More >>

Philosophy of Biology: A Very Short Introduction

Philosophy of Biology: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Samir Okasha (Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Bristol)
ISBN: 9780198806998
Format: Paperback
$21.95

Covering some of science's most divisive topics, such as philosophical issues in genetics and evolution, the philosophy...  Read More >>

The Mind of an Engineer: Volume 2

The Mind of an Engineer: Volume 2

Author: Purnendu Ghosh
ISBN: 9789811513299
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book is a collection of chapters reflecting the experiences and achievements of some of the Fellows of the...  Read More >>

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the...

Author: Malcolm Gladwell ,  Malcolm Gladwell
ISBN: 9780241449509
Format: Audio
$55.00

The popular podcast host and author explores how people interact with strangers and why these exchanges often go...  Read More >>

On the Waves of a Pulsating World: An Engineer’s Adventures in Innovation, Education and Politics: From Russia to the West

On the Waves of a Pulsating World: An Engineer’s Adventures...

Author: Vladimir Babitsky ,  Alex Gruzenberg
ISBN: 9783030308483
Format: Hardback
$72.42

Vladimir Babitsky was born before the Second World War and migrated West after Perestroika. The author has lived...  Read More >>

The Evolution of Music through Culture and Science

The Evolution of Music through Culture and Science

Author: Peter Townsend (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, University of Sussex)
ISBN: 9780198848400
Format: Hardback
$79.95

This book explores some of the very strong links between music and advances in science. It contains many original...  Read More >>

The Age of Sustainability: Just Transitions in a Complex World

The Age of Sustainability: Just Transitions in a Complex...

Author: Mark Swilling (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
ISBN: 9780367178161
Format: Paperback
$79.99

With transitions to more sustainable ways of living already underway, this book examines how we understand the underlying...  Read More >>

Real Scientists Don’t Wear Ties: When Science Meets Culture

Real Scientists Don’t Wear Ties: When Science Meets...

Author: Sidney Perkowitz
ISBN: 9789814800686
Format: Hardback
$46.99

Real Scientists Don’t Wear Ties looks at science and technology, and their links to general and popular culture...  Read More >>

Tuna Wars: Powers Around the Fish We Love to Conserve

Tuna Wars: Powers Around the Fish We Love to Conserve...

Author: Steven Adolf
ISBN: 9783030206406
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Historically, whenever tuna was hauled ashore, the sounds of battle were never far away. ‘Tuna Wars’ tells the untold...  Read More >>

Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in Fantasy and Science Fiction

Wizards, Aliens, and Starships: Physics and Math in...

Author: Charles L. Adler
ISBN: 9780691196374
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Explaining the science behind science fiction and fantasy-from the probable to the impossibleFrom space elevators...  Read More >>

Neptune’s Laboratory: Fantasy, Fear, and Science at Sea

Neptune’s Laboratory: Fantasy, Fear, and Science at...

Author: Antony Adler
ISBN: 9780674972018
Format: Hardback
$74.95

We have long been fascinated with the oceans and sought “to pierce the profundity” of their depths. But the history...  Read More >>

The Age of Sustainability: Just Transitions in a Complex World

The Age of Sustainability: Just Transitions in a Complex...

Author: Mark Swilling (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
ISBN: 9780367178154
Format: Hardback
$284.00

With transitions to more sustainable ways of living already underway, this book examines how we understand the underlying...  Read More >>

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