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The Science of Breaking Bad

The Science of Breaking Bad

Author: Dave Trumbore ,  Donna J. Nelson (Professor of Chemistry, University of Oklahoma)
ISBN: 9780262537155
Format: Paperback
$39.99

All the science in Breaking Bad—from explosive experiments to acid-based evidence destruction—explained and analyzed...  Read More >>

Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Voyage of Apollo 11

Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Voyage of...

Author: James Donovan
ISBN: 9781445699073
Format: Paperback
$51.75

The Apollo 11 mission and lunar-landing is one of the most iconic moments in history, and a landmark of technological...  Read More >>

Talking to Robots: A Brief Guide to Our Human-Robot Futures

Talking to Robots: A Brief Guide to Our Human-Robot...

Author: David Ewing Duncan
ISBN: 9781472142917
Format: Paperback
$36.99

Award-winning journalist David Ewing Duncan sketches twenty-four visions of possible human-robot futures - short...  Read More >>

She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Story of Heredity, Its Past, Present and Future

She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Story of Heredity, Its...

Author: Carl Zimmer
ISBN: 9781509818556
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Award-winning, celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding...  Read More >>

The Consolations of Physics: Why the Wonders of the Universe Can Make You Happy

The Consolations of Physics: Why the Wonders of the...

Author: Tim Radford
ISBN: 9781473658912
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A wise and inspiring manifesto about why understanding physics can make you happier, by one of the leading science...  Read More >>

A Walking Life: Reclaiming Our Health and Our Freedom One Step at a Time

A Walking Life: Reclaiming Our Health and Our Freedom...

Author: Antonia Malchik
ISBN: 9780738220161
Format: Hardback
$64.69

For readers of On Trails: an incisive, utterly engaging exploration of walking: how it is fundamental to our being...  Read More >>

Wunderwelt der Kafer

Wunderwelt der Kafer

Author: Bernhard Klausnitzer
ISBN: 9783662586969
Format: Mixed media product
$92.37

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10 Things We've Learned about Space: Recent advances, from the Viking landings on Mars to chasing comets

10 Things We've Learned about Space: Recent advances,...

Author: Rhodri Evans
ISBN: 9781472137562
Format: Paperback
$25.85

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Chemistry Essentials For Dummies

Chemistry Essentials For Dummies

Author: John T. Moore (Stephen F. Austin State University, TX)
ISBN: 9781119591146
Format: Paperback
$21.95

Chemistry Essentials For Dummies (9781119591146) was previously published as Chemistry Essentials For Dummies (9780470618363)....  Read More >>

Physics Essentials For Dummies

Physics Essentials For Dummies

Author: Steven Holzner (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell University)
ISBN: 9781119590286
Format: Paperback
$24.95

Positioned for students (and parents) who just want the key concepts and a few examples -- without the review, ramp-up,...  Read More >>

Biology Essentials For Dummies

Biology Essentials For Dummies

Author: Rene Fester Kratz ,  Donna Rae Siegfried
ISBN: 9781119589587
Format: Paperback
$16.95

Focuses on just the core concepts you need to succeed in an introductory biology course. This title helps you from...  Read More >>

The 9 Pitfalls of Data Science

The 9 Pitfalls of Data Science

Author: Gary Smith (Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics, Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics, Pomona College) ,  Jay Cordes (Data Scientist, Data Scientist)
ISBN: 9780198844396
Format: Hardback
$98.30

The 9 Pitfalls of Data Science is loaded with entertaining tales of both successful and misguided approaches to...  Read More >>

Superstition and Science: Mystics, sceptics, truth-seekers and charlatans

Superstition and Science: Mystics, sceptics, truth-seekers...

Author: Mr Derek Wilson
ISBN: 9781472142580
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A multi-faceted story of heroes and villains, mystics and sceptics, earnest seekers of truth and charlatans, a narrative...  Read More >>

Here Comes the Sun: How it feeds us, kills us, heals us and makes us what we are

Here Comes the Sun: How it feeds us, kills us, heals...

Author: Professor Steve Jones
ISBN: 9781408711309
Format: Paperback
$36.99

A fascinating and illuminating look at the sun and our relationships to it, from one of our greatest science writers....  Read More >>

Astroquizzical: A Beginner’s Journey Through the Cosmos

Astroquizzical: A Beginner’s Journey Through the Cosmos...

Author: Jillian Scudder
ISBN: 9781785784125
Format: Paperback
$23.99

How did the Earth get to be the way it is? Just like all of us, it's a product of its ancestors.  Read More >>

Apollo 11: The Inside Story

Apollo 11: The Inside Story

Author: David Whitehouse
ISBN: 9781785785122
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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

Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are

Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are

Author: Robert Plomin
ISBN: 9780141984261
Format: Paperback
$26.99

A top behavioral geneticist makes the case that DNA inherited from our parents at the moment of conception can predict...  Read More >>

Heart: A History: Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2019

Heart: A History: Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book...

Author: Sandeep Jauhar
ISBN: 9781786075734
Format: Paperback
$22.99

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Quantum Theory from First Principles: An Informational Approach

Quantum Theory from First Principles: An Informational...

Author: Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano (Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy) ,  Giulio Chiribella (The University of Hong Kong)
ISBN: 9781108714419
Format: Paperback
$106.09

Quantum theory, the soul of theoretical physics, is derived in this book from fundamental principles applicable...  Read More >>

Artificial Intelligence: Modern Magic or Dangerous Future?

Artificial Intelligence: Modern Magic or Dangerous Future?...

Author: Yorick Wilks
ISBN: 9781785785160
Format: Paperback
$22.99

Getting to the heart of the Artificial Intelligence debate.  Read More >>

Geology of the Oman Mountains, Eastern Arabia

Geology of the Oman Mountains, Eastern Arabia

Author: Mike Searle
ISBN: 9783030184520
Format: Paperback
$158.37

This book describes in detail numerous geological sites throughout the mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates...  Read More >>

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