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  • The Gene

    The story of the gene: our past, our future, ourselves.

    An epic, dazzling history of the idea that defines us.From Gregor Mendel’s pea plants to the discovery of DNA and the CRISPR revolution in gene-editing, The Gene tells the story of how we came to understand heredity – to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans – land how that knowledge now allows us to rewrite life itself. Siddhartha Mukherjee combines scientific insight with ... Read more

    €8.99

  • The Dangerous Art of Alchemy

    A fascinating free e-short accompaniment to The Raven's Head

    A free e-short from 'Queen of the Dark Ages' Karen Maitland, author of Company of Liars, which explores medieval Dark Arts practices and the mysterious history of alchemy.**Includes real recipes devised by medieval alchemists and a free sample of Karen's gothic historical thriller, The Raven's Head**'An atmospheric and dark story' The Times on The Raven's Head</st... ... Read more

    €3.99

  • When the Earth Was Flat

    All the Bits of Science We Got Wrong

    by Graeme Donald ...
    Perfect for anyone with an interest in our scientific history, When the Earth Was Flat exposes the scientific theories that were once widely believed to be true but have since been disproved.Featuring ideas that now seem more crazy than credible, from the human body being made up of only four humours - black and yellow bile, blood and phlegm - to the discovery of the so-called 'missing link' in ... Read more

    €4.49

  • Accidental Medical Discoveries

    How Tenacity and Pure Dumb Luck Changed the World

    Many of the world’s most important and life-saving devices and techniques were often discovered purely by accident. Serendipity, timing, and luck played a part in the discovery of unintentional cures and breakthroughs:A plastic shard in an RAF pilot’s eye leads to the use of plastic for contact lenses.The inability to remove a titanium chamber from rabbit’s bone leads to dental implants.Viagra was ... Read more

    €11.16

  • This Book Will Blow Your Mind

    Journeys at the Extremes of Science

    by New Scientist ...
    What's the nature of reality? Does the universe ever end? What is time and does it even exist? These are the biggest imagination-stretching, brain-staggering questions in the universe - and here are their fascinating answers.From quantum weirdness to freaky cosmology (like white holes - which spew out matter instead of sucking it in), This Book Will Blow Your Mind takes you on an epic journey to ... Read more

    €3.99

  • I Used to Know That: General Science

    Series Book 21 - I Used to Know That
    For those whose memories of learning science at school consist of burning magnesium and playing with iron filings and a magnet, and whose brains shut down as soon as things start to sound ‘too technical’, I Used to Know That: General Science is here to remind you of everything you’ve forgotten or should have learned.You may not be studying for an exam any more, but an understanding of basic ... Read more

    €5.39

  • Science Matters

    Achieving Scientific Literacy

    A science book for the general reader that is informative enough to be a popular textbook and yet well-written enough to appeal to general readers. “Hazen and Trefil [are] unpretentious—good, down-to-earth, we-can-explain-anything science teachers, the kind you wish you had but never did.”—The New York Times Book ReviewKnowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to ... Read more

    €10.79

  • A PhD Is Not Enough!

    A Guide to Survival in Science

    Everything you ever need to know about making it as a scientist.Despite your graduate education, brainpower, and technical prowess, your career in scientific research is far from assured. Permanent positions are scarce, science survival is rarely part of formal graduate training, and a good mentor is hard to find.In A Ph.D. Is Not Enough!, physicist Peter J. Feibelman lays out a rational path to a ... Read more

    €6.99

  • Collins Fungi Guide

    The most complete field guide to the mushrooms and toadstools of Britain & Ireland

    The sixth title in the bestselling Collins Guide series, this book covers the fungi of the British Isles, with considerable relevance for Europe and the wider temperate world.Leading mycological artists have been specially commissioned to ensure accurate, detailed illustrations. Where possible, species are described and illustrated on the same page, with up-to-date authoritative text aiding ... Read more

    €14.81

  • An Earthling's Guide to Outer Space

    Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Black Holes, Dwarf Planets, Aliens, and More

    by Bob McDonald ...
    Beloved science commentator Bob McDonald takes us on a tour of our galaxy, unraveling the mysteries of the universe and helping us navigate our place among the stars.How big is our galaxy? Is there life on those distant planets? Are we really made of star dust? And where do stars even come from?In An Earthling’s Guide to Outer Space, we finally have the answers to all those questions and more. ... Read more

    €15.77

  • Reader, Come Home

    The Reading Brain in a Digital World

    by Maryanne Wolf ...
    The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies.A decade ago, Maryanne Wolf’s Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how ... Read more

    €9.43

  • Drones for Beginners: The Ultimate Guide to Successfully Flying a Drone

    Learn how to master the drone controls and fly your UAV successfully.In this book we will cover the basics from safety precautions to remote control mastery. We'll walk you step by step from proper take off, hovering, adjusting your throttle and altitude, and others. You will learn basic maneuvers like circular flying, continuous flight, first person view flying, line of sight flying, and others ... Read more

    €2.99

  • Development of Learning Strategies Within Chemical Education

    The current status of chemistry practical education and laboratory experience for the first-year students is not as encouraging and useful as to produce excellent results. Consequently, in this context, it needs modification to implement a capstone, addressing the category on development and testing of chemistry courses or learning units and demonstrating an approach to implementing a multiweek ... Read more

    €4.49

  • THE ATOM AND THE BOHR THEORY OF ITS STRUCTURE

    by HELGE HOLST ...
    At the close of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, our knowledge of the activities in the interior of matter experienced a development which surpassed the boldest hopes that could have been entertained by the chemists and physicists of the nineteenth century. The smallest particles of chemistry, the atoms of the elements, which hitherto had been approached merely by ... Read more

    €0.45 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ansichten der Natur. Mit einem Essay von Heinrich Detering

    Humboldt, Alexander von – Pionierwerk der Wissenschaft

    Series series Reclams Universal-Bibliothek
    Eines der populärsten und komischsten Stücke des Wiener Volkstheaters in einer kommentierten NeuausgabeIn Nestroys 1833 uraufgeführter Zauberposse setzen die rivalisierenden Göttinnen Fortuna und Amorosa drei Handwerksgesellen einem Versuch aus: Sie lassen sie das große Los in der Lotterie ziehen. Während Knieriem und Zwirn das Geld sinnlos verprassen, kommt der brave Leim zur Vernunft und kehrt ... Read more

    €6.99

  • Weight and Measures

    This Weight and Measures study guide is created by Pamphlet Master for students everywhere. This tool has a comprehensive variety of college and graduate school topics/subjects which can give you what it takes to achieve success not only in school but beyond. Included in the pamphlet are: - LENGTH - AREA - TEMPERATURE - VOLUME AND CAPACITY (LIQUID AND DRY) - WEIGHT AND MASS - DRY MEASURE - LIQUID ... Read more

    €3.36

  • Klimawandel verstehen

    Grundlagen, Ursachen und Lösungen, ein Wegweiser zu Verantwortung, Gerechtigkeit und nachhaltigem Handeln

    by Falko Braast ...
    Der Klimawandel ist die größte Herausforderung unserer Zeit – und er betrifft uns alle. Dieses Buch erklärt leicht verständlich und zugleich detailliert, was Klima eigentlich bedeutet, wie sich Wetter und Klima unterscheiden und wie sich das Erdklima im Laufe der Geschichte verändert hat. Es zeigt die Ursachen des menschengemachten Treibhauseffekts auf, beleuchtet die Rolle von Energie, Industrie, ... Read more

    €4.49

  • We are Unconscious Consciousness, Virtually created in a Binary Universe

    by Pablo Ruiz ...
    We are an unconscious consciousness, the product of an artificial and simulated creation, and therefore virtual, in a binary universe, represented mathematically in a hologram.We can say that our reality in itself can be in these states-superimposed-that we will never get to know or understand, in such a way that our world of virtual experience is only our human world, but not the world itself.As ... Read more

    €8.99

  • Amazing Arachnids

    A richly illustrated and up-close look at the secret lives of spiders and other arachnidsThe American Southwest is home to an extraordinary diversity of arachnids, from spitting spiders that squirt silk over their prey to scorpions that court one another with kissing and dancing. Amazing Arachnids presents these enigmatic creatures as you have never seen them before. Featuring a wealth of color ... Read more

    €35.99

  • Allein oder einsam?

    Die Angst vor der Einsamkeit und die Fähigkeit zum Alleinsein

    by Rainer Gross ...
    In Zeiten der Corona-Pandemie ist die zunehmende Vereinsamung in der Gesellschaft in den Mittelpunkt politischer und medialer Debatten gerückt. Rainer Gross beleuchtet dieses Thema aus soziologischer, psychologischer und kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive und beantwortet die Frage, wie es im Zeitalter von Lockdowns, sozialen Netzwerken und zunehmender Entfremdung um unser soziales Gefüge ... Read more

    €29.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gravity Trains:

    And Other Speculations on 24Th Century Technology

    Imagine a straight line tunnel right through the Earth connecting two cities, and a train falling through it. This is a Gravity train, and it has been a frequent example in physics books for more than a century. But could such a system actually be built? What new technological breakthroughs would be required? How has tunnel technology evolved during the industrial age so far? Francis Graham (Kent ... Read more

    €3.36

  • Formation des chaînes de montagnes

    Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

    À la surface de la Terre, les zones de relief élevé qui forment ce que l'on appelle des «chaînes de montagnes» constituent un trait morphologique de première importance, comparable à celui des dorsales qui sillonnent le fond des océans. Les chaînes de montagnes correspondent donc à un marqueur ... ... Read more

    €6.99

  • Science(ish)

    The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies

    **A Sunday Times Book of the YearA New Scientist Gift Pick"Bright, nerdy and funny! Of course I loved it." Dara O Briain**Can we resurrect dinosaurs, Jurassic Park-style? Are we living in The Matrix's digital simulation? Do aliens with acid blood exist somewhere in the universe? Will we ever go back and visit 1955? And just why were the original Planet of the Ape movies so terrible?In Science(ish) ... Read more

    €6.29

  • Agujeros negros y ondas gravitacionales

    Una mirada profunda al Universo

    Una manzana cae, los planetas giran majestuosamente alrededor del Sol, el remolino de un agujero negro ejerce su atracción fatal (¡y es fotografiado directamente por primera vez!), diminutas ondas gravitacionales fluctúan en el tejido invisible del espacio-tiempo. Estamos ante distintas expresiones de la enigmática fuerza de la gravedad. ¿Cómo la entiende la ciencia desde Newton hasta Einstein, ... Read more

    €9.99 or Free with Kobo Plus