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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Better Than Yesterday

    by Jay Matthew ...
    This is a must for all doctors new to emergency medicine in South Africa. Written by a seasoned emergency medicine doctor, that has worked both in emergency departments and in the prehospital environment, it goes into detail about problems that doctors may encounter during daily practice. It offers quirky commentary and useful insights to help junior doctors cope in the field. Experienced doctors ... Read more

    €5.04 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tote Katzen schnurren nicht

    Ein Panoptikum interessanter Dinge und Begebenheiten

    In diesem kleinen Büchlein geht es um so etwas wie "interessante Dinge", um "Wissenswertes" sowie um bemerkenswerte "Begebenheiten" aus allen möglichen Wissensgebieten, die wiederum irgendwie miteinander verbunden und verbandelt (man könnte auch sagen "verschränkt") sind. Genauer, es geht um eine Auswahl von Dingen und Begebenheiten, die der Autor für sich als so interessant empfindet, dass er ... Read more

    €9.99

  • Michael Faraday : He Who Inspired Einstein | Biography of a Scientist Grade 5 | Children's Biographies

    Did you know that the great Albert Einstein was inspired by another scientist and inventor? Einstein’s inspiration was Michael Faraday, and this book is dedicated entirely to the latter. Read about Faraday’s life, including his education and upbringing. Walk with him as he works on experiments and becomes excited with his discoveries. Grab a copy today. ... Read more

    €3.79

  • Die Welträtsel

    Gemeinverständliche Studien über monistische Philosophie

    by Ernst Haeckel ...
    Die Welträtsel, in veralteter Schreibweise Die Welträthsel, ist der Titel eines Sachbuches aus der Feder des Biologen und Philosophen Ernst Haeckel aus dem Jahre 1899, es trägt den Untertitel "Gemeinverständliche Studien über monistische Philosophie". In diesem Werk stellt Haeckel sein monistisch geprägtes Weltbild als Lösung der Welträtsel einer breiten Öffentlichkeit vor, die Darwinsche ... Read more

    €1.99

  • Leptons And Quarks (Special Edition Commemorating The Discovery Of The Higgs Boson)

    The book “Leptons and Quarks” was first published in the early 1980s, when the program of the experimental search for the intermediate bosons W and Z and Higgs boson H was formulated. The aim and scope of the present extended edition of the book, written after the experimental discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, is to reflect the various stages of this 30+ years search. Along with the text of ... Read more

    €25.79

  • Herrn Eugen Dührings Umwälzung der Wissenschaft

    Herrn Eugen Dührings Umwälzung der Wissenschaft oder kurz: "Anti-Dühring", ist eine von Friedrich Engels zuerst 1877 fortsetzungsweise im Vorwärts veröffentlichte Streitschrift gegen Eugen Dühring unter Mitarbeit von Karl Marx. Sie wird zu den einflussreichsten Texten des Marxismus gerechnet. Ursprünglich auf Bitten Wilhelm Liebknechts verfasst, um den Einfluss Eugen Dührings zu schmälern, ... Read more

    €1.99

  • The Lamp of Learning

    Two Centuries of Publishing at Taylor & Francis

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Publishing and Printing
    Originally published in 1998, when for two centuries Taylor & Francis had been committed to the publication of scholarly information. Ever since the launching of the Philosophical Magazine in 1798, the publishing company run by Richard Taylor and later by William Francis has specialised in the printing and publishing of scientific periodicals and books. Both founders wrote original scientific ... Read more

    €64.32

  • North American Wildland Plants

    A Field Guide

    North American Wildland Plants contains descriptions of the salient characteristics of the most important wildland plants of North America. This comprehensive reference assists individuals with limited botanical knowledge as well as natural resource professionals in identifying wildland plants. The two hundred species of wildland plants in this book were selected because of their abundance, ... Read more

    €26.99

  • Penguins

    The Ultimate Guide Second Edition

    An acclaimed photographic guide to these marvelous and enigmatic birds—now in a new, updated editionPenguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for attributing to them moods and foibles similar to our own. Few realize how complex and mysterious their private lives truly are, as most of their existence takes place ... Read more

    €27.99

  • La théorie des mèmes

    Pourquoi nous nous imitons les uns les autres - L’inconnu

    Susan Blackmore, née en 1951 à Londres, enseigne à l’université de West of England, à Bristol. Elle est psychologue et physiologue, diplômée d’Oxford. Elle a publié de nombreux articles dans des revues scientifiques ainsi que des magazines. Elle est connue pour ses textes sur la conscience, d’inspiration bouddhiste. ... Read more

    €16.99

  • Diamondoids

    Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

    Over the past few decades, carbon nanomaterials, most commonly fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene, have gained increasing interest in both science and industry, due to their advantageous properties that make them attractive for many applications in nanotechnology. Another class of the carbon nanomaterials family that has slowly been gaining (re)newed interest is diamond molecules, also ... Read more

    €113.72

  • The Mysterious Waves of Living Cells

    In this book, Rudakemwa shares with us intriguing questions which lead to thinking about the existence of a new way of communication used by living cells. These ideas lead to a new theory that revolutionizes the way we previously conceived the internal organization of living beings. Not only this theory is new in its own way but it also brings in many other stunning consequences about the living ... Read more

    €4.49