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  • 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

    R114,48 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Gene

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

    by Siddhartha Mukherjee ...
    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

    R284,27

  • The Dangerous Art of Alchemy

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

    by Karen Maitland ...
    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

    Free

  • Basics of … Beekeeping

    by Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth and Others ...
    This classic work has been greatly enhanced and extended with both photographs and images to illustrate the many facets of Beekeeping.A guide for the aspiring apiarist. All you need to know to get started in beekeeping. In this updated edition, a compilation of advice from Langstroth, Quinby, Huber, and a number of contemporary contributors, you will find everything you need to know about ... Read more

    R76,26

  • What's Gotten Into You

    The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner

    by Dan Levitt ...
    For readers of Bill Bryson, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Siddhartha Mukherjee, a wondrous, wildly ambitious, and vastly entertaining work of popular science that tells the awe-inspiring story of the elements that make up the human body, and how these building blocks of life travelled billions of miles and across billions of years to make us who we are.Every one of us contains a billion times more atoms ... Read more

    R353,73

  • 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

    R231,71

  • Why Do Golf Balls Have Dimples?

    A Book of Weird and Wonderful Science Facts

    by Wendy Sadler ...
    Have you ever wondered why golf balls have dimples or why your hair goes frizzy in the rain? Scientist Wendy Sadler has the answers in her book of Weird and Wonderful facts. Broken down into user-friendly chapters like sport, going out, the great outdoors, food and drink and the downright weird, Wendy gives the scientific answers to life's intriguing questions, likeWhy toast always lands butter ... Read more

    R57,15

  • Zauberberg Riva

    by Willi Jasper ...
    Ein Sanatorium am Gardasee in der Literatur Am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts gründete der Wiener Arzt Christoph von Hartungen in Riva am Gardasee ein Sanatorium, das schnell zu einem bevorzugten Dorado von Aristokraten, Diplomaten, Wissenschaftlern, Künstlern und Schriftstellern wurde. Die besondere Anziehungskraft des Ortes machte die uralte Verbindung von südlichem Naturerlebnis, Heilklima und ... Read more

    R359,00

  • The Craft of Science Writing

    Selections from “The Open Notebook,” Expanded Edition

    Edited by Siri Carpenter ...
    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
    A deeply sourced, inclusive guide to all aspects of science writing with contributions from some of the most skilled and award-winning authors working today.Science writing has never been so critical to our world, and the demands on writers have never been greater. On any given day, a writer might need to explain the details of AI, analyze developments in climate change research, or serve as a ... Read more

    R397,43

  • Spartakus

    Symbologie der Revolte

    by Furio Jesi ...
    Translated by Frank Engster, Cinzia Rivieri ...
    Schon 1969 hat Furio Jesi Spartakus. Symbologie der Revolte verfasst, doch erst 2000 wurde seine Rekonstruktion des Spartakusaufstandes in Berlin im Winter 1918-19 posthum veröffentlicht. Hier liegt sie erstmalig in deutscher Übersetzung vor. Am Beispiel des Spartakusaufstandes entwickelt Jesi den grundlegenden politischen Unterschied von Revolution und Revolte.Ausgehend von literarischen Quellen ... Read more

    R479,00

  • Der Sonnenstaat

    Idee eines philosophischen Gemeinwesens. Ein poetischer Dialog

    by Tommaso Campanella ...
    La città del Sole ("Sonnenstadt") ist ein 1602 von dem Dominikaner Tommaso Campanella verfasstes und 1623 publiziertes Werk, das den wirtschaftlichen und politischen Aufbau des idealen Staates darstellt. Er führt alle sozialen Übel auf das Privateigentum zurück. Dieses will er mit seiner voll kollektivistischen Gesellschaftsordnung, welche sämtliche Lebensbereiche umfasst, beseitigen. Genau ... Read more

    R21,00

  • Know This

    Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments

    by John Brockman ...
    Series Book 22 - Edge Question Series
    Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand.Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world -- whether it's advances in technology and medical research or the latest revelations of neuroscience, psychology, physics, economics, anthropology, climatology, or genetics. And yet amid the flood of ... Read more

    R243,90

  • A New Approach to the Quantum Theory

    Think Physics, #7

    by Balungi Francis ...
    Series Book 7 - Think Physics
    Balungi explains deep ideas in physics in an easy-to-understand way. Think Physics is a series aimed to solving the big problems in physics. The book targets topics that researchers and students spend time wondering about, like the origin of gravity and the universe. It also goes into the theories that seem right but are wrong and shows why they are wrong a rarity in science books. Think Physics ... Read more

    R16,45 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Compendium of Terminology and Nomenclature of Properties in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

    Recommendations 2016

    by Georges Férard, René Dybkaer, Xavier Fuentes-Arderiu ...
    There has been significant expansion and development in clinical laboratory sciences and, in particular, metrological concepts, definitions and terms since the previous edition of this book was published in 1995. It is of prime importance to standardize laboratory reports for reliable exchange of patient examination data without loss of meaning or accuracy. New disciplines have appeared and the ... Read more

    R2 140,60

  • Writing Successful Science Proposals

    Third Edition

    by Andrew J. Friedland, Carol L Folt, Jennifer L. Mercer ...
    An authoritative how-to guide that explains every aspect of science proposal writingThis fully revised edition of the authoritative guide to science proposal writing is an essential tool for any researcher embarking on a grant or thesis application. In accessible steps, the authors detail every stage of proposal writing, from conceiving and designing a project to analyzing data, synthesizing ... Read more

    R336,48

  • Sixth Grade Science Quizzes

    by Thomas Bell ...
    This workbook, with over 50 quiz questions, covers the following topics:The Scientific Process, Properties of Matter, The Human Body, Earth / Moon / Sun, Characteristics of Plants, Energy / Force / Motion, Electricity & Magnetism, Periodic Table, Photosynthesis, and WeatherIf you are homeschooling (or if you are just trying to get extra practice for your child), then you already know that science ... Read more

    R57,15

  • Physical Science

    First Grade Science Experiments

    by Thomas Bell ...

    R57,15

  • Программное Обеспечение Души Женщин, Родившихся 23 Сентября Високосных Годов

    by Andrey Davydov, Olga Skorbatyuk ...
    «Данную личность можно попытаться определить как дама-неожиданность, дама-непредсказуемость. Эта дама напоминает мокрое мыло, которое скользит в руках и в итоге нередко из них ускользает. Внутренняя сущность этой дамы постоянно имеет тенденцию ускользать от какой-либо конкретики: от определений, классификации, какой-либо структуризации. Она «вся такая внезапная, противоречивая вся». Из-за этого со ... Read more

    R664,62 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Große Erneuerung der Wissenschaften

    (Instauratio Magna. Novum Organum, sive Indicia vera de interpretatione naturae)

    by Francis Bacon ...
    Das Novum organum scientiarum (dt. "Neues Werkzeug der Kenntnisse"), genauer De verulamio novum organum scientiarum in deutscher Übersetzung Neues Organon, ist das wissenschaftstheoretische philosophische Hauptwerk von Francis Bacon, das in Latein verfasst und 1620 in England veröffentlicht wurde. Es gilt als Wendepunkt in der Kulturgeschichte zwischen mittelalterlichem Denken und neuzeitlicher ... Read more

    R42,00

  • Schöpferische Unruhe

    Max Imboden (1915–1969)

    by Monika Gisler ...
    Unumstösslich scheinende Gewissheiten geraten aktuell ins Wanken. Angesichts zunehmender Autoritätsgläubigkeit, des Aufstiegs neuer autokratischer Herrschaftsformen und demokratieverachtender Tendenzen stellt sich die Frage, was es über das klassische Fundament einer freiheitlichen, demokratischen Verfassung hinaus bräuchte, um ein Leben in Freiheit und Sicherheit für alle zu gewährleisten. Denn ... Read more

    R579,00

  • Light

    Third Grade Science Experiments

    by Thomas Bell ...
    If your child is struggling with science, then this book is for you; the short book covers the topic and also contains 5 science experiments to work with, and ten quiz questions.    This subject comes from the book “Third Grade Science (For Home School or Extra Practice)”; it more thoroughly covers more third grade topics to help your child get a better understanding of third grade math. If you .. ... Read more

    R57,15

  • Atlas of the World's Deserts

    by Nathaniel Harris ...
    The Atlas of the World's Deserts examines the hostile and extreme environments that characterize deserts, and is divided into chapters that concentrate on specific aspects of a desert's geology, life forms, history, and future.For more information including sample pages, visit the Atlas of the World's Deserts web site.Also includes 160 color maps and photos. ... Read more

    R4 874,67

  • Jenes Gelände

    Lebenserinnerungen

    by Paul Ignaz Vogel ...
    Publizist von zeitgeschichtlichem Rang, Pazifist und Nonkonformist, Hofnarr im Visier der Geheimdienste, Arbeitsloser: Das Leben von Paul Ignaz Vogel verlief nicht immer in erwartbaren Bahnen. Als Zeitzeuge schildert er seine Kindheit in der Schweiz, seine Studienzeit unter anderem im geteilten Berlin, seine Sicht auf den Kalten Krieg und die damaligen Zustände in der Schweiz. 1963 gründete er die ... Read more

    R639,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding the New Solar System

    by Editors of Scientific American ...
    This volume reveals the latest knowledge of the composition and nature of our solar family. Here you'll discover what lies beyond the orbit of Pluto, which solar body is the most volcanically active, and which solar system bodies have atmospheres and may harbour primitive life. ... Read more

    R126,14