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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.

    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

    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

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  • 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

  • Basics of … Beekeeping

    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

  • Understanding the Genome

    Drawn from the pages of Scientific American and collected here for the first time, this work contains updated and condensed information, made accessible to a general popular science audience, on the subject of understanding the genome. ... Read more

    R126,14

  • Biology

    Biology Study Guide

    Series series Human Biology Edition
    This Biology 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: - Introduction to the Cell -Cell Membranes - Cell Differences -Biology Terms - Introduction to Intracellular Components - ... Read more

    R57,15

  • Phénomène JOTT: Quand les choses disparaissent tout simplement

    Une perspective scientifique marginale

    Lorsque je travaillais avec Axel Ertelt de Halver sur le manuscrit de « Portails et Téléportation », publié en 2023, nous avons régulièrement entendu parler de témoignages de témoins oculaires rapportant que des objets avaient disparu du jour au lendemain sans laisser de traces. Nombre de ces objets ont été retrouvés parce que la personne les avait égarés ou oubliés quelque part. En anglais, ce ... Read more

    R29,00

  • Travel Guide for Northern California's Redwood Forests

    Table of ContentsChapter 1: The RedwoodsChapter 2: An OverviewChapter 3: Getting ThereChapter 4: Where To Find RedwoodsChapter 5: Other Things to DoExplore the Howland Hill RoadEnjoy the Enderts Beach and the Crescent Beach OverlookHead to the Klamath River OverlookDiscover the Coastal DriveEnjoy the Newton B. Drury Scenic ParkwayDiscover the mystery of Davison RoadDrop by the Kuch... ... Read more

    R49,69 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sixth Grade Science

    For Homeschool or Extra Practice

    by Thomas Bell ...
    This workbook, with 30 science experiments and 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 ... Read more

    R114,48

  • BOISSONS ALCOOLIQUES ET LEURS FALSIFICATION

    Inconnu du public qui lira ou qui ne lira pas ces quelques lignes, je me vois dans une position assez difficile. Si j’avais plus d’expérience, si j’étais moins jeune, il m’en coûterait moins de faire connaître publiquement les résultats d’un travail qui intéresse le public tout autant que moi-même. Mais si l’âge, si l’expérience, etc., me manquent, il est une chose qui ne me fait pas défaut et qui ... Read more

    R82,29

  • 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

  • Infographic Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything

    by Thomas Eaton ...
    Series series Infographic Guides
    100 stunning, ingenious and absorbing infographics reveal the secrets of life, the universe and everything!Discover unique, witty and surprising facts about all sorts of natural phenomena, from the secrets of the universe to the wonders of natural science and the impenetrable dimensions of quantum physics. Scientific facts are presented in a memorable, surprising and illuminating way.More than ... Read more

    R259,77

  • Domine qualquer assunto em quatro passos simples usando a Técnica de Feynman

    Aprender é uma das habilidades mais valiosas que uma pessoa pode desenvolver. Seja para se destacar na escola, progredir na carreira, dominar um novo hobby ou simplesmente satisfazer a curiosidade, sua capacidade de aprender com eficácia determina a rapidez com que você cresce e se adapta. No mundo atual, onde a informação está disponível com um clique, o sucesso não é mais definido pela ... Read more

    R49,69 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oiseaux

    Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

    On connaît plus de 9 800 espèces d'oiseaux vivants. Les spécialistes ne sont pas d'accord sur la classification des oiseaux les plus évolués, les passereaux. En effet, en raison du très petit nombre de fossiles et des grandes ressemblances entre espèces, on n'est pas encore parvenu à établir un ... ... Read more

    R140,00

  • Ontosophie

    Band 3: Hauptkapitel 5–8

    by Berndt Acker ...
    Der dritte und letzte Band der »Ontosophie« ist geprägt von Ackers naturwissenschaftlichem Hintergrund und von seinem umfassenden Interesse für das menschliche Verhältnis zum Unendlichen, wie es nicht zuletzt auch von spirituellen und insbesondere anthroposophischen und fernöstlichen Welterzählungen behandelt wird. Den Ausgangspunkt bildet seine Auseinandersetzung mit mathematischen und ... Read more

    R559,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • La història de la ciència com mai te l'han explicat

    Moments excepcionals, ments prodigioses i grans descobriments

    Com eren i com van viure els grans científics de la història? Com van fer avançar la humanitat amb les seves idees i teories? Com encaixava la seva genialitat amb una societat que sovint els prenia per bojos? Ignasi Llorente ens acosta a la ciència mitjançant la recreació d'episodis significatius en les vides dels científics de manera que, aportant el factor humà, aconsegueix desmuntar mites ... Read more

    R225,00

  • 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

    R101,07

  • The Book of Bees

    A Life-Size Guide to Bees Worldwide

    Series series Life-Size Guides to the Best of Nature
    Including more than four hundred species from all seven recognized biological families, a beautiful visual celebration of bee species the world over.The honeycombs, hives, dancing, and royalty of bee colonies have long captured the public’s imagination, but there’s far more to these insects. There are over 20,000 bee species, but only a handful have colonies approaching the organization of the ... Read more

    R840,87

  • Équilibres en solution

    Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

    Dans de nombreux domaines de la chimie, les réactions ont lieu en solution. Citons les grandes préparations de la chimie inorganique, l'hydrométallurgie où l'on met en œuvre l'attaque des minerais par des solutions acides ou basiques, la biochimie, le nucléaire avec le retraitement des combustibles... ... Read more

    R140,00

  • The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs (Third Edition)

    Series series Princeton Field Guides
    A fully updated and expanded edition of the acclaimed, bestselling dinosaur field guideThe bestselling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional paleontologists. Now extensively revised and expanded, this dazzlingly illustrated large-format edition features nearly 100 new dinosaur species and hundreds of ... Read more

    R642,26

  • Blueprint for a Battlestar

    Serious Scientific Explanations Behind Sci-Fi's Greatest Inventions

    by Rod Pyle ...
    "An enjoyable source of information on a wide variety of real or imagined technological marvels of the space age." —National Space SocietyThis beautifully illustrated pop science book answers the enduring questions raised by science fiction, such as: Do hoverboards really exist, how can you bring a dinosaur back to life and can we really travel in time and space.Packed with stunning images, ... Read more

    R221,48 or Free with Kobo Plus