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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Scientifica Historica

    How the world's great science books chart the history of knowledge

    by Brian Clegg ...
    Series series Libri Historici
    Scientifica Historica is an illustrated, accessible review of those books that marked the development of science from ancient civilizations to the new millennium.The book is divided into five eras and explores the leading scientific pioneers, discoveries and books within them:Ancient World – looks at the beginnings of language, plus the first ever scientific documents... ... Read more

    R531,75

  • Environmental Health and Science Desk Reference

    Every branch of science, every profession, and every engineering process has its own language for communication. Environmental health and environmental science are no different. To work within these major environmental fields, you must acquire a fundamental but wide-ranging vocabulary and knowledge of the components that make them up. An understanding of the tools, techniques, and key terms and ... Read more

    R1 720,62

  • Neurobiological Mechanisms of Learning

    by Nicoladie Tam ...
    "Neurobiological Mechanisms of Learning" is a book chapter of the college-level textbook for the book volume in the Principles of Neuropsychopharmacology course. It is a part of the Science Textbook Series authored by Nicoladie Tam, Ph.D. that also includes the Principles of Biology course.This book is written with specific pedagogical considerations to facilitate students' learning. It applies ... Read more

    R49,69

  • Earth / Moon / Sun

    Sixth 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 “Sixth 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 sixth grade math. If you ... Read more

    R57,15

  • Limitations of Science

    “Limitations of Science” is a vintage treatise on the state and limitations of science in the early twentieth century. John William Navin Sullivan (1886 – 1937) was a literary journalist and popular science writer most famous for his study of Beethoven. He is also responsible for having written some of the earliest non-technical accounts of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, and he was ... Read more

    R146,61 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Concise Dictionary Of Science

    We see application of science everywhere. Whether we are aware or not, science application plays a big part in our daily lives. While you are reading this page, an important element of optical science is in use. Electricity, for example, is one of the most important science discoveries ever made. As we walk in the public, we see almost everyone carrying a cellular phone. This is an application of ... Read more

    R149,95

  • The Super Race: An American Problem

    by Scott Nearing ...
    The Super Race: An American Problem is a classic essay on the subject of eugenics in the United States. For ages men have sought to perpetuate their memories in enduring monuments of brass and of stone. Yet, in their efforts to build lasting memorials they have neglected the most enduring monument of all--the Monument of Posterity. These farseeing ones have overlooked their real opportunity; for ... Read more

    R38,03 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ueber die Entstehung der Arten durch natürliche Zuchtwahl

    Darwins Theorie der Evolution beruht auf Fakten und Schlussfolgerungen: Jede Spezies bringt genügend Nachkommen hervor, sodass die Population wachsen würde, wenn alle Nachkommen überlebten (Tatsache). Trotz (periodischer) Schwankungen bleiben Populationen stets etwa gleich groß (Tatsache). Ressourcen wie Nahrung sind begrenzt und ihr Umfang im Verlauf gleich bleibend (Tatsache). Daraus folgt ein ... Read more

    R42,00

  • PERLES DE NIETZSCHE

    (A5, 179 P.) -Nous n’aurons pas ici l’intention d’élucider ni même de vouloir expliquer Nietzsche, car nous pensons que le même, aussi complexe et hermétique soit-il, ne peut être traduit. On pense plus: que quiconque prétend vouloir traduire Nietzsche court aussi le risque de le trahir.L'objectif ici est donc uniquement de favoriser le dialogue et la problématisation sur des questions qui, à ... Read more

    R138,94

  • Gesellschaft als staatliche Veranstaltung?

    Orte politischer und kultureller Partizipation in der DDR

    Series Book 27 - Europäische Diktaturen und ihre Überwindung
    Die paternalistisch-autoritäre Gesellschaftsvorstellung der SED sah persönliches Engagement nur innerhalb staatlicher Strukturen vor, eine gesellschaftliche Selbstorganisation war in der DDR unerwünscht. Doch wie gestaltete sich politische und kulturelle Partizipation innerhalb dieser staatlichen Strukturen in der Praxis? Das Buch wirft in seinen Beiträgen einen vielschichtigen Blick auf ... Read more

    R739,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Die Tröstungen der Philosophie

    Das Hauptwerk des Boethius ist die Consolatio philosophiae ("Trost der Philosophie") in fünf Büchern. Außer diesem Titel kommt auch die Form De consolatione philosophiae ("Über den Trost der Philosophie") in den Handschriften vor. Das Werk entstand nach Boethius' Verhaftung. Mit der Gestaltung als Prosimetrum (Prosa mit eingefügten Gedichten) greift Boethius eine in der Spätantike beliebte Form ... Read more

    R42,00

  • Chemistry 2

    a QuickStudy Laminated Reference Guide

    Essential companion and part 2 of our best-selling Chemistry guide. This 6 page laminated guide supports college chemistry 2 courses that introduce fundamental physical chemistry concepts. This handy quick reference includes more answers per page than any source in print or digital. Author Jane P. Gardner, MS, MEd a Senior Developer for National Geographic and former chemistry professor has ... Read more

    R109,01

  • Wissenschaftliche Fakten aus dem Quran

    nach Sunnah und Quran

    In diesem faszinierenden Werk führt uns Muhammad ibn Abdulaziz durch eine tiefgehende Analyse des Quran, die sowohl Gläubige als auch Skeptiker einlädt, die außergewöhnliche Verbindung zwischen den heiligen Versen und modernen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen zu entdecken. "Beweise für die Wahrhaftigkeit des Quran" beleuchtet erstaunliche wissenschaftliche Fakten, die bereits vor Jahrhunderten in ... Read more

    R29,00

  • Ungulate Taxonomy

    A group of special interest to mammalogists, taxonomists, and systemicists, ungulates have proven difficult to classify. This comprehensive review of the taxonomic relationships of artiodactyls and perissodactyls brings forth new evidence in order to propose a theory of ungulate taxonomy.With this straightforward volume, Colin Groves and the late Peter Grubb cut through previous assumptions to ... Read more

    R1 867,47

  • 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

  • Traité des arcs de cercle – suivi d'annexes

    Nouvelle édition 2019

    by Blaise Pascal ...
    Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Traité des arcs de cercle de Blaise Pascal augmentée d'annexes (Biographie de pascal par Boutroux).ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE :L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse.- Naviguez par simple clic de chapitre à chapitre ou de livre à livre.- Accédez instantanément à la table des matières hyperliée globale.- Une table des matières est placée également ... Read more

    R11,00

  • Petit traité des solides circulaires – suivi d'annexes

    Nouvelle édition 2019

    by Blaise Pascal ...
    Nouvelle édition 2019 sans DRM de Petit traité des solides circulaires de Blaise Pascal augmentée d'annexes (Biographie de pascal par Boutroux).ERGONOMIE AMÉLIORÉE :L'ouvrage a été spécifiquement mis en forme pour votre liseuse.- Naviguez par simple clic de chapitre à chapitre ou de livre à livre.- Accédez instantanément à la table des matières hyperliée globale.- Une table des matières est placée ... Read more

    R11,00