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Ref 692          Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas Edited by Albert A Hopkins 1943 Partly based upon the twenty-eight Edition of Scientific American Cyc l opedia of Receipts,notes & Queries 15000 Formulas                                 R70 for International Destinations please let us know where & we will find out the cost                          mkt prc R1200 hardcover                                            Published by Munn & Co Condition: no fly; bk cvr corners worn, the spine is very torn & worn at the edges & torn down the middle  of the cover;  ownership markings on the 2 nd pg [blank] and 2 nd to last pg [blank]; has foxing on 1st few and last few pgs size -205mmx145mmx50mm thick                   weight 1. 25kg                   1077pages

  Ref 692   Scientific American Cyclopedia of Formulas Edited by Albert A Hopkins 1943 Partly based upon the twenty-eight Edition of Scientific American Cyc l opedia of Receipts,notes & Queries 15000 Formulas R 65     mkt prc R1200 hardcover   Published by Munn & Co Condition: no fly; bk cvr corners worn, the spine is very torn & worn at the edges & torn down the middle - refer pic, ownership markings on the 2 nd pg [blank] and 2 nd to last pg [blank]; has foxing on 1st few and last few pgs size - 205mmx145mmx50mm thick                weight 1. 25kg    1077pages     Postnet to Postnet - R100   or Via Post Office R55 for International Destinations please let us know where & we will find out the cost or if local collect / deliver  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Together these twenty-seven articles on a wide range of today's most current topics in science, from Oliver Sacks, James Gleick, Atul Gawande, and Natalie Angier, among others, represent the full spectrum of scientific writing, proving once again that "good science writing is evidently plentiful" (Scientific American). Features Summary Today's most prominent thinkers provide enlightening insight into some of themost important and cutting-edge topics in the field in this acclaimed series... Author Alan P. Lightman (Author), Jesse Cohen (Author) Publisher HarperPerennial Release date 20051125 Pages 320 ISBN 0-06-072642-3 ISBN 13 978-0-06-072642-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Called the work of "a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose" ("Publishers Weekly") and the book that, "anyone interested in natural history, botany, protecting nature, or Native American culture will love," by "Library Journal," "Braiding Sweetgrass" is poised to be a classic of nature writing. As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer asks questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces indigenous teachings that consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take "us on a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth Gilbert). Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. Features Summary Called the work of "a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose" (Publishers Weekly) and the book that, "anyone interested in natural history... Author Robin Wall Kimmerer Publisher Milkweed Editions Release date 20150811 Pages 390 ISBN 1-57131-356-7 ISBN 13 978-1-57131-356-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Jonathan Balcombe Publisher Scientific American Books Release date 20160606 Pages 288 ISBN 0-374-28821-6 ISBN 13 978-0-374-28821-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Author Daniel Chamovitz Publisher Scientific American Books Release date 20171120 Pages 208 ISBN 0-374-53712-7 ISBN 13 978-0-374-53712-8

New York Times bestselling author, Scott Snyder (American Vampire, Batman, Swamp Thing) and artist Sean Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus, Joe The Barbarian), the incredible team behind the miniseries American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest, are reuniting for the powerful miniseries: THE WAKE. When Marine Biologist Lee Archer is approached by the Department of Homeland Security for help with a new threat, she declines, but quickly realizes they won't take no for an answer. Soon she is plunging to the depths of the Arctic Circle to a secret, underwater oilrig filled with roughnecks and scientists on the brink of an incredible discovery. But when things go horribly wrong, this scientific safe haven will turn into a house of horrors at the bottom of the ocean! Collects THE WAKE #1-10.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Build you own timeline, and unfold the giant story of humankind's creativity and ingenuity, with this amazing sticker book! Created in association with the American Museum of Natural History, this totally unique, amazing timeline sticker book has 94 peel-off stickers of the scientists, engineers and machines that tells the unique story of scientific history, from the Stone Age to today. Beautifully-illustrated and hugely engaging, the 5.5-foot long timeline is broken out into seven subject areas (such as Medicine & Biology and Sky & Space) and has captioned, white silhouettes showing where to place your stickers. Perfect for children 3 - 7 years old. Features Summary Unfold the story of inventions - from the Stone Age to the present day! Created in association with the American Museum of Natural History Author Christopher Lloyd Publisher What on Earth Publishing Ltd Release date 20170928 Pages 24 ISBN 0-9955766-7-X ISBN 13 978-0-9955766-7-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Your doctor might be killing you. So says Dr Michael Mogadam who illustrates how even the best-intentioned doctors have failed to keep up with scientific breakthroughs in preventing heart attacks -- and are often advising patients to do the opposite of what is right. Among his other findings, Dr Mogadam shows that for thirty years American medicine has pegged cholesterol as Public Enemy Number One in the fight against heart disease -- and proves who wrong that analysis is. Dr Mogadam highlights the 20 risk factors associated with heart disease, of which cholesterol is only one, and offers a step-by-step guide to avoiding -- or controlling -- all of them. He includes his own Twenty Risk Factors diet, which combines good nutrition and the latest science with practicality and a joy in good food. Features Summary A heart specialist highlights the 20 risk factors associated with heart disease and offers a step-by-step guide to avoiding--or controlling--all of them... Author Michael Mogadam Publisher Regnery Publishing Release date 20010717 Pages 383 ISBN 0-89526-207-X ISBN 13 978-0-89526-207-3

1998 paperback with 507 pages in good condition. R46 postage in SA. Ship of Gold tells the story of the sinking of the SS Central America, a side-wheel steamer carrying nearly six hundred passengers returning from the California Gold Rush, two hundred miles off the Carolina coast in September 1857. Over four hundred lives and twenty-one tons of California gold were lost. It was the worst peacetime disaster at sea in American history, a tragedy that remained lost in legend for over a century. In the 1980s, a young engineer from Ohio set out to do what no one, not even the United States Navy, had been able to do: establish a working presence on the deep-ocean floor and open it to science, archaeology, history, medicine, and recovery. The SS Central America became the target of his project. After years of intensive efforts, Tommy Thompson and the Columbus-America Discovery Group found the SS Central America in eight thousand feet of water, and in October 1989 they sailed into Norfolk with her recovered treasure: gold coins, bars, nuggets, and dust, plus steamer trunks filled with period clothes, newspapers, books, and journals. Gary Kinder tells this extraordinary tale of history, human drama, heroic rescue, scientific ingenuity, and individual courage.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days With more than five million copies sold, "Flowers for Algernon" is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie? An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly. Features Summary With more than five million copies sold, "Flowers for Algernon" is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon... Author Daniel Keyes Publisher Harvest Books Release date 20050501 Pages 311 ISBN 0-15-603030-6 ISBN 13 978-0-15-603030-4

 The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry (Paperback)   otton Malone retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the U.S. Justice Department to lead the low-key life of a rare-book dealer. But his quiet existence is shattered when he receives an anonymous e-mail: “You have something I want. You’ re the only person on earth who knows where to find it. Go get it. You have 72 hours. If I don’t hear from you, you will be childless.” His horrified ex-wife confirms that the threat is real: Their teenage son has been kidnapped. When Malone’s Copenhagen bookshop is burned to the ground, it becomes brutally clear that those responsible will stop at nothing to get what they want. And what they want is nothing less than the lost Library of Alexandria. A cradle of ideas–historical, philosophical, literary, scientific, and religious–the Library of Alexandria was unparalleled in the world. But fifteen hundred years ago, it vanished into the mists of myth and legend–its vast bounty of wisdom coveted ever since by scholars, fortune hunters, and those who believe its untold secrets hold the key to ultimate power. Now a cartel of wealthy international moguls, bent on altering the course of history, is desperate to breach the library’s hallowed halls–and only Malone possesses the information they need to succeed. At stake is an explosive ancient document with the potential not only to change the destiny of the Middle East but to shake the world’s three major religions to their very foundations.  Pursued by a lethal mercenary, Malone crosses the globe in search of answers. His quest will lead him to England and Portugal, even to the highest levels of American government–and the shattering outcome, deep in the Sinai desert, will have worldwide repercussions.    

  Richard Dawkins - The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution - Paperbackin good, clean and tight condition.    Signature Reviewed by Jonah LehrerRichard Dawkins begins The Greatest Show on Earth with a short history of his writing career. He explains that all of his previous books have naïvely assumed the fact of evolution, which meant that he never got around to laying out the evidence that it [evolution] is true. This shouldn't be too surprising: science is an edifice of tested assumptions, and just as physicists must assume the truth of gravity before moving on to quantum mechanics, so do biologists depend on the reality of evolution. It's the theory that makes every other theory possible.Yet Dawkins also came to realize that a disturbingly large percentage of the American and British public didn't share his enthusiasm for evolution. In fact, they actively abhorred the idea, since it seemed to contradict the Bible and diminish the role of God. So Dawkins decided to write a book for these history-deniers, in which he would dispassionately demonstrate the truth of evolution beyond sane, informed, intelligent doubt.After only a few pages of The Greatest Show on Earth, however, it becomes clear that Dawkins doesn't do dispassionate, and that he's not particularly interested in convincing believers to believe in evolution. He repeatedly compares creationists and Holocaust deniers, which is a peculiar way of reaching out to the other side. Elsewhere, Dawkins calls those who don't subscribe to evolution ignorant, fatuously ignorant and ridiculous. All of which raises the point: who, exactly, is supposed to read this book? Is Dawkins preaching to the choir or trying to convert the uninformed? While The Greatest Show on Earth might fail as a work of persuasive rhetoric—Dawkins is too angry and acerbic to convince his opponents—it succeeds as an encyclopedic summary of evolutionary biology. If Charles Darwin walked into a 21st-century bookstore and wanted to know how his theory had fared, this is the book he should pick up.Dawkins remains a superb translator of complex scientific concepts. It doesn't matter if he's spinning metaphors for the fossil record (like a spy camera in a murder trial) or deftly explaining the method by which scientists measure the genetic difference between distinct species: he has a way of making the drollest details feel like a revelation. Even if one already believes in the survival of the fittest, there is something thrilling about learning that the hoof of a horse is homologous to the fingernail of the human middle finger, or that some dinosaurs had a second brain of ganglion cells in their pelvis, which helped compensate for the tiny brain in their head. As Darwin famously noted, There is grandeur in this view of life. What Dawkins demonstrates is that this view of life isn't just grand: it's also undeniably true. Color illus.