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By Donald R. Prothero
By Arik Kershenbaum
A wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be like Scientists are confident that life exists elsewhere in the universe.
By Anne Houtman, Megan Scudellari, Cindy Malone
By Marjorie Kelly Cowan
This book is suited for all kinds of students and doesn't require any prerequisite knowledge of biology or chemistry. If you are interested in entering the health care profession in some way, this book will give you a strong background in the biology of microorganisms, without overwhelming you with unnecessary details.
By Sarah Hall
RESPATIALISING FINANCE 'In Respatialising Finance Sarah Hall uses the internationalisation of the Chinese Renminbi (RMB) to work through a sympathetic conceptual and empirical critique of prevailing analyses of International Financial Centres (IFCs).
The most comprehensive resource available on the many applications of portable spectrometers, including material not found in any other published work Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry: Volume Two is an authoritative and up-to-date compendium of the diverse applications for portable spectrometers across numerous disciplines.
Provides complete and up-to-date coverage of the foundational principles, enabling technologies, and specific instruments of portable spectrometry Portable Spectroscopy and Spectrometry: Volume One is both a timely overview of the miniature technologies used in spectrometry, and an authoritative guide to the specific instruments employed in a wide range of disciplines.
By Richard C Francis
Without domestication, civilization as we know it would not exist.
By Johnjoe McFadden, Jim Al-Khalili
New York Times bestseller - Life on the Edge alters our understanding of our world's fundamental dynamics through the use of quantum mechanics. Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be. Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material.
By Bartow J Elmore
Winner of the 2022 IACP Award for Food Issues and Matters Finalist for the 2022 George Perkins Marsh Prize Finalist for the 2022 Hagley Prize in Business History An authoritative and eye-opening history that examines how Monsanto came to have outsized influence over our food system.
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