Beastly Britain
An Animal History
ISBN: HB: 9780300264470,
Yale University Press,
May 2025
320 pp., 21,6x13,5 cm, 32 colour illus., 10 figures
320 pp., 21,6x13,5 cm, 32 colour illus., 10 figures
The remarkable history of Britain and its animals, told through ten iconic species.
Have you ever wondered why we count sheep to get to sleep? Or where the phrase "red herring" comes from? Across British history, animals have been written about in...
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20.00 GBP
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Little History of Mathematics
New Edition
ISBN: HB: 9780300273731,
Yale University Press,
April 2025
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
304 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 40 black&white illus.
A lively, accessible history of mathematics throughout the ages and across the globe.
Mathematics is fundamental to our daily lives. Science, computing, economics – all aspects of modern life rely on some kind of maths. But how did our ancestors th...
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16.99 GBP
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Little History of Science
New Edition
ISBN: PB: 9780300283211,
Yale University Press,
April 2025
272 pp., 19,8x12,8 cm, 40 black&white illus.
272 pp., 19,8x12,8 cm, 40 black&white illus.
A lively and engaging introduction to the progress of science over the ages.
Science is key to understanding the infinite distances of space, the tiniest living organisms body and the history of our planet. From Hippocrates and Aristotle to Isaac Ne...
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10.99 GBP
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In Praise of Floods
The Untamed River and the Life It Brings
ISBN: HB: 9780300278491,
Yale University Press,
February 2025
248 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 48 black&white illus.
248 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 48 black&white illus.
James C. Scott reframes rivers as alive and dynamic, revealing the consequences of treating them as resources for our profit.
Rivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea...
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20.00 GBP
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Walking Europe's Last Wilderness
A Journey through the Carpathian Mountains
ISBN: HB: 9780300253542,
Yale University Press,
February 2025
400 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 15 colour illus., 5 maps
400 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 15 colour illus., 5 maps
An evocative voyage through the Carpathian mountain range and its threatened landscape, peoples, and history.
The Carpathian Mountains of Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine are Europe's last true wilderness. A landscape of great spruce and beec...
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20.00 GBP
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Born of Fire and Rain
Journey into a Pacific Coastal Forest
ISBN: HB: 9780300275421,
Yale University Press,
January 2025
280 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 79 black&white illus.
280 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 79 black&white illus.
Go beyond the scenery of the Pacific temperate rainforest to witness how complex ecosystems survive in a world of upheavals.
If you live on a rapidly changing planet, you'd be wise to learn how it works. The giant old forests on a skinny stretch of...
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25.00 GBP
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Seven Measures of the World
ISBN: PB: 9780300280111,
ISBN: HB: 9780300266276,
Yale University Press,
November 2024
224 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 65 black&white illus.
224 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 65 black&white illus.
The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world.
From the beginning of history, measurement has been interwoven into the human experience, shaping our understanding of nature, p...
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11.99 GBP
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18.99 GBP
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What the Body Knows
A Guide to the New Science of Our Immune System
ISBN: HB: 9780300277050,
Yale University Press,
October 2024
400 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 7 figures
400 pp., 23,4x15,3 cm, 7 figures
A leading scientist's guide to the way our immune system protects us – but only most of the time.
What is our immune system, and how does it work? A vast array of cells, proteins and chemicals spring into action whenever our bodies are damaged, but...
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20.00 GBP
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Mathematica
A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity
ISBN: HB: 9780300270884,
Yale University Press,
August 2024
336 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 40 black&white illus.
336 pp., 21,6x13,8 cm, 40 black&white illus.
A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists.
Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. People think that it requires a special gift or that comprehension is a ma...
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25.00 GBP
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Smithsonian Trees of North America
ISBN: HB: 9780300185218,
Yale University Press,
August 2024
800 pp., 26,7x19,1 cm, 3626 colour illus.
800 pp., 26,7x19,1 cm, 3626 colour illus.
An indispensable illustrated source of information for hundreds of species of North American trees.
This authoritative reference on native and non-native trees of North America, by Smithsonian veteran W. John Kress, provides an unprecedented apprai...
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60.00 GBP
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