Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics (Sime Ruth Lewin)(Paperback)

Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics (Sime Ruth Lewin)(Paperback)

Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was a pioneer of nuclear physics and co-discoverer, with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, of nuclear fission. Braving the sexism of the scientific world, she joined the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry and became a prominent member of the international

Astronaut: Life as a Scientist and Engineer in Space (Owen Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

Life Beside Itself: Imagining Care in the Canadian Arctic (Stevenson Lisa)(Paperback)

In Life Beside Itself, Lisa Stevenson takes us on a haunting ethnographic journey through two historical moments when life for the Canadian Inuit has hung in the balance: the tuberculosis epidemic (1940s to the early 1960s) and the subsequent suicide epidemic (1980s to the present). Along the way,

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life (de Hart Jane Sherron)(Paperback)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A vivid account of a remarkable life.' --The Washington Post In this comprehensive, revelatory biography--fifteen years of interviews and research in the making--historian Jane Sherron De Hart explores the central experiences that crucially shaped Ginsburg's passion for

In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile (Davies Dan)(Paperback)

Ruth Finnegan Anthropologist (Finnegan Ruth)(Paperback)

A short account of the life and writings of the English anthropologist Ruth Finnegan FBA. Part memoir, part

Beethoven Variations - Poems on a Life (Padel Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance (Derman Emanuel)(Paperback)

Storm in a Teacup - The Physics of Everyday Life (Czerski Helen)(Paperback / softback)

Czerski's enthusiasm is infectious because she brings our humdrum everyday world to life, showing us that it is just as fascinating as anything that can be seen by the Hubble Telescope or created at the Large Hadron Collider.' - Jim Al-KhaliliOur world is full of

Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life (Czerski Helen)(Paperback)

Storm in a Teacup is Helen Czerski's lively, entertaining, and richly informed introduction to the world of physics. Czerski provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary objects and occurrences, like popcorn popping, coffee stains, and fridge magnets, to big

Animal Lives and Life Cycles: Let's Investigate (Owen Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

Bastard Out of Carolina (Allison Dorothy)(Paperback / softback)

Carolina in the 1950s, and Bone - christened Ruth Anna Boatwright - lives a happy life, in and out of her aunt's houses, loving her little sister Reece and her beautiful young mother. But Glen Waddell has been watching them all, wanting her mother too, and when he promises a new life for the

Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences (Franklin Kirsten)(Paperback)

Genius - Richard Feynman and Modern Physics (Gleick James)(Paperback / softback)

The life of Richard Feynman and the story of modern physics

S1 to National 4 Physics - Comprehensive Textbook for the Cfe (Lee Anna)(Paperback / softback)

Exam Board: SQALevel: S1-N4Subject: Physics Bring physics to life with this exciting new resource for S1-S3

Physics Of Superheroes (Kakalios James)(Paperback / softback)

Exploring everything from thermo-dynamics to sold state physics, and relating the physics in comic books to such real-world applications as microwave ovens and drivers' air bags, this book shows how comic books have often been ahead of science in explaining cutting-edge

Bad Memory (Gray Lisa)(Paperback)

Quiet towns keep big secrets.Private investigator Jessica Shaw is leading a quiet life in a Californian desert community, where she spends her days working low-level cases. But when a former resident asks Jessica to help her sister, Rue Hunter--a convicted murderer whose execution is days

Physics in Biology and Medicine (Davidovits Paul)(Paperback)

A best-selling resource now in its fifth edition, Paul Davidovits' Physics in Biology and Medicine provides a high-quality and highly relevant physics grounding for students working toward careers in the medical and related professions. The text does not assume a prior background in physics, but

Darwin - A Life in Poems (Padel Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

Includes poems that use multiple viewpoints - from Darwin himself, to his beloved wife Emma, and even, at one point, the orangutang at London Zoo - and illuminates the development of Darwin's thought, the drama of the discovery of evolution, and the fluctuating emotions of Darwin the husband, and

Conquering the Physics GRE (Kahn Yoni)(Paperback)

The Physics GRE plays a significant role in deciding admissions to nearly all US physics Ph.D. programs, yet few exam prep books focus on the test's actual content and unique structure. Recognised as one of the best student resources available, this tailored guide has been thoroughly updated for

Concepts in Thermal Physics (Blundell Stephen J.)(Paperback)

An understanding of thermal physics is crucial to much of modern physics, chemistry and engineering. This book provides a modern introduction to the main principles that are foundational to thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are carefully presented in a

In a Dark, Dark Wood (Ware Ruth)(Paperback)

Everyday Madness - On Grief, Anger, Loss and Love (Appignanesi Lisa)(Paperback / softback)

'You will find all of life in this' Deborah

Life in God's Now: The Sacrament of the Present Moment - Jean Pierre De Caussade's Self-abandonment to Divine Providence for Everyone (Obbard Elizabeth Ruth)(Paperback / softback)