Geography, Earth Sciences

A leading astronomer and gifted teacher takes readers on a wondrous tour of how science confronts the big questions-about the universe's origins, destiny, and fundamental nature-and how it contends with...

Chris Packham enthusiastically invites you into his world of birdwatching Chris Packham's infectious passion for nature will inspire you on your birdwatching journey. Chris is a lifelong birdwatcher and the...

Author: Fred Hoyle And Chandra WickramasingheBinding: HardbackPublisher: J. M. DENT & SONS LTD, 1988Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis seminal work, Cosmic Life-Force, presents a...

Author: Nigel HenbestBinding: HardbackPublisher: Marshall Cavendish Books Limited, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling work, The Mysterious Universe,...

Author: Sir James JeansBinding: HardbackPublisher: Cambridge University Press, 1945Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe classic work The Universe Around Us by Sir James Jeans presents...

This lively introduction to geologic fracture mechanics provides a consistent treatment of all common geologic structural discontinuities. It explores the formation, growth and interpretation of fractures and deformation bands, from...

Antarctica is the coldest and driest continent on Earth - a place for adventure and a key area for global science. Research conducted there has received increasing international attention due...

A guided tour of the world's most important and beautiful maps This glorious guided tour of cartographic history features more than 300 of the most famous and important maps of...

Author: Aloysius F. Hepp, Joseph H. Prahl, Theo G. Keith, Michelle G. Bailey, J. Robert FowlerBinding: HardbackPublisher: Materials Research Society, 2001Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis comprehensive...

1999 sees the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. One Giant Leap sees the story of that famous first moon landing, detailing the history of the US space...

Free yourself from cosmological tyranny! Everything started in a Big Bang? Invisible dark matter? Black holes? Why accept such a weird cosmos? For all those who wonder about this bizarre...

A shattering discovery reveals the secret of the universe through a mathematical formula.

Ancient Greek geographical writing is represented not just by the surviving works of the well-known authors Strabo, Pausanias, and Ptolemy, but also by many other texts dating from the Archaic...

Through four decades of space exploration and ever-better telescopes, astronomers have searched in vain, unable to find even a single planet orbiting any of the myriad of sunlike stars strewn...

The book is divided into two parts. In the first, the reader is taken on an ideal 'world tour' of many wonderful and enigmatic places in almost every continent, in...

Two bestselling authors first met in a televised Caltech debate on "the future of God," one an articulate advocate for spirituality, the other a prominent physicist. This remarkable book is...

Although mostly concealed, our bedrock geology profoundly determines what we see around us - not just our landforms, but the built environment too, from Aberdeen, often called the "granite city"...

Follow in the footsteps of the world's greatest pioneers Discover the epic history of human exploration and migration, and the stories of fearless pioneers the world over, with this stunning...

The full inside story of the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO, one of the most ambitious feats in scientific history. Travel around the world 100 billion times. A strong...

Voyages that Changed the World tells, chronologically, the stories of the most momentous sea voyages in history and, in doing so, provides an intriguing look at the unveiling of our...

This magnificent volume celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of the world's highest mountain, and chronicles the history of Everest exploration from the early years of the...

This was wild adventure, but it was also a journey with a practical purpose. Powell furthered the cause of modern science, seeing the Grand Canyon as a geological textbook which...

Discover all about our incredible world and how to look after it A DK Made with Care book is created using the best ethical and environmental practices possible. Our back...

A smartly guided romp, entertaining and enlightening, through Europe 's most charismatic and enigmatic city It isn't Europe's most beautiful city, or its oldest. Its architecture is not more impressive...

Discover new places with authoritative atlases, beautifully designed and packaged. Tenth edition of this popular atlas from the prestigious and authoritative Times Atlas range. This world atlas contains the breadth,...

Escape From Earth is the untold story of the engineers, dreamers and rebels who started the American space programme. In particular, it is the story of Frank Malina, founder of...

Cook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations...

Look out your window and see the moon, stars and distant planets. Light years away, it's easy to think that our lives and their existences will never intersect. Yet meteorites...

Author: Adriana Marais Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 Humanity has always looked up at the night sky and wondered what lies beyond our world. Now, we are on the...

Look out your window and see the moon, stars and distant planets. Light years away, it's easy to think that our lives and their existences will never intersect. Yet meteorites...

*THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* *THE BOOK EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT* 'I can say without fear of contradiction that Lue has played a central and indispensable role in forever...

"Nutritionists tell you to eat more fish. Environmentalists tell you to eat less fish. Apparently they are both right. It's the same thing with almonds, or quinoa, or a hundred...

'Amanda's story underscores the lasting power of speaking your truth, building a movement, and never losing sight of your dreams' Melinda French Gates A brave and imaginative memoir by the...

*Fully revised and updated for the 21st century* The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes readers on an odyssey into the deepest,...

'Inventive [...] done beautifully' - TLS From the Big Bang to the Gaia Mission, this is a very personal history of the universe through the author's favourite 100 stars. Astronomer...

Recounts the many attempts to discover the source of the Nile and uses medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment era European maps to depict the history of the region

With illustrations and maps, a witty and erudite account of the history of circumnavigation and how it has influenced the way we think about the Earth and ourselves. In the...

The book titled Global Warning by the author Paul Brown (University of Sussex). This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Astronomers by the author Dr Donald Goldsmith. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The legend of the lost city of Atlantis has captivated the human imagination for centuries. Did this city actually exist, and, if so, what happened to it? Was it destroyed...

Author: C.D.B. BryanBinding: HardbackPublished: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the vast collection and historical significance of one of the...

The book titled Land of the Ice King Hc by the author Johnson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A revealing portrait of a brilliant and troubled figure - a daredevil of the skies. Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In...

The book titled The Children'S Space Atlas Kerrod Robin by the author Robin Kerrod. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Arthur KoestlerBinding: HardbackPublished: HUTCHINSON OF LONDON, 1959Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerArthur Koestler's The Sleepwalkers: A History Of Man's...

Author: David FilkinBinding: HardbackPublished: BBC, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work of popular science, Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explained, presents an accessible overview of the...