Roger Highfield

Can Reindeer Fly? (Book)

Roger Highfield

ISBN:9780297607748

A lighted-hearted scientific look at the rituals and icons of Christmas. What are the thermodynamics involved in cooking a turkey? What are the likely celestial candidates for the Star of Bethlehem...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:352

USD $29.26

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Can Reindeer Fly?: the science of Christmas (Book)

Roger Highfield

ISBN:9780753813669

A lighted-hearted scientific look at the rituals and icons of Christmas. What are the thermodynamics involved in cooking a turkey? What are the likely celestial candidates for the Star of Bethlehem...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:352

USD $22.43

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Science of Harry Potter (Book)

Roger Highfield

ISBN:9780755311507

The book begins by looking at the historical links between magic and science, and exploring the archaeological and anthropological evidence for witchcraft and dragons. Roger Highfield then focuses on some of the magic that appears in the Harry Potter stories...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:384

USD $39.01

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Spain in the Fifteenth Century 1369-1516: Essays and Extracts by Historians of Spain (Book)

Roger Highfield

ISBN:9781597405447

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Format:Paperback  Pages:496

USD $71.71

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Spain in the Fifteenth Century, 1369-1516: Essays and Extracts by Historians of Spain (Book)

Roger Highfield

ISBN:9781597402033

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Format:Hardcover  Pages:492

USD $106.83

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The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey (Book)

Roger Highfield

ISBN:9780316366953

CAN REINDEER FLY? WHY IS SANTA CLAUS FAT? COULD SCIENTISTS CLONE THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREE? WAS THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM REALLY A COMET? WHY IS RUDOLPH'S NOSE RED...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:320

USD $21.55

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The Science of Harry Potter (Book)

Roger Highfield

ISBN:9780755311514

Invisibility cloaks, flying broomsticks, magic doors - all the stuff of children's fantasy. But have you ever wondered if this magic could feasibly work? Roger Highfield explores the world of the Harry Potter stories and shows how cutting edge science can explain much of it...more details
Format:paperback (B format)  Pages:384

USD $22.43

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The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works (Book)

Roger Highfield

ISBN:9780142003558

Can Fluffy the three-headed dog be explained by advances in molecular biology? Could the discovery of cosmic "gravity-shielding effects" unlock the secret to the Nimbus 2000 broomstick's ability to fly? Is the griffin really none other than the dinosaur Protoceratops? Roger Highfield...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:322

USD $17.17

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After Dolly: The Promise and Perils of Cloning (Book)

Ian Wilmut;Roger Highfield

ISBN:9780393330267

A timely investigation into the ethics, history, and potential of human cloning from Professor Ian Wilmut, who shocked scientists, ethicists...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:335

USD $18.67

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After Dolly: The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning (Book)

Ian Wilmut;Roger Highfield

ISBN:9780393060669

A brave, moral argument for cloning and its power to fight disease.
A timely investigation into the ethics, history, and potential of human cloning from Professor Ian Wilmut...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:335

USD $17.55

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Can Reindeer Fly? (Book)

Roger HIGHFIELD

ISBN:9781900512442

A light-hearted scientific investigation into the rituals and icons of Christmas. Includes chapters covering the thermodynamics involved in cooking a turkey...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:320

USD $18.19

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Frontiers of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Choatic World (Book)

Peter Coveney;Roger Highfield

ISBN:9780449910818

"SCIENCE JOURNALISM AT ITS BEST. . . An impeccably researched, amazingly up-to-date, crisply written and well-illustrated survey."
--Nature
At the cutting edge of the sciences...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:488

USD $25.80

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The Private Lives of Albert Einstein (Book)

Roger Highfield;Roger Carter PaulHighfield

ISBN:9780312302276

This controversial account of Albert Einstein's scandalous personal life challenges the image of this genius, painting a shocking portrait that exposes him as "an adulterous...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:376

USD $26.82

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After Dolly (Book)

Highfield Roger Wilmut Ian

ISBN:9780316733205

This book provides a timely and important discussion of the potential value of cloning and of the ethical choices that this radical new technology has raised...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:336

USD $48.77

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After Dolly (Book)

Highfield Roger Wilmut Ian

ISBN:9780316724692

This book provides a timely and important discussion of the potential value of cloning and of the ethical choices that this radical new technology has raised...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:336

USD $32.19

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Super Cooperators: Altruism, Evolution and Mathematics (Or, Why We Need Each Other To Succeed)

Nowak Martin & Highfield Roger

ISBN:9781921758294

Darwin's theory of evolution is infamous but it has one major chink. If life is all about survival of the fittest, then why do people risk their lives to save strangers? And what about charity and fairness? Why do we cooperate?

Evolutionary scientists have struggled with this problem since the days of Darwin...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:400

USD $34.10

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