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After Dollyby Ian Wilmut, Roger HighfieldISBN 0316724696 (0-316-72469-6)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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- After Dolly: The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning: ISBN 0751534234 (0-7515-3423-4)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited - After Dolly: ISBN 0316733202 (0-316-73320-2)
Hardcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited - After Dolly : The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning: ISBN 0316724696 (0-316-72469-6)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- After Dolly: The Uses and Misuses of Human Cloning: ISBN 0751534234 (0-7515-3423-4)
After Dolly: The Uses And Misuses of Human Cloningby Roger Highfield , Ian WilmutISBN 0393060667 (0-393-06066-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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After Dolly: The Promise and Perils of Human Cloningby Roger Highfield , Ian WilmutISBN 0393330265 (0-393-33026-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Arrow of Timeby Roger Highfield , Peter V. CoveneyISBN 1852271973 (1-85227-197-3)
Hardcover, W.H. Allen
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arrow of Time'Book summary:In this book physical chemist Dr Peter Coveney and award-winning science journalist Dr Roger Highfield have questioned our understanding of science with their humorous reinterpretation of the most profound aspect of time - why it points from the past to the future. The author's challenge to scientific preconceptions about the irreversibility of time is designed to link apparently irreconcilable features of science, from Einstein's obsession with causality to chaos theory, from the cause of jet lag to the Monday morning feeling. [via]
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The Arrow of Time: A Voyage Through Science to Solve Time's Greatest Mysteryby Peter Coveney, Roger HighfieldISBN 0449907236 (0-449-90723-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arrow of Time: A Voyage Through Science to Solve Time's Greatest Mystery'Book summary:In our century, the subject of time has become an area of serious inquiry for science. Theories that contain time as a simple quantity form the basis of our understanding of many scientific disciplines, yet the debate rages on: why does there seem to be a direction to time, an arrow of time pointing from past to future?
In The Arrow of Time, a major bestseller in England, Dr. Peter Coveney, a research scientist, and award-winning journalist Dr. Roger Highfield, demonstrate that the commonsense view of time agrees with the most advanced scientific theory. Time does in fact move like an arrow, shooting forward into what is genuinely unknown, leaving the past immutably behind. The authors make their case by exploring three centuries of science, offering bold reinterpretations of Newton's mechanics, Einstein's special and general theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, and advancing the insights of James Gleick's Chaos. [via]More editions of The Arrow of Time: A Voyage Through Science to Solve Time's Greatest Mystery:
Can Reindeer Fly?: The Science of Christmasby Roger HighfieldISBN 190051298X (1-900512-98-X)
Softcover, Friedman Publishing Group, Incorporated, Michael
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- Can Reindeer Fly?: The Science of Christmas: ISBN 0753813661 (0-7538-1366-1)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square - Can Reindeer Fly? : The Science of Christmas: ISBN 029760774X (0-297-60774-X)
Hardcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited - Can Reindeer Fly?: The Science of Christmas: ISBN 190051298X (1-900512-98-X)
Softcover, Friedman Publishing Group, Incorporated, Michael
- Can Reindeer Fly?: The Science of Christmas: ISBN 0753813661 (0-7538-1366-1)
Frontiers of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Chaotic Worldby Peter Coveney, Roger HighfieldISBN 0449910814 (0-449-91081-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frontiers of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Chaotic World'Book summary:Accessible yet rigorous, this book goes far beyond most popularizations of "chaos" theory and presents the science of complexity, its historical origins, and current applications to cosmology, particle physics, ecology, evolution, and neurobiology. The emphasis on scientific computation and visualization as the microscope and lab bench of this new science is particularly welcome. Very Highly Recommended. [via]
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Oxford and Cambridgeby Roger Highfield , Christopher BrookeISBN 0521301394 (0-521-30139-4)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkeyby Roger HighfieldISBN 0316366951 (0-316-36695-1)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey'Book summary:Roger Highfield loves science, and he loves Christmas, too. Combining the two in The Physics of Christmas is his attempt to refute the notion that "the materialist insights of science destroy our capacity to wonder, leaving the world a more boring and predictable place." To that end, Highfield presents an amusing, eclectic, and trivia-filled collection of scientific observations about one of the Western world's most beloved holidays.
Contrary to the title, Highfield doesn't limit himself to physics. His anthropological observations include tracing the origins of Santa Claus--an especially amusing and enlightening chapter entitled "Santa: The Hallucinogenic Connection" examines the possibilities of the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria's red-and-white cap being the inspiration for Santa's robes. In a tip of the stocking cap to biology, Highfield hints at a parasitic infestation that may be responsible for poor Rudolph's red nose and examines the advantages of cloned Christmas trees. Psychologically speaking, we find an analysis of the emotional weight of gift giving and card exchanging (sever all relationships with those who send musical cards, research suggests), and how a holiday can be both religious and commercial. Even post-holiday depression is deconstructed, along with Santa's unhealthy obesity and apparent immortality, the effects of alcohol on sleep patterns, the astronomical origins of the Bethlehem star, and the ins and outs of snow.
You'll never look at the trappings of Christmas the same way after reading Highfield's seriously funny book. And you may accidentally learn something, too. --Therese Littleton [via]
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- The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey: ISBN 0316366056 (0-316-36605-6)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co - The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey: ISBN 0316366110 (0-316-36611-0)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co - The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey: ISBN 0316366951 (0-316-36695-1)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
- The Physics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of Reindeer to the Thermodynamics of Turkey: ISBN 0316366056 (0-316-36605-6)
Private Lives of Albert Einsteinby Paul Carter, Roger HighfieldISBN 0312302274 (0-312-30227-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Worksby Roger HighfieldISBN 0142003557 (0-14-200355-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works'Book summary: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, author of the critically acclaimed The Physics of Christmas, explores the fascinating links between magic and science to reveal that much of what strikes us as supremely strange in the Potter books can actually be explained by the conjurings of the scientific mind. This is the perfect guide for parents who want to teach their children science through their favorite adventures as well as for the millions of adult fans of the series intrigued by its marvels and mysteries.[via]More editions of Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works:
- Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works: ISBN 0613663756 (0-613-66375-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works: ISBN 0670031534 (0-670-03153-4)
Hardcover, Penguin USA - The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works: ISBN 0142003557 (0-14-200355-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
- Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works: ISBN 0613663756 (0-613-66375-6)
Spain in the Fifteenth Century, 1369-1516: Essays and Extracts by Historians of Spainby Roger HighfieldISBN 1597402036 (1-59740-203-6)
Hardcover, Acls History E-Book Project
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Die geheimen Leben des Albert Einsteinby Roger HighfieldISBN 3937715436 (3-937715-43-6)
Softcover
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