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Paperback. In examining the role that timing can play in the establishment of theory and explanation, this book argues that the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics was accepted not because it was better than David Bohm's (who supplied an alternative explanation), but because it appeared first. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226132044
- ISBN
- 9780226132044
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Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 46.16
€ 53.53
€ 46.16
Paperback. Reveals the sources of Barack Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit contemporary partisan categories. This title traces the origins of his ideas and establishes him as the most penetrating political thinker elected to the presidency in the past century. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCX; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154336
- ISBN
- 9780691154336
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.29
€ 19.99
€ 16.29
Hardback. Derided by the Right as dangerous and by the Left as spineless, Barack Obama puzzles observers. This title reveals the sources of Obama's ideas and explains why his principled aversion to absolutes does not fit contemporary partisan categories. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFCX; JPA; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147468
- ISBN
- 9780691147468
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
paperback. Series: The William G. Bowen Memorial Series in Higher Education. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 812.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691168586
- ISBN
- 9780691168586
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.34
€ 29.99
€ 20.34
Hardback. As such, the book is ideal both as a primary text in women's and gender studies courses and as a reference for faculty and students outside the discipline applying gender issues to their teaching and research. Editor(s): Catano, James V.; Novak, Daniel A. Series: A Feminist Formations Reader. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402246
- ISBN
- 9781421402246
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Condition: New
€ 70.19€ 64.25
€ 70.19
€ 64.25
Paperback. James Melton's lucid and accessible 2001 study examines the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. Series: New Approaches to European History. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484. Series: New Approaches to European History. 300 pages. James Melton's lucid and accessible 2001 study examines the rise of 'the public' in eighteenth-century Europe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Dimension: 223 x 151 x 18. Weight: 484.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521469692
- ISBN
- 9780521469692
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Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Paperback. Offers a genealogy of American cultural history, tracing its multifaceted origins, defining debates, and intersections with adjacent fields. This title explores such subjects as the different strains of cultural history, its relationships with arenas from mass entertainment to public policy, and the ways it has been shaped by catastrophe. Editor(s): Cook, James W.; Glickman, Lawrence B.; O'Malley, Michael. Num Pages: 416 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226115078
- ISBN
- 9780226115078
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. In the wake of the Bradford and Brussels football disasters in 1985, football in England was subjected to detailed scrutiny and criticism. This book examines the alleged roots of those violent incidents, and locate the problems afflicting the national game within the context of social and economic changes. Num Pages: 139 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 262 x 12. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- 1986th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333422779
- ISBN
- 9780333422779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardcover. In the wake of the Bradford and Brussels football disasters in 1985, football in England was subjected to detailed scrutiny and criticism. This book examines the alleged roots of those violent incidents, and locate the problems afflicting the national game within the context of social and economic changes. Num Pages: 147 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 339.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333422762
- ISBN
- 9780333422762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.00
€ 127.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 20. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686160
- ISBN
- 9781846686160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Hardcover. This book explores the interface between modernity and tradition in selected societies in Taiwan, mainland China and Vietnam. The chapters question to what extent traditions are themselves exploiting modernity in creative ways, in the interests of their own further developments. Editor(s): Wilkerson, James; Parkin, Robert. Num Pages: 284 pages, 18 ills, 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; 1FPCW; JFC; JHBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476. the Interface of Tradition and Modernity in East Asia. 284 pages, 18 ills, 23 tables. Editor(s): Wilkerson, James; Parkin, Robert. This book explores the interface between modernity and tradition in selected societies in Taiwan, mainland China and Vietnam. The chapters question to what extent traditions are themselves exploiting modernity in creative ways, in the interests of their own further developments. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1FPC; 1FPCW; JFC; JHBT. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857455680
- ISBN
- 9780857455680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.52
€ 162.52
Paperback. 20th-century science and music, argues Jamie James, have rejected the Romantic separation of the two. The book provides a survey of the history of science and music, a reassessment of Romanticism and the modernist reaction to it, and a radical intellectual journey. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: AVA; JFCX; P. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349105420
- ISBN
- 9780349105420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.68
€ 16.99
€ 12.68
Paperback. For centuries, scientists and philosophers believed that the universe was a stately, ordered mechanism, mathematical and musical. This title helps readers to see how this scientific philosophy emerged, how it was shattered by changing views of the universe and the rise of Romanticism, and to what extent it survives. Num Pages: 282 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AV; JFCX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Copernicus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1993. 2nd printing 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387944746
- ISBN
- 9780387944746
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.42
€ 41.99
€ 37.42
Hardback. In the first book-length study to concentrate specifically on Britain, Jamie Sexton examines the rise of avant-garde and experimental film-making between the wars. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJG; APF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 168 x 259 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898102
- ISBN
- 9780859898102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.66
€ 143.66
Living Alone: Globalization, Identity and Belonging (Palgrave MacMilla...
Jamieson, Lynn, Simpson, Roona
Hardcover. Exploring the growing global trend of solo living, this highly original study addresses core debates about contemporary social change in the context of globalization, including individualization and connection, the future of family formation, consumption and identities, belonging and 'community', living arrangements and sustainability. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230271920
- ISBN
- 9780230271920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.55
€ 139.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 710 color. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JFCK; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 842. 176 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJP; JFCK; WFB. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight: 844.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764324505
- ISBN
- 9780764324505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.45
€ 37.99
€ 25.45
Hardback. Arguably the most prolific and most widely read philosopher of our time, Slavoj Zizek has made indelible interventions into many disciplines of the so-called human sciences that have transformed the terms of discussion in these fields. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653709
- ISBN
- 9780745653709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.09
€ 73.09
Paperback. Arguably the most prolific and most widely read philosopher of our time, Slavoj Zizek has made indelible interventions into many disciplines of the so-called human sciences that have transformed the terms of discussion in these fields. Series: Theory Now. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653716
- ISBN
- 9780745653716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
paperback. Editor(s): Jagodzinski, Jan. Num Pages: 281 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United States
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- SKU
- V9781403961655
- ISBN
- 9781403961655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.46€ 47.19
€ 53.46
€ 47.19
Paperback. Offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary theoretical and programmatic issues in the fields of sustainability, culture, communication, development and social change, this book explores the relationship between communication and sustainability from a social change perspective. Editor(s): Servaes, Jan. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHB; JHBA; RGL; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349460564
- ISBN
- 9781349460564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81