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paperback. This book traces the intertwined histories of disaster experts-specialists in predicting the unpredictable and managing the unmanageable-revealing how their interdisciplinary research and practices over the past century have shaped modern America. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 360 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; GPQD; JFFC; RNR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222463
- ISBN
- 9780812222463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.09
€ 37.99
€ 34.09
Paperback. An anthology that offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of risk theory. It covers the origins of the 'concept of risk' and its often misunderstood cousin 'uncertainty', addressing risk perception, risk communication, the idea of trust and post trust as well as risk in policy and regulation with a look at the Precautionary Principle. Editor(s): Lofstedt, Ragnar E.; Boholm, Asa. Series: Earthscan Reader Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, Figures, tables, index. BIC Classification: GPQD; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844076871
- ISBN
- 9781844076871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.71€ 51.27
€ 55.71
€ 51.27
Hardcover. Traces our epochal move from an economy of things and objects to an economy of attention. According to the author, the central commodity in our new age of information is not stuff but style, for style is what competes for our attention amidst the din and deluge of new media. He aims to map the frontier that information technologies have created. Num Pages: 316 pages, 27 halftones, 4 diagrams. BIC Classification: GPF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 181 x 30. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226468822
- ISBN
- 9780226468822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.79
€ 33.99
€ 26.79
Paperback. Information is a key issue in decision making in economics and business. Being 'in the know' confers strategic advantages to people, allowing them to lie and/or cheat on their uninformed opponents. This text is designed to take students through key issues to give an understanding of the impact of imperfect and information in an economic context. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GPF; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206668
- ISBN
- 9780631206668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.51
€ 57.51
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bernier, Celeste-Marie (University of Nottingham, UK); Newman, Professor of American Studies Judie (University of Newcastle upon Tyne The University of Nottingham, UK University of Nottingham University of Nottingham, UK University of Nottingham, UK The University of Nottingham, UK University of Nottingham, UK University of Nottingham, UK); Pethers, Matthew. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Literature Eup. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; GBC; GPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748692927
- ISBN
- 9780748692927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.14€ 224.84
€ 237.14
€ 224.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGB; BTC; GBC; GPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632207036
- ISBN
- 9781632207036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.04
€ 15.99
€ 15.04
Paperback. Explores the conception of 'risk as feelings' and examines the interaction of feeling and cognition in the perception of risk. This book highlights perspectives on risk arising from cultural worldviews and concerns about specific hazards pertaining to blood transfusion, biotechnology, prescription drugs, smoking, terrorism, and nanotechnology. Series: Earthscan Risk in Society. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; JMQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849711487
- ISBN
- 9781849711487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. This latest edition of The Field Guide to Understanding 'Human Error ' will help you understand how to move beyond 'human error'; how to understand accidents; how to do better investigations; how to understand and improve your safety work. Num Pages: 192 pages, Includes 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: GPQD; JMJ; KNXC; LNHH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472439055
- ISBN
- 9781472439055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.47
€ 43.47
Paperback.
A must-read for anyone who makes business decisions that have a major financial impact
Tomorrow's stock price, next month's sales, next year's costs these are all numbers we don't know yet. Yet everyday, we base our personal and business plans on these kinds of uncertainties. Illustrator(s): Danziger, Jeff. Num Pages: 416 pages, ill. BIC Classification: GPQD; KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118073759
- ISBN
- 9781118073759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.26
€ 25.99
€ 19.26
Paperback. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 139 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; PBKF; PHQ; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319167176
- ISBN
- 9783319167176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.29
€ 58.29
Paperback. The Fundamentals of Scientific Research: An Introductory Laboratory Manual is a laboratory manual geared towards first semester undergraduates enrolled in general biology courses focusing on cell biology. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GPS; PDN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118867846
- ISBN
- 9781118867846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09
The Gallup Poll Cumulative Index. Public Opinion, 1998-2007.
. Ed(S): Gallup, Alec M., Jr.; Newport, Frank
Hardback. The Gallup Poll is the most comprehensive single source of American public opinion. It is the only work that captures the constantly shifting opinions and perceptions of Americans. The Cumulative Index allows researchers easy access to the results of polls conducted between 1998 and 2007. Editor(s): Gallup, Alec M., Jr.; Newport, Frank. Series: Gallup Polls Annual (RL). Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; GPS; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742563148
- ISBN
- 9780742563148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.47
€ 239.47
Paperback. Suitable for those beginning an MA in Literature, this resource provides an introduction to research techniques, methodologies and information sources relevant to the study of literature at postgraduate level. Editor(s): Owens, W. R.; Correa, Delia da Sousa. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; GPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415485005
- ISBN
- 9780415485005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.05
€ 50.99
€ 45.05
Paperback. Only a few books stand as landmarks in social and scientific upheaval. Norbert Wiener's classic is one in that small company. Founder of the science of cybernetics--the study of the relationship betwee Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPFC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306803208
- ISBN
- 9780306803208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Originally published: Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press; London: Sage, A2007. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: GPQ; JNK; MBNH3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781632205605
- ISBN
- 9781632205605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.96
€ 17.99
€ 15.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 219 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 15 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: AB; GPS; H. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 213 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137408983
- ISBN
- 9781137408983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.20
€ 41.20
Paperback. A search for a radio-tagged Indiana bat roosting in the woods behind her house in New York's Hudson Valley led the author to assorted other encounters with the natural world. In this book, she highlights factors that distinguish twenty-first-century citizen scientists from traditional amateur naturalists. Illustrator(s): Kaspari, Debby Cotter. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 204 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205671
- ISBN
- 9780300205671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
Hardback. Introduces a more realistic and holistic framework called KuU - the Known, the unknown, and the Unknowable - that enables one to conceptualize the different kinds of financial risks and design effective strategies for managing them. Editor(s): Diebold, Francis X.; Doherty, Neil A.; Herring, Richard J. Num Pages: 392 pages, 4 halftones. 31 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: GPQD; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128832
- ISBN
- 9780691128832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.78€ 76.52
€ 100.78
€ 76.52
Hardback. Series: Idiom: Inventing Writing Theory. Num Pages: 312 pages, 61 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC; GPFC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823272990
- ISBN
- 9780823272990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.36
€ 47.36
Hardcover. This book offers a complete information-theoretic framework to quantify distributed computation in complex systems operations on information, particularly their dynamics in space and time. structure. Includes applications to random Boolean networks and more. Series: Springer Theses. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPF; TB; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 555.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642329517
- ISBN
- 9783642329517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.74
€ 185.74