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Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Computer Science. Num Pages: 256 pages, 65ill. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486691152
- ISBN
- 9780486691152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.52
€ 20.99
€ 20.52
Paperback. Blood is a vital component of the bodies of most multicellular animals. Chris Cooper discusses blood's critical role in both biology and in human society, ranging from its place in religious rituals to its uses in modern medicine. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 26 black and white images. BIC Classification: HRLF; MJF; PDZ; PS. Dimension: 174 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199581450
- ISBN
- 9780199581450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Series: Fdmntls Philos. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195366198
- ISBN
- 9780195366198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99
€ 54.99
Paperback. Randomness and uncertainty surround everything we do. So why are we so bad at understanding them? This title reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141026473
- ISBN
- 9780141026473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. Over 150 of the world's leading scientists and thinkers offer their choice of the ideas, and arguments. Every year the author sets them a question, this year that question was: What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody's Cognitive Toolkit? In this book, their answers are collected and explores philosophy, psychology, and other disciplines. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778480
- ISBN
- 9780552778480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
€ 19.99
€ 14.96
Paperback. Forests have been entwined with human development and cultural history for centuries. In this Very Short Introduction Jaboury Ghazoul explores their origins, dynamics, and the range of goods and services they provide to human society, as well as looking at issues of deforestation, reforestation, and the effects of climate change. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, Approx 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RGBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198706175
- ISBN
- 9780198706175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Looks inside this landscape of digital scientific work. This title chronicles the emergence of bioinformatics - the mode of working across and between biology, computing, mathematics, and statistics - from the 1960s to the present, seeking to understand how knowledge about life is made in and through virtual spaces. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: MBF; PDX; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080208
- ISBN
- 9780226080208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.39
€ 37.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. The new edition of this authoritative introduction to the philosophy of technology includes recent developments in the subject, while retaining the range and depth of its selection of seminal contributions and its much-admired editorial commentary. Editor(s): Scharff, Robert C.; Dusek, Val. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: HP; PDA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 195 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1240.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118547250
- ISBN
- 9781118547250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.60
€ 68.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, Includes 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: KJE; KJWX; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472437204
- ISBN
- 9781472437204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.78
€ 49.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Macedo, Stephen; Ober, Josiah. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169163
- ISBN
- 9780691169163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.18
€ 19.99
€ 16.18
Paperback. The enormous recent progress in fighting cancer, and the science behind it, is revealed fully for the first time in this book. Using scientific evidence from around the world, Lauren Pecorino examines the biology of cancer, looks at new cancer treatments, and provides recommendations about lifestyle choices that can help reduce our cancer risk. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 black and white line drawings, 7 photographs, and 1 4pp colour plate section. BIC Classification: MJCL; PDZ; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199658756
- ISBN
- 9780199658756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.53
€ 30.53
Paperback. Editor(s): de Paor, Annraoi. Num Pages: 456 pages, 43 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; BGT; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Tyndall Scientific
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993242007
- ISBN
- 9780993242007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.49
€ 18.99
€ 17.49
Hardcover. Human life is a staggeringly strange thing. On the surface of a ball of rock falling around a nuclear fireball in the blackness of a vacuum the laws of nature conspired to create a naked ape that can look up at the stars and wonder where it came from. Num Pages: 288 pages, (colour photographs throughout), With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1490.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007488803
- ISBN
- 9780007488803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 21.94
€ 33.99
€ 21.94
Paperback. A history of the relationship between technology and society over the past 500 years. Spanning the preindustrial past, the age of scientific, political, and industrial revolutions, as well as the more recent eras of imperialism, modernism, and global security, it evaluates what the author calls "the question of technology". Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 54, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401539
- ISBN
- 9781421401539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.29
€ 27.99
€ 27.29
paperback. A plain language style, worked examples and exercises help students to understand the foundations of computational physics and engineering. Num Pages: 216 pages, 73 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PB; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107479500
- ISBN
- 9781107479500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.97
€ 33.99
€ 32.97
Paperback. A study of the ethical dilemmas and moral issues surrounding the interaction of humans and technology. Drawing from Heidegger and Foucault, as well as from philosophers of technology such as Don Ihde and Bruno Latour, it locates morality not just in the human users of technology but in the interaction between us and our machines. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226852935
- ISBN
- 9780226852935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.63
€ 37.99
€ 29.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, charts and graphs. BIC Classification: KC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Nation Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568585215
- ISBN
- 9781568585215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 28.51
€ 42.99
€ 28.51
Paperback. Explores what emerging computer technologies and their radical applications mean for the future of human life and society. This title examines the philosophical questions of the self and reality that arise through the digital experience. It shows the many practical applications of virtual reality, from education and medicine to sex and warfare. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061809514
- ISBN
- 9780061809514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.58
€ 16.99
€ 15.58
Paperback. Humans have the ability to imitate and copy behaviours, or memes, from one another. This is an investigation of whether genes and memes can lead to discoveries about the nature of the inner self and whether the inner self is only an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JHM; JMRL; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 196 x 59. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192862129
- ISBN
- 9780192862129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.08
€ 18.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Series: Cornell History of Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 20. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416. Series: Cornell history of science. 280 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight: 402.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482342
- ISBN
- 9780801482342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04
Paperback. Why are some people worriers and others wanderers? Why do some seem good at empathizing and others at controlling? Daniel Nettle takes us on a tour through the science of human personality, looking at the latest findings from psychology, brain science, and evolution to explore the mystery of what makes us the way we are. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199211432
- ISBN
- 9780199211432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.10
€ 14.99
€ 12.10
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262036092
- ISBN
- 9780262036092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 43.87
€ 49.99
€ 43.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1 Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209374
- ISBN
- 9780872209374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.05
€ 20.99
€ 17.05
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster United States
- Number of pages
- 698
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780671244095
- ISBN
- 9780671244095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.83
€ 23.83