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Hardcover. Editor(s): Kargon, Robert H.; Fiss, Karen; Low, Morris; Molella, Arthur P. Num Pages: 232 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944447
- ISBN
- 9780822944447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.59
€ 43.99
€ 36.59
Hardback. In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured on to Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later founded and ran the American Red Cross. This book tells the story of this charitable organization from its start in 1881, through its humanitarian aid during wars, to its relief efforts of the 1930s. Num Pages: 404 pages, 19, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407388
- ISBN
- 9781421407388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.56
€ 54.56
Paperback. This book defines diagrams as tools manipulated by users to produce new kinds of understanding and demonstrates that a modern diagrammatic knowledge emerged in eighteenth-century visual culture to become the foundation of later nineteenth-century science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 illustrations (8 colour). BIC Classification: AB; DSB; GT; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804745055
- ISBN
- 9780804745055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. This is the first complete edition containing all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original paginations with Darwin's indexes retained Series: The Works of Charles Darwin. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720578
- ISBN
- 9780814720578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.61
€ 33.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 2 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 130. Weight in Grams: 1058.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471192602
- ISBN
- 9780471192602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,021.86
€ 1,021.86
Paperback. One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge of the subject of astronomy and dynamics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808482
- ISBN
- 9780226808482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.90
€ 31.99
€ 24.90
Hardback. Contains essays by or about Jacob Mincer who is a founding father of modern empirical labor economics. This collection not only examines Mincer's research, it also assesses the impact of his work on the careers of several important economists and includes portions of Mincer's correspondence with those scholars. Editor(s): Grossbard, Shoshana. Num Pages: 210 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCP; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387291741
- ISBN
- 9780387291741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.09
€ 126.09
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782430674
- ISBN
- 9781782430674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
hardcover. Leading scholars in the history of science address the historical, methodological, and ideological motivation behind scientists' use of language metaphors, such as "reading" the human genome, "rewriting" the genetic code, and developing programming "language." Editor(s): Dorries, Matthias. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804744416
- ISBN
- 9780804744416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.45
€ 128.45
Hardcover. A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome brings a fresh perspective to the study of these disciplines in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives. Editor(s): Irby, Georgia L. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 1096 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; MBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118372678
- ISBN
- 9781118372678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 436.82
€ 436.82
Paperback. Now in an accessible paperback edition, this classic work is just as relevant as when it first appeared in 1974, due to the increased use of nonlinear waves. It covers the behavior of waves in two parts, with the first part addressing hyperbolic waves and the second addressing dispersive waves. Series: Pure and Applied Mathematics: A Wiley Series of Texts, Monographs and Tracts. Num Pages: 660 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 40. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 660
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471359425
- ISBN
- 9780471359425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 197.70
€ 197.70
Paperback. This Pulitzer Prize finalist is a fascinating, provocative work exploring the mysteries of human thought and behavior. Pinker synthesizes the best of cognitive science and evolutionary biology to explain what the mind is, how it has evolved, and, ultimately, how it works. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393334777
- ISBN
- 9780393334777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.09
€ 24.09
hardcover. Presents research on fluctuations in spatially extended systems. Intended for graduate students and researchers, this book also offers an introduction to the theory of stochastic partial differential equations and gives an overview of the effects of external noise on dynamical systems with spatial degrees of freedom. Series: Institute for Nonlinear Science (Closed). Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBT; PDE; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387988559
- ISBN
- 9780387988559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.74
€ 123.74
Hardback. This book looks at both the past and the future of the debate over whether there are moral limits to scientific progress and what life will look like in the genetic age. Num Pages: 384 pages, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFM; MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742521957
- ISBN
- 9780742521957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.64€ 84.99
€ 102.64
€ 84.99
Paperback. The human mind and brain are now among the hottest subjects in scientific research. Breakthrough techniques mean we are on the verge of being able to read minds, to control actions direct from the brain, to change or enhance the way our thinking works. Kathleen Taylor explores the astonishing possibilities and the ethical implications. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 black and white images and 5 colour images. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199683857
- ISBN
- 9780199683857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.70
€ 25.70
Hardback. This debate, Fox argues, became a contest for the hearts and minds of the French citizenry. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 408 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405223
- ISBN
- 9781421405223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.40
€ 75.40
Hardcover. Dealing with the principles of calibration--both the theoretical and mathematical constructs which relate features of calibration equations to the physical phenomena that affect instruments and samples used on generating information. Series: Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and its Applications. Num Pages: 192 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PDN; PNFC; PNFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471546146
- ISBN
- 9780471546146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 266.74
€ 266.74
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226060941
- ISBN
- 9780226060941
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.38€ 107.01
€ 130.38
€ 107.01
Paperback. In this lively and illuminating discussion of his landmark research, esteemed primatologist Frans de Waal argues that human morality is not imposed from above but instead comes from within. Moral behavior does not begin and end with religion but is in fact a product of evolution. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 211 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393347791
- ISBN
- 9780393347791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.31
€ 18.99
€ 17.31
Scanning Probe Microscopy: Atomic Scale Engineering by Forces and Curr...
Foster, Adam; Hofer, Werner
hardcover. Offers a source of information for researchers, teachers, and graduate students about the field of scanning probe theory. This book explains the theory behind simulation techniques and gives examples of theoretical concepts through simulations. It provides framework for electron transport theory with its degrees of approximations used in research. Series: Nanoscience and Technology. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387400907
- ISBN
- 9780387400907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.20
€ 191.20
paperback. Reason has very often been seen as the highest faculty of man and, therefore, a strong tendency to attempt to analyze man mainly in terms of the rational dimension exists. This tendency was strong in antiquity and was given renewed attention in the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819199843
- ISBN
- 9780819199843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.21
€ 87.21
Hardcover. This book offers an important account of the relationship between science and culture in the eighteenth century. It examines the 'vitalist' turn in physiology and natural philosophy, and its presence and effect in the burgeoning of philosophical and scientific inquiry of the Scottish Enlightenment, and the radical politics and culture of the 1790s. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBTB; HPCD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230276185
- ISBN
- 9780230276185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.90
€ 63.90
Paperback. Outlines the philosophy and methods of the new Science of Oneness. This work takes a fresh look at the findings of modern science, including fringe fields such as parapsychology, and integrates them with insights from spiritual traditions. It challenges us all to guide the evolution of humanity and the Earth in positive directions. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRLK; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 34. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905047710
- ISBN
- 9781905047710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. This text is a compilation of practical information on the analysis of mineral type materials and products by the fused, cast bead method. It discusses the necessary equipment and its use; the processes involved in loss of ignition and decomposition by fusion and its chemistry. Num Pages: 312 pages, tables. BIC Classification: PDN; PNF; PNV; RBGK; TDCQ; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471934578
- ISBN
- 9780471934578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 266.51
€ 266.51