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Applications of Geometric Algebra in Computer Science and Engineering
. Ed(S): Dorst, Leo; Doran, Chris; Lasenby, J...
Hardback. The articles in this volume reflect an interdisciplinary approach to the subject of geometric algebra in computer science, engineering, physics and mathematics. A range of techniques and applications are highlighted and relevant areas are introduced in a self-contained manner. Editor(s): Dorst, Leo; Doran, Chris; Lasenby, Joan. Num Pages: 478 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBMW; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817642679
- ISBN
- 9780817642679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.03
€ 132.03
Paperback. DNA profiling is often heralded as unassailable criminal evidence, a veritable "truth machine" that can overturn convictions based on eyewitness testimony, confessions, and other forms of forensic evidence. This book traces the controversial history of DNA fingerprinting by looking at court cases in the US and UK from the mid-1980s onwards. Num Pages: 416 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: JKVF1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226498072
- ISBN
- 9780226498072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.81
€ 34.99
€ 27.81
Hardcover. Presents an introduction to dynamic modeling in molecular cell biology, taking a computational and intuitive approach. This textbook includes illustrations, examples, and exercises. It provides appendices containing mathematical and computational techniques as a reference tool. Editor(s): Fall, Christopher; Marland, Eric S.; Wagner, John M.; Tyson, John J. Series: Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 488 pages, 19 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1st ed 2002. Corr. 3rd printing 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387953694
- ISBN
- 9780387953694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.64
€ 130.64
Hardcover. The untold story of an eccentric, scientific visionary whose death-defying research has saved millions of lives. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871406774
- ISBN
- 9780871406774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.58
€ 30.99
€ 25.58
Hardback. Partners combines in-depth interviews with quantitative data to show how innovations in the roles of graduate teaching assistants at universities are improving both their own experiences and the overall educational environment. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JNM; JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742540200
- ISBN
- 9780742540200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.58
€ 173.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSP; JHBK; JNMT; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349511457
- ISBN
- 9781349511457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.41
€ 121.41
Paperback. Robert Karplus, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, became a leader in the movement to reform elementary school science in the 1960s. This book selects the enduring aspects of his work and presents them for the scientists and science educators. It tries to capture the essence of his life and work. Editor(s): Fuller, Robert G. Series: Innovations in Science Education and Technology. Num Pages: 337 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 337
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306466878
- ISBN
- 9780306466878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.40
€ 68.40
Paperback. What makes humans unique? This work presents an alternative to this puzzling question. Based on insights into the behavior of chimps and other great apes, our now extinct human ancestors, and existing hunting and gathering societies, it shows the remarkable role that meat has played in these societies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 tables 3 line illus. 10 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 188 x 118 x 16. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691088884
- ISBN
- 9780691088884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
In this eye-opening expos, Michaels reveals how the tobacco industry's duplicitous tactics spawned a multi-million dollar industry that is dismantling public health safeguards. Editor(s): Michaels, David. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195300673
- ISBN
- 9780195300673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.93
€ 60.93
Paperback. Chemists have created superconducting ceramics for brain scanners, designed liquid crystal flat screens for televisions and watch displays, and made fabrics that change color while you wear them. This book lets the lay reader into the world of modern chemistry. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 color plates 224 figs. BIC Classification: PDA; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691029009
- ISBN
- 9780691029009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Provides a set of protocols for the analysis of cloned genes. This volume describes a set of techniques for the basic manipulation and mutagenesis of the cloned sequences. It also describes methods to take the step from the first gene to those with which it interacts. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 411 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDN; PSD; PSF; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 411
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896032583
- ISBN
- 9780896032583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.41
€ 187.41
Paperback. Examining the transatlantic flow of knowledge from West to East, this book explores how the social and cultural worlds of South America contributed to the production of European scientific knowledge during the Enlightenment. Num Pages: 428 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KLS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226733623
- ISBN
- 9780226733623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Series: Science Paperbacks. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PD; TGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412141607
- ISBN
- 9780412141607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardback. The philosophy of chemistry has emerged in recent years as a new and autonomous field within the Anglo-American philosophical tradition. With the development of this new discipline, Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher's "The Philosophy of Chemistry" is a timely and definitive guide to all current thought in this field. Editor(s): Scerri, Eric; Fisher, Grant. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20. BIC Classification: PDA; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190494599
- ISBN
- 9780190494599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.91
€ 129.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 222 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1061.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810849792
- ISBN
- 9780810849792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.58
€ 163.58
Paperback. Provides a survey, at the elementary level, of some of the important concepts of mathematics. This book pays attention to their technical features, historical development and broader philosophical significance. It discusses the various branches of mathematics and emphasizes their interdependence. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402000072
- ISBN
- 9781402000072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.71
€ 124.71
Hardback. Engineers are empire-builders. Watt, Brunel, and others worked to build and expand personal and business empires of material technology and in so doing these engineers also became active agents of political and economic empire. This book provides a fascinating exploration of the cultural construction of the large-scale technologies of empire. Num Pages: 362 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLW; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 611.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333772782
- ISBN
- 9780333772782
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.55
€ 123.55
Hardback. This book challenges the accepted view of the early Royal Society of London that holds that its fellows did not seriously attempt to implement Francis Bacon's program for the methodological reform of the sciences. Instead, the book shows that Bacon's program shaped the society's earliest work in important, if often contradictory, ways. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JB; 3JD; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 613.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732918
- ISBN
- 9780804732918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.02
€ 86.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press
- Edition
- 3rd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931882170
- ISBN
- 9781931882170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.40
€ 21.40
Paperback. Tells the story of humanity's attempts through 4,000 years of written history to make sense of the world in its cosmic totality, to understand its physical nature, and to know its real and imagined inhabitants. This book is about the 'grand contraption' we've constructed through the ages in an effort to understand and identify with the universe. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8 halftones. 41 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130538
- ISBN
- 9780691130538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.98
€ 42.99
€ 30.98
Hardback. Editor(s): Proudfoot, Amanda EI; Power, Christine; Wells, Timothy N.C. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDN; PSBM; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896037229
- ISBN
- 9780896037229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.67
€ 129.67
Paperback. Suitable for scholars and students of American history, and for scientists and others who want to better understand modern science and science in America, this title offers the significant contributions to the study of the history of science, technology, and medicine during the twentieth century, all drawn from the pages of the journal Isis. Editor(s): Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory; Kaiser, David. Num Pages: 464 pages, 59 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 255 x 26. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226925141
- ISBN
- 9780226925141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139838
- ISBN
- 9780691139838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. A comprehensive treasury of the key molecular biology methods - ranging from DNA extraction to gene localization in situ - needed to function effectively in the modern laboratory. Each of the 120 highly successful techniques follows the format of the much acclaimed "Methods in Molecular Biology" series. Num Pages: 478 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDN; PSAK; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896038417
- ISBN
- 9780896038417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 258.54
€ 258.54