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Paperback. Digital information and communication technologies can be seen as a threat to privacy, a step forward for freedom of expression and communication, a tool in the fight against terrorism or the source of a new economic wealth. Num Pages: 138 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UBL; UBW; UR; UYA; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 138
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786300867
- ISBN
- 9781786300867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 178.08
€ 178.08
Hardcover. What is social visibility? How does it affect people and public issues? How are visibility regimes created, organized and contested? Tackling both social theory and social research, the book is an exploration into how intervisibilities produce crucial sociotechnical and biopolitical effects. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBA; JPA; TB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362. 224 pages, Illustrations. What is social visibility? How does it affect people and public issues? How are visibility regimes created, organized and contested? Tackling both social theory and social research, the book is an exploration into how intervisibilities produce crucial sociotechnical and biopolitical effects. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBA; JPA; TB. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 17. Weight: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230241022
- ISBN
- 9780230241022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Hardcover. * Provides an accessible overview of the current most widely used methods for sensitivity analysis. * Opens with a detailed worked example to explain the motivation behind the book. * Includes a range of examples to help illustrate the concepts discussed. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470870938
- ISBN
- 9780470870938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.94
€ 97.94
Hardcover. A longtime chief scientist at Amazon shows how open data can make everyone, not just corporations, richer Num Pages: 272 pages, TBD. BIC Classification: UBW; URD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465044696
- ISBN
- 9780465044696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.95
€ 42.95
Paperback. Computing technology is constantly evolving and changing, developing and consolidating its position as a vital component of our lives. It no longer plays a minor part in society - it is embedded in, and affects, all aspects of life, from education to healthcare to war. Num Pages: 666 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: UBJ; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 189 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1218.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 666
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470065532
- ISBN
- 9780470065532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Paperback. Takes us on a backstage tour of the real but hidden world of the Internet, introducing us to the remarkable clan of insiders and eccentrics who own, design and run it everyday. This book uncovers the secret data warehouses where our online selves are stored, peels back the wires that transport us across the globe. Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: UBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141049090
- ISBN
- 9780141049090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.84
€ 15.99
€ 11.84
Paperback. BTEC's own Student Book for the 2010 specification BTEC Level 3 National Engineering, gives students a work-focused, approachable textbook, with all the assignment help learners need to achieve the best grade they can. Editor(s): Boyce, Andrew. Series: Level 3 BTEC National Engineering. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 4KVTJ; 4KVTK; 4KVTL; TBC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 276 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1148.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846907241
- ISBN
- 9781846907241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.12
€ 48.12
Behind the glories and tragedies that make headlines and move the nation, the story of the space shuttle is inextricably bound to the lesser-known drama of the search for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit rocket. In this book, Andrew J. Butrica tells this story. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873386
- ISBN
- 9780801873386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.86
€ 61.86
Hardback. In this controversial new book, Andrew Keen argues that the Internet has had a disastrous impact on all our lives - and outlines what we must do to change it, before it's too late. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: KNTX1; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782393405
- ISBN
- 9781782393405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 15.99
€ 23.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. In this controversial and explosive book, Andrew Keen argues that the Internet has had a disastrous impact on all our lives - and outlines what we must do to change it, before it's too late. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFF; PDR; UBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782393436
- ISBN
- 9781782393436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.48
€ 13.00
€ 11.48
Hardback. Systems engineering is management technology to assist and support the policy making , planning, decision making, resource allocation, and action deployment associated with large scale engineering systems. This book explores fundamental and introductory considerations associated with the engineering of large scale systems. Series: Wiley Series in Systems Engineering and Management. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KJMV5; TBC; TGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 34. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471027669
- ISBN
- 9780471027669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.46
€ 215.46
Hardcover. This manual aims to address some of the fundamental considerations associated with the engineering of large scale systems. It examines systems methodology, management and system quality assurance, as well as a variety of systems design approaches, particularly those involving the human factor. Series: Wiley Series in Systems Engineering. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: TBC; TGP; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 243 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471536390
- ISBN
- 9780471536390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 209.00
€ 209.00
Hardcover. This is the only handbook available that focuses on the engineering and management techniques for building systems of all types from process, product line, and systems management perspectives. Its primary emphasis is on systems that are information technology and software intensive and that involve human and organizational elements. Num Pages: 1504 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 176 x 69. Weight in Grams: 2218.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 1504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470083536
- ISBN
- 9780470083536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 341.62
€ 341.62
Paperback. This text offers an understanding of the nature of scientific, mathematical and engineering practice, and the production of scientific knowledge. The author presents an approach to the unpredictable nature of change in science, taking into account a number of factors. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11 halftones, 11 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; TBDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226668031
- ISBN
- 9780226668031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. Helps learners' improve their Maths and English skills and help prepare for Level 1 and Level 2 Functional Skills exams. This title enables learners to improve their maths and English skills and real-life questions and scenarios are written with an automotive context to help learners find essential Maths and English theory understandable. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: TBJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 297 x 209 x 7. Weight in Grams: 288. 250 pages. Helps learners' improve their Maths and English skills and help prepare for Level 1 and Level 2 Functional Skills exams. This title enables learners to improve their maths and English skills and real-life questions and scenarios are written with an automotive context to help learners find essential Maths and English theory understandable. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: TBJ. Dimension: 297 x 209 x 7. Weight: 288.
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408077382
- ISBN
- 9781408077382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.06
€ 22.06
Digital surrounds us for better or for worse, but it has changed our lives forever. This book takes a look at how these changes have undermined areas of our lives-both good and bad. Andrew Edwards shows us how this has happened and how to be more thoughtful about the effects of the technology that surrounds us and continues to proliferate. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442246515
- ISBN
- 9781442246515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.99
€ 61.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 81 pages, illus., tables & graphs. BIC Classification: TBN; TGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 150 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 81
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616688622
- ISBN
- 9781616688622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.34€ 52.00
€ 73.34
€ 52.00
Hardback. Editor(s): Bain, Andy. Num Pages: 139 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JKSW1; JKV; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 139
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137579140
- ISBN
- 9781137579140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Hardcover. An original book, by a radical thinker, that provides an important perspective on the Internet - and how it is shaping our lives. Num Pages: 192 pages, Graphic. BIC Classification: UBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Lid Publishing Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907794612
- ISBN
- 9781907794612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.47
€ 17.99
€ 14.47
Paperback. An anthology that describes methods used to secure computer systems in the face of threats. It covers topics that include: rewiring the expectations and assumptions of organizations regarding security; security as a design requirement; evolution and new projects in Web of Trust; and, legal sanctions to enforce security precautions. Num Pages: 300 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UBJ; UBL; URY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780596527488
- ISBN
- 9780596527488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.96
€ 42.99
€ 40.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 155 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSP1; JHBK; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137570949
- ISBN
- 9781137570949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Far from being a record of southern failure, Lakwete concludes, the cotton gin-correctly understood-supplies evidence that the slave labor-based antebellum South innovated, industrialized, and modernized. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 26, 16 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873942
- ISBN
- 9780801873942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.37
€ 66.37
Hardback. Num Pages: 155 pages. BIC Classification: TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 155
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566766531
- ISBN
- 9781566766531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Paperback. Editor(s): Keromytis, Angelos D.; Di Pietro, Roberto. Series: Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Num Pages: 379 pages, 111 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: UBJ; UKN; UNH; URY; UYZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- SKU
- V9783642368820
- ISBN
- 9783642368820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.06€ 24.61
€ 65.06
€ 24.61