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Paperback. An eminent teacher and writer explores an idea both simple and complex, both multidisciplinary and unifying-the story of symmetry Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white line drawings, diagrams, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 298. The History of Symmetry. 304 pages, illustrations. There is no more important concept in the history of mathematics and physics than symmetry. It lies at the heart of relativity theory, quantum mechanics, string theory and much of modern cosmology. This title narrates the history of the emergence of this area of study, from its roots in tenth-century BC Babylon to its role in 21st century physics. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZM. Dimension: 135 x 203 x 20. Weight: 328.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465082377
- ISBN
- 9780465082377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.98
€ 23.99
€ 18.98
Paperback. Roundworld is in trouble again, and this time it looks fatal. Having created it in the first place, the wizards of Unseen University feel vaguely responsible for its safety. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FZC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091951726
- ISBN
- 9780091951726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. Presents a collection of games, puzzles, paradoxes, brainteasers, and riddles. This title helps you find out: how to organise chaos; how matter balances anti-matter; how to turn a sphere inside out (without creasing it); why you can't comb a hairy ball; and, how to calculate pi by observing the stars. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683466
- ISBN
- 9781846683466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97
Paperback. A retitled and revised edition of Ian Stewart's The Problems of Mathematics, this is the perfect guide to today's mathematics. Read about the latest discoveries, including Andrew Wiles's amazing proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, Chaos Theory, and fake four-dimensional spaces; and see how simple concepts from probability theory can help you maximize your National Lottery winnings. Num Pages: 336 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: PB; YQM. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised, Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192832023
- ISBN
- 9780192832023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.99
€ 18.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. Examines seventeen groundbreaking equations that have altered the course of human history. This book explores how Pythagoras' Theorem led to GPS and SatNav; how logarithms are applied in architecture; why imaginary numbers were important in the development of the digital camera, and what is really going on with Schrodinger's cat. Editor(s): Davey, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBF; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846685323
- ISBN
- 9781846685323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.52
€ 14.99
€ 11.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781254516
- ISBN
- 9781781254516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
€ 13.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Marjorie Daw is a librarian, and takes her job - and indeed the truth of words - very seriously. She doesn't know it, but her world and ours - Roundworld - is in big trouble. On Discworld, a colossal row is brewing. The Wizards of Unseen University feel responsible for Roundworld (as one would for a pet gerbil). Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FZC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091949808
- ISBN
- 9780091949808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.26
€ 23.99
€ 16.26
Paperback. There are some mathematical problems whose significance goes beyond the ordinary - like Fermat's Last Theorem or Goldbach's Conjecture. This book explains why these problems exist, why they matter, what drives mathematicians to incredible lengths to solve them and where they stand in the context of mathematics and science as a whole. Editor(s): Davey, John. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683374
- ISBN
- 9781846683374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.04
€ 17.99
€ 13.04
Paperback. Symmetry is an immensely important concept in mathematics and throughout the sciences. In this Very Short Introduction, Ian Stewart highlights the deep implications of symmetry and its important scientific applications across the entire subject. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, Approx 40 black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: PBG; PBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199651986
- ISBN
- 9780199651986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. Editor(s): Groves, Ian Stanley. Series: BT Telecommunications Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TTBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461379294
- ISBN
- 9781461379294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.27
€ 119.27
Hardcover. What is known about the failure processes surrounding wood comes almost entirely from empirical evidence gathered for engineering purposes. With only limited resources and the need to obtain practical results quickly, the timber engineering research community has avoided the route of scientific inquiry. Num Pages: 242 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TGM; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 188 x 272 x 19. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471487081
- ISBN
- 9780471487081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.24
€ 183.24
Paperback. Editor(s): Zagon, Ian S.; McLaughlin. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAN; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189 x 14. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401046725
- ISBN
- 9789401046725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.64
€ 119.64
Hardback. Presents the basic theoretical framework of crisp and fuzzy set theory, relating these concepts to control engineering based on the analogy between the Laplace transfer function of linear systems and the fuzzy relation of a nonlinear fuzzy system. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBWX; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792382492
- ISBN
- 9780792382492
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.12
€ 123.12
paperback. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; TGB; TJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441950550
- ISBN
- 9781441950550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 119.13
€ 119.13
hardcover. The new edition of this comprehensive reference on astronomy observation methods and techniques includes recent developments in astronomical detectors and instrumentation, from the invention of the CCD in 1970 to the current era of huge telescopes. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 592 pages, 180 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHK; TJF; TTDS; UYS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540765820
- ISBN
- 9783540765820
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.12
€ 114.12
Hardcover. This book compares empirical discovery methods for biologically relevant molecules with serendipitous discovery and rational design, and highlights the general approach to empirical discovery and its advantanges/disadvantages. Num Pages: 458 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MFG; PSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 27. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 458
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470146828
- ISBN
- 9780470146828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.29
€ 160.29
Paperback. Editor(s): McLean, Ian S. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 608 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PG; TTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401044660
- ISBN
- 9789401044660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 349.65
€ 349.65
Hardback. This first in a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research covers telescopes and instrumentation. Each chapter stands on its own and each volume can be used as a text or reference for advanced undergraduate or postgraduate courses. Editor(s): McLean, Ian S. Num Pages: 640 pages, 111 colour illustrations, 45 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 166 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400756205
- ISBN
- 9789400756205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 576.00
€ 576.00
Hardback. Reveals the remarkable revolution which has occurred in infrared astronomy as a result of technology breakthroughs in the development and availability of tiny imaging devices known as 'arrays'. This book contains a mix of papers describing the detector technology, astronomical instruments or observational methods. Editor(s): McLean, Ian S. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 608 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGG; PHJ; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1175.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Partly reprinted from EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY, 3:1
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327783
- ISBN
- 9780792327783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 349.97
€ 349.97
Paperback. Editor(s): Longmuir, Ian S. Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Num Pages: 653 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
- Number of pages
- 653
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781468451900
- ISBN
- 9781468451900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.46
€ 124.46