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Science & Technology
Hardback. Why do modern agricultural techniques, which are environmentally damaging, continue to be used? This path-breaking book seeks the answer to that question in an understanding of evolution of agricultural research in its cultural context. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JH; KNAC; PSAK; RNP; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333751398
- ISBN
- 9780333751398
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.32
€ 129.32
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
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Hardback. This revised edition applies economic theory to the formation of demand on the construction industry and the industry's response; provides an assessment of the implication for competition of new methods of procurement; and extends the use of theory to problems of appropriate technology. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KNJC; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333774786
- ISBN
- 9780333774786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.72
€ 128.72
Paperback. This revised edition applies economic theory to the formation of demand on the construction industry and the industry's response; provides an assessment of the implication for competition of new methods of procurement; and extends the use of theory to problems of appropriate technology. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KNJC; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333774793
- ISBN
- 9780333774793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardback. What implications does the Internet hold for human rights? This study describes the development and use of the Internet for human rights and examines its impact across the world upon various sectors of society. It discusses trends in human rights promotion and protection. Editor(s): Hick, Steven; Halpin, Edward F.; Hoskins, Eric. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPVH; PDR; UDB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333777336
- ISBN
- 9780333777336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Hardcover. "State, Anarchy and Collective Decisions" provides an introduction to the applications of game theory to a series of questions that are fundamental in political economy. These questions include: why do we need states? what might happen without protection for life and property? Num Pages: 189 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 407.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333779323
- ISBN
- 9780333779323
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. The "Dictionary of Physics" is a major reference source in the vast and dynamic field of physics that caters for both the undergraduate and graduate student. Spanning the space between the primary literature and educational texts, it encompasses 16,000 entries and 1.8 million words in four volumes. Num Pages: 660 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 203 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1695.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Nature Pub Group
- Number of pages
- 2500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333912362
- ISBN
- 9780333912362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 2,479.41
€ 2,479.41
Multinationals and Transition: Business Strategies, Technology and Tra...
Manea, Julia, Pearce, Robert
Hardcover. This text re-focuses thinking on how multinational enterprises can achieve a sustained contribution to European transition economies as these countries move from the processes of transformation into pursuit of more sustained development. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DV; KCM; KJVG; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968741
- ISBN
- 9780333968741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Hardcover. This book analyses the use of modelling in charting the survival of financial and industrial enterprises. The author shows how to use models effectively, and goes on to consider the pitfalls that can occur. The book contains plenty of practical examples, making this a useful 'how to' guide. Num Pages: 313 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFFK; KJT; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984666
- ISBN
- 9780333984666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.53
€ 129.53
Hardback. The contributors to this volume consider the changing social meanings that time has in work, leisure and everyday routines. Together they provide a combination of theoretical and empirically based approaches that reveal the social significance of time in all aspects of everyday lives. Editor(s): Crow, Graham; Heath, Sue. Series: Explorations in Sociology. British Sociological Association Conference Volume Series. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333984994
- ISBN
- 9780333984994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.43
€ 128.43
hardcover. This volume charts the history of the worldwide introduction of an operative treatment method for broken bones, osteosynthesis, by a Swiss-based association called AO. It thus sheds light on the mechanisms of medical innovation at the crossroads of surgery, science and industry. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; MBX; MNS; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780333993057
- ISBN
- 9780333993057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Hardcover. Europe is waking up to the challenge of technology and innovation. This text brings together practice, research findings and thinking in a way that addresses top management requirements. The goal is to secure the economic future of the firm, in the context of a sustainable industry and society. Num Pages: 434 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJM; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333994597
- ISBN
- 9780333994597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.40
€ 129.40
Paperback. Adopting a systems approach to the teaching of digital concepts, this book prepares students for the study of the hardware aspects of microcomputers and other complex digital systems. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TJFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780335101849
- ISBN
- 9780335101849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Helps train engineers by not only giving a broad picture of sensing systems available, but how they work and how they may best be matched to future applications. Series: Open University Press Robotics Series (Closed). Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780335154081
- ISBN
- 9780335154081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 139.39
€ 139.39
Paperback. Series: Heidelberg Science Library. Num Pages: 172 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340169636
- ISBN
- 9780340169636
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardback. This practical book covers the methods adopted for the design, construction and management of civil engineering projects. It takes the viewpoint of the project and site engineers, detailing their duties, powers, contractual and health and safety responsibilities. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: KJMP; TN. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 245. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science & Technology United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340645536
- ISBN
- 9780340645536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.65
€ 74.65
Paperback. Physicists have discovered a phenomenon that operates outside the confines of space and time: nonlocality - the ability of two particles to act in harmony no matter how far apart they may be. If space isn't what we thought it was, then what is it? In Spooky Action at a Distance, the journalist George Musser sets out to answer that question. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 black and white illustrations, 2 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHQ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 2. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780374536619
- ISBN
- 9780374536619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.46
€ 19.99
€ 17.46
Hardcover. Focusing on the purely theoretical aspects of strongly correlated electrons, this volume includes thorough pedagogical reviews as well as overviews of current problems and developments. Editor(s): Senechal, David; Tremblay, Andre-Marie; Bourbonnais, Claude. Series: CRM Series in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 361 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387008950
- ISBN
- 9780387008950
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.62
€ 197.62
Hardcover. Supervisory Control Theory (SCT) provides a tool to model and control human-engineered complex systems, such as computer networks and the Web. This book develops the concepts of this theory and explores ways it could be applied to emerging technological areas such as control of complex computer and software systems. Editor(s): Ray, Asok; Phoha, Vir V.; Phoha, Shashi. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387021089
- ISBN
- 9780387021089
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.41
€ 134.41
Paperback. This book uses acoustics, psychophysics, and neurobiology to explore the physical systems and biological processes that intervene when we hear music. It incorporates the latest findings in brain science and tone generation in musical instruments. Num Pages: 242 pages, 125 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; JMM; PHDS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 4th
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387094700
- ISBN
- 9780387094700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.79
€ 83.79
Hardcover. This book approaches the problem of electric power system architecture evolution over time as the problem of a complex, dynamic system driven by both disturbances and feed-forward and feed-back signals. Includes dedicated modeling and simulation tools. Editor(s): Ilic, Marija D.; Xie, Le; Liu, Qixing. Series: Power Electronics and Power Systems. Num Pages: 577 pages, 88 black & white illustrations, 275 colour illustrations, 162 black & white tables, biogr. BIC Classification: KNBL; THRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1027.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387097350
- ISBN
- 9780387097350
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 288.34
€ 288.34
The q-theory of Finite Semigroups (Springer Monographs in Mathematics)
Rhodes, John, Steinberg, Benjamin
Hardcover. This comprehensive, encyclopedic text provides the reader - from the graduate student to the researcher/practitioner - with a detailed understanding of modern finite semigroup theory, focusing in particular on advanced topics on the cutting edge of research. Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Num Pages: 688 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387097800
- ISBN
- 9780387097800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.41
€ 132.41
Paperback. In this illustrated book, Denis Savoie presents the basics of astronomy required to understand sundials and describes how to design and build your own classical sundial. He describes how ancient sundials were used and presents a history of time measurement. Series: Springer-Praxis Books. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 12. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387098012
- ISBN
- 9780387098012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 40.04
€ 48.99
€ 40.04
Graded Ferroelectrics, Transpacitors and Transponents (Multifunctional...
Mantese, Joseph V., Alpay, S. Pamir
Hardcover. Details the experimental and theoretical aspects of ferroelectric devices, and their extensions to other ferroic systems such as: ferromagnetics, ferroelastics, piezoelectrics, and others. This work presents the theory and experimental results pertaining to non-homogeneous active ferroic devices and structures. Series: Multifunctional Thin Film Series. Num Pages: 154 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHFC; TDCK; TDCQ; TGMT; TJFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398. Series: Multifunctional Thin Film Series. 164 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Details the experimental and theoretical aspects of ferroelectric devices, and their extensions to other ferroic systems such as: ferromagnetics, ferroelastics, piezoelectrics, and others. This work presents the theory and experimental results pertaining to non-homogeneous active ferroic devices and structures. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PHFC; TDCK; TDCQ; TGMT; TJFD. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 17. Weight: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2005th Edition
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387233116
- ISBN
- 9780387233116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.87
€ 131.87