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Science & Technology
Paperback. Shows that many of our understandings about scientific thought can be corrected once we realize just how "unnatural" science is. Quoting scientists from Aristotle to Einstein, the book argues that scientific ideas are, with rare exceptions, counter-intuitive and contrary to common sense. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 0. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003133
- ISBN
- 9780571169726
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0017642
- ISBN
- 9781408702215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Polymeric materials are playing an important role in pharmaceuticals, as well as in sensing devices, in situ prostheses and probes, and microparticle diagnostic agents. This book consists of twenty-two research-based reports on the developments in these areas of pharmaceutical and biomaterials technology. Editor(s): Ottenbrite, Raphael M. (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA); Suang Wan Kim. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MMG; TD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576. Very good to like new, with just minor shelfwear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMB0000161
- ISBN
- 9781566769563
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 42.31
€ 42.31
Paperback. Scientists may soon reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that can be passed on down into eternity. The author asks should this happen? He argues that genetic engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it can launch us free of our past, of our humanity, of meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230. Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle - Medical & Healthcare Practitioners - General Medical Issues,Science & Nature - Biological Sciences - Geneti"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KT00001176
- ISBN
- 9780747565437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Scientists may soon reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that can be passed on down into eternity. The author asks should this happen? He argues that genetic engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it can launch us free of our past, of our humanity, of meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 230. Keywords: "Health, Family & Lifestyle - Medical & Healthcare Practitioners - General Medical Issues,Science & Nature - Biological Sciences - Geneti"
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KT00001251
- ISBN
- 9780747565437
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Presents an argument that bodies are knowable only through culture and history; they are not in any simple way natural, nor free of relations of power. This book traces the construction of particular deviant bodies, including the homosexual body, the HIV-infected body, the infertile body, the deaf body, the colonized body, and the criminal body. Editor(s): Terry, Jennifer; Urla, Jacqueline L. Series: Race, Gender, & Science. Num Pages: 424 pages, 27 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JHM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253209757
- ISBN
- 9780253209757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.54
€ 42.54
Paperback. This volume presents Steven Weinberg's essays which each struggle in one way or another with the necessity of facing up to the discovery that the laws of nature are impersonal, with no hint of a special status for human beings. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011205
- ISBN
- 9780674011205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Paperback. Shows that the fundamental problems with the 2000 presidential election are not with the courts, recounts or defective ballots, but are caused by the way Americans vote for president. This book shows how mathematics can help to identify and characterize a large number of paradoxical situations that result from the choice of a voting procedure. Num Pages: 159 pages. BIC Classification: JPHF; PBUD; PBWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 262 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Edition
- F First Edition Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821828472
- ISBN
- 9780821828472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.47
€ 48.47
Hardback. This textbook covers a typical modern syllabus in radio frequency or microwave design at final year undergraduate or first year postgraduate level. The content has been chosen to include all of the basic topics necessary to give a rigorous introduction to high-frequency technology. Series: Microwave and Wireless Technologies Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: TJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119114635
- ISBN
- 9781119114635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.94
€ 105.94
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813563688
- ISBN
- 9780813563688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.30
€ 165.30
Paperback. Contains fully worked-out solutions to all of the odd-numbered exercises in the text, giving students a way to check their answers and ensure that they took the correct steps to arrive at an answer. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781305658028
- ISBN
- 9781305658028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 159.19
€ 159.19
Paperback. A landmark in the scientific literature, the Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics presents a pioneering review of a topic central to the biosciences. It breaks new ground in bringing together leading neuroscientists, philosophers, and lawyers to tackle some of the most significant ethical issues that face us now and will continue to do so. Editor(s): Illes, Judy; Sahakian, Barbara J. Num Pages: 920 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures,. BIC Classification: HPM; JMM; PSAD; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 175 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 920
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199680634
- ISBN
- 9780199680634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 149.48
€ 149.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBJD; JFFZ; PSV; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771242126
- ISBN
- 9788771242126
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 22.86
€ 22.86
Paperback. Tells about the machines that the author believes have 'soul'. In this book, the author tells stories of the geniuses, innovators and crackpots who put the ghost in the machine. Num Pages: 288 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: TBX; WG; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy showing minor shelf wear, remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0014311
- ISBN
- 9780141022925
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout history, for curious readers of all ages Series: Little Histories. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300197136
- ISBN
- 9780300197136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.62
€ 11.99
€ 9.62
Paperback. Bragg's bestselling account of the greatest figures and discoveries in the history of science from Archimedes to DNA Num Pages: 384 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: BG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262. Good clean copy with minimal reading wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCD0022325
- ISBN
- 9780340712603
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Philosophy of mathematics and logic remain central disciplines in contemporary philosophy. This volume covers these disciplines, giving the reader an overview of the major problems, positions, and battle lines. It is aimed at those wishing to learn about the philosophy of mathematics and the philosophy of logic. Editor(s): Shapiro, Stewart. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 832 pages, 9 line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPL; PBB; PBCD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 176 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 850
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195325928
- ISBN
- 9780195325928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.24
€ 82.24
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- ICE Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780727757098
- ISBN
- 9780727757098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.69
€ 235.69
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803262126
- ISBN
- 9780803262126
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.04
€ 26.99
€ 25.04
Paperback. Crisscross, zigzag, bowtie, devil, angel, or star: which are the longest, the shortest, the strongest, and the weakest lacings? This book presents the mathematics of shoelaces which is a mix of combinatorics and elementary calculus. Series: Mathematical World. Num Pages: 125 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBWL; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 7. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821839331
- ISBN
- 9780821839331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.03
€ 61.03