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The Surveillance Imperative: Geosciences during the Cold War and Beyon...
Turchetti, Simone; Roberts, P.
paperback. Surveillance is a key notion for understanding power and control in the modern world, but it has been curiously neglected by historians of science and technology. Using the overarching concept of the "surveillance imperative," this collection of essays offers a new window on the evolution of the environmental sciences during and after the Cold War. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 290 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; JPA; PDX; RB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349494071
- ISBN
- 9781349494071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.68
€ 66.68
Hardcover. The combination of supramolecular chemistry, inorganic solids, andnanotechnology has already led to significant advances in manyareas such as sensing, controlled motion, and delivery. Editor(s): Rurack, Knut; Martinez-Manez, Ramon. Num Pages: 766 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PN; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1276.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 766
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470376218
- ISBN
- 9780470376218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.04
€ 198.04
Hardcover. Series: Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds: A Series of Monographs. Num Pages: 1250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 72. Weight in Grams: 1982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Part 3, Volume 14
- Number of pages
- 1250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471379157
- ISBN
- 9780471379157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 674.49
€ 674.49
Hardcover. Series: Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds: A Series of Monographs. Num Pages: 452 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PNN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Part 1, Volume 14
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471379133
- ISBN
- 9780471379133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 655.46
€ 655.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 85 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306429552
- ISBN
- 9780306429552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. The SUPERMEN "After a rare speech at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, in 1976, programmers in the audience had suddenly fallen silent when Cray offered to answer questions. He stood there for several minutes, waiting for their queries, but none came. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BG; TBX; UKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471048855
- ISBN
- 9780471048855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
€ 33.73
Hardcover. The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants render the extraordinary lives of the social insects in this visually spectacular volume. Num Pages: 544 pages, 110 color, 100 black-and-white. BIC Classification: PSVT7. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 216 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1652.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393067040
- ISBN
- 9780393067040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.81€ 48.84
€ 51.81
€ 48.84
The Sun, the Solar Wind, and the Heliosphere: 4 (IAGA Special Sopron B...
. Ed(S): Miralles, Mari Paz; Sanchez Almeida,...
hardcover. This volume presents a concise, up-to-date overview of current research on the observations, theoretical interpretations, and empirical and physical descriptions of the Sun, the Solar Wind, and the Heliosphere, from the solar interior outward to the planets. Editor(s): Miralles, Mari Paz; Sanchez Almeida, J. Series: IAGA Special Sopron Book Series (Closed). Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 202 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048197866
- ISBN
- 9789048197866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.93
€ 140.93
Paperback. In September of 1859, the entire Earth was engulfed in a gigantic cloud of seething gas, and a blood-red aurora erupted across the planet. This title presents the story behind Carrington's observations of a mysterious explosion on the surface of the Sun and how his brilliant insight helped to usher in the modern era of astronomy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGG; PGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141268
- ISBN
- 9780691141268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.01
€ 33.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. Between 1650 and 1750, four Catholic churches were the best solar observatories in the world. 'The Sun and the Church' tells how these observatories came to be, how they worked and what they accomplished. Num Pages: 366 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 42 halftones, 87 line illustrations, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1DST; AMN; HBJD; HRCC7; PGG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 366
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005365
- ISBN
- 9780674005365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.13
€ 38.99
€ 33.13
Paperback. This is a completely up-to-date solar observing book, which, while providing the science background necessary for an understanding of the observations with the latest equipment, also features the most complete solar observing and imaging guide available. Series: Astronomers' Observing Guides. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387094977
- ISBN
- 9780387094977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 43.37
€ 53.99
€ 43.37
Hardcover. This book illustrates scientific methodology through descriptions of how actual scientists "create science. " The authors present a novel point of view, arguing that the popular perception of science as being strictly objective is untrue and that knowledge is often acquired through very personal means. Series: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Num Pages: 296 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: PBT; PDA; PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471396857
- ISBN
- 9780471396857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.93
€ 178.93
Paperback. When middle age gets mucky: the true and funny story of one man's age-related angsts among the animals on a Devonshire smallholding. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEW; BM; TVM; VSZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409154679
- ISBN
- 9781409154679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 97 black and white illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0212323
- ISBN
- 9780801483400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 97 black and white illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229. Weight in Grams: 360. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KEX0212322
- ISBN
- 9780801483400
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardcover. Experimental and theoretical advances since the mid-1980s have changed our understanding of organic ions. This volume provides an overview of current areas of research, including ab initio methods, photoionization, photoelectronic and photo-dissociation studies. Editor(s): Baer, Tomas; Ng, Cheuk-Yiu; Powis, Ivan. Series: Wiley Series in Ion Chemistry & Physics. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PNN; PNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471962410
- ISBN
- 9780471962410
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 610.87
€ 610.87
Paperback. Challenges long-standing linear notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas don't arise from the day-to-day, gradual process of experimentation and data accumulation, but that revolutions in science, those breakthrough moments that disrupt accepted thinking and offer unanticipated ideas, occur outside of normal science. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348. 288 pages. Challenges long-standing linear notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas don't arise from the day-to-day, gradual process of experimentation and data accumulation, but that revolutions in science, those breakthrough moments that disrupt accepted thinking and offer unanticipated ideas, occur outside of normal science. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDA. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 19. Weight: 350.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226458120
- ISBN
- 9780226458120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.08
€ 21.08
Hardcover. Challenges long-standing linear notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas don't arise from the day-to-day, gradual process of experimentation and data accumulation, but that revolutions in science, those breakthrough moments that disrupt accepted thinking and offer unanticipated ideas, occur outside of normal science. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226458113
- ISBN
- 9780226458113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.80
€ 54.99
€ 42.80
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 631
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915144716
- ISBN
- 9780915144716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.90
€ 33.99
€ 30.90
This text specializes in the structure of materials, and focuses solely on the three different states of solid condensed matter - glasses, crystals, and liquid crystals - and developes a set of tools for describing all of them. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471000822
- ISBN
- 9780471000822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 292.84
€ 292.84
Hardcover. This volume describes the content and discusses the history and origins of the three core commitments of Darwinism, examines the three critiques that challenge this Darwinian edifice and proposes a system for integrating these commitments and critiques into a structure of evolutionary thought. Num Pages: 1464 pages, 57 halftones, 88 line illustrations, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 267 x 71. Weight in Grams: 2262.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674006133
- ISBN
- 9780674006133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.09€ 85.68
€ 87.09
€ 85.68
Paperback. An account of the philosophical foundations of quantum theory. Hughes analyzes the Hilbert-space models used in quantum theory and explains why they are so successful. He goes on to show how the very suitability of Hilbert spaces for modelling the quantum world gives rise to problems. Num Pages: 384 pages, 71 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674843929
- ISBN
- 9780674843929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.76€ 48.55
€ 51.76
€ 48.55
Paperback. The Structure and Evolution of Galaxies is a concise introduction to this fascinating subject providing the reader with the fundamentals in a clear and accessible style. This user-friendly text assumes some prerequisite knowledge of astronomy, with the necessary mathematics kept to a minimum. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 18. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470855072
- ISBN
- 9780470855072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.44
€ 60.44
Hardcover. The Structure and Evolution of Galaxies is a concise introduction to this fascinating subject providing the reader with the fundamentals in a clear and accessible style. This user-friendly text assumes some prerequisite knowledge of astronomy, with the necessary mathematics kept to a minimum. Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470855065
- ISBN
- 9780470855065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.67
€ 191.67