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Hardcover. In 1965 English scientist James Lovelock had a flash of insight: the Earth is not just teeming with life; the Earth, in some sense, is life. In this book, the author uses Gaia and its history, its supporters and detractors, to illuminate the nature of science itself. Series: science.culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; RB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731704
- ISBN
- 9780226731704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.88
€ 31.99
€ 24.88
hardcover. This book demonstrates how, in the Europe of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, literary writers, philosophers, and mathematicians together developed and shaped the idea of modern probability, both scientifically and aesthetically. Translator(s): Wiggins, Ellwood. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; PBT; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 865. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804768641
- ISBN
- 9780804768641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.91
€ 191.91
Hardcover. Our minds have spawned civilizations and technologies that have changed the face of the Earth, while even our closest primate relatives remain confined to the borders of their dwindling forest habitats. This book gives an account of what makes human minds different from those of other animals, and how this difference arose. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JMM; PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465030149
- ISBN
- 9780465030149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.81
€ 33.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Featuring full-colour artwork and contemporary and close-up photographs, this book investigates the origins, development, combat use, and lasting influence of the formidable Gatling gun. Illustrator(s): Shumate, Johnny. Series: Weapon. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JWM; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 184 x 7. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472805973
- ISBN
- 9781472805973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.57
€ 19.57
Paperback. A cutting-edge science book in the style of 'Fermat's Last Theorem' and 'Chaos' from an exciting and accessible new voice in popular science writing. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; TBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007179893
- ISBN
- 9780007179893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. The history of science is all around us, if you know where to look. This traveler's guide helps you learn about 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred. Featuring photos and illustrations, it is organized geographically by country, complete with latitudes and longitudes for GPS devices. Num Pages: 542 pages, Illustrations maps,. BIC Classification: TBX; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780596523206
- ISBN
- 9780596523206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.54
€ 32.99
€ 31.54
Hardcover. While geeks' obsessive desire for data makes them constant curators of useless information, it also drives them to great lengths to find the solutions to everyday problems. This book reveals the geeky secrets to living smarter, offering scientifically sourced advice for dealing with everything life throws at you. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 228 x 19. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780233005058
- ISBN
- 9780233005058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.65
€ 23.99
€ 16.65
hardcover. Editor(s): Dessimoz, Christophe; Kunca, Nives. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 305 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 50 colour illustrations, 40 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 797.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493937417
- ISBN
- 9781493937417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.06
€ 72.06
Paperback. Gives us an account of the fundamental unit of heredity - and a vision of both humanity's past and future. In this book, the story begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856 where a monk stumbles on the idea of a "Unit of heredity". It intersects with Darwin's theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; PDX; PDZ; PSAK; TCBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099584575
- ISBN
- 9780099584575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
The General Theory of Alternating Current Machines: Application to Pra...
Adkins, Bernard; Harley, R.G.
Paperback. Series: Science Paperbacks. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412155604
- ISBN
- 9780412155604
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.66
€ 64.66
Hardcover. Editor(s): Dvalishvili, Badri. Num Pages: 181 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594542053
- ISBN
- 9781594542053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.12€ 141.75
€ 190.12
€ 141.75
Hardback. NASA's Genesis mission, launched on August 8, 2001 is the fifth mission in the Discovery series. This book describes the Genesis mission, the solar wind collector materials, the solar wind concentrator and simulations of its performance, the plasma ion and electron instruments, and more. Editor(s): Russell, Christopher T. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402011252
- ISBN
- 9781402011252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.36
€ 123.36
The Genesis of General Relativity. Sources and Interpretations.
Janssen, Michel; Norton, John; Sauer, Tilmann...
Hardback. This work represents the most comprehensive documentation and study of the creation of general relativity. Einstein's 1912 Zurich notebook is published for the first time in facsimile and transcript and commented on by today's major historians of science. Editor(s): Renn, Jurgen. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 627 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 183. Weight in Grams: 3463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 627
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402039997
- ISBN
- 9781402039997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 1,073.39
€ 1,073.39
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield International United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786600882
- ISBN
- 9781786600882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.61
€ 40.99
€ 38.61
Hardback. Editor(s): Bose, Jeffrey L. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 196 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: PSAK; PSGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493931576
- ISBN
- 9781493931576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.07
€ 124.07
Hardcover. Nature employs a wide variety of sex determining mechanisms and it is only comparatively recently that the tools have become available for these to be explored at the cellular and molecular levels. Series: Novartis Foundation Symposia. Num Pages: 276 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PSC; PSD; PSVW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470843468
- ISBN
- 9780470843468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.24
€ 203.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages, 117 black & white illustrations, 120 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MFGC; MFN; MJCL; MJN; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1032.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617379376
- ISBN
- 9781617379376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 203.75
€ 203.75
Hardback. Are selfishness and individuality - rather than kindness and cooperation - basic to biological nature? Does a 'selfish gene' create universal sexual conflict? This title intends to reject these and other ideas that have come to dominate the study of animal evolution. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVP; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258266
- ISBN
- 9780520258266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 35.96
€ 50.99
€ 35.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JMRN; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509804993
- ISBN
- 9781509804993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.51
€ 23.99
€ 16.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: JHB; PDZ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164748
- ISBN
- 9780691164748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Coevolution - reciprocal evolutionary change in interacting species driven by natural selection - is one of the most important ecological and genetic processes organizing the earth's biodiversity: most plants and animals require coevolved interactions with other species to survive and reproduce. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 halftones, 94 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226797625
- ISBN
- 9780226797625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.15
€ 47.99
€ 37.15
hardcover. Offers an introduction to mathematical models in epidemiology and shows how they can be used to predict and control the geographic spread of major infectious diseases. This work explains the key concepts in infectious disease modeling, guides readers from simple mathematical models to more complex ones, and explores their strengths and weaknesses. Series: Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 44 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: MJCJ; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780691121321
- ISBN
- 9780691121321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.57
€ 93.57
Paperback. Describes the activities of the explorers and map-makers of Renaissance and early modern Europe; the role of geography during the Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment and the Darwinian Revolution; and the interactions between geography and empire building in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0. BIC Classification: PDX; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631185864
- ISBN
- 9780631185864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.08
€ 48.99
€ 48.08
Paperback. Series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PHF; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642055041
- ISBN
- 9783642055041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 222.56
€ 222.56