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Science & Technology
Hardback. This book analyses how key 'systems integration' technical pressures, and the increasing use of collaborative alliances for market and product development are impacting on the socio-technical policy directives of Chinese State leaders and the strategic behaviour of key Chinese high-technology firms operating in the global wireless sector. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 235 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPQ; KCP; KNT; TJKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137529640
- ISBN
- 9781137529640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Hardcover. We have known for over a thousand years that the brain underlies behavioral expression, but effective scientific study of the brain is only very recent. Two things converge in this book: a great respect for neuroscience and its many variations, and a sense of investigation and inquiry demythologized. Think of it as foraging for coherence. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; PDA; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137526724
- ISBN
- 9781137526724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
hardcover. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137524096
- ISBN
- 9781137524096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.05
€ 105.05
Hardcover. Does evolution inform the ancient debate regarding the roles that reason and instinct play in how we decide what to do? Evolution and Ethics offers an insightful analysis of four epistemological types of sociobiology which appear in the extant literature, and includes a preliminary analysis of Darwinism itself. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHB; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137523815
- ISBN
- 9781137523815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. This books examines the conditions under which scientists compromised the ideals of science, and elucidates these with reference to the challenges of profit motives and national security concerns. The book also offers suggestions for changing the political and economic conditions under which the integrity of science and its ethos can be practiced. Num Pages: 121 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; PDA; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 307.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137519412
- ISBN
- 9781137519412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR; JHB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516855
- ISBN
- 9781137516855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.58
€ 105.58
Hardback. Global Automobile Demand is a two-volume work analysing the impact of the Great Recession and the structural factors which shape automobile demand in developed and emerging countries. The second volume examines the automobile demand in the BRICS and other emerging countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, Turkey, Mexico, Thailand and Malaysia. Editor(s): Jetin, Bruno. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJK; TR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516169
- ISBN
- 9781137516169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardback. Global Automobile Demand is a two-volume work analysing the impact of the Great Recession and the structural factors which shape automobile demand in developed and emerging countries. The first volume of Global Automobile Demand examines the automobile demand in mature economies: the USA, the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Japan and Korea. Editor(s): Jetin, Bruno. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJC; KJK; TR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137516138
- ISBN
- 9781137516138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.48
€ 127.48
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137499431
- ISBN
- 9781137499431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.13
€ 161.13
Hardback. In the networked age, we are living with changed parameters of time and space. Mobile networked communication fosters a form of virtual time and space, which is super-imposed onto territorial space. Time is increasingly composed of interruptions and distractions, as smartphone users are overwhelmed by messages. Num Pages: 185 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494375
- ISBN
- 9781137494375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Hardcover. This book is essential for anyone interested in knowing how science works nationally and internationally in the contemporary world. It offers a comprehensive analysis of scientific collaboration and its relation to development and the productivity of scientists, with specific reference to South Africa in both the past and the present. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; GTF; PDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137493064
- ISBN
- 9781137493064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
Hardcover. Examining the role and impact of technology on creative practice, and how technology evolution determines the forms and format of an artist's work, this book contextualizes technological revolutions with earlier encounters between craft and innovation, endorsing a notion of craft practice within computing that needs rescuing from tech industries. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; TB; UB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137486400
- ISBN
- 9781137486400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.21
€ 127.21
Hardcover. In this remarkable oral history, Slava Gerovitch presents interviews with the men and women who witnessed Soviet space efforts firsthand. Rather than comprising a "master narrative," these fascinating and varied accounts bring to light the often divergent perspectives, experiences, and institutional cultures that defined the Soviet space program. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 319 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBTW; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481788
- ISBN
- 9781137481788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.31
€ 150.31
Hardback. This text bridges the gulf between theoretical economic principles of negotiation and auction theory and their multifaceted applications in actual practice. It is intended to be a supplement to the already existing literature, as a comprehensive collection of reports detailing experiences and results of very different negotiations and auctions. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCK; KCP; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137475411
- ISBN
- 9781137475411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.47
€ 149.47
Hardcover. This book offers insights on effective policies that can be applied to other economies in terms of using technology financing to foster technological innovations. It outlines the role of government in accelerating the nation's innovative capacity by promoting technology investments that will achieve successful and sustainable economic development. Num Pages: 321 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KJD; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137470614
- ISBN
- 9781137470614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.92
€ 128.92
Hardback. ICTs in Developing Countries is a collection of conceptual and empirical works on the adoption and impacts of ICT use in developing societies. Bringing together a wide range of disciplines and contributors, it offers a rich examination of digital divide and ICT for development both in terms of contextual information and disciplinary perspectives. Editor(s): Dey, Bidit; Sorour, Karim; Filieri, Raffaele. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCM; PDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469496
- ISBN
- 9781137469496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.42
€ 138.42
Hardcover. Pandemics, Science and Policy analyses the World Health Organisation's (WHO) management of the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic. Abeysinghe illustrates the ways in which the WHO's account was vulnerable to contestation, and ultimately how uncertain risks can affect policy and action on the global level. Series: Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; JFFH; MBNS; PDK; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467195
- ISBN
- 9781137467195
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. This book is about structural relations between phenomenological and neurophysiological aspects of consciousness and time. Focusing on auditory perception and making new and updated use of Leibniz and Husserl, it investigates the transition from unconscious to conscious states, especially with regard to the constitution of phenomenal time. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; PDA; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137454553
- ISBN
- 9781137454553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.35
€ 67.35
Hardcover. Is it possible to approach quantum theory in a 'therapeutic' vein that sees its foundational problems as arising from mistaken conceptual presuppositions? The book explores the prospects for this project and, in doing so, discusses such fascinating issues as the nature of quantum states, explanation in quantum theory, and 'quantum non-locality'. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137447142
- ISBN
- 9781137447142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 421 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KFF; PBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137446978
- ISBN
- 9781137446978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.80
€ 194.80
Hardback. From Aristotle to Darwin, from ancient teleology to contemporary genealogies, this book offers an overview of the birth and then persistence of Aristotle's framework into modernity, until its radical overthrow by the evolutionary revolution. Translator(s): Sholto-Douglas, Anthony. Num Pages: 182 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137445766
- ISBN
- 9781137445766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
Hardcover. Based on the 2005 publication The Financial Appraisal Profile Model, this book discusses how the FAP model can present an integrated process for the appraisal of financial and strategic benefits and the assessment of risk in ICT (Information Communication Technology) project proposals. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: K; P. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443519
- ISBN
- 9781137443519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
Hardcover. The author looks at the prospects for a transition from natural gas to low carbon gas, which could take several decades, and at how this will depend on the evolution of the fossil fuel industry. She investigates the technologies and energy systems for making the best use of renewable gas resources. Series: Energy, Climate and the Environment. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 figures, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KNBT; RNU; THX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441799
- ISBN
- 9781137441799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.16
€ 161.16
Hardcover. Sudduth provides a critical exploration of classical empirical arguments for survival-arguments that purport to show that data collected from ostensibly paranormal phenomena constitute good evidence for the survival of the self after death. Utilizing the conceptual tools of formal epistemology, he argues that classical arguments are unsuccessful. Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; HRAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440938
- ISBN
- 9781137440938
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.44
€ 128.44