Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Hardcover. Chemical kinetics involves the rates at which chemical reactions occur and helps explain many natural and mechanical phenomena. For instance, kinetics explains how pharmaceuticals function in a biological system and how pollutants produced by combustion engines are converted for release into the atmosphere. Num Pages: 968 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PDE; PNRD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1252.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Wiley-Interscience United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471241973
- ISBN
- 9780471241973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.56
€ 251.56
Paperback. Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes's dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), map, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 3JF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 37. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Edition
- first
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007149537
- ISBN
- 9780007149537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.48
€ 19.99
€ 14.48
Paperback. Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible. Accompanying a BBC series, this book tells the story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients - and the courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MN; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785940248
- ISBN
- 9781785940248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Investigating Science Communication in the Information Age is a collection of newly-commissioned chapters by leading science communication scholars. It addresses current theoretical, practical and policy developments in science communication, and engagement and dialogue on the part of professional scientists with members of the public. Editor(s): Holliman, Richard; Whitelegg, Elizabeth; Scanlon, Eileen; Smidt, Sam; Thomas, Jeffrey L. Series: Communicating Science in the Information Age. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 BW line, 8 BW half-tone, 2 plates. BIC Classification: CBWJ; CBWT; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552665
- ISBN
- 9780199552665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.59
€ 61.59
Paperback / so. Series: Forschungsberichte Des Wirtschafts- Und Verkehrsministeriums. Num Pages: 45 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 3. Weight in Grams: 141.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 45
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663034117
- ISBN
- 9783663034117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.55
€ 70.55
Hardcover. Quantum theory launched a revolution in physics. But we have yet to understand the revolution's significance for philosophy. Richard Healey opens a path to such understanding. The first part of this book offers a self-contained but opinionated introduction to quantum theory. The second part assesses the theory's philosophical significance. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PHQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198714057
- ISBN
- 9780198714057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.64
€ 115.64
paperback. Describes an astonishing era in which the English grew rapidly aware of the sheer size and strangeness of their world. It features the journeys of renowned adventurers with descriptions by other explorers and traders to reveal a nation beginning to dominate the seas, and is intended to assist navigation and trade. Editor(s): Beeching, Jack. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140430738
- ISBN
- 9780140430738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Explores the many ways in which religion - its ideas, attitudes, practices, and institutions - interacted with science from the beginnings of the Scientific Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century. This work explores those interactions by focusing on a sequence of major religious and intellectual movements. Num Pages: 312 pages, 23, 20 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884009
- ISBN
- 9780801884009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.44
€ 40.44
Hardcover. The book introduces most of the basic tools of chemometrics including experimental design, signal analysis, statistical methods for analytical chemistry and multivariate methods. Num Pages: 396 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; PDN; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470016862
- ISBN
- 9780470016862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.87
€ 122.87
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1962
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663005612
- ISBN
- 9783663005612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.03
€ 71.03
Paperback. A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand million years of life on and in the earth, by one of Britain's most dazzling science writers. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24pp illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001336
- ISBN
- 9780006384205
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today. This book will change the way you see the world - permanently. Num Pages: 528 pages, 54 b/w, 24 col plates (32pp), With index. BIC Classification: PDZ; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551379
- ISBN
- 9780006551379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures that have survived from earlier times. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007209873
- ISBN
- 9780007209873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. 'In Richard Fortey's capable hands the humble grey trilobite has been transformed into the E.T. of the Lower Palaeozoic - a remarkable and fascinating book.' SIMON WINCHESTER Num Pages: 256 pages, 132 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006551386
- ISBN
- 9780006551386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. 'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; GM; PDX; WN; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007209897
- ISBN
- 9780007209897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. Covering all the basics including fractions, equations, primes, squares and square roots, geometry and fractals, Dr Richard Elwes will lead you gently towards a greater understanding of this fascinating subject. Even apparently daunting concepts are explained simply, with the assistance of useful diagrams, and with a refreshing lack of jargon. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PB; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069454
- ISBN
- 9781782069454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Everything you ever wanted to know about maths in 35 bite-size chapters. Num Pages: 224 pages, Black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857388384
- ISBN
- 9780857388384
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.92
€ 14.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. This volume aims to help the reader acquire a sense of what philosophy is, how it began, why it persists, and how it is related to other fields of study, especially science. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219354
- ISBN
- 9780631219354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.28
€ 45.28
Hardback. * Explores numerous issues and positions in the three most basic areas of Philosophy: Theory of Knowledge, Theory of Value, and Metaphysics. * Identifies and explains the Socratic Method, Running out the Permutations, and Rational Dialogue. * Teaches readers to think through philosophical problems. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219347
- ISBN
- 9780631219347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.08
€ 147.08
Paperback. Drawing on tools from rhetoric and poststructuralist theory, the author argues that the ascent of molecular biology, with its emphasis on molecules such as DNA rather than organisms, was enabled by crucial rhetorical "softwares." Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727655
- ISBN
- 9780804727655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90