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Paperback. The most important investigation of genetic science since The Selfish Gene, from the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling The Red Queen and The Origins of Virtue. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDZ; PSAK; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 250.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Fourth Estate Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857028355
ISBN
9781857028355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.96

Paperback. Sex is as fascinating to scientists as it is to the rest of us. A vast pool of knowledge has been gleaned from research into the nature of sex, from the contentious problem of why the wasteful reproductive process exists at all, to how individuals choose their mates and what traits they find attractive. This book explores those findings. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JF; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140167726
ISBN
9780140167726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.81

Paperback. A guide to exploring the world of maths. Starting with simple numbers and algebra, it goes on to deal with inconceivably big numbers in more dimensions than you ever knew existed. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM; WDKN; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141975863
ISBN
9780141975863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Why monsters came to be and what made them so terrifying. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; VXQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276. 256 pages. Modern audiences do not find dragons frightening. Fascinating as mythical creatures, yes, but terrifying, no. Yet, present them with a story about a virus that can kill a healthy adult in hours and they will have nightmares for weeks. This title explores monsters that have haunted humanity throughout the ages, from Medusa to sea serpents, giants. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; VXQM. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 20. Weight: 284.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472101150
ISBN
9781472101150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

Hardback. Minds and Computers introduces readers to interdisciplinary philosophical consideration of Artificial Intelligence. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; PDA; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620982
ISBN
9780748620982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.22
€ 119.62

Paperback. Minds and Computers introduces readers to interdisciplinary philosophical consideration of Artificial Intelligence. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPM; PDA; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620999
ISBN
9780748620999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.31

Paperback. Guides researchers and graduate students of virtually any discipline in the creation of compelling science communication. This volume provides intensive guidance at every step - from the construction of original figures to the presentation and delivery of those figures in papers, slideshows, posters, and websites. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CBP; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 192 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780123859693
ISBN
9780123859693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.01

Hardback. Popular science in an accessible language that can be enjoyed by anyone. Is nothing faster than the speed of light? Was Sputnik the first object in space? Have your myths busted! Written by scientifically trained Londonist journalist Matt Brown. Part of the Everything You Know is Wrong series. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 284 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Pavilion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849944021
ISBN
9781849944021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.40

Paperback. What sets the practice of rigorously tested, sound science apart from pseudoscience? This title seeks to answer this question, known to philosophers of science as "the demarcation problem." Editor(s): Pigliucci, Massimo; Boudry, Maarten. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226051963
ISBN
9780226051963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.59

Hardcover. Shows how scientific discoveries can help resolve some of philosophy's longest - debated issues. This title also shows how we can combine these modes of thinking to begin to understand and how we make certain decisions (science), but also why those decisions may not be for the best (philosophy). Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 218 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 427. How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to a More Meaningful Life. 320 pages. Shows how scientific discoveries can help resolve some of philosophy's longest - debated issues. This title also shows how we can combine these modes of thinking to begin to understand and how we make certain decisions (science), but also why those decisions may not be for the best (philosophy). Cateogry: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA. Dimension: 218 x 157 x 27. Weight: 426.
Publisher
Basic Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465021383
ISBN
9780465021383
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.10

Hardback. Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky was ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo's Telescope tells how this ingenious device evolved into a precision instrument that would transcend the limits of human vision and transform humanity's view of its place in the cosmos. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; PDX; TDPB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674736917
ISBN
9780674736917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.89

Paperback. The latest addition to No Starch Press's EduManga series, "The Manga Guide to Biochemistry" uses Japanese comics, clear explanations, and a charming storyline to explain the basics of biochemistry. Num Pages: 272 pages, chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: FXA; FXZ; PDZ; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
No Starch Press,US United States
Number of pages
253
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593272760
ISBN
9781593272760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.61

Hardcover. Mary Warnock steers a clear path through the web of complex issues underlying the issues surrounding the right to have children. She begins by analysing what it means to claim something as a "right", and goes on to discuss the cases of different groups of people. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; MFKC; PDR; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 238. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0006199
ISBN
9780192803344
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; RGC; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634654
ISBN
9780691634654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.60
€ 106.20

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; RGC; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605722
ISBN
9780691605722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.62

Hardcover. Editor(s): Thomase, Mary V. Num Pages: 349 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JN; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 264 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1000.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9781600219498
ISBN
9781600219498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.33
€ 108.72

Paperback. Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. This work offers a portrait of this man, revealing how his private life and public works made him a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Num Pages: 468 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; BGT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226793610
ISBN
9780226793610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Born in Jedburgh in 1780, Mary Fairfax was the daughter of one of Nelson's captains, she taught herself algebra in secret, and made her reputation in celestial mechanics with her 1831 translation of Laplace's Mecanique celeste as The Mechanism of the Heavens. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PB; PDX; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841951362
ISBN
9781841951362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.83

Paperback. Everything you ever wanted to know about what happens to bodies after they die. In this exploration into the macabre, Mary Roach tells a story that reaches from medieval pharmacies, stories of 19th century body snatching, to the present-day Body Farms, and conferences on human composting. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: MFC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141007458
ISBN
9780141007458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2014 In her fantastically disgusting international bestseller, Mary Roach dives into the strange wet miracles of science that operate inside us after every meal Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MFG; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780749891
ISBN
9781780749891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.24

Paperback. The bestselling author of Stiff and Six Feet Over sets her outrageous and insightful gaze on the most alluring scientific subject of them all: sex. Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: MFG; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 220. The Curious Coupling Of Sex and Science. 320 pages, ill. Can a woman think herself to orgasm? Is your penis three inches longer than you think? Why doesn't Viagra help women - or, for that matter, pandas? Does orgasm boost fertility? Or cure hiccups? This book tells us what we wanted to know about sex, and a lot we'd never even thought to ask. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: MFG; PDZ. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight: 232.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847672360
ISBN
9781847672360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.48

Hardcover. Today few would think of astronomy and astrology as fields related to theology. Fewer still would know that physically absorbing planetary rays was once considered to have medical and psychological effects. This book reveals how Renaissance artworks were designed to be not only beautiful but also - perhaps even primarily - functional. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 colour plates, 12 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; ACND; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922843
ISBN
9780226922843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Paperback. Midgley notes how science has developed high spiritual ambitions. From prophetic physicists have come speculations that go beyond the claims of any religion. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415107730
ISBN
9780415107730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.43

Paperback. In "Evolution as a Religion", Mary Midgley examines how science comes to be used as a substitute for religion and points out how badly that role distorts it. She exposes the illogical logic of poor doctrines that shelter themselves behind the prestige of science. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPCF; HRAB; PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415278331
ISBN
9780415278331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.31

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