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Science: general issues
Paperback. A challenge to the belief that modern science was created uniquely in the West and subsequently diffused elsewhere. Through a detailed analysis of knowledge construction in botany, cartography, terrestrial surveying, linguistics, education and colonial administration, Raj demonstrates the crucial role of intercultural encounter and circulation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 maps, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238503
- ISBN
- 9780230238503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.12€ 124.82
€ 130.12
€ 124.82
paperback. Highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook teaches all the mathematics for undergraduate courses in the physical sciences. Num Pages: 1359 pages, 235 b/w illus. 820 exercises. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 175 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2714. A Comprehensive Guide. 1362 pages, 235 b/w illus. 820 exercises. Highly acclaimed undergraduate textbook teaches all the mathematics for undergraduate courses in the physical sciences. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 54. Weight: 2614.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 1359
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521679718
- ISBN
- 9780521679718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.81
€ 60.81
Paperback. Eureka! Discover the real stories behind the history of science Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 127 x 25. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848542013
- ISBN
- 9781848542013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.85
€ 13.00
€ 11.85
paperback. Series: Chicago Guides to Academic Life. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226198880
- ISBN
- 9780226198880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.17
€ 27.99
€ 23.17
Hardback. Offers an examination of Leibniz's deep and complex engagement with the empirical life sciences of his day, in areas as diverse as medicine, physiology, taxonomy, generation theory, and paleontology. This title shows how these wide-ranging pursuits were not only central to Leibniz's philosophical interests. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 halftone. 5 tables. BIC Classification: HPCD; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141787
- ISBN
- 9780691141787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.76
€ 87.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176345
- ISBN
- 9780691176345
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98
Hardcover. Provides an interactive, activities-based resource for those involved in the training of science teachers. Activities are directly related to classroom and laboratory planning, organisation and management and include a commentary for teachers, student notes and question and answer exercises. Editor(s): Monk, Martin. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNMT; JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-217) and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Martin Monk and Justin Dillon. xiii, 223 p. ill. 25 cm. Associated Names: Monk, Martin. Associated Names: Dillon, Justin. Publishers cloth. Fine clean copy in dw, as new." Keywords: "Subjects - Education & Languages - Education Studies & Teaching - Teaching - General,Subjects - Education & Languages - Education Studies & Teaching - Teaching - Methods & Training - Teacher Training,"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- RoutledgeFalmer Dublin, Ireland
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0160865
- ISBN
- 9780750703857
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 73.14
€ 73.14
Hardback. In this book Jurgen Habermas - the most influential philosopher and social thinker in Germany today - takes up the question of genetic engineering and its ethical implications and subjects it to careful philosophical scrutiny. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; MBDC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 323.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629865
- ISBN
- 9780745629865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.79
€ 53.79
Paperback. Recent developments in biotechnology and genetic research are raising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scope and limits of genetic intervention. Num Pages: 136 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPQ; MBDC; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629872
- ISBN
- 9780745629872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.10
€ 22.10
Hardback. Although the book's primary audience is in the field of genetics, physicians and others without sophisticated training in genetics can understand and apply the principles and techniques discussed. Num Pages: 416 pages, 34, 34 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; PSAK; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801861406
- ISBN
- 9780801861406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.37€ 89.84
€ 99.37
€ 89.84
Hardcover. Expanded to cover more advanced applications where statistical properties of data can be nonstationary and the physical systems nonlinear as opposed to only linear. Stresses the practical use and interpretation of analyzed data to solve problems. Num Pages: 472 pages, figures, tables, glossary, index. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471570554
- ISBN
- 9780471570554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 280.28
€ 280.28
Paperback. The definitive edition of one of the most important scientific books of the twentieth century, setting out the conceptual structure underlying evolutionary biology. Num Pages: 784 pages, 2 b&w illus. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 784
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- The Definitive Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262513661
- ISBN
- 9780262513661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.78€ 54.80
€ 56.78
€ 54.80
Paperback. Whenever Forty-second Street in New York is temporarily closed, traffic doesn't gridlock but flows more smoothly - why is that? Or consider that cities that build new roads can experience dramatic increases in traffic congestion - how is this possible? This title includes some of these counterintuitive mathematical occurrences. Num Pages: 264 pages, 75 line illus. BIC Classification: PBT; PBW; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150024
- ISBN
- 9780691150024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Paperback. Math - the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions - usually produces reasonable results. But sometimes math generates astonishing paradoxes - conclusions that seem completely unreasonable or just plain impossible but that are nevertheless demonstrably true. This book is a collection of paradoxes from different areas of math. Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 halftones. 143 line illus. BIC Classification: PBW; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148229
- ISBN
- 9780691148229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
Paperback. Addresses the collective fascination with digital technologies. This title collects the essays that remind us that some of the most disruptive technologies come from beyond the digital world. Editor(s): Dibbell, Julian. Series: Best Technology Writing. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300165586
- ISBN
- 9780300165586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.46
€ 17.99
€ 14.46
Paperback. This optimistic and richly-informed book evaluates all the options and explains how we can greatly reduce the amount of material demanded and used in manufacturing, while still meeting everyone's needs. Series: Without the Hot Air. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: AMCR; PDZ; RNU; TGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 195 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1100.
- Publisher
- UIT Cambridge Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906860301
- ISBN
- 9781906860301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 41.44
€ 53.24
€ 41.44
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472915092
- ISBN
- 9781472915092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.38
€ 25.99
€ 19.38
paperback. * Gives an up--to--date analysis of the relations between gender and technology * Deals with popular themes such as Donna Harraway's work on "cyborgs" * Provides a continuation to the arguments that Wajcman made in her previous Polity book Feminism Confronts Technology. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745630441
- ISBN
- 9780745630441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.28
€ 32.99
€ 22.28
Paperback. A basic practical manual for the process of describing new species, this desperately needed desk reference and guide to nomenclatural procedure and taxonomic writing serves as a Strunk & White of species description, covering both botanical and zoological codes of nomenclature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 38 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDC; PSAB; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231068253
- ISBN
- 9780231068253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.67
€ 59.15
€ 46.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837630923
- ISBN
- 9783837630923
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.22€ 42.44
€ 53.22
€ 42.44
Hardcover. How the latest discoveries in neuroscience reveal the moment to moment dynamics in our brain that inspires love and sexual desire. What stimulates us, turns us off, causes anxiety, elation, depression or stress in our most intimate relationships - and how to manage these powerful feelings. Series: Scientific American. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MJN; PDZ; VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 187 x 24. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470647783
- ISBN
- 9780470647783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.12
€ 26.99
€ 22.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272778
- ISBN
- 9780823272778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.19
€ 71.19
hardcover. Written by one of the preeminent researchers in the field, this provides a comprehensive exposition of modern analysis of causation. Num Pages: 484 pages, 124 b/w illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1044. Models, Reasoning and Inference. 484 pages, 124 b/w illus. 7 tables. Written by one of the preeminent researchers in the field, this provides a comprehensive exposition of modern analysis of causation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PDA. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 29. Weight: 1048.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 484
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521895606
- ISBN
- 9780521895606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.61
€ 72.61
Hardback. How did Europeans three centuries apart respond to two mysterious beasts a living rhinoceros previously known only from ancient texts and a nameless monster's massive bones? Juan Pimentel shows that their reactions reflect deep cultural changes but also the enduring power of image and imagination to shape our understanding of the natural world. Translator(s): Mason, Peter. Num Pages: 324 pages, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PSVW7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674737129
- ISBN
- 9780674737129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.76
€ 33.99
€ 28.76