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Science: general issues

Paperback. A compilation of essays by the author that reveals the value for science studies of examples arising within the history of economics Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 472 pages, 9 tables, 1 illus. BIC Classification: JHBC; KCZ; PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822333227
ISBN
9780822333227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.70

Paperback. Series: Philosophy in Action. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 black and white line illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD; HRAM3; PDA; PSAJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195384345
ISBN
9780195384345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.47

Paperback. Closely examining some of our notions about the role of science, the author engages the heated debate about how scientific knowledge should be pursued and employed. He paints a portrait of the sciences that allows for the possibility of scientific truth but nonetheless permits social consensus to determine which avenues need to be investigated. Series: Oxford Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; PDA; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195165524
ISBN
9780195165524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.95

Paperback. This book, for the first time, describes the topic of chocolate as medicine from a historical perspective but also explores the benefits of cocoa, its positive health effects and the myths around why chocolate was thought to be bad for you. Num Pages: 213 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: MMG; PDX; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 12. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849734110
ISBN
9781849734110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.96

Paperback. The story of a man's obsession with whales, which takes him on a personal, historical and biographical journey - from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions whale-watching. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007230143
ISBN
9780007230143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Hardback. This book explores the intersection of entertainment and technology, how companies have had difficulty at this intersection in the past and how they can get it right in the future. Num Pages: 184 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNTC; KNTX; PDG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756600
ISBN
9780804756600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.54

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
United Kingdom
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663004103
ISBN
9783663004103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.31

Paperback. Advance praise for Philip Plait s Bad Astronomy "Bad Astronomy is just plain good! Philip Plait clears up every misconception on astronomy and space you never knew you suffered from. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471409762
ISBN
9780471409762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.41

Hardback. This text presents techniques for the determination of ribozyme structure; for delivery systems for ribozymes; and for their applications. Each is presented with background support in the form of troubleshooting advice, as well as hints and tips geared to the completion of an experiment. Editor(s): Turner, Philip C. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 492 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDN; PSD; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1960.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896033894
ISBN
9780896033894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.84

Paperback. Chemists have created superconducting ceramics for brain scanners, designed liquid crystal flat screens for televisions and watch displays, and made fabrics that change color while you wear them. This book lets the lay reader into the world of modern chemistry. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 color plates 224 figs. BIC Classification: PDA; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029009
ISBN
9780691029009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. The brilliantly told and gripping story of the most familiar - yet, amazingly, still poorly understood - substance in the universe: Water. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH; PS; RBGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
9780753810927
ISBN
9780753810927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.27

Paperback. Is there a 'physics of society'? Ranging from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, and across economics, sociology and psychology, this title shows how much we can understand of human behaviour when we cease to try to predict and analyse the behaviour of individuals. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JMH; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
13th Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099457862
ISBN
9780099457862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Introduces an area of scientific research: materials science. This book describes how scientists are inventing materials, ranging from synthetic skin, blood, and bone to substances that repair themselves and adapt to their environment, that swell and flex like muscles, that repel any ink or paint, and that capture and store the energy of the Sun. Num Pages: 472 pages, 17 color illus. 61 halftones 83 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; PD; PN; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009759
ISBN
9780691009759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

Paperback. Molecules are the building blocks of matter. Using the molecules of life as a springboard, Philip Ball provides a new perspective on modern chemistry. He shows how molecular scientists are capturing the dynamism of biological molecules in synthetic systems, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the new century. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 117 x 11. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192854308
ISBN
9780192854308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility. This book offers a history of humanity's turbulent relationship with the invisible. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590439
ISBN
9780099590439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.66

Paperback / so. Series: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Forschung Des Landes Nordrhein-Westf. Num Pages: 60 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 118.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663007463
ISBN
9783663007463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.48

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764323158
ISBN
9783764323158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.31

Paperback / so. Series: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Beitrage. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCP; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783790804539
ISBN
9783790804539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742562882
ISBN
9780742562882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.84

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 139 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD; UF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Gabler Verlag United Kingdom
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
SKU
V9783409960755
ISBN
9783409960755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.59

Paperback. A study of the ethical dilemmas and moral issues surrounding the interaction of humans and technology. Drawing from Heidegger and Foucault, as well as from philosophers of technology such as Don Ihde and Bruno Latour, it locates morality not just in the human users of technology but in the interaction between us and our machines. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226852935
ISBN
9780226852935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.63

Paperback / so. Translator(s): Hofner, H; Post, Brigitte. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: PB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Spektrum Akademischer Verlag United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9783827420343
ISBN
9783827420343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Weingart, Peter; Padberg, Britta. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JNK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837626162
ISBN
9783837626162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.61

Paperback. Series: Science Essentials. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165806
ISBN
9780691165806
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.80

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