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Science: general issues

paperback. An exploration of the relationship between scientific ideas, technology, government and politics, demonstrated by examples from the last 150 years, including the birth of the NHS, the Channel Tunnel, radiation protection, the atomic bomb and power, and nuclear power in the US and USSR. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1988
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349095162
ISBN
9781349095162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.75

Paperback. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is famous for his work in physical geography, botanical geography, and climatology, and his role as a popularizer of the sciences. This volume traces Humboldt's biographical identities through Germany's collective past to shed light on the historical instability of our scientists. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
University of Chicago Press Paperback Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731490
ISBN
9780226731490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHD; TJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764371357
ISBN
9783764371357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.85

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDX; TBC; TJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034896351
ISBN
9783034896351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 640 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1069.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
United States
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764325022
ISBN
9783764325022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.67
€ 74.61

Paperback. A Global Catastrophic Risk is one that has the potential to inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale. This book focuses on such risks arising from natural catastrophes (Earth-based or beyond), nuclear war, terrorism, biological weapons, totalitarianism, advanced nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and social collapse. Editor(s): Bostrom, Nick; Cirkovic, Milan M. Num Pages: 576 pages, Tables and figures. BIC Classification: GPQD; JFFC; PDZ; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199606504
ISBN
9780199606504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.72

Hardback.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300190991
ISBN
9780300190991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.91

Hardback. What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide the hardware and software foundation for others to operate on. Series: Theory Redux. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; KCP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509504862
ISBN
9781509504862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Paperback. What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide the hardware and software foundation for others to operate on. Series: Theory Redux. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; KCP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509504879
ISBN
9781509504879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.27

paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 308. Paperback, cover has a small tear otherwise in good condition.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Profile Books
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KRF2233624
ISBN
9781781250372
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 12.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. Oxygen is the engine of life and evolution. This book explores the impact that oxygen has had on Earth, and the history of life. Explaining the rise of animals and plants, the origin of two sexes, and the evolution of ageing and death, it offers fresh perspectives on our own lives, explaining why we age and what we can do about it. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS; PSAJ; RB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198784937
ISBN
9780198784937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Describes the ten greatest inventions of life, including DNA, sex, sight and consciousness, based on their historical impact, role in living organisms and relevance to controversies. This book explains how these findings have come about, and the extent to which they can be relied upon. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861978189
ISBN
9781861978189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Chadarevian, Soraya de; Hopwood, Nick. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 488 pages, 97 illustrations, 6 figures. BIC Classification: JNV; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804739726
ISBN
9780804739726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.22

Hardcover. Emphasizing the changes worked by circulation and copying, interpretation and debate, this book uses the case to explore how pictures succeed and fail, gain acceptance and spark controversy. It reveals how embryonic development was made a process that we can see, compare, and discuss, and how copying - usually dismissed as unoriginal. Num Pages: 392 pages, 202 colour plates, 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 296 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1884.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226046945
ISBN
9780226046945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.88

Hardcover. The Mathematics of Turfgrass Maintenance, Fourth Edition covers every type of mathematical problem that faces the golf course superintendent. From how to handle budgeting estimates to determining how much fertilizer should be applied, this book shows how to work through the calculations and offers practice material and answers. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KJMV4; PDE; TBJ; WM; WSJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
4th Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470048450
ISBN
9780470048450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.04

paperback. In 1966, a group of respected aerospace engineers revealed that US scientists were perfecting ways to control gravity. Aerospace and defence journalist Nick Cook considers the possibility that America did indeed crack the gravity code, examining German weapons technology along the way. Num Pages: 416 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWM; JWX; PDZ; TRP; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 109 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099414988
ISBN
9780099414988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Presents a wider science based on counterspace, which offers important new ways of understanding phenomena such as gravity and light, and which can also address issues of human consciousness and values. Num Pages: 128 pages, 28 b/w diagrams. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Floris Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863156700
ISBN
9780863156700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. This seminal book injects the topic of superintelligence into the academic and popular mainstream. What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? In a tour de force of analytic thinking, Bostrom lays a foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. Num Pages: 390 pages, black and white line drawings and halftones. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ; UYQ; UYZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198739838
ISBN
9780198739838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.36

Paperback. Nicholas Whyte's study of the role of science in Ireland examines the activities of Irish scientists during the period 1890 to 1930. It reveals the impact that Irish political events had on the fate of a number of distinguished Irish institutions. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTQ; HBTR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. Weight in Grams: 307.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859181850
ISBN
9781859181850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Hardback. Series: Vision, Illusion and Perception. Num Pages: 386 pages, 350 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AKC; JMR; PDZ; TTBM; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
370
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319252278
ISBN
9783319252278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.44
€ 51.09

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