Science: general issues
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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 56.44
€ 51.09