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Science: general issues

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Science: general issues

Paperback. Complete with a foldout timeline and map illustrating the worldly contributions of Muslims, remarkable photographs and colourful illustrations, artefacts, historic documents and drawings, this book not only reveals 1001 Muslim inventions, but provides insight into the everyday life of the historic Muslim society and related Western growth. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white line drawings, colour li. BIC Classification: 3F; 3J; PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 202 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
National Geographic Society United States
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426209345
ISBN
9781426209345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.00

Paperback. Centuries of scientific thought in one volume Num Pages: 432 pages, 2000 colour photographs. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 243 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
National Geographic
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426208089
ISBN
9781426208089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.98

Hardback. How does the voice of a distant radio announcer make it through your alarm clock in the morning? How does your gas stove work? How does the remote control open your garage door? What happens when you turn the key in the ignition? What do antibiotics really do? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 400 pages, 180 Colour Photographs, 50 Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 209 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1496.
Publisher
National Geographic Society United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781426211683
ISBN
9781426211683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
National Academies Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780309137256
ISBN
9780309137256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 8.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Reingold, Nathan. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481. 8vo . Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New edition
SKU
KEX0284966
ISBN
9780226709475
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Examines how viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu have almost wiped us out in the past - and may do so in the future. This title explores why modern life makes us so vulnerable to global pandemics, and what new technologies can do to prevent them. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MJCJ; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046518
ISBN
9780141046518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Reveals how we can all develop better foresight in an uncertain world. From the stock market to the poker table, from earthquakes to the economy, the author takes us on an enthralling insider's tour of the high-stakes world of forecasting, showing how we can use information in a smarter way amid a noise of data - and make predictions in our lives. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141975658
ISBN
9780141975658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. NOW REVISED AND UPDATED. 'A glorious, fascinating encyclopaedic look at the wonder of the female body.' WOMAN'S JOURNAL Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 197 x 35. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised and updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844089901
ISBN
9781844089901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback / so. Series: Politische Vierteljahresschrift Sonderhefte. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663009351
ISBN
9783663009351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.28

Hardcover. With the advent of deregulation of the electric power industry, understanding optimal power flow, locational marginal prices, and the auction of hedging instruments is necessary. All of these involve linear and nonlinear optimization. This book educates the reader about the practical applications of algorithms using Microsoft Excel solver. Series: IEEE Press Series on Power Engineering. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KNBL; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471451303
ISBN
9780471451303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.58

Paperback. Takes the reader through a tour of the lives, times, and writings of such key bachelors of Science as Bacon, Descartes, Newton, and Gassendi. This book situates these empiricist philosophers and their canonical reputations within the larger framework of the de facto 'masculinization of science' and 'scientizing of masculinity' in the 17th century. Series: Themes in the History of Philosophy S. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HPC; JFCX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566394369
ISBN
9781566394369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.51

Paperback. Online and mobile technologies are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the ways you might suppose. Always On draws upon a decade of research to reveal how instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and internet search functions are reshaping social interaction and written culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: CFB; GTC; JFD; JFFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199735440
ISBN
9780199735440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.09

Paperback. In Words Onscreen, Naomi Baron offers a fascinating and timely look at how technology affects the way we read. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: CB; CFC; CFF; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 351 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190624163
ISBN
9780190624163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.71

Hardcover. Tells the remarkable lives of the pioneers of science from Galileo and Newton, Faraday and Darwin, Pasteur and Marie Curie, to Einstein, Freud, Turing, and Crick and Watson. This title features articles that offer an account of the lives and personalities behind the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 200 illustrations, 150 in colour. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 195 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1164.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500251911
ISBN
9780500251911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.78

Paperback. The definitive history of plate tectonics, told by the scientists who developed and assembled evidence for the theory Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; PD; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Westview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813341323
ISBN
9780813341323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.51

Paperback. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming. 368 pages, Illustrations. The troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFMG; PDR; RNPG. Dimension: 142 x 197 x 23. Weight: 252.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408824832
ISBN
9781408824832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. An acclaimed science writer tells the story of Pope Sylvester II, the erstwhile mathematician, astronomer, and spy, who brought Islamic science to the West before the year 1000 Num Pages: 328 pages, B&W photos/Maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400. The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages. 328 pages, B&W photos/Maps. Called "The Scientist Pope," Gerbert of Aurillac rose from peasant beginnings and ascended to the pinnacle of the Christian world to become Pope Sylvester II. In this book, the author follows Gerbert through scientific exploration and political scheming, showing how science was central to the lives of monks, kings, and popes a thousand years ago. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; PDX. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 24. Weight: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
First Trade Paper Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465031443
ISBN
9780465031443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Hardback. .
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616149420
ISBN
9781616149420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.25

Paperback. '..an interesting and original contribution to the realist argument' The Times Higher Education Supplement. Series: Clarendon Paperbacks. Num Pages: 278 pages, line figures throughout. BIC Classification: KCH; PDA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Paperback Printing
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198235071
ISBN
9780198235071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.48

Paperback. Series: Mathematics and its Applications. Num Pages: 394 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402003394
ISBN
9781402003394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.43

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