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Science: general issues
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
€ 42.99
€ 38.64
The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative: Complex Systems: Task ...
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- National Academies Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780309137256
- ISBN
- 9780309137256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 8.84
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 28.63
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781616149420
- ISBN
- 9781616149420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.25
€ 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
€ 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
€ 128.43
Hardback. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764323165
- ISBN
- 9783764323165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.65
€ 87.65
Paperback / so. Series: Agplan. Num Pages: 69 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 4. Weight in Grams: 113.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- Gabler Verlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663125303
- ISBN
- 9783663125303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardcover. Karl Jaspers' Philosophy and Psychopathology Editor(s): Fuchs, Thomas; Mundt, Christoph; Breyer, Thiemo. Num Pages: 198 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; MMJT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461488774
- ISBN
- 9781461488774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 216.89
€ 216.89
Hardcover. This book contains selected papers from the Fourth International Conference on Computational Methods in Marine Engineering, held at Instituto Superior Tecnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal in September 2011. Editor(s): Eca, Luis; Onate, Eugenio; Garcia-Espinosa, Julio; Kvamsdal, Trond; Bergan, Pal. Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKS; PDE; PHDF; TGMF; TTSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400761421
- ISBN
- 9789400761421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.70
€ 123.70
Hardcover. This book presents a new view of the legal philosophical texts of Aristotle, offering a richer frame for understanding practical thought, legal reasoning and political experience. The focus is on public virtues and the fact that law depends on political power. Editor(s): Huppes-Cluysenaer, Liesbeth; Coelho, Nuno M. M. S. Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice. Num Pages: 289 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; LAB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400760301
- ISBN
- 9789400760301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.10
€ 123.10
Hardcover. Editor(s): Mendelsohn, Everett; Smith, Merritt Roe; Weingart, Peter. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; TTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 614. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. 318 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Mendelsohn, Everett; Smith, Merritt Roe; Weingart, Peter. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: PDR; TTM. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 24. Weight: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Edition
- 1988th Edition
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789027727800
- ISBN
- 9789027727800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 248.41
€ 248.41