Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Hardcover. Jim Baggott explores how our understanding of the nature of matter, and its fundamental property of mass, has developed, from the ancient Greek view of indivisible atoms to quantum mechanics, dark matter, the Higgs field, and beyond. He shows how the stuff of the universe is proving more elusive and uncertain than we ever imagined. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198759713
- ISBN
- 9780198759713
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.47
€ 31.99
€ 29.47
Hardcover. Series: The Ladybird Expert Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ; PHR; PNRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 120 x 231 x 2. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718186272
- ISBN
- 9780718186272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic science, the author reintroduces such figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038360
- ISBN
- 9780141038360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. How does the fact that it gets dark at night prove the Universe must have started with a big bang? Where are all the aliens? And why does the length of a piece of string vary depending on how fast it is moving? This title deals with these questions? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778060
- ISBN
- 9780552778060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Al-Khalili, Jim. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Unknown Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781256817
- ISBN
- 9781781256817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.57
€ 14.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. This is the first book to connect digital media technologies in digital sociology to traditional sociological and offers a much needed overview of it. It includes problems of the digital age in relation to inequality and identity, making it suitable for use for a global audience on a variety of courses. Editor(s): Daniels, Jessie; Gregory, Karen; Cottom, Tressie McMillan. Num Pages: 528 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447329015
- ISBN
- 9781447329015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 44.93
€ 47.99
€ 44.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 317 pages, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL; MMG; PDX; PSAK; VFD; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 183 x 26. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- The Experiment LLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781615191970
- ISBN
- 9781615191970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.14
€ 17.14
paperback. Since antiquity, philosophers and engineers have tried to take life's measure by reproducing it. This title collects seventeen essays from distinguished scholars in several fields. It is intended for historians and philosophers of science and technology, scientists and engineers working in artificial life and intelligence, and others. Num Pages: 336 pages, 57 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226720814
- ISBN
- 9780226720814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.01
€ 42.99
€ 33.01
Paperback. In the French Enlightenment, empiricism was intimately bound up with sensibility. What Riskin describes as a 'sentimental empiricism' is the ideology which brought together ideas and institutions, practices and politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226720791
- ISBN
- 9780226720791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.82
€ 42.99
€ 32.82
Paperback. "This kids' book describes how scientists have used science notebooks to learn, explore, and discover."-- Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- National Science Teachers Association United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781681403076
- ISBN
- 9781681403076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 31.50
€ 38.99
€ 31.50
Paperback. Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does 'free will' really exist? And why is the penis shaped like that anyway? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: MFK; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165792
- ISBN
- 9780552165792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.13
€ 21.99
€ 19.13
Paperback. Features a range of class-tested experiments designed for small to mid-size lab programs in first-year physics courses, effectively balancing traditional, computerized, and guided learning instruction. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: PDN; PH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 277 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Publisher
- Cengage Learning, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 8th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781285738567
- ISBN
- 9781285738567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 280.77
€ 280.77
Paperback. From the age of ten, looking up at the stars, Jerry Ross knew that he wanted to journey into space. This autobiography tells the story of how he came not only to achieve that goal, but to become the most-launched astronaut in history, as well as a NASA veteran whose career spanned the entire US Space Shuttle program. Num Pages: 320 pages, 32 illustrations. BIC Classification: B; PDZ; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557537850
- ISBN
- 9781557537850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.76
€ 20.76
Paperback. Laboratory Techniques in Organic Chemistry is the most comprehensive presentation of the lab techniques that organic chemistry students need to know. Compatible with any organic chemistry lab manual or set of experiments, it provides effective support for guided-inquiry and design-based experiments, as well as traditional lab experiments. Num Pages: 528 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PNN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 254 x 17. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781464134227
- ISBN
- 9781464134227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.95€ 96.08
€ 99.95
€ 96.08
Paperback. Over the coming decades, Artificial Intelligence will profoundly impact the way we work and live. Whose interests should such systems serve? What limits should we place on their use? This book is a succinct introduction to the complex social, ethical, legal, and economic issues raised by the emergence of intelligent machines. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ; UYQ; UYZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190602390
- ISBN
- 9780190602390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.42
€ 14.99
€ 12.42
Paperback. Why Evolution is True focuses on the hard evidence that proves evolution by natural selection to be a fact. Weaving together and explaining the latest discoveries and ideas from many disparate areas of modern science, this succinct and important book will leave no one with an open mind in any doubt about the truth-and the beauty-of evolution Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199230853
- ISBN
- 9780199230853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.31
€ 16.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. A fascinating and unique anthropological study. Num Pages: 272 pages, b&w line drawings. BIC Classification: JMTK; PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753808511
- ISBN
- 9780753808511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
€ 10.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 768 pages, 118 black and white. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 42. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Wtm Publishing and Communications
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- SKU
- V9781741290240
- ISBN
- 9781741290240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.24
€ 20.99
€ 19.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; PDR; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 42. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300208672
- ISBN
- 9780300208672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.77
€ 33.99
€ 24.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 34. BIC Classification: PDX; PNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475177
- ISBN
- 9780801475177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.63
€ 22.63