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Science: general issues
Paperback. Digital computer simulation helps study phenomena of great complexity, but how much do we know about the limits and possibilities of this new scientific practice? How do simulations compare to traditional experiments? And are they reliable? The author seeks to answer these questions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: PD; UG; UYM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226902043
- ISBN
- 9780226902043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.59
€ 36.99
€ 29.59
Paperback. We can force medicine to undergo its biggest shakeup in history by agitating for access to our medical data and becoming early adopters of practices such as genomic sequencing. This book shows us how. It argues that radical innovation and a true democratization of medical care are within reach, but only if we consumers demand it. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: PDZ; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465061839
- ISBN
- 9780465061839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.38
€ 21.99
€ 19.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 213.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Dover Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486451008
- ISBN
- 9780486451008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.25
€ 12.25
Hardback. The philosophy of chemistry has emerged in recent years as a new and autonomous field within the Anglo-American philosophical tradition. With the development of this new discipline, Eric Scerri and Grant Fisher's "The Philosophy of Chemistry" is a timely and definitive guide to all current thought in this field. Editor(s): Scerri, Eric; Fisher, Grant. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20. BIC Classification: PDA; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190494599
- ISBN
- 9780190494599
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.86
€ 137.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 55. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 2. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190232993
- ISBN
- 9780190232993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.27
€ 70.27
Paperback. "A stunning book."-Oliver Sacks Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 210 x 47. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393329377
- ISBN
- 9780393329377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. A panel of world experts examines the hottest topics of debate in science and religion, pointing the way forward to further interaction and integration between the two disciplines. Accessible, no prior knowledge required. Editor(s): Priest, Eric. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281075249
- ISBN
- 9780281075249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.43
€ 18.99
€ 17.43
Paperback. * Subtitled 'The Remarkable True Story of the Penicillin Miracle', this book is a wonderful combination of modern narrative history and popular science. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: MBX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117683
- ISBN
- 9780349117683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. A brilliantly funny philosophical investigation into the existence of Santa - from a writer of The Big Bang Theory and The Simpsons Num Pages: 288 pages, Line drawings. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349140629
- ISBN
- 9780349140629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.52
€ 16.99
€ 12.52
Paperback. This work uses a collective analysis of Albert Borgmann's controversial ideas as a jumping-off point from which to address questions about the role and significance of technology in our lives. Contributors apply Borgmann's theories to areas such as film, design and ecological restoration. Editor(s): Higgs, Eric (Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Canada); Light, Andrew (Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies, State University of New York, USA); Strong, David (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Rocky Mountain College, USA). Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226333878
- ISBN
- 9780226333878
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.14
€ 47.99
€ 37.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRAM3; PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231171021
- ISBN
- 9780231171021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.39
€ 36.99
€ 27.39
Paperback. The authors look to the laws of thermodynamics for answers to the questions of evolution, ecology, economics, and even life's origin. Num Pages: 378 pages, 30 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226739373
- ISBN
- 9780226739373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.03
€ 24.99
€ 20.03
Paperback. This text describes the development of magnetic recording over the past century, by selecting major product designs and the innovative technology that they introduced. Separated into three parts, the book deals specifically with the history of audio recording, video recording and data recording. Editor(s): Daniel, Eric D.; Mee, C.D.; Clark, Mark H. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; AJR; PDX; PHK; TBX; TJ; UNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780780347090
- ISBN
- 9780780347090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 172.13
€ 172.13
The Scientific Legacy of Poincare (History of Mathematics)
Eric Charpentier, Etienne Ghys, Annick Lesne
Hardcover. Henri Poincare (1854-1912) was one of the greatest scientists of his time, perhaps the last one to have mastered and expanded almost all areas in mathematics and theoretical physics. In this book, twenty world experts present one part of Poincare's extraordinary work. Each chapter treats one theme, presenting Poincare's approach, and achievements. Editor(s): Charpentier, Eric; Ghys, Etienne; Lesne, Annick. Translator(s): Bowman, Joshua. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 396 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821847183
- ISBN
- 9780821847183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.81
€ 141.81
Hardcover. Digitalism is a philosophical strategy that uses new computational ways of thinking to develop naturalistic but meaningful ways of thinking about bodies, souls, universes, gods, and life after death. Your Digital Afterlives examines four recently developed and digitally inspired theories of life after death. Series Editor(s): Nagasawa, Yujin; Wielenberg, Erik J. Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAB; JMS; PDA; UD; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363855
- ISBN
- 9781137363855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Paperback. Considers how a culture of crisis management - what the author calls "the new chronic" - has come to dominate various aspects of contemporary life, from biomedicine to economics to politics. This title unravels the logic of the new chronic where people find themselves suspended in a space between life and death. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 charts. BIC Classification: JHBZ; MBP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352280
- ISBN
- 9780822352280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Hardback. A powerful affirmation of the necessity and importance of a wide-ranging American space program that can develop lunar outposts and, ultimately, permanently staffed, self-sufficient bases on the Moon. Num Pages: 274 pages, 111 photos, 39 illus. BIC Classification: PD; PGS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076661
- ISBN
- 9780231076661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.38
€ 145.38
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849731805
- ISBN
- 9781849731805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.32
€ 34.32
Paperback. Takes Weyl's "Raum - Zeit - Materie" (Space - Time - Matter) as center of concentration and starting field for a look at his work. This book discusses Weyl's deep involvement in relativity, cosmology and matter theories between the classical unified field theories and quantum physics. Editor(s): Scholz, Erhard. Series: Oberwolfach Seminars. Num Pages: 403 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDE; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764364762
- ISBN
- 9783764364762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.67
€ 91.67
Paperback / so. Series: Forschungsberichte Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Num Pages: 71 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 4. Weight in Grams: 149.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 71
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663061922
- ISBN
- 9783663061922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.93
€ 59.93
perfect. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GPFC; PBF; PBW; PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag Germany
- Edition
- 1980th Edition
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783528084691
- ISBN
- 9783528084691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.98
€ 71.98
Hardback. Technology continues to transform the world with a process that seems to be constantly accelerating. The main thrust of the essays in this collection is to underscore the vast enrichment given to a study of the "new" technologies when approached from a broad cultural standpoint. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838755518
- ISBN
- 9780838755518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.02
€ 117.02
Hardcover. This book provides readers with an elementary and comprehensive discussion on extreme value and related models. By using a large number of practical data from different science and engineering disciplines, it illustrates the practical importance and usefulness of extreme value modeling. Series: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Num Pages: 362 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471671725
- ISBN
- 9780471671725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.35
€ 184.35
Hardback.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149677
- ISBN
- 9780691149677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80