Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Hardback. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 17000.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691633497
- ISBN
- 9780691633497
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.46€ 74.14
€ 91.46
€ 74.14
Hardcover. Scientists often talk about the search for meaning, and about explanations that can make sense of the universe. But what do we mean by this, and what information do thse explanations give us? In Explanations, eminent philosophers and scientists from a wide variety of backgrounds address this problem, to provoke and inspire reflection on how and why we explain things the way we do. Editor(s): Cornwell, John. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780198607786
- ISBN
- 9780198607786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.99€ 10.45
€ 99.99
€ 10.45
Paperback. From the zeros of the mathematician to the void of the philosophers, from Shakespeare to the empty set, from the ether to the quantum vacuum, there is much ado about nothing at the heart of things. This book covers various aspects of nothingness to reveal how the human mind has had to make something of nothing in every field of human enquiry. Num Pages: 400 pages, map, portraits. BIC Classification: HP; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099288459
- ISBN
- 9780099288459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. What can we never do? The end of each century leads to a stocktaking of human achievement and our expectations about the future. This book looks at what limits there might be to human discovery and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDR; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099772118
- ISBN
- 9780099772118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.51
€ 21.99
€ 17.51
Paperback. Features numbers that define the essence of the Universe. They tell us how strong its forces are, and what its fundamental laws can do: the strength of gravity, of magnetism, the speed of light and the masses of the smallest particles of matter. They express our greatest knowledge and our greatest ignorance about the cosmos. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 53. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE (RAND)
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286479
- ISBN
- 9780099286479
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33
Paperback. Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Can you do an infinite number of things in a finite amount of time? Is the Universe infinite? This book takes you on a tour of these questions and discusses the answers. Num Pages: 352 pages, 60. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099443728
- ISBN
- 9780099443728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
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Paperback. John D. Barrow addresses the questions that we ponder in our quest to discover the universe. Ranging from Big Science, and physics and cosmology in particular through life on other planets to issues of time and space, these essays provide a introduction to scientific debate. Num Pages: 292 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192880413
- ISBN
- 9780192880413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.48
€ 34.48
Paperback. "Where else does math become a romp, full of entertaining tricks and turns?"-Bryce Christensen, Booklist Num Pages: 284 pages, 40 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393338676
- ISBN
- 9780393338676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.41
€ 17.99
€ 16.41
Hardback. An entertaining, eye-opening guide to what math and physics can reveal about sports. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: PB; PDZ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393063417
- ISBN
- 9780393063417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.94
€ 27.99
€ 24.94
Paperback. Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 2011. Num Pages: 368 pages, 112 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393343113
- ISBN
- 9780393343113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.75
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Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 211 x 140. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352221
- ISBN
- 9780393352221
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
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paperback. Critics claim that science, including social science, is 'merely a social construction' that fallible humans have created with words and other symbols. This title explains why the edifice of science has robust properties that make it one of the most useful forms of knowledge that humans have ever created, although it is not perfect. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Paradigm Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781594515606
- ISBN
- 9781594515606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.27
€ 48.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845405588
- ISBN
- 9781845405588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.74
€ 21.74
Paperback. Long before GPS and Google Earth, humans traveled vast distances using environmental clues and simple instruments. What is lost when technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way? Illustrated with 200 drawings, this narrative part treatise, part travelogue, and part navigational history brings our own world into sharper view." Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088078
- ISBN
- 9780674088078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.81
€ 29.99
€ 25.81
Paperback. Since publication of John Emsley's Nature's Building Blocks in 2003 there have been a number of new developments. Fully updated for 2010, this fascinating A-Z guide includes three new named and validated elements, new uses, a 'Deadly elements' section, and an updated Periodic Table. A wonderful reference guide for anyone working with elements. Num Pages: 720 pages, Four black and white figures, and numerous tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 720
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New, Revised, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199605637
- ISBN
- 9780199605637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.65
€ 32.65
Paperback. What is it in chocolate that makes us feel good when we eat it? What's the molecule that turns men on? What's the secret of Coca-Cola? In this book, the author takes us on a guided tour through a rogue's gallery of molecules, some harmful, some pleasant, showing how they affect our lives. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PD; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192862068
- ISBN
- 9780192862068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.27
€ 21.99
€ 20.27
Paperback. What killed Charles II? Who thought he had discovered the perfect poison? Why did hatters go mad? This is an account of murderous chemical elements. Through stories of innocent blunders, poisoners of various hues - cold, cunning, desperate - and deaths that remain a mystery, it uncovers the dark side of the Periodic Table. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVF1; PDZ; PSB; TDC; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192806000
- ISBN
- 9780192806000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.53
€ 30.53
Paperback. Fun, witty, and imbued throughout with admiration for the simple beauty of physics, Gold Medal Physics is sure to inspire readers to think differently about the next sporting event they watch. Num Pages: 230 pages, 70, 36 black & white illustrations, 34 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; WSDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Editiion
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893223
- ISBN
- 9780801893223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.82
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€ 29.82
Hardback. Discusses the science behind American football, soccer, cycling, swimming, diving, long jumping, and a host of other competitive sports. This book explains the basic physical properties involved in amazing and everyday athletic endeavors. Num Pages: 232 pages, 36 b&w photos, 34 b&w illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; WSDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893216
- ISBN
- 9780801893216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.29€ 51.43
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€ 51.43
Paperback. Offers author's systematic theological reflections on the relation between Christian revelation and the unfolding story of the universe. This book includes discoveries some maintain their faith by clinging to a pre-scientific worldview; others conclude that perhaps "the universe has outgrown the biblical God who is said to be its creator." Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Orbis Books
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570757402
- ISBN
- 9781570757402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.88
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Paperback. Originally published in 1830, this book can be called the first modern work in the philosophy of science, covering an extraordinary range of philosophical, methodological, and scientific subjects. "Herschel's book . . . brilliantly analyzes both the history and nature of science." Keith Stewart Thomson, "American Scientist"" Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327778
- ISBN
- 9780226327778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.25
€ 51.99
€ 40.25
Paperback. From Ancient Greek times, music has been seen as a mathematical art, and this relationship has fascinated generations. This new in paperback edition of diverse, comprehensive and fully-illustrated papers, authored by leading scholars, links the two fields in a lucid manner that is suitable for students of each subject as well as the general reader. Num Pages: 200 pages, Numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: AV; PB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 189 x 10. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199298938
- ISBN
- 9780199298938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.68
€ 55.68
Hardcover. Examines the challenges of social, moral, and legal responsibility faced by scientists. Focusing on moral responsibility, this work argues that scientists have a responsibility not to do work that has harmful outcomes and that they are encouraged to do work that prevents harm. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822943495
- ISBN
- 9780822943495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.99
€ 60.99
Hardback. Beginning with a look at the activities and technologies that connect most people to the surveillance matrix, from Facebook to identification cards to GPS devices in our cars, the authors invite readers to critically explore surveillance as it relates to issues of law, power, freedom, and inequality. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: JFFU; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924434
- ISBN
- 9780226924434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.81€ 77.70
€ 93.81
€ 77.70