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Science: general issues

Paperback. Guides you through the ideas, and charts the progress we have made in understanding the universe - from Galileo and Newton to Einstein and the Large Hadron Collider and the search for the Higgs boson. This title explains how we decide what questions to ask; and how risk, beauty, creativity and truth play a role in scientific thinking. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099532088
ISBN
9780099532088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Paperback. A new particle - and very likely a new kind of particle - had been discovered at the Large Hadron Collider, the huge particle accelerator designed to reproduce energies present in the universe a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. It explains epochal discovery and it's startlingly beautiful implications. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847922571
ISBN
9781847922571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.98

Paperback. Gives us a glimpse into our future. This book allows the reader to understand the questions that scientists deal with at the frontiers of research. It explains the kind of problems that extra dimensions might solve and the kind of speculation that is needed even to imagine them. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141012971
ISBN
9780141012971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.22

paperback. A story of the astounding forces that underpin our existence; a horizon-expanding tour of the cosmos that unifies what we know about the universe with new thinking. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PGK; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099593560
ISBN
9780099593560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Dimension: 136 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Folklore Pub
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894864312
ISBN
9781894864312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

This work on smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and its variations, covers the theoretical background, numerical techniques, code implementation issues and many novel and interesting applications. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; PHDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 778.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9789812384560
ISBN
9789812384560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 183.80

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782430674
ISBN
9781782430674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 164 color illus. 9 line illus. 43 tables. BIC Classification: PDZM; WDMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 244 x 30. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691166148
ISBN
9780691166148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.51

Hardback. From the presenters of popular podcast Geek Chic's Weird Science comes a book with the answers to all the scientific questions you never knew you should have asked. Num Pages: 336 pages, Line drawings throughout. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 146 x 31. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751564679
ISBN
9780751564679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Hardcover. This revision brings the reader completely up to date on the evolving methods associated with increasingly more complex sample types analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography, or HPLC. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PNFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1288.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471007036
ISBN
9780471007036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 221.54

hardcover. This volume, which includes essays by women scientists, reseachers, journalists, and administrators, investigates how gender analysis can spark creativity in science and engineering. Editor(s): Schiebinger, Londa. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 tables, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758147
ISBN
9780804758147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.74

Paperback. 18th-century natural historians created a peculiar but durable vision of nature, embodying the sexual and racial tensions of that era. Plants were found to reproduce sexually, and great apes were just becoming known. This text uncovers the ways in which assumptions about sex, and race have shaped scientific explanations of nature. Num Pages: 312 pages, 39 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813535319
ISBN
9780813535319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.44

Paperback. Do women do science differently? This is a history of women in science and a frank assessment of the role of gender in shaping scientific knowledge. Science is both a profession and a body of knowledge, and Londa Schiebinger looks at how women have fared and performed in both instances. Num Pages: 276 pages, 5 halftones, 4 line illustrations, 25 tables. BIC Classification: JFFK; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674005440
ISBN
9780674005440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.48

Paperback. This volume, which includes essays by women scientists, reseachers, journalists, and administrators, investigates how gender analysis can spark creativity in science and engineering. Editor(s): Schiebinger, Londa. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 tables, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758154
ISBN
9780804758154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.17

Paperback. What if your future could be mapped out for you. Would you want to know? Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
ONEWorld
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851689149
ISBN
9781851689149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.96

Hardback. Lysenko became one of the most notorious figures in twentieth-century science after his genetic theories were discredited decades ago. Yet some scientists now claim that discoveries in epigenetics prove that he was right after all. Loren Graham reopens the case, to determine whether new developments in molecular biology validate Lysenko's claims. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: PD; PDX; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674089051
ISBN
9780674089051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.21

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 color illus., 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; HBTK; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262019798
ISBN
9780262019798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. The Russian science establishment was one of the largest in the world, boasting many Nobel prizes, a world-leading space programme, and schools in mathematics, and physics. This book tells the story of the near collapse of Russian science and of subsequent domestic and international efforts to reform and re-energize scientific activity in Russia. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; PDK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219886
ISBN
9780253219886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.77

Hardback. Series: Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649573
ISBN
9780691649573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.59
€ 117.06

Paperback. Observation is the most pervasive and fundamental practice of all the modern sciences, both natural and human. This collection offers an examination of the history of scientific observation in its own right, as both epistemic category and scientific practice. Editor(s): Daston, Lorraine; Lunbeck, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 440 pages, 5 colour plates, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226136783
ISBN
9780226136783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.27

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