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Science: general issues
Paperback. Charles Darwin's experiences in the Galapagos Islands in 1835 helped to guide his thoughts toward a revolutionary theory: that species were not fixed but diversified from their ancestors over many generations. This book explains what we have learned about the origin and evolution of new species. Series: Princeton Series in Evolutionary Biology. Num Pages: 224 pages, 120 color illus. 46 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSEG; PDZ; PSAJ; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149998
- ISBN
- 9780691149998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.89
€ 42.99
€ 30.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, Figures: 6,. BIC Classification: MB; PBW; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164726
- ISBN
- 9780231164726
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. Born in Usk, Gwent, in 1823, Alfred Russel Wallace left school at fourteen and in his mid-twenties spent four years in the Amazon collecting for museums and wealthy patrons, only to lose all his finds in a shipboard fire in mid-Atlantic. This title reveals Wallace as a courageous and unconventional explorer. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PD; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712665773
- ISBN
- 9780712665773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.79
€ 20.99
€ 16.79
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Newby Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 92
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781872686226
- ISBN
- 9781872686226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.03
€ 9.03
paperback. Argues that global communications and the internet are helping to link the minds of humanity together to form a single, global brain and consciousness with remarkable potential. Num Pages: 262 pages, 15 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Floris Books Edinburgh
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 3rd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863156168
- ISBN
- 9780863156168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.34
€ 30.99
€ 22.34
Paperback. Teeth are a vital component of vertebrate anatomy and a fundamental part of the fossil record. It was the evolution of teeth, associated with predation, that drove the evolution of the wide array of fish, amphibians, reptiles, and then mammals. Peter S. Ungar looks at how, without teeth, none of these developments could have occurred. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, Approximately 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMD; PDZ; PSVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199670598
- ISBN
- 9780199670598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Reproduction is among the most basic of human biological functions, both for our distant ancestors and ourselves. Our reproductive biology unites us as a species, but it has also been an important engine of our evolution. This text tells the story of human reproduction and its evolution. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDZ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011120
- ISBN
- 9780674011120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.84
€ 41.99
€ 34.84
Paperback. Basic Mathematics for Chemists aims to teach the maths that chemists need to know through the use of applications, data, examples and problems all drawn from chemistry. The author demystifies the maths, and shows how, where and why it is used in chemistry. Num Pages: 292 pages, index. BIC Classification: PDE; PN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471972846
- ISBN
- 9780471972846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.51
€ 87.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 6 figures. BIC Classification: HPK; MB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 30. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164733
- ISBN
- 9780231164733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.00
€ 23.99
€ 18.00
Paperback. Series: Science Essentials. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; RB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165806
- ISBN
- 9780691165806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Weingart, Peter; Padberg, Britta. Num Pages: 204 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: JNK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837626162
- ISBN
- 9783837626162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.66
€ 45.99
€ 32.66
Paperback. A study of the ethical dilemmas and moral issues surrounding the interaction of humans and technology. Drawing from Heidegger and Foucault, as well as from philosophers of technology such as Don Ihde and Bruno Latour, it locates morality not just in the human users of technology but in the interaction between us and our machines. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 line drawing, 2 tables. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226852935
- ISBN
- 9780226852935
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.67
€ 37.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility. This book offers a history of humanity's turbulent relationship with the invisible. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099590439
- ISBN
- 9780099590439
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Paperback. Molecules are the building blocks of matter. Using the molecules of life as a springboard, Philip Ball provides a new perspective on modern chemistry. He shows how molecular scientists are capturing the dynamism of biological molecules in synthetic systems, promising to reinvent chemistry as the central creative science of the new century. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 117 x 11. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192854308
- ISBN
- 9780192854308
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Introduces an area of scientific research: materials science. This book describes how scientists are inventing materials, ranging from synthetic skin, blood, and bone to substances that repair themselves and adapt to their environment, that swell and flex like muscles, that repel any ink or paint, and that capture and store the energy of the Sun. Num Pages: 472 pages, 17 color illus. 61 halftones 83 line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; PD; PN; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009759
- ISBN
- 9780691009759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.83
€ 54.99
€ 39.83
Hardcover. This book aims to stimulate the reader to think anew about some of the relationships and differences between science and art, and to challenge some of the common notions about particular 'famous experiments'. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PDN; PNR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780854046744
- ISBN
- 9780854046744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.50
€ 28.50
Paperback. Is there a 'physics of society'? Ranging from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, and across economics, sociology and psychology, this title shows how much we can understand of human behaviour when we cease to try to predict and analyse the behaviour of individuals. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JMH; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 13th Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099457862
- ISBN
- 9780099457862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.88
€ 13.00
€ 11.88
Paperback. The brilliantly told and gripping story of the most familiar - yet, amazingly, still poorly understood - substance in the universe: Water. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH; PS; RBGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780753810927
- ISBN
- 9780753810927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.27
€ 13.99
€ 11.27
Paperback. Chemists have created superconducting ceramics for brain scanners, designed liquid crystal flat screens for televisions and watch displays, and made fabrics that change color while you wear them. This book lets the lay reader into the world of modern chemistry. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 color plates 224 figs. BIC Classification: PDA; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691029009
- ISBN
- 9780691029009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Advance praise for Philip Plait s Bad Astronomy "Bad Astronomy is just plain good! Philip Plait clears up every misconception on astronomy and space you never knew you suffered from. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471409762
- ISBN
- 9780471409762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.54
€ 24.99
€ 18.54