Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. In the fall of 1980, Genentech, Inc, a little-known California genetic engineering company, became the overnight darling of Wall Street, raising $38 million in its initial public stock offering. This title provides portraits of the people significant to Genentech's science and business, and focuses on how personality affects the growth of science. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 232 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPN; KNDH1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226045511
- ISBN
- 9780226045511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.26
€ 20.99
€ 18.26
Editor(s): Salmon, Wesley C. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872205611
- ISBN
- 9780872205611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.65€ 42.75
€ 53.65
€ 42.75
Paperback / so. Series: Sammlung Vieweg. Num Pages: 147 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 147
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322980533
- ISBN
- 9783322980533
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.27
€ 71.27
Hardback. Aims to elucidate the scientific and philosophical backgrounds that play a role in the debate taking place on the relation between selection and self-organization. This book is intended for biologists, philosophers of science, systems scientists, mathematicians, physicists, sociologists of science. Editor(s): Vijver, Gertrudis van de. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 813.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792352600
- ISBN
- 9780792352600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.20
€ 238.20
Paperback. This book reveals the full extent of electricity's significance in Nineteenth and early Twentieth Century literature and culture. It provides in-depth coverage of a wide range of canonical American authors from the American Renaissance onwards. As well as many fascinating hitherto under-studied writers. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349537327
- ISBN
- 9781349537327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Paperback. Written by a neuroscientist, and a "new atheist", this book is suitable for the increasingly large numbers of people who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HRAM3; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784160029
- ISBN
- 9781784160029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.86
€ 14.99
€ 11.86
paperback. Sam Harris, bestselling author of THE END OF FAITH takes on one of today's liveliest issues: whether or not we actually have free will. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451683400
- ISBN
- 9781451683400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.16
€ 10.99
€ 9.16
Paperback. Our failure to address questions of meaning and morality through science has now become the primary justification for religious faith. This book intends to link morality to the rest of human knowledge. It argues that science can do more than tell how we are; it can, in principle, tell us how we ought to be. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRAM1; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Black Swan Books, Limited
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552776387
- ISBN
- 9780552776387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. For centuries, scientists had only one way to study the brain: wait for misfortune to strike - and see how the victims changed afterwards. This book explores the brain's secret passageways and recounts the forgotten tales of the ordinary individuals whose struggles, resilience and deep humanity made neuroscience possible. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 54. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784161033
- ISBN
- 9781784161033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? This title includes tales that follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold and every single element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, conflict, the arts, medicine and the lives of the mad scientists who discovered them. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552777506
- ISBN
- 9780552777506
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.93
€ 14.99
€ 11.93
Paperback. Conveys the substance, methods, and profound oddities of the field. This work contains an overview of quantum mechanics. It sketches the early development of the field by Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrodinger, and others, and makes clear how the quantum outlook flies in the face of common sense. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 tables 14 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691103006
- ISBN
- 9780691103006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00€ 28.88
€ 35.00
€ 28.88
Ethologische Aussagen Zur Artgerechten Nutztierhaltung
Sambraus; Leyhausen; Bogner; Falsch; Scha1/4P...
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 189 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 189
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764313388
- ISBN
- 9783764313388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.61
€ 61.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBDP; MBP; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781925228694
- ISBN
- 9781925228694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.97
€ 17.99
€ 12.97
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. It explores the fundamental questions and challenges in the field, and looks at philosophical issues in particular sciences, including the problem of classification in biology, and the nature of space and time in physics. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 black and white images. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA. Dimension: 174 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198745587
- ISBN
- 9780198745587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 234 x 160. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606378
- ISBN
- 9780691606378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 38.13
€ 51.99
€ 38.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 16000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635132
- ISBN
- 9780691635132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.87
€ 146.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 166 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 18000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635569
- ISBN
- 9780691635569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.48
€ 118.48
Paperback. The imperitives and character of industry are quite different from those of graduate school or college. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; VSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470460047
- ISBN
- 9780470460047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.22
€ 57.22
Paperback. Using case studies of cholera, plague, malaria, and yellow fever, this book analyzes how factors such as public health diplomacy, trade, imperial governance, medical technologies, and cultural norms operated within global and colonial conceptions of political and epidemiological risk to shape infectious disease policies in colonial India. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBJF; HBTB; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346578
- ISBN
- 9781349346578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.17
€ 67.17
Paperback. This book examines polarization physics of high energy particles, presenting the theoretical prefaces of polarization, a description of essential experiments including instrumentation, paramaters and more, and a review of important achievements in the field. Series: Lecture Notes in Physics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 112 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; PHFP; PHM; PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642321627
- ISBN
- 9783642321627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.45
€ 68.45
Vortices in the Magnetic Ginzburg-Landau Model (Progress in Nonlinear ...
Sandier, Etienne, Serfaty, Sylvia
Hardcover. This book presents the mathematical study of vortices of the two-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau model. It acts a guide to the various branches of Ginzburg-Landau studies, provides context for the study of vortices, and presents a list of open problems in the field. Series: Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications. Num Pages: 322 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBKF; PBKJ; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817643164
- ISBN
- 9780817643164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.54
€ 146.54
Paperback. The author argues that the long-standing scientific and philosophical deference to reductive explanations founded on simple universal laws, linear causal models, and predict-and-act strategies fails to accommodate the kinds of knowledge that many contemporary sciences are providing about the world. Num Pages: 160 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226006628
- ISBN
- 9780226006628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.37
€ 27.37
Hardcover. Argues that the long-standing scientific and philosophical deference to reductive explanations founded on simple universal laws, linear causal models, and predict-and-act strategies fails to accommodate the kinds of knowledge that many contemporary sciences are providing about the world. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226532622
- ISBN
- 9780226532622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.33€ 78.29
€ 93.33
€ 78.29
Paperback. A preeminent science studies scholar shows how feminist and postcolonial science studies challenge the problematic modernity versus tradition binary. Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: JFFK; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342823
- ISBN
- 9780822342823
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.75
€ 36.99
€ 27.75