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Science: general issues
Hardback. Series: Studies in the History of Mathematics & Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 885 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1718.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 885
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387971803
- ISBN
- 9780387971803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 290.99
€ 290.99
Paperback. Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does 'free will' really exist? And why is the penis shaped like that anyway? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: MFK; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165792
- ISBN
- 9780552165792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.40
€ 23.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. "This kids' book describes how scientists have used science notebooks to learn, explore, and discover."-- Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- National Science Teachers Association United States
- Number of pages
- 32
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781681403076
- ISBN
- 9781681403076
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.49
€ 42.99
€ 33.49
Paperback. In the French Enlightenment, empiricism was intimately bound up with sensibility. What Riskin describes as a 'sentimental empiricism' is the ideology which brought together ideas and institutions, practices and politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226720791
- ISBN
- 9780226720791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
paperback. Since antiquity, philosophers and engineers have tried to take life's measure by reproducing it. This title collects seventeen essays from distinguished scholars in several fields. It is intended for historians and philosophers of science and technology, scientists and engineers working in artificial life and intelligence, and others. Num Pages: 336 pages, 57 halftones, 10 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226720814
- ISBN
- 9780226720814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.73
€ 43.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. This is the first book to connect digital media technologies in digital sociology to traditional sociological and offers a much needed overview of it. It includes problems of the digital age in relation to inequality and identity, making it suitable for use for a global audience on a variety of courses. Editor(s): Daniels, Jessie; Gregory, Karen; Cottom, Tressie McMillan. Num Pages: 528 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFD; JHB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 888.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447329015
- ISBN
- 9781447329015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 46.14
€ 47.99
€ 46.14
Hardback. Series: Springer Aerospace Technology. Num Pages: 542 pages, 212 black & white illustrations, 53 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDDM; TJK; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1052.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662438640
- ISBN
- 9783662438640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 208.28
€ 208.28
Paperback. Editor(s): Al-Khalili, Jim. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; VXQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Unknown Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781256817
- ISBN
- 9781781256817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.72
€ 15.99
€ 11.72
Paperback. How does the fact that it gets dark at night prove the Universe must have started with a big bang? Where are all the aliens? And why does the length of a piece of string vary depending on how fast it is moving? This title deals with these questions? Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778060
- ISBN
- 9780552778060
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic science, the author reintroduces such figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038360
- ISBN
- 9780141038360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardcover. Series: The Ladybird Expert Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ; PHR; PNRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 120 x 231 x 2. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718186272
- ISBN
- 9780718186272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Drawing on declassified material such as MI6's Farm Hall transcripts, coded Soviet messages cracked by American cryptographers in the Venona project, and interpretations by Russian scholars of documents from the Soviet archives, Atomic presents a brilliant new account of the race to build humankind's most destructive weapon. Num Pages: 576 pages, 16 black & white plates, 16-page b/w photo section. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBW; JWMN; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 40. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848319929
- ISBN
- 9781848319929
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.40
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€ 11.40
Paperback. Utterly beautiful. Profoundly disconcerting. Quantum theory is quite simply the most successful account of the physical universe ever devised. The pursuit of its implications has been the driving motivation of physicists for 100 years. Jim Baggott traces the story, the personalities and the rivalries, through 40 turning-point moments. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 496 pages, Two 8pp black and white plate sectionn, 26 black and white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198784777
- ISBN
- 9780198784777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. The hunt for the Higgs particle involved the biggest, most expensive experiment ever. Finally, on 4 July 2012, CERN made the momentous announcement that a Higgs-like particle had been discovered. Here, Jim Baggott explains the science behind the discovery, how the theory was developed, and its implications for the future. Num Pages: 304 pages, 27 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHP; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199679577
- ISBN
- 9780199679577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Explores what emerging computer technologies and their radical applications mean for the future of human life and society. This title examines the philosophical questions of the self and reality that arise through the digital experience. It shows the many practical applications of virtual reality, from education and medicine to sex and warfare. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061809514
- ISBN
- 9780061809514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.09
€ 17.99
€ 16.09
Paperback. Includes stories that reveal how DNA determines the characteristics of the adult organism. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099471240
- ISBN
- 9780099471240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226207919
- ISBN
- 9780226207919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.12€ 79.61
€ 95.12
€ 79.61
Paperback. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was an internationally renowned botanist, a close friend and early supporter of Charles Darwin, and one of the first - and most successful - British men of science to become a full-time professional. This title uses one individual's career to illustrate the changing world of science in the Victorian era. Num Pages: 441 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226207926
- ISBN
- 9780226207926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Provides an excellent introductory text for students on the principles and methods of statistical analysis in the life sciences, helping them choose and analyse statistical tests for their own problems and present their findings. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 169 x 9. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471982968
- ISBN
- 9780471982968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 229 duotones. BIC Classification: PDZM; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691164861
- ISBN
- 9780691164861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43