Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. This text continues the author's study of how "scientific technique is both contributor to and product of discourse". It focuses on gender, and in particular, analyzes how the metaphors of information and communication technology affect biological research, especially in the field of genetics. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDA; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 185 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102056
- ISBN
- 9780231102056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Hardback. The esteemed historian and philosopher of science Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the nature-nurture debate, arguing that it is riddled by conceptual incoherence. Num Pages: 120 pages, 3 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5499 x 3971 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347149
- ISBN
- 9780822347149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.63
€ 97.63
paperback. An analysis of the achievements of genetics and molecular biology in the 20th century. This study traces the developments made in the "century of the gene", arguing that the advances made from gene to genome require both a new vocabulary and a new beginning in 21st-century genetics. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 halftones, 7 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250. Good copy showing light age and wear. Highlighting throughout text
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press England
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025566
- ISBN
- 9780674008250
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Free-roaming killer drones stalk the battlespace looking for organic targets. Human combatants are programmed to feel no pain. High-power microwave beams detonate munitions, jam communications, and cook internal organs. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JWA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 126 x 190 x 27. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745685960
- ISBN
- 9780745685960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.87
€ 15.87
Hardcover. Free-roaming killer drones stalk the battlespace looking for organic targets. Human combatants are programmed to feel no pain. High-power microwave beams detonate munitions, jam communications, and cook internal organs. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; JWA; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745685953
- ISBN
- 9780745685953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.72
€ 47.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Everett, Horace; Dodson, Geofrey. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNRD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 159 x 6. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781619424036
- ISBN
- 9781619424036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.04€ 52.53
€ 74.04
€ 52.53
Paperback. A classic since its first appearance in the 1980s, this comprehensive reference continues to be THE history of the spread of new ideas, for academics and professionals alike. Num Pages: 512 pages, 33 figures & 6 tables t-o. BIC Classification: PDG; PDR; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 5th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743222099
- ISBN
- 9780743222099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.24
€ 33.99
€ 22.24
Paperback. Our gadgets are getting smarter. Technology can log what we buy, customize what we consume and enable us to save and share every aspect of our existence. In the future, we're told, it will even make public life - from how we're governed to how we record crime - better. But can the digital age fix everything? Should it? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR; UB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241957707
- ISBN
- 9780241957707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 5S; APFA; JFD; JFSK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024558
- ISBN
- 9780253024558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.95
€ 32.99
€ 29.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 15 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 5S; APFA; JFD; JFSK; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024473
- ISBN
- 9780253024473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.35
€ 71.35
Hardback. A guidebook to "Faraday's Experimental Researches in Electricity". It guides the reader through Faraday's work, displaying Faraday's experimental virtuosity and keen theoretical insight. Editor(s): Fisher, Howard J. Num Pages: 635 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PHK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 188 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1325.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Green Lion Press United States
- Number of pages
- 635
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888009132
- ISBN
- 9781888009132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.04€ 67.95
€ 71.04
€ 67.95
Hardcover. This volume contains contributions from speakers at the 4th International Symposium on Finite Volumes for Complex Applications, held in Marrakech, Morocco, in July 2005. The subject of these papers ranges from theoretical and numerical results to physical applications. Editor(s): Benkhaldoun, Fayssal; Ouazar, Driss; Raghay, Said. Num Pages: 752 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1245.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- ISTE United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905209484
- ISBN
- 9781905209484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 291.95
€ 291.95
Hardback. For researchers in all disciplines, this book offers a practical, hands-on course in communicating scientific findings and concepts through visual graphics Num Pages: 160 pages, 125 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKC; PD; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300176445
- ISBN
- 9780300176445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.62
€ 43.99
€ 31.62
Paperback. Editor(s): Sagebiel, Felizitas. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Verlag Barbara Budrich Germany
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783940755810
- ISBN
- 9783940755810
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.18
€ 44.99
€ 37.18
Paperback. On May 11, 1997, as millions worldwide watched a stunning victory unfold on television, a machine shocked the chess world by defeating the defending world champion, Garry Kasparov. This book reveals the inside story of what happened behind the scenes at the two historic Deep Blue vs. Kasparov matches. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 line illus. 10 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; UYQ; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118185
- ISBN
- 9780691118185
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Condition: New
€ 50.17€ 39.96
€ 50.17
€ 39.96
Hardback. This book presents unpublished excerpts from extensive correspondence between Niels Bohr and his immediate family, and uses it to describe and analyze the psychological and cultural background to his invention of the quantum theory of the atom. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PHM; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199680283
- ISBN
- 9780199680283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.84
€ 110.84
Hardcover. Once upon a time 'The Scientific Revolution of the 17th century' was an innovative concept that inspired a stimulating narrative of how modern science came into the world. Half a century later, what we now know as 'the master narrative' serves rather as a strait-jacket - so often events and contexts just fail to fit in. No attempt has been made so Num Pages: 832 pages, 66 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 231 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2004.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 832
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089642394
- ISBN
- 9789089642394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.90
€ 210.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814579162
- ISBN
- 9789814579162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.55
€ 31.99
€ 30.55
Paperback. Forrest M. Mims is a revered contributor to Make: magazine, where his popular columns about science-related topics and projects for Makers are evergreen treasures. Collected together here for the first time, these columns range from such simple projects to such challenging builds as an ultra-sensitive twilight photometer. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 179 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- O´Reilly Media
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781680451177
- ISBN
- 9781680451177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.36
€ 31.36
paperback. Forrest and Gross expose the scientific failure, the religious essence, and the political ambitions of "intelligent design" creationism highlighting its threat to public education and to the separation of church and state. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Updated ed.
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195319736
- ISBN
- 9780195319736
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Condition: New
€ 38.14
€ 38.14
Hardcover. This work is an informal "status report" on electrical and electronics engineering and its potential for human society. It seeks primarily to identify key questions and opportunities, rather than to offer final answers. Num Pages: 324 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JM; PDR; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 220 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1244.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780780353626
- ISBN
- 9780780353626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.87
€ 143.87
Paperback. A history of the role that the occult has played in the formation of modern science and medicine, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment has had a tremendous impact on our understanding of the western esoteric tradition. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 40 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLH; HRQX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415267694
- ISBN
- 9780415267694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.14
€ 23.99
€ 22.14
Paperback. From before birth to the last breath we draw, from consciousness to sexual attraction, fighting infection to the beating of our hearts, electricity is essential to everything we think and do. This title reveals the secrets of ion channels, which produce the electrical signals in our cells. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MFG; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046532
- ISBN
- 9780141046532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Why is it that the behaviour of teenagers can be so odd? As they grow older, young children steadily improve their sense of how to behave, and then all of a sudden, they can become totally uncommunicative, wildly emotional and completely unpredictable. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; VFXC1; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 28. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007448319
- ISBN
- 9780007448319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.47
€ 19.99
€ 14.47