Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. "A broad and deep look at how electronic media are changing storytelling .. Completely fascinating." -Booklist, starred review Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR; UBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393341256
- ISBN
- 9780393341256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.21
€ 18.21
Paperback. How is a tiny fertilised egg able to turn itself into a human being? How can an acorn transform itself into an oak tree? This work gives an account of these findings, and of their significance for how we view ourselves. Through a synthesis of science and art, it describes the revolution in our understanding of how plants and animals develop. Num Pages: 396 pages, 24 halftones, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192862082
- ISBN
- 9780192862082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.63
€ 42.63
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BM; HPX; PDZ; PSVT7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141980317
- ISBN
- 9780141980317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.38
€ 24.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. An advanced textbook on experimental physics which provides 22 detailed experiments relating to current research. The text includes the appropriate emphasis on various physics journals, the "American Institute of Physics Style Manual", and other published results. Num Pages: 448 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDN; PH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1028.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471847489
- ISBN
- 9780471847489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 234.58
€ 234.58
Paperback. The story of arsenic in Victorian Britain, looking both at its widespread presence in everything from candles to curtains, and also its more sinister use for murder and suicide. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 integrated halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199605996
- ISBN
- 9780199605996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.65
€ 20.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. One of three companion volumes that form an introduction to the central ideas of the modern natural sciences, this book is a source for those who have no technical knowledge in the subject of the architecture of matter. Num Pages: 398 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- Phoenix Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226808406
- ISBN
- 9780226808406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863157752
- ISBN
- 9780863157752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.29
€ 33.99
€ 24.29
Paperback. From the famed Harvard psychologist and an expert on the impact of digital media technologies, a riveting exploration of the power of apps to shape our young people--for better or for worse Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JMC; PDR; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300209341
- ISBN
- 9780300209341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.03
€ 19.99
€ 16.03
Hardback. Only by understanding the historical forces that have shaped our current situation, Podolsky argues, can we properly understand and frame our choices moving forward. Num Pages: 328 pages, 25, 18 black & white halftones, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MMG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415932
- ISBN
- 9781421415932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.88
€ 42.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Adventures Unlimited Press
- Edition
- 3rd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781931882170
- ISBN
- 9781931882170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.13
€ 21.13
Hardback. Offers insights into the nature of expeditions and the human relationships that shaped them. This title examines, collected materials as well as museum and archive records, the contributors shed light on the complex social life and intimate work practices of the researchers involved in these expeditions. Num Pages: 250 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: JHM; PDX; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941792001
- ISBN
- 9781941792001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.46€ 49.03
€ 57.46
€ 49.03
Hardback. Editor(s): Gann, Alexander; Witkowski, Jan. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 223 x 29. Weight in Grams: 994.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Atria Books United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781476715490
- ISBN
- 9781476715490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.31
€ 37.99
€ 33.31
Hardcover. Using the story of cinchona bark, and drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Crawford shows how indigenous healers, labourers, merchants, colonial officials, and creole elites contested European science and thwarted imperial reform by asserting their authority to speak for the natural world. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 Illusrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3JD; 3JF; HBLL; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944522
- ISBN
- 9780822944522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Paperback. A fully updated edition of one of the most original accounts of evolution ever written Num Pages: 800 pages, integrated B&W diagrams and images; 4x8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 50. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474606455
- ISBN
- 9781474606455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.74
€ 19.99
€ 14.74
Hardcover. Beneath the original Venetian glass and rosewood case at La Specola in Florence lies Clemente Susini's Anatomical Venus (c. 1790), a perfect object whose luxuriously bizarre existence challenges belief. This title reveals the evolution of the enigmatic sculptures from wax effigy to fetish figure and the embodiment of the uncanny. Num Pages: 224 pages, 366 illustrations, 324 in colour. BIC Classification: AFKC; AGZ; MFC; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 248 x 27. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500252185
- ISBN
- 9780500252185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.25
€ 33.99
€ 24.25
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
€ 72.69€ 51.35
€ 72.69
€ 51.35
Hardback. In a world supposedly governed by ruthless survival of the fittest, why do we see acts of goodness in both animals and humans? This work traces the history of this debate from Darwin. It aims to bring to life the people, the issues, and the passions that have surrounded the altruism debate. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition (1st printing)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125909
- ISBN
- 9780691125909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. Considers how a culture of crisis management - what the author calls "the new chronic" - has come to dominate various aspects of contemporary life, from biomedicine to economics to politics. This title unravels the logic of the new chronic where people find themselves suspended in a space between life and death. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 illustrations, 4 charts. BIC Classification: JHBZ; MBP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822352280
- ISBN
- 9780822352280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.18
€ 28.18
paperback. The Darwin family was instrumental in the history of botany. Their experiences illustrate the growing specialization and professionalization of science in the nineteenth century. The author shows how botany escaped the burdens of medicine, feminization and the sterility of classification and nomenclature to become a rigorous laboratory science. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138663756
- ISBN
- 9781138663756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.55
€ 70.55
Paperback. What is the secret meaning of alchemical symbolism? Could ancient images really turn molten lead into gold with a mere pinch of the Philosopher's Stone? Alchemy is perhaps the last magical art to survive the ravages of the modern world. This book initiates the reader into some of the key concepts and practices of this extraordinary field of study. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; HRQX2; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263524
- ISBN
- 9781904263524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.23
€ 9.23
Paperback. As Jones shows, it can often pay to take an absurd idea seriously. Num Pages: 280 pages, 47, 8 black & white halftones, 39 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403311
- ISBN
- 9781421403311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.39
€ 36.39
As Jones shows, it can often pay to take an absurd idea seriously. Num Pages: 280 pages, 47, 8 black & white halftones, 39 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403304
- ISBN
- 9781421403304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.44
€ 83.44
Hardcover. Sharing is central to how we live today: it is what we do online; it is a model of economic behaviour; and it is also a type of therapeutic talk. Sharing embodies positive values such as empathy, communication, fairness, openness and equality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662503
- ISBN
- 9780745662503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.49
€ 71.49
Paperback. Sharing is central to how we live today: it is what we do online; it is a model of economic behaviour; and it is also a type of therapeutic talk. Sharing embodies positive values such as empathy, communication, fairness, openness and equality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745662510
- ISBN
- 9780745662510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.19
€ 24.19