Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Hardback. Demonstrates how odd and unusual math problems can be solved by bringing together basic physics ideas and powerful computers. This title looks at how the art of number-crunching has changed since the advent of computers, and how high-speed technology helps to solve conundrums such as the three-body, Monte Carlo, and gambler's ruin problems. Num Pages: 408 pages, 4 halftones. 98 line illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: PDZM; UM; UYA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691144252
- ISBN
- 9780691144252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.70
€ 33.99
€ 24.70
Paperback. From the author of "How to Make a Camel Smoothie" comes a book of surreal sums and absurd arithmetic: it's doodling with numbers, doing sums in one's head just for fun, and playing dice with the universe. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KNW0008302
- ISBN
- 9781840467512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780452288119
- ISBN
- 9780452288119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.95
€ 18.99
€ 16.95
Hardcover. In 1974 India joined the elite roster of nuclear world powers when it exploded its first nuclear bomb. Over the course of the twentieth century, India metamorphosed from a marginal place to a serious hub of technological and scientific innovation. This title tells the tale of this transformation. Num Pages: 736 pages, 16 halftones, 1 map, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JWMN; PDX; THK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226019758
- ISBN
- 9780226019758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.22€ 63.42
€ 76.22
€ 63.42
Hardback. Nuclear physics is one of the most exciting - and useful - branches of science. In medicine, it helps save lives through innovative medical technologies. This title tells the story of the nucleus from the early experimental work of the quiet New Zealander Lord Rutherford to the huge atom-smashing machines of today and beyond. Num Pages: 160 pages, 130 color photos, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 210. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403519
- ISBN
- 9781421403519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.14
€ 49.14
Hardcover. Name on endpaper - D. Reidel Publishsing Company,
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- SKU
- KTK0101598
- ISBN
- 9789027710802
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
Paperback. What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the science and history of the elusive void: from Aristotle's theories to black holes and quantum particles, and why the latest discoveries about the vacuum tell us extraordinary things about the cosmos. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, 20 B&W halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199225866
- ISBN
- 9780199225866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.70
€ 11.99
€ 10.70
Hardback. Examines the cultural conditions that brought agriculture and science together in nineteenth-century America. This book shows how and why agrarian Americans - yeoman farmers, gentleman planters, politicians, and policy makers alike - accepted, resisted, and shaped scientific ways of knowing the land. Series: Yale Agrarian Studies Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 29 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX; TVB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300139235
- ISBN
- 9780300139235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.21
€ 51.99
€ 37.21
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
€ 38.99€ 31.50
€ 38.99
€ 31.50
Paperback. Tells a complex story about human beings and their attempts to come to grips with perhaps the most intellectually demanding puzzle there is: how does the world work at the most fundamental level and what is the role of mathematics in its description? It considers what the role of beauty may be in mathematics and physics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: PB; PDZ; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099488644
- ISBN
- 9780099488644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. An eye-opening tour of the political tricks that subvert scientific progress Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 photographs, figures. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393353327
- ISBN
- 9780393353327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.02
€ 16.99
€ 16.02
Hardback. The result is a single volume that offers a comprehensive understanding of North Atlantic right whales, the role they played in the many cultures that hunted them, and our modern attempts to help them recover. Num Pages: 464 pages, 102, 76 black & white illustrations, 6 graphs, 12 maps, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: PDX; PS; PSVW73; WNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420981
- ISBN
- 9781421420981
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.39
€ 50.99
€ 42.39
Paperback. *A controversial but optimistic book about humanity's increasing co-operation and our technological future Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PBUD; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 29. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349113340
- ISBN
- 9780349113340
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Math - the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions - usually produces reasonable results. But sometimes math generates astonishing paradoxes - conclusions that seem completely unreasonable or just plain impossible but that are nevertheless demonstrably true. This book is a collection of paradoxes from different areas of math. Num Pages: 216 pages, 18 halftones. 143 line illus. BIC Classification: PBW; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148229
- ISBN
- 9780691148229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.61
€ 21.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. This monograph describes the vigorous research that has taken place in nonlinear mechanics since 1970. Beginning with fundamental concepts and techniques of analysis and progressing through recent developments, the work provides an introduction to the main nonlinear phenomena. Series: Wiley Classics Library. Num Pages: 720 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDE; PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 176 x 245 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471121428
- ISBN
- 9780471121428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 170.03€ 150.22
€ 170.03
€ 150.22
Hardback. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBKF; PDE; TBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 187 x 17. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594540677
- ISBN
- 9781594540677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.61€ 140.00
€ 187.61
€ 140.00
Paperback. This is the third book in a series presenting Nobel Prizes in life sciences using the remarkably rich archives of nominations and reviews which are kept secret for 50 years after the awards have been made. The two previous books are Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences (2010) and Nobel Prizes and Nature's Surprises (2013). Num Pages: 580 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 202 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1250.
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789813144644
- ISBN
- 9789813144644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 40.61
€ 42.99
€ 40.61
Paperback. This book retraces the life and work of Nobel Laureate Wolfgang Pauli, one of the great physicists of the 20th century. Pauli spent most of his professional life in Zurich where he was a professor at the Federal Institute of Technology ETH, and where he was in close contact with the psychology of C.G. Jung. Num Pages: 584 pages, 39 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; JMAJ; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199588152
- ISBN
- 9780199588152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.37
€ 78.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408705964
- ISBN
- 9781408705964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72
Paperback. A new, wide-ranging book from the acclaimed author of The Serpent's Promise and Darwin's Island Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated photos - on chapter openers. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBTV2; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408705940
- ISBN
- 9781408705940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Offers an accurate picture of science through the examination of nontechnical case studies which illustrate the various roles that experiment plays in science. Examines both sucessful and unsucessful experiments to show how scientists use experimental evidence and critical discussion to expand our knowlege of the natural world. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822959687
- ISBN
- 9780822959687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.74
€ 59.74
Paperback. A lively introduction to MIT hacks, from the police car on the Great Dome to the abduction of the Caltech cannon. Num Pages: 248 pages, 77 color illus., 65 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JNB; JNM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- updated edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262515849
- ISBN
- 9780262515849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.04
€ 30.99
€ 27.04
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- National Academies Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Spi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780309272278
- ISBN
- 9780309272278
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.86
€ 55.86
Hardback. A falling apple inspired the law of gravity or so the story goes. Is it true? Perhaps not. But why do such stories endure as explanations of how science happens? "Newton s Apple and Other Myths about Science" brushes away popular misconceptions to provide a clearer picture of scientific breakthroughs from ancient times to the present." Num Pages: 290 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 219 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674967984
- ISBN
- 9780674967984
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.28
€ 47.99
€ 39.28