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Science: general issues

Paperback. Offers an account of how biologists discover mechanisms. Drawing on examples from across the life sciences and through the centuries, the authors compile a toolbox of strategies that biologists have used and will use again to reveal the mechanisms that produce, underlie, or maintain the phenomena characteristic of living things. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 halftones, 8 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039794
ISBN
9780226039794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.85

Hardcover. Offers an account of how biologists discover mechanisms. Drawing on examples from across the life sciences and through the centuries, the authors compile a toolbox of strategies that biologists have used and will use again to reveal the mechanisms that produce, underlie, or maintain the phenomena characteristic of living things. Num Pages: 256 pages, 14 halftones, 8 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226039657
ISBN
9780226039657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 halftone. 59 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691166933
ISBN
9780691166933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 59 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691178523
ISBN
9780691178523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.90

paperback. Overturning the most common myths about dogs' emotions and behaviour, this book shows how we should really treat our pets, and stands up for dogdom: not the wolf in canine clothes, not the small furry child, not the trophy-winner, but the real dog, who wants to be part of the family and enjoy life - mankind's closest friend. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141046495
ISBN
9780141046495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.14

Hardback. Virtually unknown today, Alfred Russel Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Darwin and an eminent scientist who stood out among his peers as a man of formidable mind and outsized personality. In this biography, Michael Shermer aims to rescue him from the history's sidelines. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195148305
ISBN
9780195148305
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.21

Hardcover. The recent series of chemically related disasters has resulted in a preoccupation with safety in the chemical laboratory and in matters relating to the handling of chemicals generally. The main aim of this book is to improve safety in the chemical laboratory. Editor(s): Young, Jay A. Num Pages: 432 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KNXC; PDN; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471530367
ISBN
9780471530367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 298.01

Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816674657
ISBN
9780816674657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Paperback. Whenever Forty-second Street in New York is temporarily closed, traffic doesn't gridlock but flows more smoothly - why is that? Or consider that cities that build new roads can experience dramatic increases in traffic congestion - how is this possible? This title includes some of these counterintuitive mathematical occurrences. Num Pages: 264 pages, 75 line illus. BIC Classification: PBT; PBW; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150024
ISBN
9780691150024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. After decades of analyzing his dreams, a professor of psychology finds that some of them anticipate future events. As his experiments continue to meet with surprising results, the author comes to accept the idea that reality is much more interesting than conventional science has led us to believe. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780995458
ISBN
9781780995458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.44

Hardback. The Canal du Midi, which threads through southwestern France and links the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, was an astonishing feat of seventeenth-century engineering - in fact, it was technically impossible according to the standards of its day. This book looks at the mystery of its success as well as the canal's surprising political significance. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 328 pages, 87 halftones 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; KCP; KNGS; PDR; TBX; WGGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691140322
ISBN
9780691140322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.67

Paperback. What can we never do? The end of each century leads to a stocktaking of human achievement and our expectations about the future. This book looks at what limits there might be to human discovery and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDR; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
VINTAGE London
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099772118
ISBN
9780099772118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

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
€ 29.83

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

€ 94.64
€ 79.38

Hardcover. Surface imaging by electrochemical methods-one of the hottest areas in the field due to its significant applications in electronic materials fabrication-is the subject of this self-contained fifth volume in the Frontiers of Electrochemistry series. Editor(s): Lipkowski, Jacek; Ross, Phil. Series: Frontiers in Electrochemistry. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 colour plates. BIC Classification: PDND; PNRH; PNRX; TDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471246725
ISBN
9780471246725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 386.61

Paperback. 'Norton writes with wit and a fine eye for the poetry in the scientific world..funny and gripping.' The Guardian Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444732580
ISBN
9781444732580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.04

Paperback. Ten papers by prominent philosophers of science which challenge van Fraassen's thesis from a variety of realist perspectives. Together with van Fraassen's extensive reply, the articles provide a comprehensive picture of the current debate in philosophy of science between realists and anti-realists. Editor(s): Churchland, Paul M.; Hooker, C. A. Series: Science & Its Conceptual Foundations S. Num Pages: 352 pages, 8ill. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226106540
ISBN
9780226106540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

Hardcover. Chemists in the nineteenth century were faced with a particular problem: how to depict the atoms and molecules beyond the direct reach of our bodily senses. This title focuses on the community of organic chemists in Germany to provide the basis for an understanding of the nature of scientific creativity. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 416 pages, 44 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; PDX; PNN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226723327
ISBN
9780226723327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 50.79

Paperback. Engages with the impact of modern technology on experimental physicists. This study reveals how the increasing scale and complexity of apparatus has distanced physicists from the very science which drew them into experimenting, and has fragmented microphysics into different technical traditions. Num Pages: 977 pages, 8 halftones, 113 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDN; PDR; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1384. Material Culture of Microphysics. 977 pages, 8 halftones, 113 line drawings. Engages with the impact of modern technology on experimental physicists. This study reveals how the increasing scale and complexity of apparatus has distanced physicists from the very science which drew them into experimenting, and has fragmented microphysics into different technical traditions. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: PDN; PDR; PH. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 47. Weight: 1320.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
977
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226279176
ISBN
9780226279176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 60.12

Paperback. Perfect for do-it-yourselfers, home-schooled high school students, and college students, the Illustrated Guide to Home Physics Experiments offers a hands-on introduction to physics lab techniques and data analysis. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVF1; PDN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Publisher
O´Reilly Media United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781449334512
ISBN
9781449334512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.43

Paperback. Explains how to set up and use a home chemistry lab, with step-by-step instructions for conducting experiments in basic chemistry. This book shows how to do real lab work: purify alcohol by distillation; produce hydrogen and oxygen gas by electrolysis; smelt metallic copper from copper ore you make yourself; and much more. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PDZ; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 204 x 22. Weight in Grams: 990.
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
Number of pages
420
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780596514921
ISBN
9780596514921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.50

Hardback. Contrary to the popular view of science as a mountainous accumulation of facts and data, Stuart Firestein takes the novel perspective that ignorance is the main product and driving force of science, and that this is the best way to understand the process of scientific discovery. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199828074
ISBN
9780199828074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.61

Paperback. Racial and ethnic categories have appeared in recent scientific work in novel ways and in relation to a variety of disciplines: medicine, forensics, population genetics and also developments in popular genealogy. Once again, biology is foregrounded in the discussion of human identity. Editor(s): Schramm, Katharina; Skinner, David; Rottenburg, Richard. Series: Studies of the BioSocial Society. Num Pages: 226 pages, 4 tables and figures. BIC Classification: JHMP; PDR; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 167 x 11. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782386827
ISBN
9781782386827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.38

Hardback. We all are aware that technology measures us, affects our lives and shapes our behaviour. This book explains how and why. It frames debates about information technology within world politic and provides a unique and timely look at the rise of digital power. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JP; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849044066
ISBN
9781849044066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.43

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