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Science: general issues

Hardcover. In A History of Modern Psychology in Context , the authors resist the traditional storylines of great achievements by eminent people, or schools of thought that rise and fall in the wake of scientific progress. Instead, psychology is portrayed as a network of scientific and professional practices embedded in specific contexts. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JM; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470276099
ISBN
9780470276099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.71

Hardback. Num Pages: 766 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; HRQX2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1953
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
766
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231087988
ISBN
9780231087988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.37
€ 76.26

Paperback. Observation is the most pervasive and fundamental practice of all the modern sciences, both natural and human. This collection offers an examination of the history of scientific observation in its own right, as both epistemic category and scientific practice. Editor(s): Daston, Lorraine; Lunbeck, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 440 pages, 5 colour plates, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226136783
ISBN
9780226136783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
8th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781305119567
ISBN
9781305119567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 110.59

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198717331
ISBN
9780198717331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.03

Hardcover. The new edition of this book detailing the theory of linear-Hilbert space operators and their use in quantum physics contains two new chapters devoted to properties of quantum waveguides and quantum graphs. The bibliography contains 130 new items. Series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 681 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKF; PDE; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1127.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd ed. 2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402088698
ISBN
9781402088698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.12
€ 128.44

Paperback. This paperback edition of Higher Superstition includes a new afterword by the authors. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801857072
ISBN
9780801857072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.05

Paperback. Examines the relationship between drugs and pleasure, choice, and motivation, both in the brain and in society. This title focuses on common ideas about race, poverty, and drugs and explain why current policies are failing. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Viking
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670919741
ISBN
9780670919741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

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
€ 13.36

Paperback. A new particle - and very likely a new kind of particle - had been discovered at the Large Hadron Collider, the huge particle accelerator designed to reproduce energies present in the universe a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. It explains epochal discovery and it's startlingly beautiful implications. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847922571
ISBN
9781847922571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. The age of information, media and virtuality is transforming many aspects of human experience. This is an investigation of the postmodern world which critically examines a wide range of contemporary cultural practices. The author contends that postmodern culture is full of creative possibilities. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 354 pages, 13 colour plates, 122 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JHM; PDR; U. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226791593
ISBN
9780226791593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

Hardback. Bridging the gap between the world of science and the realm of the spiritual, this title introduces a natural theory of human consciousness that has its roots in contemporary physics and Buddhism. Series: Columbia Series in Science and Religion. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141505
ISBN
9780231141505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 64.07

Hardback. A biography of Hermann von Helmholtz, a 19th-century scientist renowned for the co-discovery of the second law of thermodynamics and his invention of the ophthalmoscope. It relates how von Helmholtz also made contributions to the fields of physiology, philosophy of science and mathematics. Editor(s): Cahan, David. Series: California Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 704 pages, 12 photographs, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 50. Weight in Grams: 962.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520083349
ISBN
9780520083349
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 73.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 173 color illus. BIC Classification: FXZ; HPC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691168692
ISBN
9780691168692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.55

Hardcover. Series: Leonardo Book Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 54 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ8; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 12. .
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262035729
ISBN
9780262035729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 43.86

Paperback. Discovers the source of life and how it has developed into the wonder around us today. From ant-colonies to zinc mining, this book takes us on a journey around the world and from the top of the food-chain to the very chemicals of which we are made, and explores how the fate of humanity is in our own hands. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 195 x 13. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950739
ISBN
9780241950739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.82

Paperback. About 375 million people are infected with the hepatitis B virus. The discovery of this virus and the vaccine against it was one of the triumphs of twentieth-century medicine. This book describes how Baruch Blumberg and a team of researchers found a virus they were not looking for and created a vaccine for a disease they knew little about. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 table, 16 halftones, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: BG; MJJ; MMFM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691116235
ISBN
9780691116235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

Num Pages: 554 pages, 112 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 27. Weight in Grams: 589.
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
554
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486277400
ISBN
9780486277400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. Editor(s): Brier, Soren; Glanville, Ranulph. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Imprint Academic United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907845911
ISBN
9780907845911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.77

Hardback. Did you know that as you read these words showers of high-speed particles from exploding stars are raining down on you? This book reveals the startling ways life on Earth is touched by our cosmic environment, and demonstrates why without such contact, life itself wouldn't be possible. Num Pages: 264 pages, 54 halftones. 5 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691129464
ISBN
9780691129464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Hardback. Provides access to various paradoxes of the natural world. This book explains that some occur through the prevalence of pseudosciences such as astrology and UFO-logy and some enter the public conscience through the bad astronomy of science-fiction movies. It aims to present the reader with the methods for identifying and replacing incorrect ideas. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231116442
ISBN
9780231116442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.11
€ 79.73

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134307
ISBN
9780691134307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 204 x 39. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Broadway Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553446791
ISBN
9780553446791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through technology. The author focuses on a man who is permanently attached to assemblages of machines, devices, and collectivities of people: Stephen Hawking. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC; PD; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384. Stephen Hawking and the Anthropology of the Knowing Subject. 272 pages, 14 halftones. These days, the idea of the cyborg is less the stuff of science fiction and more a reality, as we are all, in one way or another, constantly connected, extended, wired, and dispersed in and through technology. The author focuses on a man who is permanently attached to assemblages of machines, devices, and collectivities of people: Stephen Hawking. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JHMC; PD; PH. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226522289
ISBN
9780226522289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.58

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