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Science: general issues
Paperback. Moving from ancient Miletus to medieval Baghdad to Oxford, and from the Museum of Alexandria to the Royal Society of London, the author shows that the scientists of the past not only did not understand what we understand about the world - they did not understand what there is to understand. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141980874
- ISBN
- 9780141980874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
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€ 11.14
Paperback. Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803245211
- ISBN
- 9780803245211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.99
€ 24.99
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hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851244297
- ISBN
- 9780851244297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.73
€ 26.99
€ 23.73
Paperback. Explores the hidden dimensions of time, looking at everything from when the present becomes the past to the tribe that see the future backwards, from when sex is best to why the years seem to speed by as we age. This book reveals how we can learn to live in harmony with the secret clock within us, altering our perceptions to transform our lives. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276. Well-read paperback in good condition. Some shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KRF0021737
- ISBN
- 9780141034638
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Drawing on the research from psychology, neuroscience and biology, this book delves into the mysteries of time perception. It shows us how to manage time more efficiently, why it speeds up as you get older and, ultimately, how to use the warping of time to our own advantage. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMRP; PDZ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 27. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847677914
- ISBN
- 9781847677914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Argues that time travel fiction is a narrative "laboratory," a setting for thought experiments in which essential theoretical questions about storytelling are represented in the form of literal devices and plots Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823249978
- ISBN
- 9780823249978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.25
€ 37.99
€ 34.25
Paperback. One of the world's most outstanding astrophysicists provides a state-of-the-art investigation into the possibility of time travel. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 Diagram(s),15 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753813492
- ISBN
- 9780753813492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. If you ever wanted to set up the latest and greatest grandfather paradox-or just wanted to know if the time-bending events in the latest pulp you read could ever happen-then this book is for you. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400822
- ISBN
- 9781421400822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.92
€ 32.99
€ 27.92
Paperback. Using no math beyond high school algebra, the authors lay out an approachable explanation of Einstein's special relativity, then move through the fundamental differences between traveling forward and backward in time and the surprising theoretical connection between going back in time and traveling faster than the speed of light. Num Pages: 278 pages, 33 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226045481
- ISBN
- 9780226045481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 20.31
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Paperback. Nothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life as a succession of moments. But just as some of us see God as eternal, so physicists understand the truths of mathematics and the laws of nature as constant, transcending time. This book explains how the true nature of time impacts on us, our world, and our universe. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: PDZ; PG; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046525
- ISBN
- 9780141046525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
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Paperback. In this richly illustrated book, Nobel Laureate Gerard 't Hooft and Theoretical Physicist Stefan Vandoren describe the enormous diversity of natural phenomena that take place at different time scales. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 270 x 14. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814489812
- ISBN
- 9789814489812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.79
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Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268040598
- ISBN
- 9780268040598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 53.00
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Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 253 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Crossway Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581342413
- ISBN
- 9781581342413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.05
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Paperback. In Timaeus Plato attempts to describe and explain the structure of the universe: the creator god, the elements, the lower gods, the stars, and men. The companion piece, Critias, is the origin of the story of Atlantis, the lost empire defeated by ancient Athenians. This is the clearest translation yet of these crucial ancient texts. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, c. 20 black and white diagrams. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPJ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192807359
- ISBN
- 9780192807359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
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Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Mathematics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: PB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486469812
- ISBN
- 9780486469812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.46€ 38.93
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Hardcover. Contents: "Introduction"," Bibliography"On the Sects for BeginnersAn Outline of EmpiricismOn Medical Experience"Index of the Persons"" Mentioned in the Texts""Index of the Subjects"" Mentioned in the Texts" Translator(s): Walzer, R.; Frede, M. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915145911
- ISBN
- 9780915145911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.46€ 43.08
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€ 43.08
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780915145928
- ISBN
- 9780915145928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.67
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€ 19.67
Paperback. If scientists can't touch the Sun, how do they know what it's made of? And if we can't see black holes, how can we be confident they exist? From the Sun and black holes, the authors lead us further into the unknown, to the dark matter and energy that pervade our universe, where science teeters on the edge of theory and discovery. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226283487
- ISBN
- 9780226283487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.34
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Paperback. Editor(s): Brier, Soren. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907845935
- ISBN
- 9780907845935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.61
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Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 204
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319025049
- ISBN
- 9783319025049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.56€ 38.61
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Paperback. Over 150 of the world's leading scientists and thinkers offer their choice of the ideas, and arguments. Every year the author sets them a question, this year that question was: What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody's Cognitive Toolkit? In this book, their answers are collected and explores philosophy, psychology, and other disciplines. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552778480
- ISBN
- 9780552778480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.96
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Paperback. Series: Edge Question Series. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 41. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062374349
- ISBN
- 9780062374349
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.13
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Paperback. This introduction to the philosophy of technology discusses its sources and uses. Tracing the changing meaning of "technology" from ancient times to the modern day, it identifies two important traditions of critical analysis of technology: the engineering approach and the humanities approach. Num Pages: 410 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: PDA; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226531984
- ISBN
- 9780226531984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.67
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Paperback. This volume aims to help the reader acquire a sense of what philosophy is, how it began, why it persists, and how it is related to other fields of study, especially science. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219354
- ISBN
- 9780631219354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.90
€ 44.99
€ 44.90