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Paperback. Offers an introduction to the world of women and men who did the hard computational labor of science. This book tells us about the surveyors of the French Revolution, describes the calculating machines of Charles Babbage, and guides readers through the Great Depression to marvel at the giant computing room of the Works Progress Administration. Num Pages: 424 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX; TBX; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133829
- ISBN
- 9780691133829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Hardback. When China Goes to the Moon.. Series: Studies in Space Policy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JPS; KNGV; PDN; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 695.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319194721
- ISBN
- 9783319194721
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.49
€ 195.49
Paperback. Examines the proliferation of surveillance technologies - such as facial recognition software and digital fingerprinting - that have come to pervade our everyday lives. This book focuses on the ways that the technologies reinforce distinctions of race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, and nationality. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 photos, 11 figures. BIC Classification: JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822351351
- ISBN
- 9780822351351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. Why do so many gamblers risk it all when they know the odds of winning are against them? Why do they believe dice are 'hot' in a winning streak? Why do we expect heads on a coin toss after several flips have turned up tails? This book takes a look at the mathematics, history, and psychology of gambling to reveal various misconceptions about luck. Num Pages: 296 pages, 35 halftones. 10 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; WDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138909
- ISBN
- 9780691138909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Paperback. More than fifty well-known chemists present themselves, their research and their favorite dish, faithful to the Lichtenberg motto "He who knows nothing but chemistry does not know chemistry either" The leading organic chemists are represented, giving a list of the top names in the field. Editor(s): Bell, Hubertus P.; Feuerstein, Tim; Guntner, Carlos E.; Holsken, Soren; Lohmann, Jan Klaas. Series: Erlebnis Wissenschaft. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations, diagrams. BIC Classification: PDZ; PN; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Germany
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 243
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783527326211
- ISBN
- 9783527326211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.95
€ 32.99
€ 27.95
Hardcover. This unique exploration of biodiversity breaks down the distinctions between science and economics, dissenting from the prevailing view in challenging the widely cherished assumptions that underpin the seemingly unassailable arguments of environmentalists. Series: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics. Num Pages: 575 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; RNCB; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 35. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 489
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400739901
- ISBN
- 9789400739901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 374.64
€ 374.64
Paperback. 'Brilliant and fascinating. No one is better at making the recondite accessible and exciting' Bill Bryson Britain's most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007576593
- ISBN
- 9780007576593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; PDA; PDX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048159253
- ISBN
- 9789048159253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.20
€ 194.20
Hardback. On an explicit level, there was a progressive rejection of the traditional metaphysical approach to the foundations of mechanics. This was accompanied by profound conceptual changes in mechanics, away from force conceived as a substance, like water, and toward force conceived as a relationship between the elements in a structure of space and time. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002335
- ISBN
- 9781402002335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.87
€ 199.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: JMR; PDR; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062425652
- ISBN
- 9780062425652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Introduces the reader to the process of scientific thinking. Starting with historical examples, this book leads readers through the events, experiments, blind alleys, and thoughts of scientists in the midst of discovery and invention. It shows how scientists use a small number of powerful yet simple methods to construct realistic models. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691095509
- ISBN
- 9780691095509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. This book covers topics ranging from mathematical problems in specific areas to mathematical strategy that helps a leader who must weigh many issues and make timely decisions, to the ways that mathematical literacy helps ensure quality control. Editor(s): Giga, Yoshikazu; Kobayashi, Toshiyuki. Num Pages: 146 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PBWH; PDE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Number of pages
- 146
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431546818
- ISBN
- 9784431546818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.95
€ 70.95
Paperback. This book contains essays by Ernst Mayr, the most eminent evolutionary biologist of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDA; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521700344
- ISBN
- 9780521700344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.64
€ 42.64
Paperback. A new edition of a classic text in the philosophy of science illuminating the major developments in the field. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- OPEN UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Number of pages
- 316
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780335262786
- ISBN
- 9780335262786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.93
€ 43.99
€ 43.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Borsen, Tom; Botin, Lars. Num Pages: 483 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; PD; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Publisher
- Aalborg University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788771121230
- ISBN
- 9788771121230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 39.18
€ 53.99
€ 39.18
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 41 figures. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231167260
- ISBN
- 9780231167260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
paperback. What Is Nanotechnology and Why Does It Matter? provides a balanced understanding of this important emerging technology and the social and ethical issues that come from it. The text starts with an introduction to the science of nanotechnology, and attends to basic issues and principles needed to evaluate nanotechnology's impact. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFMG; PDA; TBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405175449
- ISBN
- 9781405175449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.41
€ 46.41
paperback. Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107604667
- ISBN
- 9781107604667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.26
€ 22.26
Paperback. Seventy years ago, Erwin Schrodinger posed a profound question: 'What is life, and how did it emerge from non-life?' Scientists have puzzled over it ever since. Addy Pross uses insights from the new field of systems chemistry to show how chemistry can become biology, and that Darwinian evolution is the expression of a deeper physical principle. Series: Oxford Landmark Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PN; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198784791
- ISBN
- 9780198784791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.47
€ 16.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. In a series of essays, philosophers and medical ethicists debate and discuss the concept of disease. Christopher Boorse re-examines his founding definition from 20 years ago of disease as a value-free scientific concept. Editor(s): Humber, James M.; Almeder, Robert F. Series: Biomedical Ethics Reviews. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MJW; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 240 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896033528
- ISBN
- 9780896033528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.56
€ 129.56