Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
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
€ 21.99€ 18.44
€ 21.99
€ 18.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: JMH; JMP; MMH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590173848
- ISBN
- 9781590173848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.99
€ 23.99
€ 20.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDA; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231156394
- ISBN
- 9780231156394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.78
€ 44.78
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
€ 19.52
€ 19.52
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€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Series: Edge Question Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFR; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061899676
- ISBN
- 9780061899676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.38
€ 17.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 figures. BIC Classification: JFCA; PDR; UBJ; UDBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 231 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262529877
- ISBN
- 9780262529877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.37
€ 21.99
€ 19.37
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€ 13.44
€ 16.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 227 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370. A Journey Through Portals, Relativity, Worm Holes, and Other Adventures in Time Travel. 224 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ. Dimension: 150 x 227 x 14. Weight: 372.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9781601631503
- ISBN
- 9781601631503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.66
€ 17.99
€ 17.66
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
€ 36.99€ 28.64
€ 36.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. Argues that taking on some of the characteristics of plants will help us and our relationship to our world. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- SteinerBooks, Inc
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584201434
- ISBN
- 9781584201434
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.33
€ 26.99
€ 20.33
Paperback. Mathematical savant and bestselling author of BORN ON A BLUE DAY, this is Tammet's engaging and personal exploration of what numbers can teach us about our lives and minds. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444737448
- ISBN
- 9781444737448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
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€ 11.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; TBX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780748641
- ISBN
- 9781780748641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.37
€ 15.99
€ 12.37
paperback. A guide to exploring the world of maths. Starting with simple numbers and algebra, it goes on to deal with inconceivably big numbers in more dimensions than you ever knew existed. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM; WDKN; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141975863
- ISBN
- 9780141975863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
Paperback. The laws of thermodynamics happen to be an extremely powerful tool for understanding the objects of holomorphic dynamical systems. This book develops a 'thermodynamic formalism', bringing together notions that are a priori unrelated. It describes this formalism both from the physical and mathematical point of view. Series: SMF/AMS Texts & Monographs. Num Pages: 82 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PDE; PHH; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 6. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Amer Mathematical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821819487
- ISBN
- 9780821819487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.28
€ 34.28
Includes Whewell's seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill's theory), arguments for his realist view that science discovers necessary truths about nature, and exercises in the epistemology and ontology of science. This book sets forth a coherent statement of a historically important philosophy of science. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Second Edition,2
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872200838
- ISBN
- 9780872200838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.94€ 44.26
€ 55.94
€ 44.26
Paperback. Includes Whewell's seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill's theory), arguments for his realist view that science discovers necessary truths about nature, and exercises in the epistemology and ontology of science. This book sets forth a coherent statement of a historically important philosophy of science. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 369
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Second Edition,2
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872200821
- ISBN
- 9780872200821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.14
€ 32.99
€ 24.14
Paperback. Series: Simple Guides S. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 114 x 12. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Kuperard
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857334951
- ISBN
- 9781857334951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Paperback. John Losee looks at rejected scientific theories through an analysis of case studies from the history of science. Each excerpt is of sufficient length to make clear the particular evaluative problem under consideration, and each discussion of scientific evaluative practice includes what scientists and philosophers have written on the topic. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822958734
- ISBN
- 9780822958734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.39
€ 68.39
Hardback. The ultimate Theodore Gray collection, Completely Mad Science collects every one of Gray's dramatic, visually spectacular, and ultimately enlightening scientific experiments-94 in all- into one complete volume. Num Pages: 408 pages, 550 colour photographs throughout. BIC Classification: PDN; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 210 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1146.
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316395083
- ISBN
- 9780316395083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.84
€ 33.99
€ 26.84