Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Hardcover. Leading scholars of Slavic, Russian, and Ukrainian national issues debate the history and place of Rusyns within East Central Europe. Editor(s): Rusinko, Elaine. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: D; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- East European Monographs United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880336451
- ISBN
- 9780880336451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.97€ 53.97
€ 68.97
€ 53.97
Hardcover. Illustrating that product marketing, patent litigation, and even ghostwriting pervaded natural history and medicine - the "big sciences" of the early modern era, this book argues that the growth of global trade during the Dutch Golden Age gave rise to an entrepreneurial network of transnational science. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 colour plates, 39 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ACQ; KCLT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226117744
- ISBN
- 9780226117744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.61
€ 46.99
€ 36.61
Paperback. A highly readable guide to the evolution of colour and vision in the natural world. BIC Classification: PDZ; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 231 x 15. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- The Natural History Museum
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780565093891
- ISBN
- 9780565093891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.71
€ 17.99
€ 13.71
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Temple Lodge Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906999230
- ISBN
- 9781906999230
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.81
€ 26.99
€ 23.81
Paperback. Saint Domingue (Haiti) was the world's richest colony in the eighteenth century and home to an active society of science - one of only three in the world at that time. This study of the colon raises questions about the relationship between science and society that historians of the colonial experience are grappling with today. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 figures, 4 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KJH; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226514673
- ISBN
- 9780226514673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Hardcover. A dazzling look at the artists working on the frontiers of science. Num Pages: 352 pages, 70 illustrations, 8 pages of color. BIC Classification: ACXJ; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393083361
- ISBN
- 9780393083361
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.13
€ 37.99
€ 32.13
Paperback. What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island? What happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids? Will we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 608 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- 9780241958681
- ISBN
- 9780241958681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.73
€ 17.99
€ 13.73
Hardback. Editor(s): Giere, Ronald N. Series: Minnesota Studies in Philosophy of Science S. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMR; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816619795
- ISBN
- 9780816619795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. What makes our species capable of thinking scientifically? Inspired by a debate between Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget, the author traces the development of natural history from Aristotle to Darwin, and shows how the science of plants and animals has emerged from common conceptions of folk-biology. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: JMR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 280 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521438711
- ISBN
- 9780521438711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00
€ 53.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 295 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; UYQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907845423
- ISBN
- 9780907845423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.60
€ 24.99
€ 24.60
Paperback. Builds an argument for evolutionary adaptation as the force behind all life on earth. Regarding evolution's complex achievements as peaks on a metaphorical mountain, this book reveals the ways in which the theory of natural selection can precisely explain the beautiful, bizarre and seemingly 'designed' complexity of living things. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141026176
- ISBN
- 9780141026176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Hardcover. Series: The Ladybird Expert Series. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 120 x 177 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718185855
- ISBN
- 9780718185855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Her interdisciplinary approach allows a deeper understanding of a time when exploration of the natural world was a culture-wide enchantment. Num Pages: 400 pages, 49, 49 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSA; DSBH; PDX; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405179
- ISBN
- 9781421405179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.28
€ 74.28
Paperback. Astounding revelations about a hitherto unknown civilization which predates the ancient Egyptians, with far-reaching implications Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. port. BIC Classification: HBA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Watkins Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907486098
- ISBN
- 9781907486098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Civil engineering produces the structures of all human settlements worldwide. In this Very Short Introduction, David Muir Wood demonstrates the nature and importance of civil engineering; not only in the history of civilization and urbanization, but its range of facets today, and its challenges for the future. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, Approx 18 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; TN; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 112 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199578634
- ISBN
- 9780199578634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.91
€ 13.99
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Hardback. This book seeks to explain why, among the innumerable problems faced by societies, some problems in some places become viewed as critical public issues that shape health policy. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; MBX; MJC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413020
- ISBN
- 9781421413020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.24€ 56.48
€ 61.24
€ 56.48
Paperback. This book seeks to explain why, among the innumerable problems faced by societies, some problems in some places become viewed as critical public issues that shape health policy. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; LNTJ; MBX; MJC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413037
- ISBN
- 9781421413037
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.55
€ 41.55
Paperback. This book, for the first time, describes the topic of chocolate as medicine from a historical perspective but also explores the benefits of cocoa, its positive health effects and the myths around why chocolate was thought to be bad for you. Num Pages: 213 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: MMG; PDX; TDCT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 12. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849734110
- ISBN
- 9781849734110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.37
€ 41.37
Hardcover. It is widely-believed that China's entrepreneur class has grown and their businesses are succeeding primarily due to their knowledge of the domestic market, quick adaptation to market changes, and their resourcefulness. But innovation? Forget about it. Well, not quite. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; KJD; KJH; PDG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470827963
- ISBN
- 9780470827963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.77
€ 41.99
€ 32.77
Hardback. Mathematicians and historians of mathematics and science will find in The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra new ways to conceptualize the intellectual development of linear algebra. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJH; PBF; PBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897559
- ISBN
- 9780801897559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.97€ 63.07
€ 68.97
€ 63.07