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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

€ 94.05
€ 72.70

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

Paperback. John Waller describes the changing ideas concerning heredity from antiquity to the modern biological understanding, considering both the efforts over the centuries to identify the physiological mechanisms involved and how views of heredity have been used to justify or condemn inequalities of class, gender, and race. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 23 black and white images. BIC Classification: HBTB; PDX; PSAK. Dimension: 174 x 111. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198790457
ISBN
9780198790457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

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
€ 16.77

Hardback. Series: Springer Biographies. Num Pages: 284 pages, 96 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX; PHF; PHU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319148502
ISBN
9783319148502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.87

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
€ 30.78

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
€ 18.50

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
€ 29.15

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

€ 103.46
€ 79.12

Hardcover. With each methodology given its own chapter, this monograph is a thorough exploration of theories that can be used to find explicit formulas for heat kernels for both elliptic and sub-elliptic operators. The authors show just how diverse those methods are. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 436 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBKD; PBKF; PBKJ; PBMP; PBT; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 813.
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817649944
ISBN
9780817649944
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.58

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

€ 29.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: KCQ; MBN; MBNS; MMR; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319524450
ISBN
9783319524450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.07

Paperback. Burnham's sweeping narrative makes sense of medical practice, medical research, and human frailties and foibles, opening the door to a new understanding of our current concerns. Num Pages: 616 pages, 142, 99 black & white halftones, 43 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 858.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416083
ISBN
9781421416083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.51

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
€ 14.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 b/w photos. BIC Classification: PDZ; TJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 180 x 12. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556527791
ISBN
9781556527791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

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
€ 32.46

Hardcover. 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: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226522265
ISBN
9780226522265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.81
€ 88.52

Paperback. This book is designed to help researchers achieve success in funding their National Science Foundation (NSF) research proposals. The book discusses aspects of the proposal submission and review process that are not typically communicated to the research community. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 8. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118013984
ISBN
9781118013984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 22 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; VFMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 183 x 17. Weight in Grams: 574. The Hidden Language - Symbols, Secrets and Metaphors. 320 pages, 22 black and white illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDA; VFMG. Dimension: 235 x 183 x 17. Weight: 562.
Publisher
Timeless Books,U.S.
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
20Anniversary Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932018134
ISBN
9781932018134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.95

Paperback. What is happiness? What makes us happy? Why do we strive for happiness? And how might we achieve it? Daniel Nettle explores the origins and purpose of our pursuit of happiness, and uses the results of recent psychological studies to find answers to these questions and more. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones and figures. BIC Classification: JMM; JMR; PDZ; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 121 x 15. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192805591
ISBN
9780192805591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.08

Paperback. Discover more about the world of science through fun DIY science activities using easy-to-find, everyday materials. Editor(s): Kellett, Sarah; Shaw, David; Kovac, Kath. Num Pages: 128 pages, Full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: PD; YNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 210. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing Australia
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781486306145
ISBN
9781486306145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.62

Hardback. Dealing with each aspect of the philosophy of medicine, this handbook provides a readership ranging from physicians to policymakers with authoritative coverage of everything from core philosophical questions to the latest thinking on the use of technology. Editor(s): Schramme, Thomas; Edwards, Steven. Num Pages: 1144 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 224 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1944.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
1144
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401786874
ISBN
9789401786874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 686.04

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