Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. In the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass produce synthetic steroid hormones. This book features the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and collided over the barbasco. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNDP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822346050
- ISBN
- 9780822346050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.33
€ 39.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books United States
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591027713
- ISBN
- 9781591027713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Hardback. John von Neumann (1903-1957) was undoubtedly one of the scientific geniuses of the 20th century. This volume embraces both historical and systematic analyses of his methodology of mathematical physics, and of the various aspects of his work in the foundations of quantum physics. Editor(s): Redei, Miklos; Stoltzner, Michael. Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792368120
- ISBN
- 9780792368120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.31
€ 192.31
Hardback. Series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Num Pages: 555 pages, 151 black & white illustrations, 111 colour illustrations, 50 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGT; HBJM; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1153.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2018
- Number of pages
- 555
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319445205
- ISBN
- 9783319445205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.36
€ 211.36
Paperback. This book is about Elizabethan England's most famous 'scientist' or natural philosopher John Dee and his 'conversations with angels'. Num Pages: 268 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HRQM2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521027489
- ISBN
- 9780521027489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 35.12
€ 35.99
€ 35.12
Paperback. Remembered today for his 'Brief Lives', John Aubrey (1626-97) was one of the foremost scholars and antiquaries in the great decades of the British scientific revolution. This richly illustrated book is the first accessible guide to Aubrey's many diverse achievements as a biographer, antiquary, mathematician, and all-round virtuoso. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 183 x 10. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243198
- ISBN
- 9781851243198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Hardback. A unique account of Thomas Jefferson's passion for science, the influence of science on his vision for America, and the amazing extent of his scientific contributions Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300184037
- ISBN
- 9780300184037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43
Hardback. Contains a representative selection of work by Japanese philosophers of science concerned with major issues of late 20th century world interest: epistemology of natural science, philosophy of mind and especially of perception, the logic of inference and of time, causality and evolution. Editor(s): Nagasaka, Francis Gen-Ichiro. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792347811
- ISBN
- 9780792347811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.25
€ 122.25
Paperback. This book is about the development of psychoanalysis and modern subjectivity in Japan, and addresses three key questions: 'Why is there psychoanalysis in Japan?', 'What do we learn about Japan from its own forms of analysis?', and 'What do we learn about ourselves from Japan?' Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349353200
- ISBN
- 9781349353200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.80
€ 120.80
Hardback. James Watt: Making the World Anew is a craft history of Britain's early industrial transformation as well as a prehistory of the engineering profession itself. Num Pages: 256 pages, 70 black & white. BIC Classification: BGT; PDZ; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780233758
- ISBN
- 9781780233758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.58
€ 40.99
€ 28.58
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1935
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663030034
- ISBN
- 9783663030034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.40
€ 69.40
Hardcover. A study of two bridges between science and society: governmental science policy and scientists' voluntary public-interest associations. Num Pages: 239 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHM; JPQB; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Massachusetts
- Number of pages
- 239
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- y First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227929
- ISBN
- 9780262194716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. * An engaging, accessible and fascinating look at science's 'best bits' by popular comedian and particle physicist Ben Miller Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780751545005
- ISBN
- 9780751545005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.64
€ 14.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. Reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This book is suitable for intellectually curious readers of various kinds, including professional physicists. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 halftones. 43 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141275
- ISBN
- 9780691141275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Michael O'Mara Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782430674
- ISBN
- 9781782430674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.42
€ 17.99
€ 17.42
Paperback. Equations lie at the heart of many of the most successful scientific theories. Here, scientists unpack the best known equations so that they become understandable, and we are enlightened by a knowledge of how it was arrived at, what it can do and what remains to be understood about it. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781862075559
- ISBN
- 9781862075559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Paperback. Includes military, scientific, commercial, and infrastructure disasters such as: The Lead water pipes of Rome; Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse; Edison's electrical folly; Betamax; Concorde crash; Hubble - A $2 billion telescope that didn't work; the Mars probe failures due to simple math mistakes; Cold Fusion; and, Ford Pinto. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 22. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061358432
- ISBN
- 9780061358432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.20
€ 19.99
€ 15.20
Hardback. In this volume of philosophical and scientific essays, 24 authors from a dozen countries, East and West, explore issues in the theoretical practices of the sciences, with particular attention to theoretical physics. The volume is dedicated to the Bulgarian philosopher of science, Azarya Polikarov. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 420 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792344445
- ISBN
- 9780792344445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.33
€ 66.33
Paperback / so. Series: Forschungsberichte Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Num Pages: 60 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 141.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 60
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531025681
- ISBN
- 9783531025681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.82
€ 56.82
Paperback. Series: Science Paperbacks. Num Pages: 382 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412212703
- ISBN
- 9780412212703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.27
€ 64.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNC; 3JF; PDZ; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 2. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781252666
- ISBN
- 9781781252666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.70
€ 14.99
€ 11.70
Paperback. From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; JHM; PDZ; PSX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Picador USA
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330526104
- ISBN
- 9780330526104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. This introduction to the physical sciences and engineering of the Islamic world is the first to trace the full extent of the Muslim scientific achievement in the period 750-1500. It describes how Muslim scientists and engineers contributed enormously to the technology of medieval Europe. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 halftones, 52 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; JFSR2; PD; TB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604555
- ISBN
- 9780748604555
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.31
€ 38.99
€ 35.31
Paperback. Examines the significance of scientific knowledge and situates the culture of science in relation to other cultural forces in Muslim societies. This title traces the ways in which the realms of scientific knowledge and religious authority were delineated historically. Series: The Terry Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 line-drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRH; PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300177718
- ISBN
- 9780300177718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86