Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. Tells the story of the 100-year quest to understand an ancient computer, the scientific artefact we have from antiquity. This title reveals a diverse cast of characters - ranging from Archimedes to Jacques Cousteau - and explores the roots of modern technology in Ancient Greece, the Islamic world and medieval Europe. Num Pages: 336 pages, col. Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA; PDX; PGZ; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099519768
- ISBN
- 9780099519768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Presents the basic approaches underlying Stafford Beera s thinking since the publication of his first book in 1959. Deals with a philosophy of science relevant to management and particularly with the nature of models. Demonstrates all major points through examples quoted of management science applications to industry and government. Series: Classic Beer Series. Num Pages: 568 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GPFC; KJT; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471948384
- ISBN
- 9780471948384
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Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Hardback. * Stiegler is one of the most original and important philosophers and cultural theorists in France today. * His work is at the interface of philosophy and technology, so would appeal not only to those studying Philosophy, but media and cultural studies, and literary studies. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JFFT; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745648095
- ISBN
- 9780745648095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.14
€ 71.14
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472915092
- ISBN
- 9781472915092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.22
€ 25.99
€ 19.22
Paperback. Freeman Dyson has designed nuclear reactors and bomb-powered spacecraft; he has studied the origins of life and the possibilities for the long-term future; Editor(s): Neuenschwander, Dwight E. Num Pages: 436 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789814675857
- ISBN
- 9789814675857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.41
€ 40.99
€ 38.41
Paperback. A renowned researcher vigorously challenges the anti-vaccine movement in this powerful defense of science in the face of fear. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465057962
- ISBN
- 9780465057962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.29
€ 19.99
€ 17.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 182 pages, figures, tables, references, index. BIC Classification: PBKS; PDE; TBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 242 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Gulf Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884150879
- ISBN
- 9780884150879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.61
€ 18.99
€ 17.61
Hardback. A cautionary tale of failed policies and corporate mismanagement that compellingly addresses previously unexplored issues of political ideology, organizational dynamics, and ethics, Days of Slaughter will appeal to readers everywhere who want a fuller explanation of what went awry in the US housing market. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JP; KCZ; KFFR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421933
- ISBN
- 9781421421933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78
Hardcover. Meredith Ray shows that women were at the vanguard of empirical culture during the Scientific Revolution. They experimented with medicine and alchemy at home and in court, debated cosmological discoveries in salons and academies, and in their writings used their knowledge of natural philosophy to argue for women's intellectual equality to men. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504233
- ISBN
- 9780674504233
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.00€ 51.85
€ 56.00
€ 51.85
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226416472
- ISBN
- 9780226416472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.21
€ 41.99
€ 32.21
Hardcover. Data Fitting in the Chemical Sciences Peter Gans, School of Chemistry, The University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Data fitting is a technique of central importance in modern experimental science. It is the means by which data is tested against a model of the experimental system, be it a theoretical or empirical model. Num Pages: 270 pages, references. BIC Classification: PDE; PDN; PN; UYAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471934127
- ISBN
- 9780471934127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 446.25
€ 446.25
Paperback. "Bruce Schneier's amazing book is the best overview of privacy and security ever written."-Clay Shirky Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; UBJ; UR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352177
- ISBN
- 9780393352177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.41
€ 18.99
€ 17.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 408 pages, 96 line illus. 7 tables. BIC Classification: GPH; PD; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 262 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1186.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169927
- ISBN
- 9780691169927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.44€ 71.25
€ 93.44
€ 71.25
Hardback. Offers an overview of the life and thought of Charles Darwin and his wide sphere of influence. This title illuminates the ways in which ideas of evolutionary biology have leapt the boundaries of science to influence philosophy, law, religion, literature, cinema, art, and popular culture. It contains more than a hundred essays. Num Pages: 496 pages, 378 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: GBC; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243767
- ISBN
- 9780520243767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.73€ 42.31
€ 53.73
€ 42.31
Paperback. An electrifying account of the extraordinary untold history behind Darwin's theory of evolution Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408831014
- ISBN
- 9781408831014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483864
- ISBN
- 9781611483864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.58
€ 136.58
hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRAB1; HRAM3; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PR United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190241025
- ISBN
- 9780190241025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.79
€ 77.79
Paperback. A collection of essays discussing the meaning and the philosophical implications of "Darwinism". The contributors to Darwinism and Philosophy are international scholars from the fields of philosophy, science, and history of ideas. Editor(s): Hosle, Vittorio; Illies, Christian. Num Pages: 416 pages, 19 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: DN; HP; JFCX; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268030735
- ISBN
- 9780268030735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.01
€ 26.99
€ 25.01
Paperback. * The acclaimed book on Darwin's life and work, from one of our best-known and loved scientists Num Pages: 352 pages, Integrated: 10, chapter heads. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Abacus London
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349121413
- ISBN
- 9780349121413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Argues that the theory of evolution can demystify the miracles of life without devaluing our most cherished beliefs. In this book, the author explores every aspect of evolutionary thinking to show why it is so fundamental to our existence, and why it affirms - not threatens - our convictions about the meaning of life. Num Pages: 592 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 408. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001955
- ISBN
- 9780140167344
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Launched the Intelligent Design movement: the argument that nature exhibits evidence of design, beyond Darwinian randomness. This book includes an afterword on the state of the debate. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes; index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780743290319
- ISBN
- 9780743290319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.85
€ 19.99
€ 17.85
Paperback. Reflections on science, culture, and society, by the acclaimed author of The Woods Hole Cantata and The Doctor with Two Heads Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004154
- ISBN
- 9780738205977
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Darwin's enormous cultural success depended as much on the construction of his argument and the artistry of his language as it did on the power of his ideas. By exploring Darwin as a writer as well as a scientist, this book transforms our understanding of him, giving us a Darwin who is comic rather than tragic and ebullient rather than austere. Num Pages: 272 pages, three black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199608430
- ISBN
- 9780199608430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.96
€ 44.96
Paperback. Countering the pervasive view that the facts of Darwin's world must lead to a disenchanting vision of it, the author shows that Darwin's ideas and the language of his books offer an alternative form of enchantment. He makes a case for an enchanted secularism - a commitment to the value of the natural world and the human striving to understand it. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136394
- ISBN
- 9780691136394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.08
€ 36.99
€ 27.08