Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. Focuses on chessboard problems. From the Knight's Tour Problem and Queens Domination to their many variations, this work surveys the well-known problems in this surprisingly fertile area of recreational mathematics. Using visual language of graph theory, it guides the reader to the forefront of research in mathematics. Series: Princeton Puzzlers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 204 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZM; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154985
- ISBN
- 9780691154985
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Hardcover. In the early eighteenth century, the modern German word that would later mean "science," naturwissenschaft, was not even included in dictionaries. By 1850, however, the term was in use everywhere. This title follows the emergence of this important new category within German-speaking Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226667379
- ISBN
- 9780226667379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.40€ 49.52
€ 58.40
€ 49.52
Paperback. Explains how DNA works, what the Human Genome Project is, what these genetic technologies are and what they promise, and how they could disrupt our democratic society. This book is of interest to those who wish to learn more about the Human Genome Project and the genetic revolution that it may create. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDR; TCBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878406784
- ISBN
- 9780878406784
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Condition: New
€ 69.86
€ 69.86
Paperback. A movement emerges to challenge the tightening of intellectual property law around the world. Editor(s): Krikorian, Gaelle; Kapczynski, Amy. Num Pages: 646 pages, 61 b&w illus. BIC Classification: LNR; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 41. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 646
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951962
- ISBN
- 9781890951962
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.99
€ 36.99
€ 26.99
Hardback. Shows how to adapt democracy to advanced information technologies that can enhance political decision making and enable us to navigate the social rapids ahead. This title demonstrates how these technologies combine to address a problem as old as democracy itself - how to help citizens better evaluate the consequences of their political choices. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JPHV; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151021
- ISBN
- 9780691151021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.94
€ 45.99
€ 32.94
Paperback. Bestselling manifesto on how to improve the lives of the "bottom billion" through revolutions in technology. Num Pages: 432 pages, index, notes. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781451616835
- ISBN
- 9781451616835
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Condition: New
€ 14.00€ 12.05
€ 14.00
€ 12.05
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: PDN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556528224
- ISBN
- 9781556528224
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.61
€ 17.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. An exhilarating journey into the science of time, from Stonehenge to the Big Bang and beyond Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851689644
- ISBN
- 9781851689644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.37
€ 13.99
€ 11.37
Hardcover. The book is concerned with the theory, background, and practical use of transmission electron microscopes with lens correctors that can correct the effects of spherical aberration. The book also covers a comparison with aberration correction in the TEM and applications of analytical aberration corrected STEM in materials science and biology. Editor(s): Brydson, Rik. Series: Royal Microscopical Society. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470518519
- ISBN
- 9780470518519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.84
€ 69.84
Hardback. In A World From Dust, Ben McFarland brings together the latest genetic, chemical, mathematic, and geological evidence to tell the story of how life has evolved on this planet over billions of years. Num Pages: 336 pages, 42. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190275013
- ISBN
- 9780190275013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.14
€ 56.14
Hardback. An anthology that gathers together nearly one hundred selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing. Ranging from the late fifteenth to the late twentieth century, and drawing from books, newspapers, magazines, and websites, it includes recreational, classroom, and work mathematics; mathematical histories and biographies; and, more. Editor(s): Wardhaugh, Dr. Benjamin. Num Pages: 392 pages, 39 halftones. 19 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147758
- ISBN
- 9780691147758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.40€ 45.72
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€ 45.72
Paperback. This text shows how the structure and chemistry of the brain determine our perceptions, emotions and behaviour, and what we can do to shape its functions to our advantage. Ratey also analyses the ways in which things can go wrong, detailing causes and treatments for diseases including autism. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349112961
- ISBN
- 9780349112961
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. A provocative account of the astounding new answers to the most basic philosophical questions: where did the universe come from and how will it end? Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471112683
- ISBN
- 9781471112683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.57
€ 13.99
€ 10.57
Paperback. In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies - telegraphy, photography, cinematography - this title locates the reverberations of this 'perceptual moment' throughout culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226093192
- ISBN
- 9780226093192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.12
€ 36.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. This book provides an easily accessible introduction to the roles that values play in scientific research. It examines case studies from a wide variety of research areas, and it highlights multiple strategies for fostering engagement between stakeholders so that value influences can be identified and subjected to critical scrutiny. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190260811
- ISBN
- 9780190260811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.85
€ 65.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 55. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 2. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190232993
- ISBN
- 9780190232993
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.21
€ 65.21
Hardcover. Robison did much to educate the broader public in the natural sciences through his many contributions to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (3rd edition). David Brewster collected Robison's contributions to the Britannica and publishing them under the title, "A System of Mechanical Philosophy". Num Pages: 3000 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 269. Weight in Grams: 5216.
- Publisher
- Thoemmes
- Number of pages
- 3000
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843710745
- ISBN
- 9781843710745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 2,919.88€ 2,592.81
€ 2,919.88
€ 2,592.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBW; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168724
- ISBN
- 9780231168724
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.51
€ 33.99
€ 24.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 53 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JNU; PB; PDA; PHU; RNPG; YQM; YQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168731
- ISBN
- 9780231168731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.40
€ 25.99
€ 19.40
Hardback. In 1905 Albert Einstein produced breakthrough work in three major areas of physics (atoms and Brownian motion, quanta, and the special theory of relativity), followed, in 1916, by the general theory of relativity. This book develops the detail of the papers, including the mathematics, to guide the reader in working through them. Num Pages: 328 pages, 58 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 200 x 24. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199694037
- ISBN
- 9780199694037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.86
€ 70.86
Paperback. A concise, practical guide in statistical methods for experimental data handling; ideal for course use and a handy reference for researchers. Num Pages: 238 pages, 47 b/w illus. 12 tables 49 exercises. BIC Classification: PBC; PBT; PDE; TBJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334. 240 pages, 47 b/w illus. 12 tables 49 exercises. A concise, practical 2011 guide in statistical methods for experimental data handling; ideal for course use and a handy reference for researchers. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PBC; PBT; PDE; TBJ. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 12. Weight: 386.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521134927
- ISBN
- 9780521134927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.98
€ 35.99
€ 34.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 6. Weight in Grams: 127.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932236927
- ISBN
- 9781932236927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.06
€ 13.99
€ 12.06
paperback. A plain language style, worked examples and exercises help students to understand the foundations of computational physics and engineering. Num Pages: 216 pages, 73 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PB; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107479500
- ISBN
- 9781107479500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.30
€ 33.99
€ 32.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 884 pages, 165 line illustrations, 22 tables. BIC Classification: HBLC1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 884
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674823600
- ISBN
- 9780674823600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.34€ 186.07
€ 211.34
€ 186.07