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Science: general issues
Paperback. What is superstring theory and why is it important? Can superstrings offer the fulfilment of Einstein's lifelong dream of a Theory of Everything? Co-authored by one of the leading pioneers in superstrings, this book approaches these scientific questions, looking at the scientific research. Num Pages: 242 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: PD; PHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192861962
- ISBN
- 9780192861962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.55
€ 36.55
Paperback. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- BenBella Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781944648657
- ISBN
- 9781944648657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.63
€ 15.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. John D. Barrow addresses the questions that we ponder in our quest to discover the universe. Ranging from Big Science, and physics and cosmology in particular through life on other planets to issues of time and space, these essays provide a introduction to scientific debate. Num Pages: 292 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192880413
- ISBN
- 9780192880413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.65
€ 34.65
Paperback. Editor(s): Barley, Stephen R.; Orr, Julian E. Series: Collection on Technology and Work. Num Pages: 280 pages, 21. BIC Classification: KCF; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- ILR Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483660
- ISBN
- 9780801483660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.60
€ 46.99
€ 41.60
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Vollbrecht, Erich. Series: Forschungsberichte Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Num Pages: 137 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBW; PDDM; TJFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Number of pages
- 137
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531023229
- ISBN
- 9783531023229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.13
€ 68.13
Paperback. Covers the scientific inquiry-from biochemistry, physics, and astronomy, to genetics, evolutionary theory, and cognition. This title provides a comprehensive overview of the 2012 year's scientific developments. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062117915
- ISBN
- 9780062117915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.56
€ 15.99
€ 14.56
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 114 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 6. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322985392
- ISBN
- 9783322985392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.88
€ 67.88
This is the first full English translation of Bernard Bolzano's masterwork, the Theory of Science (1837)-a monumental and revolutionary study in logic, epistemology, heuristics, and scientific methodology. Each volume includes an introduction which illuminates the historical context of Bolzano's work and its continuing relevance. Translator(s): George, Rolf; Rusnock, Paul. Num Pages: 2044 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPL; PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 130. Weight in Grams: 3616.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 2044
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199684380
- ISBN
- 9780199684380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 786.91
€ 786.91
Paperback. John Polkinghorne, theoretical physicist and theologian, explores the possibilities of believing in God in an age of science. In this study, Polkinghorne focuses on the collegiality between science and theology, contending that the inquiries of these "intellectual cousins" are parallel. Series: The Terry Lectures. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; PDA; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300099492
- ISBN
- 9780300099492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.07
€ 10.99
€ 10.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: MBN; PDZ; VFD; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846685828
- ISBN
- 9781846685828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.69
€ 14.99
€ 11.69
Hardback. The author illustrates in non-technical terms how physicists hope to identify the nature of the mysterious form of matter that goes under the name of dark matter, and that seems to permeate the Universe. Num Pages: 192 pages, 48 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199683086
- ISBN
- 9780199683086
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.55
€ 55.55
paperback. Galileo's trial for heresy in 1633 before the Roman Inquisition is one of the most frequently mentioned topics in the history of science. This book focuses on the church's official theological position against Galileo. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; HRAM3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780268022105
- ISBN
- 9780268022105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.49
€ 6.49
Paperback. On May 11, 1997, as millions worldwide watched a stunning victory unfold on television, a machine shocked the chess world by defeating the defending world champion, Garry Kasparov. This book reveals the inside story of what happened behind the scenes at the two historic Deep Blue vs. Kasparov matches. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 line illus. 10 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; UYQ; WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118185
- ISBN
- 9780691118185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.41
€ 54.99
€ 39.41
Paperback. David Ehrenfeld ranges far and wide in this book to provide a coherent vision of our relationship with Nature - its many aspects and implications - as our century opens into the next millenium. He warns of our heedless destruction of our environment and proposes solutions for a new era. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0012683
- ISBN
- 9780195096378
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
paperback. Series: Briefings. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: PD; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714529707
- ISBN
- 9780714529707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.31
€ 13.99
€ 13.31
Hardback. Explores the notion of yellowness and shows that this label originated not in early travel texts or objective descriptions, but in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific discourses on race. This title weaves together multiple narratives to tell the complex history of a problematic term. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 color illus. 16 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFC; JFSL; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140315
- ISBN
- 9780691140315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.66€ 51.06
€ 64.66
€ 51.06
Paperback. Presents the investigation that the renowned cultural theorist and mathematician Brian Rotman began in his previous books Signifying Nothing and Ad Infinitum ..the Ghost in Turing's Machine: exploring certain signs and the conceptual innovations and subjectivities that they facilitate or foreclose. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342007
- ISBN
- 9780822342007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Hardback. A fun foray of escapism grounded in sound science, Becoming Batman provides the background for attaining the realizable-though extreme-level of human performance that would allow you to be a superhero. Num Pages: 320 pages, 55, 4 black & white halftones, 51 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MFGV; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890635
- ISBN
- 9780801890635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.04
€ 31.99
€ 27.04
hardcover. Not all scientific explanations work by describing causal connections between events or the world's overall causal structure. In addition, mathematicians regard some proofs as explaining why the theorems being proved do in fact hold. This book proposes new philosophical accounts of many kinds of non-causal explanations in science and mathematics. Series: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 512 pages, 56. BIC Classification: HPJ; PBB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 182 x 39. Weight in Grams: 826.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780190269487
- ISBN
- 9780190269487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.08
€ 127.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9. BIC Classification: HPN; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486258
- ISBN
- 9780801486258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.08
€ 38.99
€ 35.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 66 color illus. 64 line illus. BIC Classification: PBM; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 229. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175881
- ISBN
- 9780691175881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.93
€ 33.99
€ 24.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, diagrams, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSBH; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- International Scholars Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781573093279
- ISBN
- 9781573093279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.96
€ 65.96
Hardcover. Offers a treatment of Bayesian survival analysis. This book addresses various topics, including parametric models, semiparametric models based on prior processes, proportional and non-proportional hazards models, frailty models, cure rate models, model selection and comparison, and joint models for longitudinal and survival data. Series: Springer Series in Statistics. Num Pages: 480 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 168 x 242 x 35. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Corrected
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387952772
- ISBN
- 9780387952772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 246.44
€ 246.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 302 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 57 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: MZ; PDE; PSA; PSVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319542737
- ISBN
- 9783319542737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.27
€ 150.27