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Hardcover. Wittgenstein's Beetle and Other Classic Thought Experiments invites readers to participate actively in discovering the surprisingly powerful and fruitful tradition of "thought experiments.". Num Pages: 152 pages, 10. BIC Classification: HPM; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121910
- ISBN
- 9781405121910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.89
€ 106.89
Num Pages: 304 pages, 19 illus. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPM; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199917648
- ISBN
- 9780199917648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.64
€ 120.64
Hardback. Brings us the story of Alan Davenport (1932-2009), the father of modern wind engineering, who investigated how wind navigates the obstacle course of the earth's natural and built environments - and how, when not properly heeded, wind causes buildings and bridges to teeter unduly, sway with abandon, and even collapse. Num Pages: 288 pages, 63 halftones. 20 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; TNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151533
- ISBN
- 9780691151533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Hardback. What are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? This book offers these probability puzzles. Num Pages: 256 pages, 28 line illus. 22 tables. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691156804
- ISBN
- 9780691156804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.00
€ 33.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473642713
- ISBN
- 9781473642713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Hardback. The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed. Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and, indeed, code-writing can now be done by smart machines. Series: New Human Frontiers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509509553
- ISBN
- 9781509509553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.96
€ 53.96
Paperback. The trend that began with ATMs and do-it-yourself checkouts is moving at lightning speed. Everything from driving to teaching to the care of the elderly and, indeed, code-writing can now be done by smart machines. Series: New Human Frontiers. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509509560
- ISBN
- 9781509509560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.80
€ 15.80
Hardcover. In late seventeenth-century London, the most provocative images were produced not by artists, but by scientists. This book reveals that these natural philosophers shaped Restoration London's emergent artistic cultures by forging collaborations with court painters, penning art theory, and designing triumphs of baroque architecture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 colour plates, 66 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; ACQ; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226017297
- ISBN
- 9780226017297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.39€ 51.57
€ 60.39
€ 51.57
Paperback. Physics has the reputation of being difficult to understand and remote from everyday life. This book presents a collection of physics demonstrations and experiments that prove that physics can, in fact, be 'made simple.' It uses 'low tech' and inexpensive materials from everyday life to make key principles of physics easy to understand. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 halftones 111 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PD; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691028873
- ISBN
- 9780691028873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781400048830
- ISBN
- 9781400048830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.45
€ 16.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 303 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sentient Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781591811800
- ISBN
- 9781591811800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.97
€ 26.99
€ 18.97
Paperback. Explores the inner reality of objects, the nature of consciousness and the power of the imagination. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD1; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- SteinerBooks, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584201212
- ISBN
- 9781584201212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Hardback. Why is the sky blue? Parents don't know what to say when their children ask. This illustrated work answers this ancient and surprisingly complex question. It takes the reader on a historical and scientific journey to show the various ways people in different times and places have explained why the sky looks blue. Translator(s): Stewart, John. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 color plates. 35 halftones. 76 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 169 x 28. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124537
- ISBN
- 9780691124537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on the role of size in biology. This title explores the universal impact of being the right size. By examining stories ranging from "Alice in Wonderland" to "Gulliver's Travels", it shows that humans have always been fascinated by things big and small. Num Pages: 176 pages, 35 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSA; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152332
- ISBN
- 9780691152332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.19
€ 19.99
€ 16.19
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560725312
- ISBN
- 9781560725312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.88€ 64.27
€ 82.88
€ 64.27
Paperback. Examines 100 extraordinary projects, theories and experiments that have been conducted in the name of science. From spider monkeys to human cyborgs, and from swimming in syrup to chaos theory, the author places each experiment and discovery in its scientific context. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 206 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500292006
- ISBN
- 9780500292006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 5.80
€ 11.99
€ 5.80
Paperback. Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does 'free will' really exist? And why is the penis shaped like that anyway? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: MFK; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552165792
- ISBN
- 9780552165792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.34
€ 23.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Floris Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780863159633
- ISBN
- 9780863159633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.67
€ 23.99
€ 17.67
Paperback. Why Evolution is True focuses on the hard evidence that proves evolution by natural selection to be a fact. Weaving together and explaining the latest discoveries and ideas from many disparate areas of modern science, this succinct and important book will leave no one with an open mind in any doubt about the truth-and the beauty-of evolution Num Pages: 336 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199230853
- ISBN
- 9780199230853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. Hypocrisy is the natural state of the human mind. This title shows us that the key to understanding our behavioral inconsistencies lies in understanding the mind's design. It explains the roots and implications of our inconsistent minds, and why it is perfectly natural to believe that everyone else is a hypocrite. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JMAQ; PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154398
- ISBN
- 9780691154398
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.56
€ 26.99
€ 20.56