Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. From December 1811 to February 1812, massive earthquakes shook the middle Mississippi Valley, collapsing homes, snapping large trees midtrunk, and briefly but dramatically reversing the flow of the continent's mightiest river. This book reminds the major environmental disaster, demonstrating how events that have been long forgotten, and more. Num Pages: 472 pages, 22 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273754
- ISBN
- 9780226273754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.68
€ 42.68
Hardcover. Weaves together scientific and historical evidence to demonstrate the vast role the New Madrid earthquakes played in the United States in the early nineteenth century, shaping the settlement patterns of early western Cherokees and other Indians, heightening the credibility of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa for their Indian League in the War of 1812. Num Pages: 480 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226053899
- ISBN
- 9780226053899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Paperback. Long before GPS and Google Earth, humans traveled vast distances using environmental clues and simple instruments. What is lost when technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way? Illustrated with 200 drawings, this narrative part treatise, part travelogue, and part navigational history brings our own world into sharper view." Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088078
- ISBN
- 9780674088078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.77
€ 37.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 536 pages, maps. BIC Classification: PDX; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821411926
- ISBN
- 9780821411926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.55
€ 50.55
Hardback. We've always measured the world around us, from how big things are, to how fast they go, how much they're worth and practically everything in between. But who decided how we do it, and why? Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PDDM; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 206 x 22. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782436287
- ISBN
- 9781782436287
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.45
€ 17.45
Everything that lives will die. That's the fundamental fact of life. But not everyone dies at the same age. A giant fungus found in Michigan has been alive since the Ice Age, while a dragonfly lives but four months. What accounts for these variations? This book takes you on a tour through the scientific study of longevity and aging. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226757896
- ISBN
- 9780226757896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.42
€ 37.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2 halftones. 41 line illus. 25 tables. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176000
- ISBN
- 9780691176000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.84
€ 19.99
€ 17.84
Paperback. First published in English in 1959, Karl Popper's "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" revolutionized contemporary thinking about science and knowledge and is one of the most widely read books about science written in the 20th century. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HPL; PDA; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415278447
- ISBN
- 9780415278447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.29
€ 29.99
€ 25.29
Hardback. String theory has been called the 'theory of everything'. It seeks to describe all the fundamental forces of nature. It encompasses gravity and quantum mechanics in one unifying theory. This title presents an introduction to one of the most talked-about areas of physics. Series: Science Essentials. Num Pages: 184 pages, 21 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691142890
- ISBN
- 9780691142890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.84
€ 19.99
€ 17.84
Hardcover. This volume details the application of molecular simulation to the liquid state. Series: Wiley Tutorial Series in Theoretical Chemistry. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; PHFC; PHM; UGK; UYAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471977162
- ISBN
- 9780471977162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 579.74
€ 579.74
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KLN0017642
- ISBN
- 9781408702215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- SKU
- KLN0017641
- ISBN
- 9781408702215
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. With its crucial role in the development of European astronomy, as well as the physical sciences under Islam and in Jewish culture, this book contains an important episode in Islamic intellectual history, Jewish civilization, and the history of astronomy. Translator(s): Morrison, Robert G. Series: Berkeley Series in Postclassical Islamic Scholarship. Num Pages: 410 pages, 79 b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520287990
- ISBN
- 9780520287990
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.24
€ 129.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 24000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691635910
- ISBN
- 9780691635910
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.61
€ 235.61
Paperback. The Life of the Cosmos offers a theory of the universe that is radically different from anything proposed before. It departs from contemporary physicists to explore the idea that the laws of nature may be the partial result of a process of natural selection that occurred before the Big Bang. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195126648
- ISBN
- 9780195126648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.88
€ 27.99
€ 26.88
Paperback. In this text, Angela N.H. Creager introduces the reader to the plant virus that taught much of what we know about all viruses, including the lethal ones, and that also played a crucial role in the development of molecular biology. Num Pages: 398 pages, 30 halftones, 31 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDX; PSGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226120263
- ISBN
- 9780226120263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36
Hardcover. Num Pages: 285 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; BGH; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934223508
- ISBN
- 9780934223508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.26
€ 127.26
paperback. In 1715 the German philosopher Leibniz warned his friend the Princess of Wales of the dangers posed to religion by Newton's ideas. The matter was referred to Newtonian scholar Samuel Clarke and thus began an exchange of papers that became a seminal document in the philosophy of science. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Light pencil underscoring, all pages intact and remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0036653
- ISBN
- 9780719006692
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Hardcover. The Principle of Least Action underlies all physics and leads into quantum mechanics and Einstein's Relativity. There are some textbooks that do the calculations, and one book with nice pictures, but no book (before this one) that explains what 'action' is, and why nature follows this principle. Num Pages: 272 pages, 52. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198743040
- ISBN
- 9780198743040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.40
€ 54.40
Hardback. In this text, Stanley Aronowitz argues for the decline of "the job" as the backbone of American society. New economic and global technological changes have enabled an emerging culture of cynicism between workers and their employers that threatens social stability and well-being. Series: Critical Perspectives Series: A Book Series Dedicated to Paulo Freire. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFS; JHBL; JNA; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742509757
- ISBN
- 9780742509757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.70
€ 31.99
€ 28.70