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Paperback. Thought-provoking and controversial, Lawless Universe is a complement to, even an antidote for, books that create the misimpression that science can explain everything. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895814
ISBN
9780801895814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.32

Hardcover. The Radiation Laboratory in Berkeley, California, was the birthplace of particle accelerators, radioisotopes, and modern big science. This title presents the laboratory's history. It helps you learn how Ernest Lawrence used local and national technological, economic, and manpower resources to build the cyclotron. Series: California Studies in the History of Science. Num Pages: 648 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 40. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520064263
ISBN
9780520064263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.01
€ 52.70

Hardback. Lavishly illustrated with more than four hundred photographs, most in color, Leading the Way provides all those interested in the story of Johns Hopkins Medicine-even just the advances in medicine itself over the past twenty years-a lively and riveting account of how Hopkins remains in the forefront of medical education, research, and patient care. Num Pages: 416 pages, 430, 155 black & white halftones, 275 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; MBX; PDX; WQH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 307 x 234 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421406572
ISBN
9781421406572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.52

Hardcover. Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant artist, scientist, engineer, mathematician, architect, inventor, and even musician. But he was also a profoundly modern man. Not only did Leonardo invent the empirical scientific method, but Capra's study of Leonardo's notebooks reveals that he was a systems thinker centuries before the term was coined. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609949891
ISBN
9781609949891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.60

Hardcover. Provides an interactive, activities-based resource for those involved in the training of science teachers. Activities are directly related to classroom and laboratory planning, organisation and management and include a commentary for teachers, student notes and question and answer exercises. Editor(s): Monk, Martin. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNMT; JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 544. "Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-217) and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Martin Monk and Justin Dillon. xiii, 223 p. ill. 25 cm. Associated Names: Monk, Martin. Associated Names: Dillon, Justin. Publishers cloth. Fine clean copy in dw, as new." Keywords: "Subjects - Education & Languages - Education Studies & Teaching - Teaching - General,Subjects - Education & Languages - Education Studies & Teaching - Teaching - Methods & Training - Teacher Training,"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
RoutledgeFalmer Dublin, Ireland
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0160865
ISBN
9780750703857
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 73.14

Paperback. Discusses nonlinear problems in classical physics. This book describes the use of the multiple time scale expansion method to solve problems of nonlinear oscillations. It presents soliton solutions of the Korteweg de Vries, Sine-Gordon and Nonlinear Schrodinger equations. Series: Publications of the Scuola Normale Superiore / Crm Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 173 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
Edizioni della Normale
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788876422676
ISBN
9788876422676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.85

Paperback. .
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486664200
ISBN
9780486664200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Jansen, Axel; Franzmann, Andreas; Munte, Peter. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBTB; PDR; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 213 x 25. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Campus Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593504872
ISBN
9783593504872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.18
€ 44.62

Hardback. Leonardo's Giant Crossbow is one of his least understood drawings. This fascinating book offers the first in-depth account of its likely purpose and its highly resolved design. It presents original research and new discoveries about the giant crossbow. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; PBM; PDX; PDZ; TBD; UGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 307 x 219 x 16. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540689157
ISBN
9783540689157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.60

Paperback. A history of the relationship between technology and society over the past 500 years. Spanning the preindustrial past, the age of scientific, political, and industrial revolutions, as well as the more recent eras of imperialism, modernism, and global security, it evaluates what the author calls "the question of technology". Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 400 pages, 54, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421401539
ISBN
9781421401539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.04

Paperback. Subtitled 'The First Scientist', this new one-volume biography places science at the centre of Leonardo da Vinci's life and work Num Pages: 384 pages, Integrated: 30, integrated. BIC Classification: AGB; BG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 52. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349112749
ISBN
9780349112749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Hardback. The author of this fascinating volume was director-general of CERN during the crucial period of the collider's construction and recounts vividly the convoluted decision-making, technically challenging construction, and fruitful research at the facility. Num Pages: 211 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540893004
ISBN
9783540893004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.69

Num Pages: 344 pages, 93 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: PDR; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 290 x 35. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442239265
ISBN
9781442239265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.22

Paperback. The story of a man's obsession with whales, which takes him on a personal, historical and biographical journey - from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions whale-watching. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007230143
ISBN
9780007230143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.16

Paperback. Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician. This title explores the curious imagination of this man who filled his writings with problems, paradoxes, puzzles and teasing games of logic. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141016108
ISBN
9780141016108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.53

Paperback. Welsh Border architect David Wade has spent a lifetime gathering and organising the extraordinary families of surface patterns that nature throws up at every scale. In this book, illustrated by the author, we see branching patterns, animal spots, crack patterns and much, much more. Series: Mathemagical Ancient Wizdom. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 127 x 8. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Wooden Books
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904263548
ISBN
9781904263548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.24

Paperback. Thus does Dent, a little-known Supreme Court case, influence how Americans receive health care more than a hundred years after the fact. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LNTJ; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411422
ISBN
9781421411422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.88

Hardback. Thus does Dent, a little-known Supreme Court case, influence how Americans receive health care more than a hundred years after the fact. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LNTJ; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411415
ISBN
9781421411415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.72

Paperback. An exciting new edition of a classic text Series: Frontiers in Physics. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBF; PDE; PHP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Westview Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780738202334
ISBN
9780738202334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.66

Paperback. A magisterial exploration of the natural history of the first four thousand million years of life on and in the earth, by one of Britain's most dazzling science writers. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24pp illustrations. BIC Classification: PD; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Flamingo
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001336
ISBN
9780006384205
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 269 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRCV9; PDX; VXPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Regnery Faith
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621572824
ISBN
9781621572824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Focusing on the period from 1970s onwards, this is a study of the relationship between politics, economics, science, and cultural values in the United States. It demonstrates that the history of biotechnology cannot be understood without taking into account the simultaneous rise of neo-liberalism as a political force and an economic policy. Series: In Vivo - A Mclellan Book. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987910
ISBN
9780295987910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Describes the ten greatest inventions of life, including DNA, sex, sight and consciousness, based on their historical impact, role in living organisms and relevance to controversies. This book explains how these findings have come about, and the extent to which they can be relied upon. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861978189
ISBN
9781861978189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.11

Paperback. The debut of a female Steve Jones - likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book on the science of human survival. Num Pages: 352 pages, 80 b/w illus, With index. BIC Classification: MFG; MMR; PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Flamingo
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780006551256
ISBN
9780006551256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

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