Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 17.99
€ 13.11
![Frances Ashcroft - Life at the Extremes: [The Science of Survival] - 9780006551256 - V9780006551256](https://www.kennys.ie/products/thumbs/9780006551256.jpg "Frances Ashcroft - Life at the Extremes: [The Science of Survival] - 9780006551256 - V9780006551256")
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
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. Where did our search to understand life come from? And where will it take us? Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 250. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- SKU
- KRA0008550
- ISBN
- 9780349139906
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMN; PDX; PHN; PNRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226323961
- ISBN
- 9780226323961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.51
€ 34.99
€ 27.51
paperback. Knoll explores the deep history of life from its origins on a young planet to the incredible Cambrian explosion, with the very latest discoveries in paleontology integrated with emerging insights from molecular biology and earth system science. 100 illustrations. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 color illus. 25 halftones. 47 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691165530
- ISBN
- 9780691165530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 15.00
€ 24.99
€ 15.00
Hardcover. This text expounds the idea that life did not originate on earth, but was added to it from the comets. It argues that in recent years, evidence to support this theory has accumulated. This work should be of value to readers interested in general science, the origin of man and the meaning of life. Series: Controversy Series. Num Pages: 225 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JHM; PD; PGS; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Clinical Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854570413
- ISBN
- 9781854570413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.77
€ 23.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. Looks inside this landscape of digital scientific work. This title chronicles the emergence of bioinformatics - the mode of working across and between biology, computing, mathematics, and statistics - from the 1960s to the present, seeking to understand how knowledge about life is made in and through virtual spaces. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: MBF; PDX; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080208
- ISBN
- 9780226080208
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.39
€ 36.99
€ 29.39
Hardcover. Looks inside this landscape of digital scientific work. This title chronicles the emergence of bioinformatics - the mode of working across and between biology, computing, mathematics, and statistics - from the 1960s to the present, seeking to understand how knowledge about life is made in and through virtual spaces. Num Pages: 272 pages, 19 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: MBF; PDX; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226080178
- ISBN
- 9780226080178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.79€ 81.15
€ 98.79
€ 81.15
paperback. How can something as complex as a human body create itself from a single fertilized egg? Drawing on ideas from physics and network theory as well as genetics and embryology, Jamie Davies describes the fascinating picture emerging from the latest research, in which complexity builds up through 'adaptive self-organization'. Num Pages: 320 pages, Approximately 86 black and white line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199673544
- ISBN
- 9780199673544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15