Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. Why do people cluster together in neighborhoods? How do internet communities spring up from nowhere? Why is a brain conscious even though no single neuron is? What causes a media frenzy? This title looks at how self-organising systems are changing the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsimiles, map, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 111 x 20. Weight in Grams: 214. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001954
- ISBN
- 9780140287752
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Examines the background and origin of, and debate over, emergent evolution, a philosophy of evolution developed by the comparative psychologist C. Lloyd Morgan. It traces the development of Lloyd Morgan's ideas and looks at the debate over emergent evolution in later years. Series: Episteme. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792316589
- ISBN
- 9780792316589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Paperback. Addresses the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of emerging technologies and assesses their social and policy implications. Editor(s): Einsiedel, Edna F. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774815499
- ISBN
- 9780774815499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.34
€ 40.99
€ 36.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801440441
- ISBN
- 9780801440441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.57
€ 71.57
Hardback. Series: Beihefte Zur Zeitschrift "Elemente der Mathematik". Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 4. Weight in Grams: 145.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Birkh?user Switzerland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764305192
- ISBN
- 9783764305192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.49
€ 57.49
Paperback. 'A charming, sound, sane map to the world of emotions, the perfect guide' Daniel Goleman, author of EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150. BIC Classification: JMM; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753817650
- ISBN
- 9780753817650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
hardcover. Num Pages: 289 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MBN; MMJT; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Spektrum Akademischer Verlag United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- SKU
- V9783827420336
- ISBN
- 9783827420336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.16
€ 40.99
€ 38.16
Hardback. Astronomy was a popular part of Victorian science, and British atronomers travelled to remote areas to watch the sun eclipsed by the moon. This book shows how the organization of science, advances in photography, and new printing technology remade the character of scientific observation. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; PDX; PGG; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739252
- ISBN
- 9780804739252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.43
€ 138.43
Hardback. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792310198
- ISBN
- 9780792310198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.49
€ 194.49
Paperback / so. Series: Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaft Und Philosophie. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GBCR; HP; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663000204
- ISBN
- 9783663000204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.39
€ 71.39
Paperback / so. Series: Staat Und Politik. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663004813
- ISBN
- 9783663004813
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.49
€ 70.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781621007685
- ISBN
- 9781621007685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.20€ 83.50
€ 121.20
€ 83.50
Paperback. Are the problems we define and pursue freely chosen according to our conscious interests? Or does the historical process itself determine which phenomena merit examination at any one time? This title discusses these issues in the far-ranging philosophical terms, while illustrating them with specific examples. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691024332
- ISBN
- 9780691024332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Hardcover. Fully revised and expanded in a third edition boasting hundreds of new entries, this Springer encyclopedia offers exceptional scientific and geographical scope, with detailed articles on non-Western achievements in science, technology, and healthcare. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Num Pages: 4259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; MBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 3rd ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400777460
- ISBN
- 9789400777460
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 3,389.25
€ 3,389.25
Hardcover. The Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology addresses the grand challenge for science and engineering today. It provides a foundation for the many sustainability and policy evaluations being performed in institutions worldwide. Editor(s): Meyers, Robert J. Num Pages: 12677 pages, 2177 black & white illustrations, 3613 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PD; RNU; TBC; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 435 x 320 x 445. Weight in Grams: 37000.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 14764
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387894690
- ISBN
- 9780387894690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 637.75
€ 637.75
Paperback. This final volume in Manuel Castells' trilogy studies the key defining processes taking place in the last decade of the 20th century as an expression of the crises resulting from the transition between the old industrial society and the emerging global network society. Series: Information Age Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405196888
- ISBN
- 9781405196888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.16
€ 42.16
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Paul Holberton Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907372902
- ISBN
- 9781907372902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.19
€ 52.99
€ 37.19
paperback. Critics claim that science, including social science, is 'merely a social construction' that fallible humans have created with words and other symbols. This title explains why the edifice of science has robust properties that make it one of the most useful forms of knowledge that humans have ever created, although it is not perfect. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Paradigm Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781594515606
- ISBN
- 9781594515606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.52
€ 48.52
Paperback. Sean Carroll explores how evolution has shaped nature's wondrous complexity and diversity, from insects to octopuses, from mice to men. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849160483
- ISBN
- 9781849160483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.44
€ 17.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764326234
- ISBN
- 9783764326234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.15
€ 69.15