Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Hardback. This book invites the reader to imagine new worlds, new geometries and new forms. The text conveys new relationships between mathematics, imagination and culture, casting in a new perspective past figures and events that can help to explain phenomena of today. Editor(s): Emmer, Michele. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag Italy
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788847028883
- ISBN
- 9788847028883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.36€ 48.44
€ 53.36
€ 48.44
Hardback. These "images of the fetus may be produced by machines,the authors write, "but they live vividly in the human imagination." Num Pages: 336 pages, 17, 15 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBX; MJT; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407937
- ISBN
- 9781421407937
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.73
€ 67.73
Paperback. Editor(s): Helmchen, Fritjof; Konnerth, Arthur. Num Pages: 1084 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: MJN; PDN; PSAN; TTBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2718.
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879699383
- ISBN
- 9780879699383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 250.89
€ 250.89
Hardcover. Surface imaging by electrochemical methods-one of the hottest areas in the field due to its significant applications in electronic materials fabrication-is the subject of this self-contained fifth volume in the Frontiers of Electrochemistry series. Editor(s): Lipkowski, Jacek; Ross, Phil. Series: Frontiers in Electrochemistry. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 colour plates. BIC Classification: PDND; PNRH; PNRX; TDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471246725
- ISBN
- 9780471246725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 389.17
€ 389.17
Paperback. Many social scientists have sought to show that nature is not an eternal constant but an intrinsically unstable concept - a historical, cultural and social construct with powerful emotional, moral and political connotations. This book sets out to explore some of the implications of and lacunae in this push to 'denaturalise nature'. Editor(s): Roepstorff, Andreas; Bubandt, Nils. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772889450
- ISBN
- 9788772889450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.07
€ 17.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742539372
- ISBN
- 9780742539372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613731109
- ISBN
- 9781613731109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.55
€ 30.99
€ 27.55
Impact of Science on African Agriculture and Food Security
. Ed(S): Anandajayasekeram, P; Rukani, M.; Ba...
hardcover. The need for agricultural research resources in the developing world cannot be underestimated, but the availability of such resources is often poor. This book explores the importance of impact assessment studies in Africa, and assembles evidence to pave the way for investment in agricultural research all over the developing world. Editor(s): Anandajayasekeram, P; Rukani, M.; Babu, Suresh Chandra; Liebenberg, F.; Keswani, C. L. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; GTB; KCM; KCN; PDR; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 25. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cabi United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845932671
- ISBN
- 9781845932671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 249.84
€ 249.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBTQ; JFF; MBS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349509560
- ISBN
- 9781349509560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.92
€ 126.92
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226207919
- ISBN
- 9780226207919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.03€ 79.61
€ 94.03
€ 79.61
Paperback. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was an internationally renowned botanist, a close friend and early supporter of Charles Darwin, and one of the first - and most successful - British men of science to become a full-time professional. This title uses one individual's career to illustrate the changing world of science in the Victorian era. Num Pages: 441 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226207926
- ISBN
- 9780226207926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. What can we never do? The end of each century leads to a stocktaking of human achievement and our expectations about the future. This book looks at what limits there might be to human discovery and what we might find, ultimately, to be unknowable, undoable, or unthinkable. Num Pages: 304 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDR; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- VINTAGE London
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099772118
- ISBN
- 9780099772118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.73
€ 21.99
€ 17.73
Hardback. The Canal du Midi, which threads through southwestern France and links the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, was an astonishing feat of seventeenth-century engineering - in fact, it was technically impossible according to the standards of its day. This book looks at the mystery of its success as well as the canal's surprising political significance. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 328 pages, 87 halftones 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; KCP; KNGS; PDR; TBX; WGGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 241 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140322
- ISBN
- 9780691140322
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.77€ 46.96
€ 58.77
€ 46.96
Paperback. After decades of analyzing his dreams, a professor of psychology finds that some of them anticipate future events. As his experiments continue to meet with surprising results, the author comes to accept the idea that reality is much more interesting than conventional science has led us to believe. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 126
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780995458
- ISBN
- 9781780995458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.53
€ 13.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Whenever Forty-second Street in New York is temporarily closed, traffic doesn't gridlock but flows more smoothly - why is that? Or consider that cities that build new roads can experience dramatic increases in traffic congestion - how is this possible? This title includes some of these counterintuitive mathematical occurrences. Num Pages: 264 pages, 75 line illus. BIC Classification: PBT; PBW; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150024
- ISBN
- 9780691150024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816674657
- ISBN
- 9780816674657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Hardcover. The recent series of chemically related disasters has resulted in a preoccupation with safety in the chemical laboratory and in matters relating to the handling of chemicals generally. The main aim of this book is to improve safety in the chemical laboratory. Editor(s): Young, Jay A. Num Pages: 432 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KNXC; PDN; PN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 31. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471530367
- ISBN
- 9780471530367
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 299.98
€ 299.98
Hardback. This volume consists of a collection of invited articles, written by some of the most distinguished probabilists, most of whom have been personally responsible for advances in the various subfields of probability. Editor(s): Sidoravicius, Vladas; Vares, Maria Eulalia. Series: Progress in Probability. Num Pages: 581 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 995.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 581
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764387853
- ISBN
- 9783764387853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.63
€ 131.63
Hardback. Virtually unknown today, Alfred Russel Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Darwin and an eminent scientist who stood out among his peers as a man of formidable mind and outsized personality. In this biography, Michael Shermer aims to rescue him from the history's sidelines. Num Pages: 448 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGH; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195148305
- ISBN
- 9780195148305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.46
€ 39.46
paperback. Overturning the most common myths about dogs' emotions and behaviour, this book shows how we should really treat our pets, and stands up for dogdom: not the wolf in canine clothes, not the small furry child, not the trophy-winner, but the real dog, who wants to be part of the family and enjoy life - mankind's closest friend. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141046495
- ISBN
- 9780141046495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14