Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597971072
- ISBN
- 9781597971072
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.91
€ 21.99
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paperback. * Gives an up--to--date analysis of the relations between gender and technology * Deals with popular themes such as Donna Harraway's work on "cyborgs" * Provides a continuation to the arguments that Wajcman made in her previous Polity book Feminism Confronts Technology. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780745630441
- ISBN
- 9780745630441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 22.28
€ 32.99
€ 22.28
Technologies of Landscape: From Reaping to Recycling
Paul Brassley, James Dickinson, Jacob Wamberg...
Paperback. Drawing on evidence from Europe and America, and from the Renaissance to the present day, the contributors to this volume reconceive of the relationship between technology and landscape as a product of cultural interactions, and as a process embedded in narrative, or time. Editor(s): Nye, David E. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; PDR; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558492295
- ISBN
- 9781558492295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.78
€ 31.99
€ 31.78
TECHNOLOGIES OF MAGIC : A Cultural Study of Ghosts, Machines and the U...
Potts, John, Scheer, Edward
Paperback. Editor(s): Potts, John; Scheer, Edward. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1. BIC Classification: PDR; UKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- POWER PUBLICATIONS (AUSTRALIA)
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780909952358
- ISBN
- 9780909952358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.53
€ 50.53
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107180833
- ISBN
- 9781107180833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.48
€ 121.48
Paperback. A contemporary analyses of the problem of technology. Num Pages: 312 pages, viii, 302 p. BIC Classification: GTF; JHM; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226066295
- ISBN
- 9780226066295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.29
€ 41.29
Hardback. New technologies from artificial intelligence to drones, and biomedical enhancement make the future of the human family increasingly hard to predict and protect. This book explores how the philosophical tradition of virtue ethics can help us to cultivate the moral wisdom we need to live wisely and well with emerging technologies. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190498511
- ISBN
- 9780190498511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.79
€ 103.79
Paperback. In a concluding chapter he applies the book's historical insights to medical practice today-asking why, for example, modern diagnostic tests have not been used to give doctors more time to spend with patients. Num Pages: 360 pages, 33, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBG; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801855016
- ISBN
- 9780801855016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.57
€ 35.99
€ 30.57
Hardback. The purpose of this book is to help research scientists exploit their ideas commercially. Num Pages: 236 pages, 19 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PD; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 541.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 236
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521460668
- ISBN
- 9780521460668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.75
€ 164.75
Paperback. During the second decade of human life, the body and brain undergo a profound and complex transformation, with emotions and intellect changing as rapidly and unpredictably as weight and height. These changes can be baffling to teenagers and to those around them alike. This title explains the strange and wonderful science of the teenage years. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Granta Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846271229
- ISBN
- 9781846271229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.03
€ 11.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Teeth are a vital component of vertebrate anatomy and a fundamental part of the fossil record. It was the evolution of teeth, associated with predation, that drove the evolution of the wide array of fish, amphibians, reptiles, and then mammals. Peter S. Ungar looks at how, without teeth, none of these developments could have occurred. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, Approximately 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: MMD; PDZ; PSVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199670598
- ISBN
- 9780199670598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.74
€ 13.99
€ 11.74
Paperback. The moving stories of ten remarkable women who transformed science, and changed the world. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 greyscale photos and illustrations, integrated. BIC Classification: PDR; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472137432
- ISBN
- 9781472137432
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Deals with the interaction of aesthetic and technological dimensions within the formation of contemporary society. This book discusses the production of time and space, self and nature, individual and society in the image of technology. Editor(s): Heil, Reinhard; Kaminiski, Andreas; Stippak, Marcus; Unger, Alexander; Ziegler, Marc. Num Pages: 366 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 366
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783899425185
- ISBN
- 9783899425185
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.34
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Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Mathematics. Num Pages: 400 pages, 10ill. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486658407
- ISBN
- 9780486658407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.34
€ 26.99
€ 23.34
Hardcover. In the late fifteenth century, clocks acquired minute hands. A century later, second hands appeared. Tracing debates about the nature of time, causality, and free will, as well as the introduction of modern technologies - telegraphy, photography, cinematography - this title locates the reverberations of this 'perceptual moment' throughout culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PGZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226093185
- ISBN
- 9780226093185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 79.50
€ 95.56
€ 79.50
Hardback. Who was Nikola Tesla? A visionary inventor? Eccentric genius? Outsider rebel? An immigrant from what is now Croatia, Tesla would move to America and go on to create groundbreaking inventions including some that would change the world. This book reveals the life, drama and mystery surrounding the romantic figure. Num Pages: 248 pages, full colour throughout, includes photographs, include illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGT; PDZ; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781435142978
- ISBN
- 9781435142978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.03
€ 19.99
€ 16.03
Paperback. Series: SEM. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 4KST; PDE; PN. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 276 x 213. .
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471873850
- ISBN
- 9781471873850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.62
€ 17.99
€ 17.62
Hardcover. This book describes the new imaging techniques being developed to monitor physiological, cellular and subcellular function within living animals. Well illustrated, largely in colour, the book reviews the most common and technologically advanced methods for vertebrate imaging, presented in a clear, comprehensive format. Editor(s): Tavitian, Bertrand; Leroy-Willig, Anne; Ntziachristos, Vasilis. Num Pages: 388 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PDN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1178.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470015285
- ISBN
- 9780470015285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 296.58
€ 296.58
Paperback. A follow-up to the best-selling "That's Not in My American History Book", this book explains both the ordinary and the bizarre technological marvels that we take for granted and the laws of nature that serve as the baseline for life on earth. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589792906
- ISBN
- 9781589792906
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.31
€ 16.99
€ 16.31
Paperback. Two leading researchers make the controversial argument that our species is still measurably evolving in important ways--in fact, faster than ever before. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396. How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution. 256 pages, 16 b/w illustrations. Reveals the ongoing interplay between culture and biology in the making of the human race. Ranging across subjects as diverse as human domestication, Neanderthal hybridization, and IQ tests, this title demonstrates that human genetics have changed and can continue to change much more rapidly than scientists have previously believed. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight: 396.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465020423
- ISBN
- 9780465020423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.16
€ 26.16
Hardback. A NASA space scientist maps out the coming solar cycle-and its catastrophic potential to disrupt worldwide power and communications systems. He includes a history of the record of auroral sightings, accounts of communications blackouts from the 20th century, industries sensitive to solar storms, and radiation and health issues. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones / 15 color photos. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120784
- ISBN
- 9780231120784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.89€ 83.64
€ 109.89
€ 83.64
Paperback. Meet the players in the most fundamental scientific revolution since Copernicus Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851688968
- ISBN
- 9781851688968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.57
€ 13.99
€ 11.57
Paperback. An acclaimed science writer tells the story of Pope Sylvester II, the erstwhile mathematician, astronomer, and spy, who brought Islamic science to the West before the year 1000 Num Pages: 328 pages, B&W photos/Maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 400. The Story of the Pope Who Brought the Light of Science to the Dark Ages. 328 pages, B&W photos/Maps. Called "The Scientist Pope," Gerbert of Aurillac rose from peasant beginnings and ascended to the pinnacle of the Christian world to become Pope Sylvester II. In this book, the author follows Gerbert through scientific exploration and political scheming, showing how science was central to the lives of monks, kings, and popes a thousand years ago. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; HBJD; HBLC; HRAX; PDX. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 24. Weight: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Edition
- First Trade Paper Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465031443
- ISBN
- 9780465031443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.71
€ 28.71
Hardback. Man's fascination with time, its extent and its measurement, is Paul Lyle's starting point as he considers the relationship of deep time and the Earth's geological resources with modern consumer society. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Dunedin Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780460390
- ISBN
- 9781780460390
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99