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Science: general issues
Hardback. This multidisciplinary volume highlights novel nuclear analytical techniques and their applications to the life sciences. The methods and approaches presented are treated in a comprehensive and coherent manner suited to the needs of today's biological and bioanalytical researchers. Num Pages: 776 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDN; PNRL; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1651.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 776
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896032026
- ISBN
- 9780896032026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.79
€ 245.79
Hardcover. Name on endpaper - D. Reidel Publishsing Company,
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- SKU
- KTK0101598
- ISBN
- 9789027710802
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 18.00
€ 18.00
Hardback. Nuclear physics is one of the most exciting - and useful - branches of science. In medicine, it helps save lives through innovative medical technologies. This title tells the story of the nucleus from the early experimental work of the quiet New Zealander Lord Rutherford to the huge atom-smashing machines of today and beyond. Num Pages: 160 pages, 130 color photos, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 210. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403519
- ISBN
- 9781421403519
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.49
€ 50.49
Hardcover. In 1974 India joined the elite roster of nuclear world powers when it exploded its first nuclear bomb. Over the course of the twentieth century, India metamorphosed from a marginal place to a serious hub of technological and scientific innovation. This title tells the tale of this transformation. Num Pages: 736 pages, 16 halftones, 1 map, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JWMN; PDX; THK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226019758
- ISBN
- 9780226019758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.42€ 64.58
€ 76.42
€ 64.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 21. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780452288119
- ISBN
- 9780452288119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.15
€ 18.99
€ 17.15
Paperback. From the author of "How to Make a Camel Smoothie" comes a book of surreal sums and absurd arithmetic: it's doodling with numbers, doing sums in one's head just for fun, and playing dice with the universe. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd London
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- SKU
- KNW0008302
- ISBN
- 9781840467512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Hardback. Deals with the origin of the modern conception of the object as well as the subject of music. Starting from the magic of numbers of Pythagorean and neo-Platonic doctrines, this volume leads the readers to 'sound' and 'affections' in modern terms. Editor(s): Gozza, Paolo. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360698
- ISBN
- 9780792360698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.18
€ 191.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633880306
- ISBN
- 9781633880306
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.63
€ 19.99
€ 19.63
Hardcover. In its updated second edition, this book explores computational methods for problems arising in the areas of classical analysis, approximation theory, and ordinary differential equations, among others. Includes new exercises, and a complete solutions manual. Num Pages: 588 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBKS; PBW; PDE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1084. 616 pages, black & white illustrations. In its updated second edition, this book explores computational methods for problems arising in the areas of classical analysis, approximation theory, and ordinary differential equations, among others. Includes new exercises, and a complete solutions manual. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBKS; PBW; PDE. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 38. Weight: 1050.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817682583
- ISBN
- 9780817682583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.31€ 127.92
€ 129.31
€ 127.92
Hardcover. This book is written from the perspective of a physicist, not a mathematician, with an emphasis on modern practical applications in the physical and engineering sciences. The book itself is essentially software, written in the language of Mathematica, the widely used and highly praised Mathematica software package. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDE; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 266 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471266105
- ISBN
- 9780471266105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 240.38
€ 240.38
Paperback. Treating numerical methods as a tool for use by the engineer or applied scientist, this introductory text is concerned with the application of such methods to the solution of algebraic, transcendental and differential equations. Editor(s): Davis, Graham De Vahl. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780412438806
- ISBN
- 9780412438806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Numerical Methods in Sensitivity Analysis and Shape Optimization
Laporte, Emmanuel; Tallec, Patrick Le
Hardback. Sensitivity analysis and optimal shape design are key issues in engineering that have been affected by advances in numerical tools. This book presents basic optimization techniques that can be used to compute the sensitivity of a given design to local change, or to improve its performance by local optimization of these data. Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 483.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817643225
- ISBN
- 9780817643225
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.23
€ 64.23
Hardcover. Numerical Simulations of Coupled Problems in Engineering Editor(s): Idelsohn, Sergio. Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences. Num Pages: 422 pages, 273 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 28. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319061351
- ISBN
- 9783319061351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.19
€ 124.19
Paperback. From the reviews of Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations in Science and Engineering: "The book by Lapidus and Pinder is a very comprehensive, even exhaustive, survey of the subject.. [It] is unique in that it covers equally finite difference and finite element methods. "-Burrelle's. Num Pages: 678 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 678
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471359449
- ISBN
- 9780471359449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 207.05
€ 207.05
Paperback. Bradford Skow presents an original defense of the 'block universe' theory of time, often said to be a theory according to which time does not pass. He provides in-depth discussions of alternative theories, reconciles objective becoming with relativistic physics, and re-evaluates our 'experience' of the passage of time in relation to the argument. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; PDA; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198776697
- ISBN
- 9780198776697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.22
€ 52.22
Paperback. The emergence of objectivity in the mid-nineteenth-century sciences, as revealed through images in scientific atlases--a story of how lofty epistemic ideals fuse with workaday practices. Num Pages: 501 pages, 32 color illus., 108 b&w illus. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 501
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951795
- ISBN
- 9781890951795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. 9780226241364 Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226241364
- ISBN
- 9780226241364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.89
€ 32.99
€ 25.89
Hardback. Editor(s): Padovani, Flavia; Richardson, Alan; Tsou, Jonathan Y. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 226 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 245 x 14. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319143484
- ISBN
- 9783319143484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.99
€ 132.99
Hardback. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 166 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792303893
- ISBN
- 9780792303893
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.03
€ 125.03
hardcover. Provides a contribution to the ongoing debate on the distinction between a 'context of justification' and a 'context of discovery'. Spanning a range of disciplines, this title combines the viewpoint of philosophers and scientists and casts an interdisciplinary perspective on the problem of observation and experimentation. Editor(s): Galavotti, Maria Carla. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 367 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 367
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- SKU
- V9781402012518
- ISBN
- 9781402012518
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 192.07
€ 192.07
Hardback. Eclipses have long been seen as important celestial phenomena, whether as omens affecting the future of kingdoms, or as astronomical events to help in deriving essential parameters for theories of the motion of the moon and sun. This book collect together all known records of timed eclipse observations and predictions from antiquity onwards. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; PDX; PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362982
- ISBN
- 9780792362982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 307.24
€ 307.24
Hardcover. Today we are all familiar with the iconic pictures of the nebulae produced by the Hubble Space Telescope's digital cameras. This book sheds entirely new light on the ways in which the production and reception of hand-drawn images of the nebulae in the nineteenth century contributed to astronomical observation. Num Pages: 296 pages, 85 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; PDX; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 264 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226084374
- ISBN
- 9780226084374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.71
€ 54.99
€ 42.71
Paperback. Oceans are the most mysterious places on earth. Their depths remain largely unexplored, yet ninety-five percent of the planet's habitable space lies within them. And now the life they support is in the balance. This title shows the catastrophic impact of humanity on the oceans, and also how we can restore them to life. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. map, port. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBKC; WNCS1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780241950708
- ISBN
- 9780241950708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.42
€ 19.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107692534
- ISBN
- 9781107692534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.81
€ 33.99
€ 32.81