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Science: general issues

Paperback. Reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, and that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This book is suitable for intellectually curious readers of various kinds, including professional physicists. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 halftones. 43 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141275
ISBN
9780691141275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. * An engaging, accessible and fascinating look at science's 'best bits' by popular comedian and particle physicist Ben Miller Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751545005
ISBN
9780751545005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.64

Hardcover. A study of two bridges between science and society: governmental science policy and scientists' voluntary public-interest associations. Num Pages: 239 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JHM; JPQB; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
MIT Press Massachusetts
Number of pages
239
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
y First edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227929
ISBN
9780262194716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1935
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663030034
ISBN
9783663030034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.40

Hardback. James Watt: Making the World Anew is a craft history of Britain's early industrial transformation as well as a prehistory of the engineering profession itself. Num Pages: 256 pages, 70 black & white. BIC Classification: BGT; PDZ; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780233758
ISBN
9781780233758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. This book is about the development of psychoanalysis and modern subjectivity in Japan, and addresses three key questions: 'Why is there psychoanalysis in Japan?', 'What do we learn about Japan from its own forms of analysis?', and 'What do we learn about ourselves from Japan?' Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMS; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349353200
ISBN
9781349353200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.80

Hardback. Contains a representative selection of work by Japanese philosophers of science concerned with major issues of late 20th century world interest: epistemology of natural science, philosophy of mind and especially of perception, the logic of inference and of time, causality and evolution. Editor(s): Nagasaka, Francis Gen-Ichiro. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792347811
ISBN
9780792347811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.71

Hardback. A unique account of Thomas Jefferson's passion for science, the influence of science on his vision for America, and the amazing extent of his scientific contributions Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300184037
ISBN
9780300184037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 652 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1920
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Edition
13
Number of pages
652
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663006954
ISBN
9783663006954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.95

Paperback. Remembered today for his 'Brief Lives', John Aubrey (1626-97) was one of the foremost scholars and antiquaries in the great decades of the British scientific revolution. This richly illustrated book is the first accessible guide to Aubrey's many diverse achievements as a biographer, antiquary, mathematician, and all-round virtuoso. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 183 x 10. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243198
ISBN
9781851243198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. This book is about Elizabethan England's most famous 'scientist' or natural philosopher John Dee and his 'conversations with angels'. Num Pages: 268 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HRQM2; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521027489
ISBN
9780521027489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.12

Hardback. Series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Num Pages: 555 pages, 151 black & white illustrations, 111 colour illustrations, 50 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; BGT; HBJM; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 1153.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
1st ed. 2018
Number of pages
555
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319445205
ISBN
9783319445205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 211.36

Hardback. John von Neumann (1903-1957) was undoubtedly one of the scientific geniuses of the 20th century. This volume embraces both historical and systematic analyses of his methodology of mathematical physics, and of the various aspects of his work in the foundations of quantum physics. Editor(s): Redei, Miklos; Stoltzner, Michael. Series: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Num Pages: 382 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJ; PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792368120
ISBN
9780792368120
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591027713
ISBN
9781591027713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1936
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663010579
ISBN
9783663010579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.86

Paperback. In the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass produce synthetic steroid hormones. This book features the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and collided over the barbasco. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 illustrations, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; KNDP; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822346050
ISBN
9780822346050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.33

Hardback. By examining how cars are salvaged, repurposed, and restored, this book demonstrates that the history of the automobile is much more than a running catalog of showroom novelties. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; WGCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419428
ISBN
9781421419428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.30

Paperback / so. Editor(s): L Weber, Robert; Menglishdoza, Eric; Weber, Robert L, PH.D.; Mendoza, Eric. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Vieweg+teubner Verlag Germany
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9783528084042
ISBN
9783528084042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.05

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 397 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1953
Publisher
Gabler Verlag United Kingdom
Edition
5
Number of pages
397
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663006992
ISBN
9783663006992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.87

Paperback / so. Series: Forschungsberichte Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. Num Pages: 56 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: GB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663063551
ISBN
9783663063551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.74

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