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Science: general issues

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; TBX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780748641
ISBN
9781780748641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. In this important book, the authors explore what answers mean in relation to how people understand the world around them and communicate with one another. They offer practical and theoretical insights that will prove invaluable when developing questionnaires. Series: Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; PB; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118016091
ISBN
9781118016091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.10

Paperback. Mathematical savant and bestselling author of BORN ON A BLUE DAY, this is Tammet's engaging and personal exploration of what numbers can teach us about our lives and minds. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444737448
ISBN
9781444737448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Argues that taking on some of the characteristics of plants will help us and our relationship to our world. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
SteinerBooks, Inc
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584201434
ISBN
9781584201434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.31

Hardback. * Explores numerous issues and positions in the three most basic areas of Philosophy: Theory of Knowledge, Theory of Value, and Metaphysics. * Identifies and explains the Socratic Method, Running out the Permutations, and Rational Dialogue. * Teaches readers to think through philosophical problems. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219347
ISBN
9780631219347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.13

Paperback. This volume aims to help the reader acquire a sense of what philosophy is, how it began, why it persists, and how it is related to other fields of study, especially science. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6. BIC Classification: HPC; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219354
ISBN
9780631219354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.90

Paperback. This introduction to the philosophy of technology discusses its sources and uses. Tracing the changing meaning of "technology" from ancient times to the modern day, it identifies two important traditions of critical analysis of technology: the engineering approach and the humanities approach. Num Pages: 410 pages, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings, 9 tables. BIC Classification: PDA; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
410
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226531984
ISBN
9780226531984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.67

Paperback. Series: Edge Question Series. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 136 x 41. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062374349
ISBN
9780062374349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.13

Paperback. Over 150 of the world's leading scientists and thinkers offer their choice of the ideas, and arguments. Every year the author sets them a question, this year that question was: What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody's Cognitive Toolkit? In this book, their answers are collected and explores philosophy, psychology, and other disciplines. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552778480
ISBN
9780552778480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Hardback. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
204
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319025049
ISBN
9783319025049
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.56
€ 38.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Brier, Soren. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Imprint Academic
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907845935
ISBN
9780907845935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.61

Paperback. If scientists can't touch the Sun, how do they know what it's made of? And if we can't see black holes, how can we be confident they exist? From the Sun and black holes, the authors lead us further into the unknown, to the dark matter and energy that pervade our universe, where science teeters on the edge of theory and discovery. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226283487
ISBN
9780226283487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
148
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Condition
New
SKU
V9780915145928
ISBN
9780915145928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.67

Hardcover. Contents: "Introduction"," Bibliography"On the Sects for BeginnersAn Outline of EmpiricismOn Medical Experience"Index of the Persons"" Mentioned in the Texts""Index of the Subjects"" Mentioned in the Texts" Translator(s): Walzer, R.; Frede, M. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
148
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780915145911
ISBN
9780915145911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.46
€ 43.08

Paperback. Series: Dover Books on Mathematics. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: PB; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178. Weight in Grams: 984.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486469812
ISBN
9780486469812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.46
€ 38.93

Paperback. In Timaeus Plato attempts to describe and explain the structure of the universe: the creator god, the elements, the lower gods, the stars, and men. The companion piece, Critias, is the origin of the story of Atlantis, the lost empire defeated by ancient Athenians. This is the clearest translation yet of these crucial ancient texts. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, c. 20 black and white diagrams. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA; HPJ; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192807359
ISBN
9780192807359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 253 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Crossway Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781581342413
ISBN
9781581342413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040598
ISBN
9780268040598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 53.00

Paperback. In this richly illustrated book, Nobel Laureate Gerard 't Hooft and Theoretical Physicist Stefan Vandoren describe the enormous diversity of natural phenomena that take place at different time scales. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 270 x 14. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Singapore
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9789814489812
ISBN
9789814489812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.79

Paperback. Nothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life as a succession of moments. But just as some of us see God as eternal, so physicists understand the truths of mathematics and the laws of nature as constant, transcending time. This book explains how the true nature of time impacts on us, our world, and our universe. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: PDZ; PG; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141046525
ISBN
9780141046525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

Paperback. Using no math beyond high school algebra, the authors lay out an approachable explanation of Einstein's special relativity, then move through the fundamental differences between traveling forward and backward in time and the surprising theoretical connection between going back in time and traveling faster than the speed of light. Num Pages: 278 pages, 33 halftones, 9 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
278
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226045481
ISBN
9780226045481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.31

Paperback. If you ever wanted to set up the latest and greatest grandfather paradox-or just wanted to know if the time-bending events in the latest pulp you read could ever happen-then this book is for you. Num Pages: 224 pages, 14, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400822
ISBN
9781421400822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.92

Paperback. One of the world's most outstanding astrophysicists provides a state-of-the-art investigation into the possibility of time travel. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 Diagram(s),15 Line Drawing(s). BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753813492
ISBN
9780753813492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Argues that time travel fiction is a narrative "laboratory," a setting for thought experiments in which essential theoretical questions about storytelling are represented in the form of literal devices and plots Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823249978
ISBN
9780823249978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

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