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Science: general issues

Paperback. The last 20,000 years has seen our world flip from icehouse to greenhouse, provoking earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic outbursts. Like a giant stirring from a long sleep, the Earth beneath our feet tossed and turned. Bill McGuire argues that climate change is once more setting the scene for the giant to reawaken, and we can already see the signs. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBC; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199678754
ISBN
9780199678754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.08

Paperback. Written by a neuroscientist, and a "new atheist", this book is suitable for the increasingly large numbers of people who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; HRAM3; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784160029
ISBN
9781784160029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.82

Hardback. Darwin is credited with discovering evolution through natural selection, but Alfred Russel Wallace saw the same process at work in nature and elaborated the same theory. Dispelling misperceptions of Wallace as a secondary figure, James Costa reveals the two naturalists as equals in advancing one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674729698
ISBN
9780674729698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.10

Paperback. With US soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. This book explains how, before entering World War I, the United States sought a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with pensions. Num Pages: 300 pages, 20 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWN; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226143354
ISBN
9780226143354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Gives us a glimpse into our future. This book allows the reader to understand the questions that scientists deal with at the frontiers of research. It explains the kind of problems that extra dimensions might solve and the kind of speculation that is needed even to imagine them. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141012971
ISBN
9780141012971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.38

Hardback. As their roles become more demanding, specialised and far removed from their own inborn predispositions, will the military require ever more years of 'programming'? Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JWA; JWM; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849042543
ISBN
9781849042543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.98

Hardback. Shows how the key cultural innovations from Central Asia revolutionized medieval Europe and gave rise to the culture of science in the West. This title traces how the recursive argument method was first developed by Buddhist scholars and was spread by them throughout ancient Central Asia. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FC; HBLC1; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 171 x 239 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155319
ISBN
9780691155319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.56

Hardcover. According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior, ultimately selfish. Few doubt that Darwinian theory, especially as construed by the master's German disciple, Ernst Haeckel, inspired Hitler and led to Nazi atrocities. The author argues that this orthodox view is wrongheaded. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 color plates, 33 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226058764
ISBN
9780226058764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Paperback. According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior, ultimately selfish. Few doubt that Darwinian theory, especially as construed by the master's German disciple, Ernst Haeckel, inspired Hitler and led to Nazi atrocities. The author argues that this orthodox view is wrongheaded. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 color plates, 33 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226058931
ISBN
9780226058931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.72

paperback. Presents what may well be the first fully integrated theory of time Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JMR; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780814726860
ISBN
9780814726860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Hardback. Mount Vesuvius has been famous ever since its eruption in 79 CE, when it destroyed and buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. In this title, the author argues that this investigation and engagement with Vesuvius was paramount to the development of modern volcanology. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; 3JF; PDX; RBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226923710
ISBN
9780226923710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 45.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060548315
ISBN
9780060548315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.38

Paperback. Covering a vast array of scientific fields and recent discoveries, this book tracks a remarkable substance in its liquid, solid, and gaseous states as it cycles through the seas, the atmosphere, land, icecaps and under the earth. Robert Kandel describes what we humans are doing to the water cycle and the climate and explains where we are heading. Num Pages: 272 pages, 21 line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231122450
ISBN
9780231122450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.60

hardcover. In this daring book, the author proposes that artistic and literary forms can be understood as modulations of wave forms in the physical world. By the phrase "natural syntax," he means that physical nature enters human communication literally by way of a transmitting wave frequency. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; HPK; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741781
ISBN
9780804741781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.23

Hardcover. With applications in pattern recognition, data compression and numerical analysis, the wavelet transform is a key area of modern mathematics that brings new approaches to the analysis and synthesis of signals. This book presents the central issues and emphasizes comparison, assessment and how to combine method and application. Series: Pure and Applied Mathematics: A Wiley Series of Texts, Monographs and Tracts. Num Pages: 342 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: PBK; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471967927
ISBN
9780471967927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 211.94

Paperback. Offers a tour of the world of light. This book explores theoretical, experimental, and historical themes, and covers such questions as how it is possible to achieve magnifications of a millionfold without a single lens or mirror. It also covers various elements of physical optics, including propagation, reflection, refraction, and diffraction. Num Pages: 440 pages, 5 tables 92 line illus.8 halftones. BIC Classification: PD; PHJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001135
ISBN
9780691001135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.73
€ 68.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719059940
ISBN
9780719059940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.01

Hardcover. Applies the well-developed tools of the theory of weak convergence of probability measures to large deviation analysis--a consistent new approach The theory of large deviations, one of the most dynamic topics in probability today, studies rare events in stochastic systems. Series: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Num Pages: 504 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 40. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471076728
ISBN
9780471076728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JPF; JPHV; KCHS; PDR; PDZM; UMB; UYQM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141985411
ISBN
9780141985411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.14

Paperback. Traces humanity's journey from the mythical origins of religion, through the struggles to make sense of Christianity in the fourth century, and the strangely similar struggles to make sense of quantum theory in the twentieth century, to modern quantum cosmology. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846943201
ISBN
9781846943201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

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