Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. Many philosophers, theologians, physicists and mathematicians have speculated on the nature of time. Recent scientific work is said to explain why time runs forward from past to future. But time still contains many mysteries - black holes, big bangs, asymmetries and relativities, arrows and loops. Editor(s): Flood, Raymond; Lockwood, Michael. Num Pages: 196 pages, 0. BIC Classification: PD; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631165781
- ISBN
- 9780631165781
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.84
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Paperback. Designed to unravel some of the mystery around graduate school programs in science and engineering, this resource reinforces strategies for succeeding. Each chapter covers a different aspect of graduate school, from identifying funding sources, to writing the dissertation, to looking for a job. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNMN; PD; TBC; VSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 166 x 10. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780780360372
- ISBN
- 9780780360372
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Condition: New
€ 74.89
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814741160
- ISBN
- 9780814741160
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€ 32.99€ 31.30
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Paperback. A tale of maverick science sleuths on an exhilarating hunt for a strange, elusive and all-important particle Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780746470
- ISBN
- 9781780746470
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€ 16.99€ 13.08
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Paperback. Where did we come from? What the hell are we doing here? Is Elvis alive and kicking in another space domain? What's beyond the edge of the Universe? Did aliens build the stars? Can we live forever? This work presents an eye-opening look at the nature of reality and the place of life in the universe. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571220564
- ISBN
- 9780571220564
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Master Books United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890515792
- ISBN
- 9780890515792
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Condition: New
€ 18.10
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Paperback. The must-read book for anyone concerned about the present and the future Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848546226
- ISBN
- 9781848546226
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 175 pages, 2ch. BIC Classification: MBDC; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 13. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Moyer Bell Ltd ,U.S. United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559211710
- ISBN
- 9781559211710
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€ 32.99€ 21.82
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Hardcover. This volume argues for a new image of science that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, casting the work of science as an effort to understand those mechanisms. Glennan offers an account of the nature of mechanisms and of the models used to represent them in physical, life, and social sciences Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; PDA. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198779711
- ISBN
- 9780198779711
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Condition: New
€ 92.82
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Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; JPA; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226147635
- ISBN
- 9780226147635
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Translator(s): Bergin, T. G.; Fisch, M.H. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1ch. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- 3rd Unabridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801492655
- ISBN
- 9780801492655
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.09
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Paperback. This book employs a philosophical approach to the "new wounded" (brain lesion patients) to stage a confrontation between psychoanalysis and contemporary neurobiology, focused on the issue of trauma and psychic wounds. It thereby reevaluates the brain as an organ that is not separated from psychic life but rather at its center. Translator(s): Miller, Steven. Series: Forms of Living (FUP). Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JM; MJN; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823239689
- ISBN
- 9780823239689
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.35
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hardcover. Nothing is considered more natural than the connection between Isaac Newton's science and the modernity that came into being during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. This study challenges the claim that Isaac Newton's solitary genius is the reason for his iconic status as the father of modern physics and the philosophe movement. Num Pages: 464 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226749457
- ISBN
- 9780226749457
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Profile Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846686214
- ISBN
- 9781846686214
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.81
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Paperback. The Normal and the Pathological is one of the crucial contributions to the history of science in the last half century. Translator(s): Fawcett, Carolyn R. Num Pages: 327 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JFCX; PDA; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299595
- ISBN
- 9780942299595
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.21
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Paperback. This handbook refutes the claims of the nuclear power industry that nuclear power can prevent the build-up of greenhouse gases and reduce US dependence on foreign oil, and shows how plutonium waste from power stations is a cause of nuclear weapons proliferation Num Pages: 266 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KNBN; PDZ; THK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Apex Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945257929
- ISBN
- 9780945257929
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€ 40.73
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Paperback. From the author of 'The Music of the Primes' and 'Finding Moonshine' comes a short, lively book on five mathematical problems that just refuse be solved - and on how many everyday problems can be solved by maths. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007309863
- ISBN
- 9780007309863
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
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Paperback. Using examples from a variety of disciplines, this helpful guide verses readers in the best practices for planning, writing and winning research grants, offering novices the tools they need to begin writing grants and allowing those with more experience to sharpen their skills. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: GPS; PDK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452259031
- ISBN
- 9781452259031
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Condition: New
€ 74.97
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Paperback. Conveys the substance, methods, and profound oddities of the field. This work contains an overview of quantum mechanics. It sketches the early development of the field by Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrodinger, and others, and makes clear how the quantum outlook flies in the face of common sense. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 tables 14 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691103006
- ISBN
- 9780691103006
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.96
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Hardcover. Takes you on a journey through time and space. The author begins at "year zero," and looks back from there, photographing the past in the present. Alongside the photographs, she combines tales of her worldly adventures tracking down these subjects with informative insight from the scientists who are studying them and their environments. Num Pages: 304 pages, 120 colour plates, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 238 x 1. Weight in Grams: 2084.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226057507
- ISBN
- 9780226057507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.15€ 54.02
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