Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Hardcover. Drawing on a diverse collection of institutional archives, personal correspondence and papers, and interviews, the author shows how game theory offered social scientists, biologists, military strategists, and others a common, flexible language that could facilitate wide-ranging thought and debate on some of the most critical issues of the day. Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 halftones, 13 line drawings. BIC Classification: PBUD; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226097039
- ISBN
- 9780226097039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.78
€ 146.78
Hardback. Tells the enthralling yet little-known story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that opened the way into human-controlled spaceflight Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 228 x 38. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803228405
- ISBN
- 9780803228405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.02
€ 38.02
Paperback. Humanity's love affair with mathematics and mysticism reached a critical juncture, legend has it, on the back of a turtle in ancient China. This book explains why Chinese emperors, Babylonian astrologer-priests, prehistoric cave people in France, and ancient Mayans of the Yucatan were convinced that magic squares held the secret of the universe. Num Pages: 432 pages, 191 line illus. BIC Classification: PBM; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 434
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115979
- ISBN
- 9780691115979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
Hardback. The Dendera zodiac - an ancient bas-relief temple ceiling adorned with mysterious symbols of the stars and planets - was first discovered by the French during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt, and quickly provoked a controversy between scientists and theologians. This title tells the story of this incredible archeological find. Num Pages: 440 pages, 8 page color section. 79 halftones. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691145761
- ISBN
- 9780691145761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.06
€ 71.06
Paperback. Focuses on one of the controversial of subjects: consciousness. This title illuminates questions such as: what happens in our minds when we're driving and we suddenly realise that we don't remember the last few miles and how do we remember images and aromas from our past so vividly, and why do we often recreate them so differently in our dreams. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062026682
- ISBN
- 9780062026682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.21
€ 17.99
€ 16.21
Hardback. For study or hobby, Their Arrows Will Darken the Sun is an entertaining guide to the world of ballistics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 90, 36 black & white halftones, 54 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PBW; PDX; PHV; TTMW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898563
- ISBN
- 9780801898563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.60
€ 80.60
Hardcover. Demonstrates the wonders of science through 52 experiments. This book features 450 colour photographs which take the reader right inside the science just as it's happening and provide a front-row seat to split-second chemical reactions and subatomic activity that defies the naked eye. Num Pages: 240 pages, 450 full colour photographs. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 232 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1130. Experiments You Can Do at Home (But Probably Shouldn't). 240 pages, 450 full colour photographs. Demonstrates the wonders of science through 52 experiments. This book features 450 colour photographs which take the reader right inside the science just as it's happening and provide a front-row seat to split-second chemical reactions and subatomic activity that defies the naked eye. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ. Dimension: 260 x 232 x 23. Weight: 1120.
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579127916
- ISBN
- 9781579127916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.71
€ 30.99
€ 20.71
Paperback. The author of the bestselling book "The Elements" demonstrates essential scientific principles through 54 thrilling daredevil experiments. Every experiment is accompanied by full-color photographs that provide a front-row seat to rarely seen chemical reactions and glorious subatomic activity. Num Pages: 240 pages, 300 colour illus. BIC Classification: PDN; YQSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 944. Experiments You Can Do at Home- But Probabaly Shouldn't. Series: Theodore Gray. 240 pages, 300 full- colour illustrations. The author of the bestselling book "The Elements" demonstrates essential scientific principles through 54 thrilling daredevil experiments. Every experiment is accompanied by full-color photographs that provide a front-row seat to rarely seen chemical reactions and glorious subatomic activity. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDN; YQSC. Dimension: 252 x 217 x 17. Weight: 888.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
- Edition
- Theodore Gray
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579128753
- ISBN
- 9781579128753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.55
€ 23.99
€ 16.55
Hardback. The ultimate Theodore Gray collection, Completely Mad Science collects every one of Gray's dramatic, visually spectacular, and ultimately enlightening scientific experiments-94 in all- into one complete volume. Num Pages: 408 pages, 550 colour photographs throughout. BIC Classification: PDN; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 210 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1146.
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780316395083
- ISBN
- 9780316395083
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.31
€ 33.99
€ 29.31
paperback. What is it to be scientific? Is there such a thing as scientific method? And if so, how might such methods be justified? This book seeks to provide answers to these fundamental questions. It begins with the question of what methodology might mean and explores the notions of values, rules and principles. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032733
- ISBN
- 9781844650859
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Series: Chicago History of Science & Medicine. Num Pages: 448 pages, 38 figures. BIC Classification: MBX; MFG; MJN; PDX; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482354
- ISBN
- 9780226482354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.29
€ 47.29
Paperback. John Losee looks at rejected scientific theories through an analysis of case studies from the history of science. Each excerpt is of sufficient length to make clear the particular evaluative problem under consideration, and each discussion of scientific evaluative practice includes what scientists and philosophers have written on the topic. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822958734
- ISBN
- 9780822958734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.73
€ 65.73
Theory Change, Ancient Axiomatics, and Galileo's Methodology
David Gruender And Evandro Agazzi) (Edited By...
hardcover. Proceedings of the 1978 Pisa, Italy, September 4-8, 1978 Conference on the History and Philosophy of Science Editor(s): Hintikka, Jaakko; Gruender, D.; Agazzi, Evandro. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708. Volume I only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. Lacking dj, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- D. Reidel Publishing Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0032685
- ISBN
- 9789027711267
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
Paperback. Series: Simple Guides S. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 114 x 12. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Kuperard
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857334951
- ISBN
- 9781857334951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.29
€ 11.29
Hardback. Translator(s): Edlebi, Alyosha. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF7; HPJ; HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168946
- ISBN
- 9780231168946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.43
€ 50.43
Includes Whewell's seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill's theory), arguments for his realist view that science discovers necessary truths about nature, and exercises in the epistemology and ontology of science. This book sets forth a coherent statement of a historically important philosophy of science. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PDN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Edition
- Second Edition,2
- Number of pages
- 369
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872200838
- ISBN
- 9780872200838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.64€ 43.82
€ 55.64
€ 43.82
paperback. Includes Whewell's seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill's theory), arguments for his realist view that science discovers necessary truths about nature, and exercises in the epistemology and ontology of science. This book sets forth a coherent statement of a historically important philosophy of science. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034168
- ISBN
- 9780872200821
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Hardback. Thermal Analysis Fundamentals and Applications to Polymer Science T. Hatakeyama Otsuma Women's University, Tokyo, Japan F.X. Quinn L'Oreal Recherche Advancee, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France The first edition of this classic book remains one of the very few introductory books covering both theoretical and practical aspects of thermal analysis (TA). Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PNF; PNRW; TDCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471983620
- ISBN
- 9780471983620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 426.49
€ 426.49
paperback. A guide to exploring the world of maths. Starting with simple numbers and algebra, it goes on to deal with inconceivably big numbers in more dimensions than you ever knew existed. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: PDZM; WDKN; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 33. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141975863
- ISBN
- 9780141975863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.36
€ 17.99
€ 13.36
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€ 12.45
€ 15.99
€ 12.45