Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Hardback. Features roughly 1,600 quotes in all. This book includes sections unique to the ultimate collection such as "On and to Children," "On Race and Prejudice," and "Einstein's Verses: A Small Selection" - as well as a chronology of Einstein's life and accomplishments, and Freeman Dyson's authoritative foreword. Editor(s): Calaprice, Alice. Num Pages: 576 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: GBCQ; PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 194 x 44. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138176
- ISBN
- 9780691138176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.48
€ 26.99
€ 20.48
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Dimension: 168 x 275 x 34. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393254594
- ISBN
- 9780393254594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.32
€ 32.99
€ 28.32
hardcover. Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 248 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBD; DSK; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802046994
- ISBN
- 9780802046994
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.97
€ 78.97
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319261256
- ISBN
- 9783319261256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.67€ 70.55
€ 84.67
€ 70.55
Paperback. In less than a human lifetime, computers are transforming economies and societies like no other human invention. This book looks past technology to introduce comuputing pioneers: Babbage, Turing, Wozniak and Jobs, Bill Gates, Tim Berners-Lee, Mark Zuckerberg. Num Pages: 367 pages, 109 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDR; PDZ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 225
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642281013
- ISBN
- 9783642281013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.05
€ 30.99
€ 27.05
Paperback. The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. This book tells the story of this telescope and the visionaries responsible for its extraordinary accomplishments. It takes readers behind the scenes of one of the most ambitious scientific instruments ever sent into space. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 color illus. 24 halftones. 2 line illus. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691146355
- ISBN
- 9780691146355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43
Hardcover. Unravelling the latest amazing breakthroughs in theoretical physics, Stephen Hawking guides the reader through the evolution of Einsteinian physics to a universe of ten dimensions and a so-called theory of everything. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations, colour photographs. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 199 x 24. Weight in Grams: 956.
- Publisher
- Bantam Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition - Later Print Run
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780593048153
- ISBN
- 9780593048153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.62
€ 34.99
€ 23.62
paperback. * The Dalai Lama's unique and learned vision of how religion and science can work together in harmony Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HREX; HRLM; HRLP5; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 170. Very good copy showing minor age and wear. Some sunning to spine
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Abacus London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025478
- ISBN
- 9780349117362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. What links the birth of the moon to our body clocks? How did the creation of the Atlantic Ocean affect how we have children? What does the water inside us and on Earth have to do with the deepest stretches of space? This book deals with these questions. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PGK; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141041902
- ISBN
- 9780141041902
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. Series: Best of Edge Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PD; PGK; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 143 x 22. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062296085
- ISBN
- 9780062296085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.66
€ 17.99
€ 15.66
Hardback. The Unknown as an Engine for Science Translator(s): Brewer, William D. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 163 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 163
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319185088
- ISBN
- 9783319185088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.64
€ 79.64
Paperback. Shows that many of our understandings about scientific thought can be corrected once we realize just how "unnatural" science is. Quoting scientists from Aristotle to Einstein, the book argues that scientific ideas are, with rare exceptions, counter-intuitive and contrary to common sense. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 0. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003131
- ISBN
- 9780571169726
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Shows that many of our understandings about scientific thought can be corrected once we realize just how "unnatural" science is. Quoting scientists from Aristotle to Einstein, the book argues that scientific ideas are, with rare exceptions, counter-intuitive and contrary to common sense. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 0. Weight in Grams: 170. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0003133
- ISBN
- 9780571169726
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDR; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 114 x 18. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691174761
- ISBN
- 9780691174761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.88
€ 13.99
€ 11.88
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 591
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387777771
- ISBN
- 9780387777771
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 332.73€ 202.14
€ 332.73
€ 202.14
Paperback. For six centuries, the Republic of Venice was a maritime empire, its sovereign power extending throughout much of the eastern Mediterranean. This book reconstructs the whole of this glittering dominion in the form of a sea-voyage, travelling along the historic Venetian trade routes from Venice itself to Greece, Crete and Cyprus. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLC; PDX; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140119947
- ISBN
- 9780140119947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
paperback. This volume offers the first comprehensive overview of non-mathematical writings and activities of Igor Shafarevich (b. 1923). The text reveals various aspects of his life, including very serious -- and unfounded -- allegations of anti-Semitism. Num Pages: 542 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Switzerland
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034807487
- ISBN
- 9783034807487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 125.71
€ 125.71
Paperback. The history of the telegraph - the men and women who made it - and its relevance to the current Internet debate. Num Pages: 224 pages, Colour 32. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; KNTT; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753807033
- ISBN
- 9780753807033
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.00
€ 13.99
€ 11.00
Paperback. Series: Vienna Circle Institute Library. Num Pages: 712 pages, 125 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1080.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319368665
- ISBN
- 9783319368665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 188.81
€ 188.81
Paperback. Examines how viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu have almost wiped us out in the past - and may do so in the future. This title explores why modern life makes us so vulnerable to global pandemics, and what new technologies can do to prevent them. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MJCJ; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141046518
- ISBN
- 9780141046518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39