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Science: general issues

Paperback. Over the coming decades, Artificial Intelligence will profoundly impact the way we work and live. Whose interests should such systems serve? What limits should we place on their use? This book is a succinct introduction to the complex social, ethical, legal, and economic issues raised by the emergence of intelligent machines. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ; UYQ; UYZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190602390
ISBN
9780190602390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. The presenter of the BBC's The Incredible Human Journey takes us on a tour around our bodies and into the past to uncover the evolutionary secrets hidden in all of us. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Heron Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848664791
ISBN
9781848664791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Challenges long-standing linear notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas don't arise from the day-to-day, gradual process of experimentation and data accumulation, but that revolutions in science, those breakthrough moments that disrupt accepted thinking and offer unanticipated ideas, occur outside of normal science. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348. 288 pages. Challenges long-standing linear notions of scientific progress, arguing that transformative ideas don't arise from the day-to-day, gradual process of experimentation and data accumulation, but that revolutions in science, those breakthrough moments that disrupt accepted thinking and offer unanticipated ideas, occur outside of normal science. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDA. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 19. Weight: 350.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226458120
ISBN
9780226458120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.34

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. 'Dry Store Room No. 1' is an intimate biography of the Natural History Museum, celebrating the eccentric personalities who have peopled it and capturing the wonders of scientific endeavour, academic rigour and imagination. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; GM; PDX; WN; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 276.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007209897
ISBN
9780007209897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. The stories behind scientific peculiarities Num Pages: 304 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848540897
ISBN
9781848540897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 351 pages, 70 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM; KFF; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493910915
ISBN
9781493910915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.17

Paperback. In Words Onscreen, Naomi Baron offers a fascinating and timely look at how technology affects the way we read. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: CB; CFC; CFF; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 351 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190624163
ISBN
9780190624163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.71

Hardback. Modeling Learners and Learning in Science Education Num Pages: 383 pages, 83 black & white illustrations, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400776470
ISBN
9789400776470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.15

Paperback. Why are female brains better at empathasing? How are male brains designed to analyse systems? And what really makes men and women different? The author explores list-making, lying and two decades of research in a ground-breaking examination of how our brains can be male or female. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMG; PDZ; VSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 126 x 196 x 17. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241961353
ISBN
9780241961353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction Benjamin Bolker and Marta L. Wayne explore the world of infectious disease, from viruses and bacteria to protists and fungi. Taking an ecological and evolutionary viewpoint, they use case studies to explore how outbreaks are managed and how newly emergent strains might be controlled. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, Approx 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS; MJCJ; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199688937
ISBN
9780199688937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 243.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781255476
ISBN
9781781255476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Hardback. Showing how our ability to see the Earth from 'necessary distance' has profound cultural and ethical implications, this book reveals a split between the ancient idea of the Earth as mother and its more recent conception as a resource to be exploited. The global change revealed by satellites should convince us of the need to act more responsibly. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHR; RNFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319406022
ISBN
9783319406022
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 32.66

Paperback. Investigates twelve of the instructive episodes involving the interaction between science and Christianity, aiming to tell each story in its historical specificity and local particularity. Editor(s): Lindberg, David C.; Numbers, Ronald L. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12 halftones, 47 line drawings. BIC Classification: HRCX6; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226482163
ISBN
9780226482163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 291 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Old Street Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906964917
ISBN
9781906964917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. This account of the foundations of quantum mechanics is an introduction accessible to anyone with high school mathematics, and provides a rigorous discussion of important recent advances in the understanding of quantum physics, including theories put forward by the author himself. Num Pages: 222 pages, 38 line illustrations. BIC Classification: PDA; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674741133
ISBN
9780674741133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.93

Paperback. Essential reading following an astounding summer of sport; if you've ever wondered what makes a champion, Bounce has the answer. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; WSDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007350544
ISBN
9780007350544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.37

Hardback. In this book, Walter Judd and Grant Judd give detailed species accounts of every plant found in Tolkien's universe, complete with the etymology of the plant's name, a discussion of its significance within Tolkien's work, a description of the plant's distribution and ecology, and an original hand-drawn illustration in the style of a woodcut print. Num Pages: 416 pages, 289. BIC Classification: DSBH; PDX; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190276317
ISBN
9780190276317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.82

Hardback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780307907219
ISBN
9780307907219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 28.63

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