Science: general issues
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Science: general issues
Paperback. Recording memories, mind reading, videotaping our dreams, mind control, avatars, and telekinesis - no longer are these feats of the mind solely the province of overheated science fiction. The author takes us on a tour of the top laboratories around the world to meet the scientists who are already revolutionising the way we think about the brain. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: GTR; PDZ; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141975870
- ISBN
- 9780141975870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.73
€ 14.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. War-torn, virtually bankrupt, Russia tried to light its way to the future with the fitful glow of science. Stalin believed that science should serve the state. The human cost of this peculiar marriage between the state and its scientists was horrendous. This book makes clear what Soviet science has done for us. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571290086
- ISBN
- 9780571290086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Discusses the all-pervading technologies that now surround us, and from which we derive instant information, connected identity, diminished privacy and exceptionally vivid here-and-now experiences. In the author's view they are creating a new environment, with vast implications, because our minds are physically adapting: being rewired. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JMC; JMR; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846044311
- ISBN
- 9781846044311
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardback. Talbert investigates miniature sundials which can be adjusted for the owner's whereabouts. They incorporate a list of locations and latitudes for ready reference, data that offers insight into Romans' worldviews. To some perhaps, these sundials were primarily symbols of scientific awareness as well as imperial mastery of time and space. Num Pages: 264 pages, 99 b/w halftones; 65 b/w line. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA; PDX; TDPB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 181 x 18. Weight in Grams: 622.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190273484
- ISBN
- 9780190273484
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.74
€ 124.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813350547
- ISBN
- 9780813350547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.74
€ 25.74
Paperback. Drawing on advice from over twenty books and hundreds of other sources, this title presents informative tips for writing scientific journal articles. It also provides a peek behind the curtain into the operations of editorial boards and publishers of major journals. Num Pages: 400 pages, 5 colour plates, 5 halftones, 20 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: CBWT; PD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878220912
- ISBN
- 9781878220912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.02
€ 45.99
€ 35.02
Hardback. Full of rich detail for the specialist but accessible to the intelligent lay reader, the book includes the author's own stunning illustrations and a technical appendix which provides information, for example, on body mass/wing dimension relationships and avian/dinosaurian metabolics. Num Pages: 472 pages, 147, 88 black & white halftones, 59 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAJ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1611.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867637
- ISBN
- 9780801867637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.91
€ 88.91
Paperback. The author has been to the future a few years ahead of the rest of us - and reckons it has a lot going for it. This book tracks one curious man's journey to find out what's in store. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFR; PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846683572
- ISBN
- 9781846683572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Whenever Forty-second Street in New York is temporarily closed, traffic doesn't gridlock but flows more smoothly - why is that? Or consider that cities that build new roads can experience dramatic increases in traffic congestion - how is this possible? This title includes some of these counterintuitive mathematical occurrences. Num Pages: 264 pages, 75 line illus. BIC Classification: PBT; PBW; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150024
- ISBN
- 9780691150024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
Paperback. What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide the hardware and software foundation for others to operate on. Series: Theory Redux. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; KCP; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 125 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509504879
- ISBN
- 9781509504879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.26
€ 15.26
Paperback. By investigating how laws, myths, national aspirations, and global relations have recast and, at times, distorted the key purposes of education, this pathbreaking book sheds light on the role of ignorance in shaping ideas, public opinion, and policy. Editor(s): Angulo, A. J. Num Pages: 376 pages, 3 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFC; JNB; JNM; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419329
- ISBN
- 9781421419329
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.25
€ 46.25
Paperback. A fascinating popular science book that reveals how much we really know - and don't know - about the natural world. Explains why we need to be more concerned about ecosystems than individual iconic species such as the giant panda and gorilla. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RNCB; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Green Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900322867
- ISBN
- 9781900322867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.94
€ 17.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Barney, Darin (University of Ottawa); Coleman, Gabriella; Ross, Christine; Sterne, Jonathan (McGill University USA); Tembeck, Tamar. Series: Electronic Mediations (Paperback). BIC Classification: JFD; PDR; UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816697717
- ISBN
- 9780816697717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Paperback. Captures the diverse, topical and timely expertise generated by the EU Kids Online project, which brings together 60 researchers in 21 countries across Europe. Editor(s): Livingstone, Sonia; Haddon, Leslie. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JFF; JKSB1; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847424389
- ISBN
- 9781847424389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.65
€ 33.99
€ 32.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, Map, 8 pp bw plate section. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3F; HRAM3; HRH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784531386
- ISBN
- 9781784531386
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.91
€ 26.91
Paperback. i>A Vital Rationalist brings together for the first time a selection of Canguilhem's most important writings, including excerpts from previously unpublished manuscripts and a critical biography by Camille Limoges. Editor(s): Delaporte, Francois. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 482 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HPCF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299731
- ISBN
- 9780942299731
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.20
€ 32.99
€ 27.20
paperback. Series: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 200 pages, 32 line illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165714
- ISBN
- 9780691165714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.20
€ 29.99
€ 22.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471135262
- ISBN
- 9781471135262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.66
€ 13.99
€ 10.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, figures. BIC Classification: GPFC; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 209 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465085736
- ISBN
- 9780465085736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.80
€ 19.99
€ 19.80
Paperback. * Subtitled 'The Remarkable True Story of the Penicillin Miracle', this book is a wonderful combination of modern narrative history and popular science. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: MBX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349117683
- ISBN
- 9780349117683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199653119
- ISBN
- 9780199653119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.91
€ 29.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: JMRN; PDA; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231178426
- ISBN
- 9780231178426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; JM; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 177 x 8. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907845089
- ISBN
- 9780907845089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.24
€ 15.24
Hardback. A profound, unsettling and very funny new book from the cult artist, nominated for the Turner Prize 2013 Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PDZ; VSP; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440. At the Centre of the Inside of The Human Brain's Mind. 208 pages, illustrations. A profound, unsettling and very funny new book from the cult artist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; VSP; WH. Dimension: 198 x 146 x 21. Weight: 448.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857867216
- ISBN
- 9780857867216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.00
€ 23.99
€ 16.00