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Paperback. Hugh Everett III's "Many Worlds" theory is now considered a hugely important breakthrough in the history of physics. This book tells the story of the physics establishment's rejection of his theory, his subsequent Pentagon career in nuclear strategy, and his difficult personal life and eventual death from alcoholism. Num Pages: 464 pages, 43 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; HBTW; PDX; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199659241
- ISBN
- 9780199659241
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Condition: New
€ 36.99
€ 36.99
Paperback. Describes acceleration, deceleration, and inertial movement; fluid dynamics; and the motions of the earth, moon, planets, and comets. This title deals with the fundamental three laws of motion and the law of universal gravity, the physical principles that account for the Copernican system of the world and more. Translator(s): Cohen, I. Bernard; Whitman, Anne; Budenz, Julia. Num Pages: 992 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, 276 line figures, 27 tables. BIC Classification: PDA; PHD; PHU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 992
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Translation
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290884
- ISBN
- 9780520290884
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. For over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic science, the author reintroduces such figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141038360
- ISBN
- 9780141038360
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 188 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDZ; PHQ; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Moment Point Press Inc,US United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780966132762
- ISBN
- 9780966132762
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€ 18.99€ 17.34
€ 18.99
€ 17.34
Paperback. Baffling questions and fascinating answers from the Sunday Telegraph's award-winning Murphy's Law scientist Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Oneworld
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851689002
- ISBN
- 9781851689002
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.86
€ 10.99
€ 9.86
Hardback. Contrary to the popular view of science as a mountainous accumulation of facts and data, Stuart Firestein takes the novel perspective that ignorance is the main product and driving force of science, and that this is the best way to understand the process of scientific discovery. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199828074
- ISBN
- 9780199828074
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.61
€ 32.99
€ 23.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780285635944
- ISBN
- 9780285635944
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.64
€ 15.99
€ 11.64
Paperback. A bestselling introductory course that covers all the key areas of Statistics including graphs, data interpretation, spreadsheets, regression, correlation and probability. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473652002
- ISBN
- 9781473652002
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521085939
- ISBN
- 9780521085939
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Condition: New
€ 107.60
€ 107.60
Paperback. BTEC First in Application of Science Study & Exam Practice Editor(s): CGP Books. Num Pages: 70 pages. BIC Classification: 4KVT; PD; YQS. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 296 x 215 x 4. Weight in Grams: 198. Editor(s): Parsons, Richard. BTEC First in Application of Science Study & Exam Practice. Cateogry: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. BIC Classification: 4KVT; PD; YQS. Dimension: 296 x 215 x 4. Weight: 194.
- Publisher
- Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP)
- Number of pages
- 70
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847628695
- ISBN
- 9781847628695
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Condition: New
€ 9.74
€ 9.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 12 b&w illus. BIC Classification: PDR; UYZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262525503
- ISBN
- 9780262525503
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.18
€ 35.99
€ 25.18
Paperback. Known as the 'father' of electrical engineering, Michael Faraday is one of the best known scientific figures of all time. In this Very Short Introduction, Frank A.J.L James looks at Faraday's life and works, examining the institutional context in which he lived and worked, his scientific research, and his continuing legacy in science today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, Approx 20 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199574315
- ISBN
- 9780199574315
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
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Hardcover. Presents the author's solution to biology's hardest problem - what consciousness is, and why we have it, and what it means for our self perception and our mental health. This title argues that human knowledge evolved to gather knowledge, specifically to extract meaningful patterns from raw information (as we do while playing word games). Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 594. How the New Science of Consciousness Explains Our Insatiable Search for Meaning. 352 pages, illustrations. Presents the author's solution to biology's hardest problem - what consciousness is, and why we have it, and what it means for our self perception and our mental health. This title argues that human knowledge evolved to gather knowledge, specifically to extract meaningful patterns from raw information (as we do while playing word games). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PDZ; PS. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 31. Weight: 596.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465020478
- ISBN
- 9780465020478
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€ 30.99€ 20.63
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Paperback. This is an indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems, and topics in the philosophy of science. It contains 62 specially commissioned entries by a leading team of international contributors. Editor(s): Psillos, Stathis; Curd, Martin. Series: Routledge Philosophy Companions. Num Pages: 736 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1286.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415518758
- ISBN
- 9780415518758
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Condition: New
€ 85.07
€ 85.07
Paperback. Presents an account of the state of modern physics: of how we got from Einstein and Relativity through quantum mechanics to the strange and bizarre predictions of string theory, full of unseen dimensions and multiple universes. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018355
- ISBN
- 9780141018355
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Examines the significance of scientific knowledge and situates the culture of science in relation to other cultural forces in Muslim societies. This title traces the ways in which the realms of scientific knowledge and religious authority were delineated historically. Series: The Terry Lectures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 line-drawings. BIC Classification: HBTB; HRH; PDR; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300177718
- ISBN
- 9780300177718
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.86
€ 24.99
€ 18.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781251157
- ISBN
- 9781781251157
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. An informal guide to the evolution of mathematical language and its profound influence on our lives Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PBX; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472117113
- ISBN
- 9781472117113
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.85
€ 15.99
€ 11.85
Paperback. Essential Laboratory Skills for Biosciences is an essential companion during laboratory sessions. It is designed to be simple and give clear step by step instructions on essential techniques, supported by relevant diagrams. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN; PS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 116 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470686478
- ISBN
- 9780470686478
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Condition: New
€ 30.82
€ 30.82
Hardback. Explains why fantasy in the Harry Potter and Dresden Files novels cannot adhere strictly to scientific laws, and when magic might make scientific sense in the muggle world. This title discusses exoplanets and how the search for alien life has shifted from radio communications to space-based telescopes. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147154
- ISBN
- 9780691147154
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.52
€ 37.99
€ 27.52
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198701262
- ISBN
- 9780198701262
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.82
€ 11.99
€ 10.82
Paperback. With this book, you'll be ready to take on your own scientific explorations at school, work, or home. Num Pages: 334 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 205 x 23. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- O´Reilly Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781457186899
- ISBN
- 9781457186899
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.96
€ 26.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Series: IB Skills. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 4MB; PD. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 216 x 277 x 16. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- International Baccalaureate Organization
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Student
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910160046
- ISBN
- 9781910160046
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Condition: New
€ 26.72
€ 26.72
Paperback. If you could be invisible, what would you do? The chances are that it would have something to do with power, wealth or sex. Perhaps all three. Impulses like these have always been at the heart of our fascination with invisibility. This book offers a history of humanity's turbulent relationship with the invisible. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099590439
- ISBN
- 9780099590439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73